By Wolfgang Beyer ,BDPh (German Philatelic Federation) and AIJP The BIRDPEX 8, an International philatelic show, will be held in Mondorf-les-Baines (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) from 19th May to 21st May 2018. The organizer of this philatelic event is the philatelic Club PHILCOLUX of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (www.philcolux.lu). 42 stamp collectors will participate in Birdpex 8 […]
Category: Asian Philately
North Korea has released a set of stamps on the royal wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles with a collection of commemorative stamps. With the high-anticipated royal wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in May, we reveal if royal fans can expect to see commemorative stamps from Pyongyang.
The rivers depicted on stamps are the Sungai Rajang in Sarawak, Sungai Kinabatangan (Sabah) and Sungai Pahang (Pahang).Sungai Rajang – the longest river in the country measuring at 563km – was chosen to be the longest miniature sheet ever produced by Pos Malaysia.The stamps feature the illustration of top-down views of the second and third […]
India Post has issued a set of 16 stamps on step wells of India on 29th December 2017.Denomination of 8 stamps is 15 Rs and another 8 stamps is 15 Rs. each.Each sheetlet costs 160 Rs. it is issued in form of 4 sheetlets.Each sheetlet contains 16 stamps.A mix sheetlet (MS) is also issued. The stamp issue depict […]
Known as the Grand Old Man of India, Dadabhai Naoroji was an intellectual, educator and political figure who worked to promote the Zoroastrian religion and the Indian culture. He spearheaded Indiaâs freedom struggle by giving speeches and writing articles on the exploitation of India by the British. The first ever Asian to be a British […]
India Post has issued a commemorative postage stamp of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba on 15th December 2017 .Earlier a stamp was issued on Shirdi Sai Baba in 2008. Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master who is regarded by his devotees as a saint and an incarnation of Lord Shiva. He is revered by both his […]
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) was an Indian statesman, Prime Minister of India in 1966-1977 and 1980-1984.She was born in November 19, 1917 in Allahabad, her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first prime minister of independent India, a leader of the party “Indian National Congress”. Since 1955 Indira Gandhi is a member of the Working Committee and […]
MOS Commutation Mr. Manoj Sinha released a setenent stamp on Bananas Hindu University at ‘Swatantrata Bhavan'(BHU campus) on 28.6.2017. Mr.Y.P. CPMG UP Circle , Mr.S.K. Rai,DPS Varanasi circle and Mr. Grish Chand Tripathi Vice Chancellor BHU were also present on the occasion By M Gulrez India Post has released a se-tenant stamp set on Banaras Hindu University.The […]
Ram Prasad Bismil (11 June 1897 – 19 December 1927) was a revolutionary struggled against British imperialism. As well as being a freedom fighter, he was a patriotic poet and wrote in Hindi and Urdu using the pen names Ram, Agyat and Bismil. But, he became popular with the last name “Bismil” only. He was associated with Arya Samaj. Bismil was […]
By Wolfgang Beyer, Vice Chairman of the German Philatelic Collector Group ArGe Zoologie These stamps will be issued on 6th June 2017 . The stamps are featuring a Siberian chipmunk(Tamias sibiricus) and a Eurasian Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis).