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Malaysia Issued Stamps on Pearls

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.

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Philippines Issued Scanted Stamps on floral Paintings by Cory Aquino

A second batch of special scented stamps featuring the trademark flower paintings of the late President Corazon Aquino was launched on 29th July 2015.The scented stamps are available in four designs printed in imported, unwatermarked paper.PhilPost said the stamps will be sold at P30.00 each. Four hundred thousand stamps have been printed so far. PhilPost […]

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South Korea Issued Stamp on Silk Road Depicts Taj Mahal

South Korea has issued a postage stamp on 10th July 2015 on Gyeongju Silk Road Cultural Festival .It depicts Taj Mahal and Camel(State animal of Rajasthan). Gyeongju Silk Road Cultural Festival 2015 will be held from 21th of August to 18th of October this year(59days) in Gyeongju.Gyeongju is believed as the Eastern Silk Road. As a capital […]

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New Stamps from Vatican City

World of the Family Meeting Vatican City’s postal service has released stamp commemorating the World of the Family Meeting in Philadelphia,  Cindy Wooten of the Catholic News Service reports from Rome. The 2.30 Euro ($2.50) stamp shows families from different parts of the world against a backdrop featuring elements of the city’s skyline and the […]

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Estonia  Issued Stamps on Smart Ideas

Estonia  has issued a set of four stamps on occasion of 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia on 6th July 2015. The items depict various innovations the ideas for which were born in Estonia. In the most general sense innovation is doing things in a new way. Several world-wide success stories have been born […]

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The Netherlands Issued Stamps on Tour de France Route

The Netherlands issued special stamps on 4th July 2015 on Tour de France in the Netherlands .PostNL issued the Tour de France mail set specially for the start of the Tour. The set contains a stamp sheet with three new stamps and three matching postcards. The set features the route of the first two stages […]

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New Sepac Stamps: Artists of Guernsey

This year’s SEPAC theme is ‘Culture’ and we have chosen to celebrate paintings from a variety of artists who had connections with Guernsey.This striking set includes two very different paintings of Moulin Huet Bay – one by Renoir and one by Naftel. The French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir spent a month in Guernsey in the […]

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New Romanian Stamps on Gorgeous Flowers from Botanical Gardens

This postage stamp issue presents rare flower species found in the patrimony of four botanical gardens in Romania. The stamps were unveiled on 3 July 2015. On the stamp with the face value of lei 1.00 is illustrated Astragalus peterfii Jav, plant from the species Milkvetch, endemic to Romania and with a pin head habitat, […]

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Guernsey will Issue Stamps on Sark’s 450th Anniversary

42p stamp-In 565 Saint Magloire landed on Sark from Brittany with 62 monks to establish a Christian monastery. As well as miraculously curing the sick and rescuing a man from a giant conger eel’s jaws, his best-known role was as a dragon slayer. According to legend he subdued the beast with his shawl then led […]

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India Post Released Stamp on Nabakalebara 2015

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan has released the special postal stamp on 17th July 2015 to commemorate historic Nabakalebara Rath Yatra 2015.Odisha Tourism Minister Ashok Panda, Chief Secretary Gokul Pati and Tourism Secretary Arvind Padhee were present at the occasion.The postage stamp is dedicated to Mahaprabhu Sree Jagannath. Dharmendra Pradhan has […]