The two stamps issued by both posts present glittering silver jewelry embellishing the traditional folk dresses of the two countries. The Åland shawl buckle is a so-called woggle in silver designed by Åland silversmith Viking Sundberg on the basis of older finds in Åland. The woggle is used to fastening the shawl and it is […]
Category: History Behind a Stamp
Tata (in Latin Dotis and in German Totis) lies on the river Által in northern Transdanubia, where the flat Kisalföld and the Transdanubian Mountain Range meet at the north-western entrance to the Tata valley separating the Gerecse and Vértes mountain ranges. The city of Tata has been inhabited since ancient times, which the archaeological finds […]
Slovenia issued a stamp on boat on 9th July 2015 under Euromed Postal stamp.Theme of this years Euromed stamp is boats of Mediterranean.The stamp features a wooden fishing boat called “tonera”, powered by oars, used to catch tuna (Little tunny Euthynnus alletteratus).
USPS is issuing stamps on watermelon, corn on the cob, cantaloupes and tomatoes .The first day of issue for these stamps is July 11, but the idea goes back to 2002. That’s when Michael Doret, a Los Angeles-based artist and designer, began working on six designs for American fruits and vegetables with Richard Sheaff, who […]
The ASEAN posted on its Twitter account an image of the 10 ASEAN member states’ stamps to mark the ASEAN’s 48th anniversary. Each country produced the stamp with the country’s name and currency. ASEAN will launch the stamps on 8 August this year, which is the 48th anniversary of ASEAN,” ASEAN said. In the stamps, […]
A number of postal operators within the Postal Union for the Mediterranean, – PUMed, will be issuing stamps featuring as a common theme the boats of the Mediterranean.Malta will be participating in this initiative by issuing a stamp featuring the Firilla which in the past was commonly seen around the Maltese Islands. The stamp carries […]
Singapore 2015 World Stamp Exhibition This is a joint issue between New Zealand, Australia and Singapore. And as 2015 marks the 50th year of Independence and the 150th year of Wellington as New Zealand’s capital city, the exhibition first day cover features all three country’s parliament buildings. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Six stamps in this […]
Royal Mail has announced that six Special Stamps to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain will be issued on 16 July.The Battle of Britain took place over the summer and autumn of 1940 and saw the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe contest the world’s first independent and decisive air campaign in the […]
Canada Post issued five stamps celebrating extraordinary Canadian locations whose rugged grandeur and cultural impact have earned global recognition as UNESCO World Heritage sites.Included is Canada’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site, the Red Bay Basque Whaling Station, located along the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Strait of Belle Isle. There, in the 16th century, European […]
During the Korean War, Lt Col James Power Carne led 700 men of the Gloucestershire Regiment against more than 10,000 Chinese in the Battle of Imjin River in 1951.He was eventually captured and spent 19 months in solitary confinement, and was later awarded the Victoria Cross.He is depicted on one of 10 stamps issued to […]