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 […]
Category: Commemorative Stamps
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 […]
New Zealand post issued postage stamps on 3rd June 2015 to coincide with the dawn of Maori New Year, the Matariki 2015 stamp issue celebrates the ancient art form ” Kowhaiwhai” in a contemporary setting.Typically featured in the whare whakairo (decorated meeting house) on the heke (rafters), k?whaiwhai is an art form that is distinctively […]
India Post will release a stamp issue on 21st June 2015 to commemorate International Yoga Day.Earlier stamps on Yoga were issued in 1991.
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, […]
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,” .
Royal Mail’s modern Special Stamp programme which celebrates the heritage and culture of the UK, marks its 50thanniversary in 2015.As part of celebrations, Royal Mail is installing 50 plaques with images of some of the most popular stamps on 50 post boxes in locations across the country.Each of the 50 postboxes is located in one […]
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 […]
A new stamp collection was produced by Thailand Post to raise funds for earthquake victims in Nepal.The “Thailand Post for Nepal’ collection consists of 20 stamps and will be sold for Bt120 (S$4.70) a set. Each stamp depicts scenic spots and the daily life of Nepalese people, photographed before the quake, by 2009 National Artist […]
Philippines has issued a new stamp marking the centennial of Romblon State University.The school was established to train locals in agricultural arts to establish food sufficiency in Romblon, which was then a sub-province of Capiz.A secondary course in farming for boys and housekeeping for girls was opened in June 1916. In 1929, it was converted […]