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Dutch Post Issued Stamps on Bridges of War Period

Dutch Post has issued 10 stamps on 30th March 2015 depicting the wide variety of post-war bridges. Ten relatively unknown new bridges were selected in collaboration with the Netherlands Foundation for Bridges. The bridges that made the selection are the HSL Bridge (in Moerdijk), the Ehzer Bridge (in Almen), the Kolenhaven Bridge (in Delft), the […]

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Finland Issued Stamp on Pertti Kurikan

Finland issued stamp on Pertti Kurikan  on 28th April 2015.Finland’s Eurovision Song Contest entry Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät will be challenging discriminatory attitudes towards people with disabilities as they get on stage in the first Eurovision semi-final in Vienna, Austria, to perform their barnstorming hit song Aina mun pitää. Many are predicting that the band will […]

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Faroe Island Issued Stamps on 75th Anniversary of The National Flag

Merkið (The Symbol) – 75th Anniversary of The Faroese National Flag Blue as the sky, red as blood, white as waterfall, surf and winter’s sounds. Merkið – The Student Flag In the era of national awakening in the Faroe Islands, which started at the famous Christmas meeting in 1888, the need for a unifying symbol […]

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Croatia: The 1000th stamp

The stamp is a letter.     Today, due to electronic technology, the travelling of the message has been shortened and there are significantly fewer paper letters. But the stamp on them is more and more getting on importance. It is almost as the stamp could be affixed and the signature of the sender added and […]