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 […]
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HM Queen Elizabeth II is at present the world’s oldest reigning monarch as well as Britain’s longestlived and longest-reigning head of state. To celebrate such an important achievement, Gibraltar is issuing its first ever £10 stamp featuring a photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) taken in 1955.The stamps are printed with 22ct Gold and for […]
Magnolias In the early spring of 2014, photographer Helene Schmitz dragged magnolia plants of all sizes, from more easily handled plants to small trees, up four flights of stairs without an elevator to her studio in central Stockholm.The images on the six magnolia stamps are exactly the same images Helene Schmitz saw in her viewfinder […]
This beautiful joint stamp issue was released to commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations between both the countries ,on 16th November 2009 by India and on 27th November by Philippines.Stamps depicts Gangetic Dolphin or Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica); Whale shark or Butanding (Rhyncodon typus), filter feeding shark.
The stamps released to commemorate 30 Years of Diplomatic relations between India and Korea.These satamps depicts Astrological observatories: “Cheomseongdae” in Kyong-ju, South Korea, built during the 7th century AD and “Jantar Mantar”of Jaipur, India, built in 1727.Issue Date: 10 December 2003
The President Mr.Pranab Mukharjee today released a postage stamp on the old seminary kottayam at New Delhi.The Old Seminary, Marthoma Seminary and Vadavathoor Seminary proclaim Syrian and Roman Christian traditions. It is located in the district of Kottayam in Kerala.The year 2015 marks the 200th anniversary, of the founding of “the Old Seminary” or “the Cottayam […]
Stamps featuring portrait photographs of famed singer Teresa Teng to commemorate her 20th death .A set consists of four stamps with a face value of NT$5, NT$9, NT$13 and NT$15.Teng is the first entertainer to be featured in a portrait on a national stamp.She died at the age of 42 of an asthma attack on […]
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Centenary Year Celebrations of Patna High Court on 18th April 2015 at Patna. He released a commemorative postage stamp on this occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that when the foundation-stone of the Patna High Court building was laid on December 01, 1913, the then Viceroy […]
India Post issued a joint stamp and miniature sheet with France on 10th April 2015.The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the President of France, Mr. Francois Hollande released the stamps commemorating 50 years of Indo-French Space Cooperation, in Paris. This is the first time when India is issuing a joint stamp issue on second […]
India Post will issue a joint stamp with France on 10th April 2015.This is the first time when India is issuing a joint stamp issue on second time with the same country.Earlier India-France Joint stamps were released on 29th November 2003.