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Korea will Issue Stamps on Birds

By Wolfgang Beyer, Vice Chairman of the German Philatelic Collector Group ArGe Zoologie The stamps will be issued on 22nd November 2016 have postage value of 300 won.Stamps depicts  a Great  tit (Parus major) and a group of Black-faced spoonbills(Platalea minor). It´s the first  issue  Nature in the DMZ of Korea.

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Azerbaijan Issued Stamps on Chess Olympiad

Azerbaijan has issued a beautiful stamp set on 42nd World Chess Olympiad .The “Chess World Cup: Baku-2015” stamp was named the “Most interesting stamp” by Italian journal “L’arte del francobollo”. The price of each stamp of the series is 0.5 manats.

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Greece Issued Stamps on Famous Personalities

Five distinguished Greek personalities living abroad have been honored   with a commemorative series of stamps on 1st september 2016. Costa Gavras:Greek-French director (featured photo) born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia, but lives and works in France creating internationally acclaimed films such as “Z,” “Mad City,” “Betrayed” and many more. He has bought attention to numerous international […]

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Special Cover on Martyrs

By M.Gulrez A special cover on martyrs of 18 august 1942 at Mohammadabad tehsile, Ghazipur released on 18 August 2016.

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Malaysia Issued Stamps on National Laureates

Malaysia issued its National Laureates stamp series at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS), in conjunction with the International Book Fair Kuala Lumpur 2016.This first stamp series will feature three of Malaysia’s renowned national laureates, namely Kamaluddin Muhammad (Keris Mas), Usman Awang (Tongkat Warrant) and Muhammad Abdul Biang (Arena Wati).

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Stamp Released on Gujrati Writer Govardhanram Tripathi

India Post has released a commemorative postage stamp on noted Gujrati writer Govardhanram Tripathi.Chief Minister of Gujrat Anandi Ben Patel released the stamp on 27th April 2016.Tripathi  was born in Nadiad, India on 20 October 1855 on the day of the Dashera festival.In 1875, he completed his BA degree and decided to pursue an LLB […]

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Sweden Issues Rainbow Stamps To Celebrate LGBT Pride

Sweden will issue a rainbow colored stamps to celebrate LGBT Pride.Per Ljungberg of PostNord Sweden said:“By issuing a stamp with the Pride Flag, we want to emphasise the equal value of all people and the strength represented by people’s unique qualities and differences. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time the Pride Flag […]

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India Post Released Stamp on Vasantrao S Dempo

Date of Issue:4 February 2016 Born on March 4, 1916 into an aristocratic Saraswat family and educated in Marathi, Portuguese and English, Vasantrao entered the family business when he was quite young. After his elementary education, he went to the Lyceum where he took his baccalaureate at the age of 18. In 1932, he married […]

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VALPEX 2015:Special Cover Released on Zoroastrian Atash Behram

By M.Gulrez A Special cover was released on Zoroastrian Atash Behram during Valsad philatelic exhibition on 19th December 2015 .Sspo Mr. Macwan, Valsad released  the special cover .

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Bahrain Issued Stamp on National Day

Bahrain Post has issued 3 stamps on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the National Day and celebrations of the 16th Anniversary of the Accession Day of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.The set was designed from art reflecting some of the recent social and civil achievements that have been made and […]