Stamps depicts Glaucidium passerinum (Linnaeus, 1758) – Eurasian Pygmy-owl, Athene noctua (Scopoli, 1769) , Athene cunicularia (Molina, 1782) – Burrowing Owl and Ninox theomacha (Bonaparte, 1855) Issue Date:12.08.2020 Designer:Razvan Popescu Process:Offset Colours:4 Colours Size:Stamp size: 36 x 36 mm; Block size: 120 x 120 mm ( in philatelic folder) Minisheet of 5 stamps + 1 label: […]
Category: History Behind a Stamp
250th Anniversary of Beethoven The Stamp features the Beethoven monument which was unveiled on 12 August 1845, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Issue Date:21.07.2020 Designer:The Potting Shed Printer:Southern Colour Print Process:Offset Lithography Size:40mm deep x 30mm wide 100th Anniversary of Rupert Bear Originally created by artist and illustrator Mary Tourtel, […]
Europa 2020:Ancient Postal Routes During three centuries (1571-1878) of Ottoman occupation of Cyprus the town of Larnaka was the centre of commerce and the abode of the consular corps. Correspondence was minimal and any mail was hand carried by a ship’s captain.The first ottoman post office opened in Lefkosia in 1871, and the first postal […]
International Pride Day The famous rainbow flag originated in San Francisco. It was designed by Gilbert Baker, an artist and gay rights activist at the end of the 1970s. The original design had eight colours: pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue and purple. There are various ideas about the meaning of the colours in […]
Australia issued stamps on famous TV cartoon series Bluey. The stamps created by Joe Brumm, Bluey and produced by the Emmy award-winning Ludo Studio for ABC KIDS .
Date of Release:19th May 2020
Vietnam has issued a commemorative stamp on 130th Birth Anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s and 50th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh Museum. VNA/VNS Photo Thong Nhat. The stamp features a portrait of President Ho in the centre. On the right of the portrait is the image of Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi with […]
The Royal Academy of Portuguese History, which celebrates its third centenary this year, was founded on 8 December 1720 as a response to the calls of various scholars for King João V to become the institution’s patron and protector. Emerging in a climate favourable to the arts and letters, subjects that were widely discussed and […]
Stamps commemorate one of the United Stateâs most culturally rich periods, the Harlem Renaissance. The sheath of 55-cent forever stamps brandish stylized portraits of key Harlem figures Nella Larsen, Alaine Locke, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, and Anne Spencer.Spanning the 1920s, the movement brought to the fore a generation of literary, musical, and artistic minds, and this […]
Birth Centenary of Leyla Badirbeyli Leyla Badirbeyli left a bright mark on the history of Azerbaijani art. For many years, she has served as a source of inspiration for young artists. Her internal spirit made her an outstanding actress and dancer.When she was a child, she often visited an all-girls club with her mother, where […]