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Philippines Issued Stamps on Gumamelas Flowers

Philippines has released special postage stamps on 13th May 2015 featuring hybrid gumamelas. The launch was done in celebration of Heritage Month that aims to promote the country’s unique heritage, traditions, and landmarks here and abroad. The new set of stamps features four different varieties of gumamela flowers: the single, large-flowered white ‘Tandang Sora,’ the […]

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Philippines : Stamps on 75 Year’s of Ateneo de Naga’s University

Philippines is going to issue stamps on 5 June 2015 to  mark the 75th Anniversary of Ateneo De Naga University.Both the stamps carry the slogan “Ateneo De Naga University 75 years of Magis. Living the Spirit. Forging new frontiers.”PHLPost printed 104,000 copies of the blue-colored stamps measuring 30 mm by 40 mm. Each stamp will […]

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Singapore Issued Stamps on SEA Games

Singapore is issuing stamps on 5th June 2015 featuring the 28th SEA Games official mascot, Nila.Designed by graphic designer Wong Wui Kong, SingPost said the 28th SEA Games stamp issue will be treasured memento for sport enthusiasts and stamp collectors. Other stamp products of this issue include the Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with the […]

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India Post will Celebrate International Yoga Day with Stamps

India Post will release a stamp issue on 21st June 2015 to commemorate International Yoga Day.Earlier stamps on Yoga were issued in 1991.

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Korea Issued ‘Must Visit Korean Places’ Stamps

Korea has issued a set of stamps on 2nd June 2015 under the series ‘Must Visit Korean Places’ . First in the series is a four-stamp set which features photographs of Dumulmeori, where the South Han River and North Han River meet in Yangpyeong, Goesan Mountain’s Hwayang Valley draped along 3 kilometers of Hwayang Stream, […]

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Philippines will Issue Stamp on Bureau of Immigration

The stamp will be released on 4th September 2015. The BI diamond anniversary commemorative stamps will feature a block of four with different designs composed of the BI anniversary logo, stamped canceller, immigration badge, the bureau’s main building with Lapu-Lapu at the middle, the first Filipino to resist Spanish colonization,” .

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India Post is planning to Issue Stamps on Two Spiritual Leaders

The Indian Postal department has expressed a possibility of releasing a joint issue of Hindu saint Sohirobanath Ambiye and Blessed Joseph Vaz stamps to celebrate the communal harmony in Goa, a senior official said .”We should also try to bring out a joint issue of Sohirobanath Ambiye stamp and St Joseph Vaz stamp by releasing […]

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NEW APS Cover’s of 2015 (3)

Serial Number 11.8th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles 10 February 2015 Serial Number 12.195 Medium Regiment 15 February 2015 Serial Number 13.13th Battalion The Mahar Regiment 15 February 2015 Serial Number 14.Army Dental Corps 20 February 2015 Serial Number 15.19th Battalion The Garhwal Rifles 21 February 2015 Serial Number 16.57 Engr Regiment 21 February […]

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Philippines Issued Stamps on 150th Anniversary of Jaro Archdiocese

The Philippine Postal Corp. is releasing a set of  commemorative stamps marking the 150th anniversary of Jaro Archdiocese in Iloilo.Images of the stamps tweeted by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts showed two designs of the stamps.One depicted the Jaro Cathedral while another depicted the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. Both designs are in […]

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Odisha Plans to Release Coins, Postal Stamps and FDC on Jagannath Nabakalebara

Bhubaneswar: In view of Nabakalebara of Jagannath in Puri in July, the India Post will release a special rathyatra stamp and first-day cover, featuring images of the reigning deities.The culture department will provide Rs 5 lakh to the postal department for publishing one lakh postage stamps.The department said it would promote Jagannath culture across the […]