India Post is issuing a set of postage stamps on master healers of AYUSH on 21st June 2019.AYUSH consists of alternate medical systems of India AyurvedaYogaUnaniSiddha and Homeopathy.In India The Ministry of AYUSH was formed on 9th November 2014 to ensure the optimal development and propagation of AYUSH systems of health care. Earlier it was […]
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India Post has issued a commemorative postage stamp alongwith a sheetlet on Mahadevappa Mailara on 3rd September 2018.Mahadevappa Mailara was a freedom fighter . Mailar Mahadevappa,Only Person from Karnataka at the age of 18 years had accompanied Mahatma Gandhi in his Dandi March (One among original 78 Inmates Selected by Mahathama Gandhiji to started from shabramathi Ashram).After returning […]
By Mukul Bhowmik On 10 th August 2018 , Bhutan post has issued a 4 value 3 D SS to mark the entry of Bhutan in Space with the launch of its first satellite a nano–satellite or cube satellite { cube sat] called Bhutan 1. The satellite was sent in to space at 3.41 PM BST aboard a space X Dragon space craft on […]
India Post has issued a set of two stamps and a miniature sheet on holiday destinations of India.The MS depicts Thar desert of Rajasthan.First stamp depicts City Palace Udaipur and second stamp depicts an image of Stone Chariot of Hampi (Karnataka).Denomination of both stamps is 15 Rs each. Technical Detail:Date of Release:15th August 2018 ,Quantity:Stamps- […]
Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was known as a beloved television neighbor to generations of children. His groundbreaking public television series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”inspired and educated young viewers with warmth, sensitivity and honesty. Filmed in Pittsburgh and first distributed nationally in 1968 by a predecessor of the Public Broadcasting Service, the program was innovative and unlike anything […]
North Korea has released a set of stamps on the royal wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles with a collection of commemorative stamps. With the high-anticipated royal wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in May, we reveal if royal fans can expect to see commemorative stamps from Pyongyang.
Posted onMarch 13, 2018byPhilaMirror Contemporary Art: Eduardo Arroy Born in Madrid in 1937, this representative of critical figuration and political and social content later moved to Paris for political reasons and to become a writer.His language skills allowed him to easily integrate into the … Continue reading → Posted inCommemorative Stamps, First Day Cover, History […]
The rivers depicted on stamps are the Sungai Rajang in Sarawak, Sungai Kinabatangan (Sabah) and Sungai Pahang (Pahang).Sungai Rajang – the longest river in the country measuring at 563km – was chosen to be the longest miniature sheet ever produced by Pos Malaysia.The stamps feature the illustration of top-down views of the second and third […]
India Post has issued a set of 16 stamps on step wells of India on 29th December 2017.Denomination of 8 stamps is 15 Rs and another 8 stamps is 15 Rs. each.Each sheetlet costs 160 Rs. it is issued in form of 4 sheetlets.Each sheetlet contains 16 stamps.A mix sheetlet (MS) is also issued. The stamp issue depict […]
Known as the Grand Old Man of India, Dadabhai Naoroji was an intellectual, educator and political figure who worked to promote the Zoroastrian religion and the Indian culture. He spearheaded Indiaâs freedom struggle by giving speeches and writing articles on the exploitation of India by the British. The first ever Asian to be a British […]