Europa 2020 The stamps will feature a postillion on horseback, a resting horse and a stagecoach. Until the advent of the railways, this was the way mail was transported throughout Europe for centuries. Issue Date:11.05.2020 Designer:studio26, Arnhem Printer:Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé B.V., Haarlem Process:Offset Colours:black, PMS 072 blue, PMS 871 gold and phosphorus Size:Stamp Size: 36 […]
Category: History Behind a Stamp
As early as 1930, drawings for a technical solution similar to today’s chairlift were submitted to the Budapest decision-makers by the engineer István Hantos Jr, and in 1933 documents for a cable car from Zugliget to János Hill to enable people to get to the green hills above Budapest faster in order to go on […]
Butterflies : My Own Stamp Date of Release:9th June 2020 Summer Flowers:Epilobium Hirsutum Relatively few plants bloom in Israel in the summer due to the lack of rain during this arid season. It is therefore not surprising that most of the species that do bloom are found in damp habitats such as pools, riverbanks and […]
Vilnius Gaon one of the most famous Jewish Wise Men of all time, born and living in Lithuania, who made Vilnius famous in the world. He was a man of exceptional erudition, starting his own studies at 10 years old. Elijah ben Solomon Zalman was born in 1720. It is often affirmed that the Vilna […]
Squirrels (Sciuridae family) are mammals that are part of the large group of rodents, the family comprising about 55 species, spreading in the most part of Europe and Asia, and in the New World from southern Canada to northern Argentina. They generally populate coniferous, deciduous and tropical forests, both in wetlands and arid areas. Indian […]
Artworks In The National Collection One stamp features a lady wearing the ‘ghonnella’ – a traditional headdress unique to Malta and Gozo. Made of silk or cotton, it was usually dark in colour and covered the frame but not the face of the wearer. Its use petered out in the 1950’s. The next stamp features […]
India Post has released a beautiful thematic set of six stamps on Musical instruments.The stamps are released in setenant format.Each sheet contains 15 setenant stamps of denomination 5 Rs. 1. Kamaicha 2. Ravanahatha 3. Surando 4. Algoza 5. Burrakatha 6. Ektara Date of Release:25th June 2020,Designer;Sankha Samanta,Print Run:500,000 (each stamp),Process;Wet Offset,Printer:Security Printing Press,Hyderabad For Image […]
Year 2020 marks 150 years since the death of Charles Dickens, widely regarded as the greatest author of the Victorian era. Appreciated for his vast contribution to English literature, Dickens is particularly well known for his powerful and evocative descriptions of Victorian London. Issue Date:09.06.2020 Designer:Mark & Julie Wilkinson. Printer:Cartor Security Printing, France. Process:Offset Lithography […]
Medical and Industrial Tubing Optinova Group, an Åland company headquartered in Mariehamn, is world leader in the manufacture of polymer-based tubing for medical and industrial applications. The tubing is used in a wide range of areas, for example in cardiovascular surgery, pharmaceutical industry and food production as well as in the electricity and electronics sectors. […]
Hungary had the opportunity to take part in the Soviet Union’s international space research programme for peaceful purposes. Rigorous tests to evaluate medical, intellectual and psychological suitability preceded the selection of the cosmonauts. Among the 95 fighter pilots considered for the space mission, the two most suitable were Bertalan Farkas and Béla Magyari. Based on […]