Ireland has issued a stamp on 30th July 2015 on the occasion of the centenary of Padraig Pearse’s legendary eulogy to west Cork-born patriot, Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa (84), with a new stamp.The stamp features a graveside photograph of Pádraig from the Keogh Collection at the National Library. O’Donovan Rossa, born in Rosscarbery, was an early […]
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By Lim Yi Han It looked like just another e-mail sent to Bhaskar’s Arts Academy asking for a dancer to perform an Indian dance routine at the launch of an exhibition.But when the academy’s artistic director and choreographer, Mrs Santha Bhaskar, read the e-mail from the Singapore Philatelic Museum, she had a pleasant surprise.The e-mail […]
As a tribute to the former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the Department of Posts will release commemorative stamps on his birth anniversary on October 15.Members of the South India Philatelists Association had recently submitted a request to the Department of Posts to bring out a set of four stamps on Mr. Kalam. Association secretary Roland […]
Boats of the Mediterranean is the common theme of year 2015 for all the members of the Postal Union for the Mediterranean. All the postal operators within PUMed also known as EUROMED, will be issuing stamps with a common theme the boats of the Mediterranean, featuring their traditional boats.
Italy has issued a stamp featuring mascot of Expo Milano 2015, the Universal Exhibition that Milan, Italy, being hosted from May 1 to October 31, 2015. The stamp depicts the logo of the event and the legend “EXPO MILANO 2015″ along with the eye catching mascot.Milan is hosting the exposition for the second time, the […]
The Netherlands has released five stamps on 20th July 2015 that features physics experiments that can be even performed by children. The issue was designed in collaboration with the Science Center Nemo, a hands-on interactive science and technology museum in Amsterdam.Each stamp includes an embedded code that links through a smart phone to the museum’s website. […]
Hungary has issued a stamp to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Miksa Róth on 24th June 2015.The Pax mosaic designed by Miksa Róth, is featured on the red numbered imperforated and the green numbered specially perforated stamp blocks, which have the same design as the standard version. Besides the standard and special editions, the […]
Thailand has issued a stamp set on classical musical instruments.This set is dedicated to HRH PRINCESS Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s talent for playing Thai classical music.The stamps, which are also the Thailand Post’s way of marking the Princess’ 60th birthday, feature each of the four instruments with which she is associated: the sor duang (treble fiddle), […]
Six UK bee species chosen for the sheet stamps to give representation of all parts of the UK, different habitats and the different kinds of bee species that breed in the UK (two bumblebee species and four ‘solitary’ bees). The miniature sheet is devoted to the honey bee.The six individual stamps have been designed by […]
Pos Malaysia is today issuing the stamps to showcase the uniqueness of the South Sea pearl.”The highlight of this collection is a striking 3D image, where foil stamping is combined with embossing. Another interesting feature is the shape of the stamps.