The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) will release special postage stamps on 2nd May 2015 in support of Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao in his May 2 showdown against Floyd Mayweather Jr.The Manny Pacquiao “Fight of the Century” Philippine postage stamps will be released at P10 each.”This ‘Fight of the Century’ postage stamps featuring the nation’s […]
Month: April 2015
On the occasion of the opening of the Austrian National Library’s Literature Museum, Austrian Post issued a commemorative stamp on 16th April 2015 . This museum will present Austrian literature from the end of the 18th century to the present, brought together at one site. The stamp shows a view of the new premises of the […]
100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s first visit to Madras Cancellation Released on 17th April 2015,Chennai National Fire Service Day Date of Release:14th April 2015,Panji 160 Years of Railways in Eastern India Date of Release:10th April 2015,Kolkata Homer Pigeon Mail Date of Release: 2 April 2015, Cuttack
This year’s Europa stamps, which are issued by the Member States of the Organization of European postal companies, Posteurop, rely on the topic of toys. The Liechtenstein edition includes two special stamps and shows Liechtenstein play figures made in the 1940s, a “polar bear” (face value CHF 1.40) and a “goat” (face value CHF 1.40). […]
Norway’s legendary photographer, Anders Beer Wilse, was born in Flekkefjord on 12 June 1865 and grew up in the busy sailing port, Kragerø. He had difficulty finding work in Kragerø, so in 1884 young Anders left for the USA, where he worked as an engineer with the railroad. In 1897 he got a job as […]
To mark the opening of Singapore’s first natural history museum, a series of stamps featuring animal specimens have been released on 18th April 2015.The stamps features four animal specimens from the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum: The sauropod dinosaur, the Giant Hawker dragonfly, the Black and Yellow Broadbill and the Leathery Turtle, said SingPost […]
Special postage stamps have been issued by the Qatar General Postal Corporation (Qpost), to commemorate the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice being held in Doha from 12 to 19 April 2015.The 13th UN Crime Congress stamps feature the logo of the 13th UN Crime Congress. This edition of the Congress is […]
Date of Issue:6 May 2015 80c – Silver paua (Haliotis australis):The silver paua lives in the lowtide and shallow sub-tidal zones on rocky shores throughout the country where it grazes on kelps and other algae. The genus name Haliotis is Latin for sea-ear, reflecting their distinctive shell shape. $1.40 – Scott’s Murex (Rolandiella scotti):As Scott’s […]
Spain has issued a stamp on 16th April 2015 on National Exhibition of Children’s Philately (JUVENIA) .The stamp depicts a frontal view of As Burgas, a hot spring located in this Galician city, and a group of children, representing the union among young stamp collectors. The stamps are available as Premium Sheets with amusing lines […]
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Centenary Year Celebrations of Patna High Court on 18th April 2015 at Patna. He released a commemorative postage stamp on this occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that when the foundation-stone of the Patna High Court building was laid on December 01, 1913, the then Viceroy […]