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New Canadian Stamps on Weather Observation

Canada Post has introduced five new stamps which showcase an issue dear to every Canadian’s heart — the weather.The stamps have been issued to coincide with the 175th anniversary of continuous weather observing in Canada, which was started in 1840 by the soldiers of Britain’s Royal Artillery.The stamps feature photographs of a wide range of […]

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India Post Released Stamp Book on  Mahatma Gandhi

The book contains 7 original stamps/MS : 125 Yrs of Mahatma Gandhi- 02.10.1994 India-South Africa Cooperation -02.10.1995 50th Death Anniversary- 30.01.1998 Man of the Millennium- 02.10.2001 75th Anniversary of Dandi March (Salt Satyagrah)- 05.04.2005 Satyagrah- 02.10.2007 100 Years of Mahatma Gandhi’s Return- 09.01.2005 Price-2000 Rs,Available at snapdeal

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New Stamps from Australia

Colors of the Australian Antarctic Territory Only two of the world’s continents lie entirely within the Southern Hemisphere: Australia and Antarctica. Australia lies quite close to the equator, while Antarctica is situated about the South Geographic Pole.Antarctica is almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. In extreme weather snow blizzards can cause whiteout, an optical […]

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New Stamps from Denmark

Sailing Ships The four stamps depict the training ship KØBENHAVN, which disappeared in 1928, the two current training ships DANMARK and GEORG STAGE, while the last stamp depicts FULTON, which is primarily used for school trips for primary and lower secondary school pupils, continuation school etc. Issue Date: 13.06.2015 Designer: Post Danmark Stamps/Per Ingemann Illustrator: Kobenhavn/Danish Maritime Museum, Danmark/Morten Beck Risom, Georg Stage/Photogeapher […]

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Croatia Lighthouses 2015

DAKSA:A small island of Daksa is the furthest east situated island of the Elaphite Islands, 400 metres air distance from the hotel resort Babin kuk, and 2 nautical miles from the harbour of Dubrovnik- Gruž. Covered by Mediterranean vegetation it is 580 metres long and, 100 – 180 metres wide. The highest point of the island is […]

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India Post: Lord Buddha Stamp Booklet

Stamp book on Buddha contains 6 original stamps/MS : International Year of Piece -24.10.1986 Asit Kumar Haldar- 28.12.1991 Centre for culture and tourism – 6.06.1997 Buddha Mahotsav- 21.01.2002 2550 years of Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha – 02.05.2007 Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism- 14.05.2014 Price:1500Rs

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Thailand-Malaysia Joint issue

Thailand and Malaysian issued a set of stamps on 8th June 2015 featuring Marine Creatures to create awareness among the people for conserving marine life and resources as they are rapidly declining around the world.The stamp issued are in conjunction with this year’s World Oceans Day celebration. The stamps features the white spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza […]

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Issued Stamp on Visit of Pope Francis

Slogan of Pope’s visit „Peace be with you“, by simple words encourages Bosnia and Herzegovina in building peace, is the message of encouragement to all inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to all people of good will.Pope Francis comes in B&H with an open heart full of love for all people, for all those who […]

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Birds of the Himalayas : Picture Postcards Set

By  Suresh Rao India Post North Karnataka Region (Dharwad) has released a set of 49 Picture postcards  on the theme Birds of the Himalayas to observe the International Biodiversity decade 2011-2020. The Himalayas, is a mountain range which separates the Great Indian Plains from the Tibetan Plateau. This range is home to nine of the […]

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UAE and Kazakhastan will Issue Joint Stamps on The Presidents

Emirates Post Group and Kazpost, the national postal corporation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to issue joint stamps featuring the UAE President HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, as part of increased postal cooperation between UAE and Kazakhstan. The postage stamps, dedicated to […]