Philippines has released special postage stamps on 13th May 2015 featuring hybrid gumamelas. The launch was done in celebration of Heritage Month that aims to promote the country’s unique heritage, traditions, and landmarks here and abroad. The new set of stamps features four different varieties of gumamela flowers: the single, large-flowered white ‘Tandang Sora,’ the […]
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New Zealand post issued postage stamps on 3rd June 2015 to coincide with the dawn of Maori New Year, the Matariki 2015 stamp issue celebrates the ancient art form ” Kowhaiwhai” in a contemporary setting.Typically featured in the whare whakairo (decorated meeting house) on the heke (rafters), k?whaiwhai is an art form that is distinctively […]
Philippines is going to issue stamps on 5 June 2015 to mark the 75th Anniversary of Ateneo De Naga University.Both the stamps carry the slogan “Ateneo De Naga University 75 years of Magis. Living the Spirit. Forging new frontiers.”PHLPost printed 104,000 copies of the blue-colored stamps measuring 30 mm by 40 mm. Each stamp will […]
India Post will release a stamp issue on 21st June 2015 to commemorate International Yoga Day.Earlier stamps on Yoga were issued in 1991.
Singapore is issuing stamps on 5th June 2015 featuring the 28th SEA Games official mascot, Nila.Designed by graphic designer Wong Wui Kong, SingPost said the 28th SEA Games stamp issue will be treasured memento for sport enthusiasts and stamp collectors. Other stamp products of this issue include the Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with the […]
Korea has issued a set of stamps on 2nd June 2015 under the series ‘Must Visit Korean Places’ . First in the series is a four-stamp set which features photographs of Dumulmeori, where the South Han River and North Han River meet in Yangpyeong, Goesan Mountain’s Hwayang Valley draped along 3 kilometers of Hwayang Stream, […]
Royal Mail’s modern Special Stamp programme which celebrates the heritage and culture of the UK, marks its 50thanniversary in 2015.As part of celebrations, Royal Mail is installing 50 plaques with images of some of the most popular stamps on 50 post boxes in locations across the country.Each of the 50 postboxes is located in one […]
The stamp will be released on 4th September 2015. The BI diamond anniversary commemorative stamps will feature a block of four with different designs composed of the BI anniversary logo, stamped canceller, immigration badge, the bureau’s main building with Lapu-Lapu at the middle, the first Filipino to resist Spanish colonization,” .
HM Queen Elizabeth II is at present the world’s oldest reigning monarch as well as Britain’s longestlived and longest-reigning head of state. To celebrate such an important achievement, Gibraltar is issuing its first ever £10 stamp featuring a photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) taken in 1955.The stamps are printed with 22ct Gold and for […]
Poland has issued the Magical World of Disney stamps on 1st June 2015 featuring characters of Frozen ,American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy–comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.Frozen – American animated film of year 2013, produced by Walt Disney Pictures , a director Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee . Production was a box office […]