Issue Date: 22.06.2015 Process: Offset Colours: 4 Colours Values: EUR 1.20
Month: July 2015
To commemorate the nation’s 50th birthday, as well as Singapore hosting the World Stamp Exhibition, SingPost will launch its first augmented reality stamps.The SG50 special collector’s sheets are best enjoyed using an app called “MARC”. A person would just need to do scan the stamp with the app and a video montage would appear.Said SingPost’s […]
Canada is celebrating Canada Day by highlighting its first stamp made from fabric, depicting a flapping Canadian flag.Canada Post created the large, nine by 14 centimetre stamp as the Maple Leaf flag marked its 50th anniversary earlier this year. Made from rayon, the stamp features a three-dimensional image of the Canadian flag and provides $5 […]
A special carried cover was released on 29th June 2015 to commemorate the metro train in Chennai.Back of cover is showing technical details like number of stations and speed of the train etc.
An Italian racing driver born in 1956 in Milan, Michele Alboreto competed in 194 Formula 1 Grand Prix races between 1981 and 1994. In 1985, with Ferrari, he finished second in the world behind Alain Prost. In 1995, he switched to sports prototypes. He was killed in 2001 on the German Lausitz circuit while training […]
Zeppelin mail was mail carried on zeppelins , the German Airships that saw civilian use from 1908 to 1939. Almost every zeppelin flight carried mail, sometimes in large quantities; the covers usually received special postmarks , and a number of nations issued postage stamps specifically intended for use on mail carried by the zeppelins. The first zeppelin to […]
The stamp depicts majestic emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).Largest of the penguin species, the emperor stands over three feet tall and can weigh more than 80 pounds. Emperor penguins rely on a layer of fat and a waterproof coat of short, stiff feathers to protect them from the subzero temperatures, powerful winds, and icy waters in […]
This stamp, the result of this year’s “Young people for a healthy diet” competition, has a nominal value Euro 0.68 with a surcharge of 20 cent to be used for the youth work of the Federation of Austrian Philately Associations. This includes a large number of activities such as school projects in which children are […]
By Sudhir Jain It happens only in India. Two first day cancellations of Agartala on Acharya Gyansagar stamp. Both the designs are different. How it is possible?
Allium schoenoprasum: It is a perennial plant of the family Amaryllidaceae, with a scaly bulb. The tubular leaves are long, slender, and hollow. The pink flowers have six petals, and they are densely clustered in a globular inflorescence. Borago officinalis: It is an annual herb of the family Boraginaceae, and thickly covered in white, prickly […]