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France:New Stamps on Nepoleon and Groupe Bel

 Napoleon I The Block of stamps issued on the occasion of the bicentenary of the death (1769 -1821)of Napoleon 1st a stamp with a portrait of young Napoleon and a stamp with Napoleon at Saint Helena looking out to sea “ Issue Date:19.04.2021 Designer:Sophie Beaujard Illustrator:Sophie Beaujard Process:Mixte Groupe Bel  Flag bearer of a formidable human, […]

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Lithuania:New Stamps and Postcard Released on Partisans,Famous People,State Archives and War Museum

Partisans of Lithuania The postage stamps depicts 4 partisans from 8 who have signed the Lithuanian Partisans Declaration of February 16, 1949. They are Petras Bartkus-Žadgaila, Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, Bronius Liesys-Naktis and Leonardas Vilhelmas Grigonis-Užpalis. Issue Date:17.02.2021 Designer:A. Ratkeviciene Printer:“Baltijas Banknote SIA”, Latvia. Process:Offset Size:30×37,5 mm Birute Marija Alseikaite-Gimbutiene B. M. Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė was most famous for […]

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Estonia:New Stamp on Letipea Lighthouse

Letipea lighthouse is located on the Letipea cape near the town of Kunda and marks the Letipea Peninsula, stretching out from the northern shore to assist navigation at sea. The first wooden lighthouse was built by the merchant Šerbin, but this operated only from 1815-1816. In 1936, a 16-metre-high reinforced concrete standard lighthouse with a […]

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Romania:Stamps Released on National Culture Day

The stamps released on  “150 years since the first celebration of Romanians from everywhere”, an event which took place at the Putna Monastery, in 1871. 150 years ago, Bukovina was a part of Austro-Hungary, being annexed by it in 1775. Romanian population in Bukovina was struggling to preserve its ethnic identity and cultivated the ideal […]

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Norway Issued Stamps on GPS System of Brain

How do we navigate from one place to another, and how do we know where we are? There are connections in the brain that enable us to do so, and it has taken a long time to understand something so important. Edvard and May-Britt Moser’s experiments with rats showed what really happens. They discovered cells […]

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New Stamps Released from Guernsey

250th Anniversary of Beethoven The Stamp features the Beethoven monument which was unveiled on 12 August 1845, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Issue Date:21.07.2020 Designer:The Potting Shed Printer:Southern Colour Print Process:Offset Lithography Size:40mm deep x 30mm wide 100th Anniversary of Rupert Bear Originally created by artist and illustrator Mary Tourtel, […]

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USPS Issued Forever Stamps on Harlem Renaissance

Stamps commemorate one of the United State’s most culturally rich periods, the Harlem Renaissance. The sheath of 55-cent forever stamps brandish stylized portraits of key Harlem figures Nella Larsen, Alaine Locke, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, and Anne Spencer.Spanning the 1920s, the movement brought to the fore a generation of literary, musical, and artistic minds, and this […]

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New Stamps Released from Azerbaijan

Birth Centenary of Leyla Badirbeyli Leyla Badirbeyli left a bright mark on the history of Azerbaijani art. For many years, she has served as a source of inspiration for young artists. Her internal spirit made her an outstanding actress and dancer.When she was a child, she often visited an all-girls club with her mother, where […]

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Hungary Issued Stamp on 50 Years of Zugliget Chairlift

As early as 1930, drawings for a technical solution similar to today’s chairlift were submitted to the Budapest decision-makers by the engineer István Hantos Jr, and in 1933 documents for a cable car from Zugliget to János Hill to enable people to get to the green hills above Budapest faster in order to go on […]

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India Post Issued Stamps on Musical Instruments of Wandering Minstrels

India Post has released a beautiful thematic set of six stamps on Musical instruments.The stamps are released in setenant format.Each sheet contains 15 setenant stamps of denomination 5 Rs. 1. Kamaicha 2. Ravanahatha 3. Surando 4. Algoza 5. Burrakatha 6. Ektara Date of Release:25th June 2020,Designer;Sankha Samanta,Print Run:500,000 (each stamp),Process;Wet Offset,Printer:Security Printing Press,Hyderabad For Image […]