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 […]
Category: History Behind a Stamp
Spain has issued a stamp on 16th April 2015 on National Exhibition of Children’s Philately (JUVENIA) .The stamp depicts a frontal view of As Burgas, a hot spring located in this Galician city, and a group of children, representing the union among young stamp collectors. The stamps are available as Premium Sheets with amusing lines […]
The 100th Anniversary of Zion Mule Corps In April 1915, a large British military force landed on the shores of the Gallipoli peninsula, not far from the city of Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. On April 16, 1915, after only a brief twoweek training period, the Mule Corps joined the main force which […]
Canada Post brings to life five prehistoric animals that once roamed Canada.The animals depicted are: Tylosaurus pembinensis, a giant sea-dwelling reptile that could open its jaws wide like a snake and swallow large prey. It patrolled the inland sea that divided North America 80 million years ago. A skeleton displayed at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Modern, […]
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 […]
Bismark He was the “Iron Chancellor”. As Reich unifier Otto von Bismarck went (1815-1898) in the German history. From the patchwork of many small countries he has formed the unified German Empire. For almost three decades, certain of the gnarled Prussian Chancellor as the German and European politics. He introduced a health insurance (1883), an […]
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 ‒ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]