Romania 1. European mink 2. The Great Bustard Issue Date:22.04.2021 Designer:George URSACHI Process:Offset Colours:4 Colours (+ ink visibile in UV) Size:33 x 48 mm Norway:Bumble bee Species Recent years have seen a sharp decline in many bumblebee species in Europe and North America, due mainly to changes in agricultural methods over the past century. Three species of […]
Category: History Behind a Stamp
Napoleon I The Block of stamps issued on the occasion of the bicentenary of the death (1769 -1821)of Napoleon 1st a stamp with a portrait of young Napoleon and a stamp with Napoleon at Saint Helena looking out to sea “ Issue Date:19.04.2021 Designer:Sophie Beaujard Illustrator:Sophie Beaujard Process:Mixte Groupe Bel Flag bearer of a formidable human, […]
HRH Prince Philip The sheetlet celebrating landmark events and some of the many achievements of H R H Prince Philip in the year that sees him celebrate his 100th Birthday. 2021 also marks the 65th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme, started by Prince Philip in 1956. Issue Date:31.03.2021 Designer:EJC Design Printer:Lowe Martin Process:Offset […]
The new “Stamps from the monarchy“ series opens with the stamps which were issued in 1899 as a result of the changeover to the new currency and were therefore the first to be issued with denominations in Heller and Kronen. In 1892 the currency for Austria-Hungary changed from the silver-coated Gulden to a gold- standard […]
Native Songbirds Issue Date:01.03.2021 Designer:Christine Böhmwalder, Götzis Printer:Gutenberg AG, Schaan Process:Offset Colours:4-colour Size:32 x 38 mm Europa 2021: Endangered National Wildlife The “Noble Crayfish” (face value: CHF 1.50) and the “Weasel” (face value: CHF 1.50) are the motifs of Liechtenstein’s Europa stamps this year Under the common theme Endangered National Wildlife. Issue Date:01.03.2021 Designer:Angelo Boog, […]
Native Songbirds Issue Date:01.03.2021 Designer:Christine Böhmwalder, Götzis Printer:Gutenberg AG, Schaan Process:Offset Colours:4-colour Size:32 x 38 mm Europa 2021: Endangered National Wildlife The “Noble Crayfish” (face value: CHF 1.50) and the “Weasel” (face value: CHF 1.50) are the motifs of Liechtenstein’s Europa stamps this year Under the common theme Endangered National Wildlife. Issue Date:01.03.2021 Designer:Angelo Boog, […]
125th Anniversary of Clown Charlie Rivel Born in 1896 in Cubelles, near Barcelona, with his real name Josep Andreu i Lasserre, Charlie Rivel is one of the few clowns ever to have achieved true international staraom. Like Grock and the Fratellinis before him, Rivet was beloved all over Europe, feted by royalty and popular audiences […]
Clematis Gold: C.Sarah Elizabeth The first plant to feature in ‘Clematis Gold’ series is called Sarah Elizabeth. this unique and beautiful clematis is dedicated to the memory of Sarah Elizabeth Groves, whose life was tragically cut short when she was murdered whilst back packing, on board a house boat on Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir, on […]
Partisans of Lithuania The postage stamps depicts 4 partisans from 8 who have signed the Lithuanian Partisans Declaration of February 16, 1949. They are Petras Bartkus-Žadgaila, Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, Bronius Liesys-Naktis and Leonardas Vilhelmas Grigonis-Užpalis. Issue Date:17.02.2021 Designer:A. Ratkeviciene Printer:“Baltijas Banknote SIA”, Latvia. Process:Offset Size:30×37,5 mm Birute Marija Alseikaite-Gimbutiene B. M. Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė was most famous for […]
Chien Shiung Wu, a trailblazing Chinese American nuclear physicist whose myriad accomplishments earned her the nickname “the First Lady of Physics. Wu made enormous contributions to our understanding of radioactivity and the structure of the universe. Wu was born in China in 1912 and moved to the United States at the age of 24. She […]