Canada Post has introduced five new stamps which showcase an issue dear to every Canadian’s heart — the weather.The stamps have been issued to coincide with the 175th anniversary of continuous weather observing in Canada, which was started in 1840 by the soldiers of Britain’s Royal Artillery.The stamps feature photographs of a wide range of […]
Month: June 2015
Sailing Ships The four stamps depict the training ship KØBENHAVN, which disappeared in 1928, the two current training ships DANMARK and GEORG STAGE, while the last stamp depicts FULTON, which is primarily used for school trips for primary and lower secondary school pupils, continuation school etc. Issue Date: 13.06.2015 Designer: Post Danmark Stamps/Per Ingemann Illustrator: Kobenhavn/Danish Maritime Museum, Danmark/Morten Beck Risom, Georg Stage/Photogeapher […]
By Zoya Mendoca India Post is going to issue stamps on Yoga to commemorate International Yoga Day on 21st June 2015. In recent years Baba Ramdev too constantly endeavored to popularize Yoga.In 2009 Postal department released a stamp on Maharishi Patanjali, author of Yogasutra.Here is an image of FDC on Maharishi Patanjali autographed by Baba […]
Stamp book on Buddha contains 6 original stamps/MS : International Year of Piece -24.10.1986 Asit Kumar Haldar- 28.12.1991 Centre for culture and tourism – 6.06.1997 Buddha Mahotsav- 21.01.2002 2550 years of Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha – 02.05.2007 Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism- 14.05.2014 Price:1500Rs
DAKSA:A small island of Daksa is the furthest east situated island of the Elaphite Islands, 400 metres air distance from the hotel resort Babin kuk, and 2 nautical miles from the harbour of Dubrovnik- Gruž. Covered by Mediterranean vegetation it is 580 metres long and, 100 – 180 metres wide. The highest point of the island is […]
Thailand and Malaysian issued a set of stamps on 8th June 2015 featuring Marine Creatures to create awareness among the people for conserving marine life and resources as they are rapidly declining around the world.The stamp issued are in conjunction with this yearâs World Oceans Day celebration. The stamps features the white spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza […]
By Suresh Rao India Post North Karnataka Region (Dharwad) has released a set of 49 Picture postcards on the theme Birds of the Himalayas to observe the International Biodiversity decade 2011-2020. The Himalayas, is a mountain range which separates the Great Indian Plains from the Tibetan Plateau. This range is home to nine of the […]
Slogan of Pope’s visit „Peace be with you“, by simple words encourages Bosnia and Herzegovina in building peace, is the message of encouragement to all inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to all people of good will.Pope Francis comes in B&H with an open heart full of love for all people, for all those who […]
United Nations Postal Administration has issued a set of six stamps on south East Asian sites under world heritage series.underThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning […]
Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the country’s first solar power plant, the latest fruit of increasingly close cooperation with China and a step towards an electoral promise to end chronic power shortages. The Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park in Bahawalpur produces 100MW of power, which will be increased by next year.The plant, owned by the […]