For the seventh year in a row, the Spanish Fashion series is paying homage to the great fashion designers that have brought the art of dressing to the top international runways. This year, Paco Rabanne takes the spotlight, with a block page of four stamps dedicated to the designer.
published August 4th, 2013
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Millions of Children worldwide are hit, kicked, pushed, beaten, humiliated and threatened at home. In the average Danish eighth-grade class, one in five pupils has been a victim of parental violence.
published August 3rd, 2013
Exactly 70 years ago, on 31 July in 1943 in the ZUPIC in PREKAJ, near heroic Drvar has been published the first issue of “Glas”.The first newspaper editorial today, seven decades later, the first, oldest and best-selling daily newspaper of the Republic of Srpska, made Skender Kulenovic Elijah Dosen, Djuro Pucar Stari Vranjesevic, Vilko Winterhalter, Osman Karabegovic and Bosko Siljegovic.
published August 3rd, 2013
A great many music events are arranged in Åland during the summer months. The Post focuses on two of them in 2013 with the issue of two action-packed and lyrical stamps.
published August 2nd, 2013
The Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI begins on 11 October 2012 and ends on 24 November 2013, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. The Pope chose October 11th as the start date given two important anniversaries which fall on this day:
published August 2nd, 2013
The Cultural Heritage Year as well as the tenth anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage adopted by the UNESCO General Conference on 17 October 2003, which entered into force from June 2006, will be marked in Estonia by the issue of a thematic postage stamp.
published July 31st, 2013
Under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, the World Festival of Amateur Theatre has been hosted by the Studio de Monaco every 4 years since 1957.
published July 30th, 2013
“I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong”
The first definitive stamps of Queen Elizabeth II were placed on sale on 19th October 1953.
published July 28th, 2013
This stamp issue features Indigenous Australians whose efforts brought about change, gender equality and recognition.
published July 28th, 2013
Third and last issue in the series about Greenlandic herbs with beautiful designs by Nina Spore Kreutzmann is rounded off with designs of two very delicious herbs.
published July 27th, 2013
The remote atolls of Tokelau have a small but colourful butterfly fauna of three species. These delicate creatures are the subject of Tokelau’s latest stamp issue: Tokelau Butterflies.
These impressive butterfly species are widespread within Tokelau and across the South Pacific. All three species are attractive and relatively large, adding a colourful touch to Tokelau’s wildlife. They are familiar in both the villages and the surrounding, less populated areas of the coast.
The four gummed stamps in the issue feature the Blue Moon (female and male), the Common Crow and the Meadow Argus.
45c Blue Moon (female)
The Blue Moon (Hypolimnas bolina pallescens) is the most common and widespread butterfly in the tropical South Pacific, where four subspecies are recognised. The adults are sexually dimorphic, with the larger females more variable in colour. The adult butterflies of the species have wingspans between 56mm and 90mm.
$1.00 Blue Moon (male)
In addition to the Tokelau Islands, this Blue Moon subspecies ranges from Fiji and Tonga to all the islands of the Samoan Archipelago. Interestingly, this species is territorial, with the male taking up a vantage point on a tree and driving off any intruder as it awaits a passing female.
$1.40 Common Crow
The Common Crow (Euploea lewinii bourkei) is found across the Pacific, with eight subspecies recognised on different sets of islands. This subspecies is confined to Tokelau and American Samoa and is very common around the coasts of both places, where the larvae feed on fig tree foliage. The flight is slow and lazy, but when disturbed the butterfly can make a fast escape. The wingspan is between 62mm and 72mm.
$3.00 Meadow Argus
The Meadow Argus (Junonia villida) is a widespread and pretty butterfly of the tropical Pacific that was first discovered in Tonga. With a wingspan of 35mm-46mm, it delights in sunbathing on bare ground, including roads and tracks, but flies off quickly when disturbed. It generally flies close to the ground and can be very elusive.
Pre-order your stamp products today for 7 August 2013.
Source: New Zealand/Tokelau Post
published July 27th, 2013