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Singapore Issued Third Set of Stamps on SG50

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 Singapore’s past.The second stamp set, I […]

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New Irish Stamp on The Graveside Oration

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 […]