Two hundred and twenty-five years ago, Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers and the country’s first Treasury secretary, had a novel idea: Since the U.S. Navy had been disbanded five years earlier, maybe the country should install 10 cutters at its ports to collect taxes on foreign products.Thus was born the Revenue Marine, which later […]
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The set consists of six themes; United as One People, A Smart Singapore, Hear us Roar, Realising our Aspirations, Our Heritage, Our Culture, Our Future and Harmonious at Heart. The first stamp set, Our Journey Together (48 years of independence), was released in 2013 and featured defining moments of Singaporeâs past.The second stamp set, I […]
India Post is soon issuing a commemorative postage stamp on Great Emperor Ashoka. King Asoka, the third monarch of the Indian Mauryan dynasty, has come to be regarded as one of the most exemplary rulers in world history. The British historian H.G. Wells has written: “Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd […]
Argentina has released a special stamp in the honor of prominent surgeon Dr. René Gerónimo Favaloro was the foremost surgeon who successfully conducted coronary heart surgery based on a new technique he developed at Cleveland Clinic, US.Born and brought up in La Plata, Argentina, Dr. Favaloro was inspired by Professor Mainetti of La Plata University […]
The second part released on 4th August 2015 commemorating the events of World War I focusses on change. ‘The Great War’ 1914-1918 was the first conflict to embrace the need for dramatic change in order to achieve the upper hand.The stamps feature the development of mechanization, communication, camouflage and deception, uniform, observation and the tactics […]
Canada has released two stamps on 6th August 2015 to commemorate John Franklin’s search for Northwest Passage and the discovery in September 2014 of the sunken remains of his expedition’s flagship HMS Erebus. “The mystery of Franklin’s expedition has long captured the imaginations of Canadians”, said Canada’s Minister of Justice Peter MacKay. “These stamps reflect Canadians’ pride in the […]
Korycinski is a hard yellow cheese made from cow’s milk, named after the town of Korycin in Poland and considered to be the oldest polish yellow cheese.Koryciński, also known as “swojski” (homemade), is a hard yellow cheese made from cow’s milk, named after the town of Korycin in Poland, and made in the Podlaskie Voivodeship […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Mediterranean Diet is a food concept that, within the history chronology, is as much timeless as it is accurate. Its classification as “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” by UNESCO confirms not only the existence of a specific food regime, but also a historic trace born within the Mediterranean. This is the legacy that the […]