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Issue Date: 2nd July 2010.

 In my opinion, [Prudence Heward] was the very best painter we ever had in Canada and she never got the recognition she richly deserved in her lifetime. I wanted her to join the Group of Seven, but like the Twelve Apostles, no women were included.” A.Y. Jackson, founding member of the Group of Seven

In the age of the landscape painting, when little credibility was given to the female artist, Montréal-born Prudence Heward (1896–1947) broke popular artistic trends and gender conventions, gaining unusual distinction as a representational figure painter. Well aware of woman’s then-marginal place in the art world, Heward’s works examine and redefine the female artist. Her studies of strong, serious, defiant women set in metaphorical landscapes made her one of the most celebrated artists in Canada during the first half of the 20th century.

Heward’s formal art (read more)

published June 26th, 2010

On June 18th Norway Post issued a stamp to commemorate the centenary of the Norwegian National Health Association.

Up until the middle of the 1950s, tuberculosis was a dreaded disease throughout the world. At the turn of the last century it was taking an annual toll of about 7,000 lives in Norway alone

Doctors fought against tuberculosis through much of the 19th century, but made no headway until 1882 when a German doctor, Robert Koch, discovered the bacillus that causes the disease. This provided the basis for a widespread eradication campaign.

In Norway, Dr. Klaus Hansen took the first steps to mobilise the population against the “white plague”. He persuaded the Norwegian Medical Association to call a meeting on 29 June 1910, which was attended by King Haakon and Queen Maud and a number of prominent people from all over the country. Klaus Hansen was the main speaker and his appeal to the people to “pull together” was met with enthusiasm. The meeting resulted in the founding of the National Association against Tuberculosis.

At that time Norway lagged far behind (read more)

published June 26th, 2010

Italy post has issued today a  new set of stamps to pay tribute to Inter de Milan FC winning the European Champions league last month

Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly known as Internazionale or Inter, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is sometimes called Inter Milan. Inter are the champions of Italy, their win in 2009-10 being a fifth successive title, equalling the all-time record.

Wearing black and blue stripes, they have played in the Italian first division since 1908. The club have won twenty eight national trophies including eighteen Italian league titles, six Italian cups and four Italian Super Cup. Internationally, they won two back-to-back European Cups in 1964, 1965, three UEFA Cups in (read more)

published June 25th, 2010

The 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the UAE and Republic of Korea was celebrated with the release of special commemorative stamps and cultural programmes in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Ibrahim Bin Karam, chief commercial officer, Emirates Post, presented the framed stamps to Kwak Seung-Jun, chairman of Presidential Council for Future & Vision, Republic of Korea, at an event at Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi.

In another function held in Dubai, Karam also presented framed stamps to the Consul General of Republic of Korea, Park Kyu-Ock. (read more)

published June 25th, 2010

On the 14th June 2010 India Post has issued a new 5.00INR stamp to pay tribute to Mr Deshbandhu Gupta

published June 25th, 2010

On 17 June, 2010, An Post issued two stamps to honour International Humanitarians, Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and Mother Teresa, who ministered to the poor and afflicted in Calcutta, India.

Henry Dunant was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1828. The Battle of Solferino, when France fought Austria in northern Italy, was the turning point of his life. Dunant was shocked to discover nearly 40,000 people, dead, dying and wounded, lying on the battlefield, with no-one taking care of them. Four years later, a committee including Dunant met in Geneva on 17 February, 1863, which became the starting point for the International Committee of the Red Cross. The following year, 12 States signed the first Geneva Convention, agreeing (read more)

published June 24th, 2010

Israel Post has issued a single stamp to commemorate the 2010 Saliling World Chamionships that is taking place this summer in Haifa. The stamps have been illustrated by Mali & Momi Alon and were issued on the 14th June 2010.

The World Chamionships is a major event for Haifa and Israel itself and the city has been preparing during months to make sure it is a great success.  

Letter from the Mayor of Haifa

Welcome,
The citizens of Haifa are proud to host the 420 class World Championships

Haifa is a unique city, blessed with a natural bay towards which it slopes from the heights of the Carmel Mountain to the long, sandy shores. Haifa is a city whose 270,000 citizens have created a solid foundation of tolerance and (read more)

published June 23rd, 2010

A stamp issued in a sheet of 10 will be released by Canada Post on the 8th July to commemorate the Centenary of Girl Guides.

Through and endless variety of fun-filled activities, the Girl Guides of Canada (GGC) provides girls with opportunities to develop valuable life skills, become self-reliant, build friendships, and develop a sense of well-being and self-worth.  This stamp issue, commemorating 100 years of the Girl Guides and Canada, was designed by Adams+Associates Design Consultants in Toronto.

Issue Date: July 8, 2010

published June 23rd, 2010

Gibraltar issued a set of stamps to commemorate the anniversary of King George V accession to the throne earlier this same year. The 42p stamp features the King himself enjoying his own stamp collection marvelously illustrated by renpowned UK stampa rtist Martin Hargeaves.

Whilst reading the July edition of the stamp magazine we came accross the following letter and immediately related to it and thought it would be nce to share with our fellow readers and collector friends. Read the letter here; (read more)

published June 23rd, 2010

A U.S. Postal Service advisory committee is weighing a proposal that would have it approve the creation of a stamp commemorating workers compensation’s 100th anniversary.

The workers comp system was born in 1911 when nine states began adopting laws requiring companies to compensate workers for on-the-job injuries in exchange for workers generally giving up the right to sue.

Fifty years later, President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Wisconsin Gov. Gaylord Nelson joined in a White House ceremony to recognize workers comp by unveiling a 50th anniversary postage stamp as seen featured on this post.

Wisconsin lays claim to adopting the first “constitutional workers compensation law” in (read more)

published June 22nd, 2010

La Poste has issued a set of stamp on the 16th June 2010 to commemorate the Youth Olympic Games 2010.  

Singapore will be hosting the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) from 14 to 26 August 2010. The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games will receive some 5,000 athletes and officials from the 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), along with an estimated 1,200 media representatives, 20,000 local and international volunteers, and more than 370,000 spectators. Young athletes – aged between 14 and 18 years – will compete in 26 sports and take part in a Culture and Education Programme.

The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games aims to inspire youth around the (read more)

published June 22nd, 2010