Royal Mail will issue a set of 10 stamps on 14th January 2021 celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Britain’s first National Parks. Featuring UK’s most popular and visited landscapes, the stamp set features 10 of the 15 National Parks: 1.Peak District 2.Lake District 3.Snowdonia 4.Dartmoor 5.North York Moors 6.The Broads 7.New Forest […]
Category: History Behind a Stamp
It is a four-day festival mostly celebrated by people from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar. As per the Hindu tradition, devotees worship the Sun God to express gratitude and seek their blessings. Along with the Sun God, people also make offerings to Chhath Maiya, commonly known as Usha, the wife of the Sun God. According to Vedic astrology, […]
White Water Rafting Date of Issue:7th May 2020 Centenary of the Icelandic Met Office Issue Date:07.05.2020 Designer:Hjörleifur Borgar Árnason Printer:Cartor Process:CMYK Size:50 mm x 28 mm 50 Years with EFTA The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a regional trade organization and free trade area consisting of four European states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. […]
Malaysia Issued a set of five stamps on “Iconic Buildings of Putrajaya. She said on top of that, stamp collectors may obtain the whole set at a reasonable price of RM26. “Putrajaya is the legacy and symbol of the nation and its magnificence has captured global attention, as the administrative capital showcases many architectural wonders […]
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 […]
The New Place Du Casino Following several months of construction work, Place du Casino is finally unveiling its new look. A modern, open space, which has been completely redesigned to ensure visitors’ enjoyment and comfort. The esplanade offers a clear view of the sumptuous Belle Epoque buildings of the Casino de Monte-Carlo, Hotel de Paris […]
The Raving Rabbids The Youth Series postage stamp issue is dedicated to Raving Rabbids in 2020. The stamp issued in in sheet format of 12 postage stamps with illustrated margins. This philatelic issue follows the issue of a booklet of 12 The Lapins Crétins postage stamps. Issue Date:07.09.2020 Designer:Valerie Bessert Process:Heliogravure Values:€0.97 Amiens Cathedral As […]
Te reo Māori is an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand. Since 1975, New Zealand has celebrated an annual Māori Language Week, with seven days focused on its revitalisation. $1.40 Aroha Love, affection, respect, compassion, empathy. Aroha is best understood when it is broken down into its component parts, ARO – ‘take notice of ’ […]
The opening of the Ceneri Base Tunnel in December 2020 will mark the completion of the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA), turning the long-held dream of a at rail link through the Alps into reality.The NRLA provides Switzerland with modern, high-performance rail infra- structure on Europe’s north-south corridor – and an environmentally-friendly alternative […]
The two stamps, which are like business cards of Taiwan, tell a great story of how people in this nation have been working hard to successfully contain the spread of the pandemic. Thanks to their collective efforts, Taiwan also ranked first in a Bloomberg Economics list, which evaluated 75 economies around the globe according to […]