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Children’s Day 2015  Stamp Design Competition

Department of Posts is holding a Stamp Design Competition. The theme of the competition is “A Day in the Rains”. The Terms and Conditions to participate in the competition are as follows:- Entries are invited for Stamp Design Competition. The participants are to make an original design on this subject (should not be copy of […]

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Pakistan Issued Stamp on First 100 MW Solar Plant

Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the country’s first solar power plant, the latest fruit of increasingly close cooperation with China and a step towards an electoral promise to end chronic power shortages. The Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park in Bahawalpur produces 100MW of power, which will be increased by next year.The plant, owned by the […]

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Spain  Issued Stamp on World Food Programme

Spain issued a stamp on 4th June 2015 on the World Food Programme (WFP). The stamp depicts a world map made of food-producing seeds and a hand with a double symbolism is recreated; on the one hand, it works for a world with Zero Hunger providing the fruits needed for universal support, but which in […]

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Special Cover and My Stamp Released to Commemorate Sathabishekam of Srimad Srimushnam Andavan

To celebrate 80th Birth day of Srimad Srimushnam Andavan My Stamp and   special cover were released on 21st May 2015. The 81st Tirunakshatram celebrations and Sathabhisheka mahothsavam of Srimad Srimushnam Andavan was held from 17th to 21st May 2015 at Srirangam Srimad Andavan Arts & Science College Campus, Srirangam , Tiruchirappalli.

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New Stamps from Estonia

Lotte Gadgetville lies close by the sea. It is a village where a competition on new gadgets takes place on the most important day of the year, Inventor’s Day. During the long and cold winter the best inventors of the village invent new gadgets to demonstrate them to the folks in the village on Inventor’s […]

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Philippines Issued Stamps on Gumamelas Flowers

Philippines has released special postage stamps on 13th May 2015 featuring hybrid gumamelas. The launch was done in celebration of Heritage Month that aims to promote the country’s unique heritage, traditions, and landmarks here and abroad. The new set of stamps features four different varieties of gumamela flowers: the single, large-flowered white ‘Tandang Sora,’ the […]

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India Post will Celebrate International Yoga Day with Stamps

India Post will release a stamp issue on 21st June 2015 to commemorate International Yoga Day.Earlier stamps on Yoga were issued in 1991.

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Singapore Issued Stamps on SEA Games

Singapore is issuing stamps on 5th June 2015 featuring the 28th SEA Games official mascot, Nila.Designed by graphic designer Wong Wui Kong, SingPost said the 28th SEA Games stamp issue will be treasured memento for sport enthusiasts and stamp collectors. Other stamp products of this issue include the Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with the […]

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Korea Issued ‘Must Visit Korean Places’ Stamps

Korea has issued a set of stamps on 2nd June 2015 under the series ‘Must Visit Korean Places’ . First in the series is a four-stamp set which features photographs of Dumulmeori, where the South Han River and North Han River meet in Yangpyeong, Goesan Mountain’s Hwayang Valley draped along 3 kilometers of Hwayang Stream, […]

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Philippines will Issue Stamp on Bureau of Immigration

The stamp will be released on 4th September 2015. The BI diamond anniversary commemorative stamps will feature a block of four with different designs composed of the BI anniversary logo, stamped canceller, immigration badge, the bureau’s main building with Lapu-Lapu at the middle, the first Filipino to resist Spanish colonization,” .