As early as 1930, drawings for a technical solution similar to today’s chairlift were submitted to the Budapest decision-makers by the engineer István Hantos Jr, and in 1933 documents for a cable car from Zugliget to János Hill to enable people to get to the green hills above Budapest faster in order to go on […]
Month: June 2020
By Sudhir Jain For the first time an International Philatelic Exhibition INDIPEX-73 was organized in India from 14th to 23rd Nov. 1973. To propagate this exhibition, one stamp was issued on 8th Jan. 1973 and three stamps were issued on inauguration day of the exhibition i.e. 14th Nov.1973. F.D.C. exhibited here is of first stamp issued […]
Butterflies : My Own Stamp Date of Release:9th June 2020 Summer Flowers:Epilobium Hirsutum Relatively few plants bloom in Israel in the summer due to the lack of rain during this arid season. It is therefore not surprising that most of the species that do bloom are found in damp habitats such as pools, riverbanks and […]
Vilnius Gaon one of the most famous Jewish Wise Men of all time, born and living in Lithuania, who made Vilnius famous in the world. He was a man of exceptional erudition, starting his own studies at 10 years old. Elijah ben Solomon Zalman was born in 1720. It is often affirmed that the Vilna […]
The Estonian Lepidopterology Association elected the Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) butterfly of the year. The butterfly was first described in 1775 by German entomologist Siegmund Adrian von Rottemburg. Issue Date:11.06.2020 Designer:Riho Luuse Printer:AS Vaba Maa Process:Offset
Squirrels (Sciuridae family) are mammals that are part of the large group of rodents, the family comprising about 55 species, spreading in the most part of Europe and Asia, and in the New World from southern Canada to northern Argentina. They generally populate coniferous, deciduous and tropical forests, both in wetlands and arid areas. Indian […]
Masks are now a part of our daily life. There are three types of masks weared by people to stop any type of infection. 1.Homemade cloth face mask 2.Surgical mask and N95 respirator Masks is a popular theme for stamp collectors since a long time. Maska appeared many times on stamps issued by various countries […]
Artworks In The National Collection One stamp features a lady wearing the ‘ghonnella’ – a traditional headdress unique to Malta and Gozo. Made of silk or cotton, it was usually dark in colour and covered the frame but not the face of the wearer. Its use petered out in the 1950’s. The next stamp features […]
India Post has released a beautiful thematic set of six stamps on Musical instruments.The stamps are released in setenant format.Each sheet contains 15 setenant stamps of denomination 5 Rs. 1. Kamaicha 2. Ravanahatha 3. Surando 4. Algoza 5. Burrakatha 6. Ektara Date of Release:25th June 2020,Designer;Sankha Samanta,Print Run:500,000 (each stamp),Process;Wet Offset,Printer:Security Printing Press,Hyderabad For Image […]
By Sudhir Jain Gandhi and Nehru (Allahabad cancellation) : 15-08-1973 Kamla Nehru (Allahabad cancellation) : 01-08-1974