Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the country’s first solar power plant, the latest fruit of increasingly close cooperation with China and a step towards an electoral promise to end chronic power shortages. The Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park in Bahawalpur produces 100MW of power, which will be increased by next year.The plant, owned by the […]
Category: Stamps
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 […]
India Post will release a stamp issue on 21st June 2015 to commemorate International Yoga Day.Earlier stamps on Yoga were issued in 1991.
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 […]
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, […]
There are two types of buzzards in Estonia. Although most of the common buzzards leave in the autumn, some of them stay also in the winter. The rough-legged hawk, a species closely related to the buzzards, is quite similar to the common buzzard but it can be met only wintering or in passing. The European […]
Since the ancient times, hunting was one of the main occupations of the Kyrgyz men. Using the hunting birds and hound dogs (Taigan breed) would be the height of the hunting skills and Kyrgyz people have been proving to obtain these skills for a long time. Using hunting birds such as falcons, hawks and eagles, […]
A dramatic episode off the North East coast during the First World War is recalled by a special issue of stamps issued on the other side of the world.The steam trawler Viola operated out of the Tyne during the Great War and is currently the subject of a bid to bring her back from South […]
The design of the charity stamps is the same in Sweden and Denmark. In Denmark, they will be sold in ten-stamp strips for DKK 110, with DKK 10 being donated to the WWF. This year’s charity stamp is also a first in other ways. For the first time ever, PostNord’s logo is being profiled on a stamp. […]
Philippines has issued a new stamp marking the centennial of Romblon State University.The school was established to train locals in agricultural arts to establish food sufficiency in Romblon, which was then a sub-province of Capiz.A secondary course in farming for boys and housekeeping for girls was opened in June 1916. In 1929, it was converted […]