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.
Category: History Behind a Stamp
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 […]
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).
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
2016, will be year of the monkey. 1) NT$3.5 stamp: The image of a golden monkey holding a rosy peach symbolizes “ushering in wealth”. 2) NT$13 stamp: The image of a vivacious monkey striding with its head held high conveys the idea of a promotion or attainment of high office. 3) NT$12 souvenir […]
Cyprus has issued two stamps featuring Akamas peninsula and Avakas gorge on 9th July 2015. Akamas peninsula:The Akamas peninsula, named after an Athenian warrior and son of Theseus, who arrived here after the Trojan war, is a unique area, both geologically and with regard to flora and fauna.At the southern end of the peninsula is […]