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 […]
Category: New Stamps
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 ‒ […]
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 […]
Stamps featuring dragonflies will be among the highlights of the 23rd corporate anniversary of the Philippine Postal Corp. PHLPost said the stamps featuring the insects—known for their strength and agility—launched on 6 April 2015. “Dragonflies are generally stronger and more robust. It also highlights PHLPost radical transformation from a ‘snail mail’ to a fast and […]
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 […]
Royal Mail is commemorating the bicentenary of Anthony Trollope’s birth in 1815 with a limited edition Commemorative Sheet of stamps. This goes on sale on 24 April 2015 – 200 years since Trollope was born.Famous as a novelist, Trollope is also known as the person who introduced freestanding postboxes to the UK from 1852 during his time […]