Estonia has issued a set of four stamps on occasion of 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia on 6th July 2015. The items depict various innovations the ideas for which were born in Estonia. In the most general sense innovation is doing things in a new way. Several world-wide success stories have been born […]
Category: History Behind a Stamp
This year’s SEPAC theme is ‘Culture’ and we have chosen to celebrate paintings from a variety of artists who had connections with Guernsey.This striking set includes two very different paintings of Moulin Huet Bay – one by Renoir and one by Naftel. The French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir spent a month in Guernsey in the […]
This postage stamp issue presents rare flower species found in the patrimony of four botanical gardens in Romania. The stamps were unveiled on 3 July 2015. On the stamp with the face value of lei 1.00 is illustrated Astragalus peterfii Jav, plant from the species Milkvetch, endemic to Romania and with a pin head habitat, […]
42p stamp-In 565 Saint Magloire landed on Sark from Brittany with 62 monks to establish a Christian monastery. As well as miraculously curing the sick and rescuing a man from a giant conger eel’s jaws, his best-known role was as a dragon slayer. According to legend he subdued the beast with his shawl then led […]
The six stamps in this issue commemorate 75 years since the Battle of Britain and depict some of the key factors that enabled Britain to survive. Together these factors helped to form a springboard for allied victory in World War Two.Hat-Trick Design, London, has designed the 40’s styled stamps in keeping with the stamps they […]
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan has released the special postal stamp on 17th July 2015 to commemorate historic Nabakalebara Rath Yatra 2015.Odisha Tourism Minister Ashok Panda, Chief Secretary Gokul Pati and Tourism Secretary Arvind Padhee were present at the occasion.The postage stamp is dedicated to Mahaprabhu Sree Jagannath. Dharmendra Pradhan has […]
The landscape sheet, consisting of twenty first class stamps, has images of paintings and sculptures from the Art Russe foundation’s collection. The designs are based on artworks that were displayed in March at the first UK exhibition dedicated to the end of the Second World War and its reflection in Russian art, hosted by London’s Saatchi […]
Russia has released a stamp on 25th June 2015 to mark the Year of Literature 2015. It depicts the profiles of such famous Russian writers as Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol and Anna Akhmatova. The Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum near St. Petersburg has played host to the official opening ceremony for the All-Russia Year of Literature. 2015 […]
30c – Fou (Hibiscus tiliaceus):The fou is one of the most commonly found trees in Niue, with bright yellow hibiscus flowers that turn red with age. The fou has several useful elements that are utilised in Niue. The bark of the fou contains strong fibres, making it ideal for creating cordage and fashioning into ceremonial […]
Isle of Man Post has issued a set of six stamps on 15th July 2015 on the public transport buses of 1930s and 40s.This beautiful set augments “All Aboard Please!” issue of 1999, proving that, like buses, good stamps are worth the wait! Now, as then, the images are specially-commissioned from Isle of Man artist […]