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Slovenia Issued Stamp on Laško

Slovenia has released a stamp on 7th March 2015 that depicts Laško – one of the most famous tourist destinations of Slovenia. Laško is particularly renowned for the tradition of beer brewing and healing water springs. Wellness and health tourism are based on honey and beer treatment and are accessible to all. The countryside around […]

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Lundy will Issue Stamps on  50 Years of the Landmark Trust

Lundy is a tiny and beautiful island off the North Devon coast, which boasts the oldest private postal service of its kind still operating in the world. The Lundy Post Office produces a new stamp issue, on average, every two years. Martin Coles Harman, established the Lundy Postal Service ‒ with its own stamps ‒ […]

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Issue Stamps, Gold Coins on Ambedkar’s Birth Anniversary: Congress MP

NEW DELHI: A Congress MP has demanded the Centre to issue a postage stamp and gold coins weighing five and 10 grams to commemorate 125th birth anniversary year of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar falling on April 14.  Bhalchandra Mungekar, Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard. […]

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Aland:New Sepac Stamp

Aland will issue a stamp on 10th April 2015 on culture theme. The stamp shows one of painter Carl Larsson’s most controversial and known paintings, Midvinterblot (‘Blót’). The painting in the stamp, however, is a parallel work of art which is in the possession of Åland businessman Anders Wiklöf.The smaller Midvinterblot was painted parallelly and […]

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Philippines Issued Stamps on Dragonflies

Stamps featuring dragonflies will be among the highlights of the 23rd corporate anniversary of the Philippine Postal Corp. PHLPost said the stamps featuring the insects—known for their strength and agility—launched on 6 April 2015. “Dragonflies are generally stronger and more robust. It also highlights PHLPost radical transformation from a ‘snail mail’ to a fast and […]

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New Hungarian Stamp on Kálmán Imre

Hungary has issued a stamp on 19th March 2015 to commemorate the life and creative works of Kálmán Imre – an outstanding Hungarian composer. The stamp depicts the composer with the group of musicians. Kálmán Imre was a Hungarian composer of operettas. He was born Imre Koppstein in Siófok, then in Austria-Hungary, on the southern […]

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Royal Mail Commemorates the Birth Bicentenary of Anthony Trollope’s the “Grandfather” of the Postbox

Royal Mail is commemorating the bicentenary of Anthony Trollope’s birth in 1815 with a limited edition Commemorative Sheet of stamps.  This goes on sale on 24 April 2015 – 200 years since Trollope was born.Famous as a novelist, Trollope is also known as the person who introduced freestanding postboxes to the UK from 1852 during his time […]

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First Post Shoppe of Tamilnadu Inaugurated at Chennai GPO

The first ‘Post Shoppe’ of Tamilnadu Postal Circle was inaugurated at Chennai GPO by Shri T. Murthy, Member (Operations), Postal Directorate, New Delhi on 01.04.2015. Stationery items ranging from various sizes of envelopes, A4 papers, Pens, Staplers, Scissors, Glue Sticks, CD / DVD / Pen Drives, Mugs imprinted with image of Stamps on Chennai GPO […]

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New USPS Forever Stamps

From Me to You From Me To You is a unique stamp issuance, featuring not only 20 Forever® stamps, but also an interactive element in the form of decals and labels for decorating envelopes, letters, and greeting cards. The stamps each bear the words “From Me To You” in capital letters. Surrounding the four rows of […]

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New Stamps from Bangladesh

International Customs Day Date of Issue:26 January 2015,Denomination:10 Taka ICC Cricket World Cup Date of Issue:15 March 2015,Denomination:10 Taka,Perforation:14