To remind us of the importance of energy conservation at a time when the entire world is facing an unprecedented energy crisis, Korea Post held an International Postage Stamp Design Contest under the theme of Energy Conservation and issued special stamps featuring the 4 works that won the grand and gold prizes in the youth and general category.
published July 1st, 2013
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Until the French Revolution, the Princes of Monaco were in possession of substantial fiefs on the French territory.
published July 1st, 2013
MaltaPost is issuing a set of two stamps depicting wild and domestic fauna of the Maltese Islands.
published June 30th, 2013
On 8 May 1563, Bishop Magnus of Oesel-Wiek and Courland granted the Riga civic charter to Arensburg, today’s Kuressaare, at his Piltene residence.
published June 30th, 2013
Vulnerable Animals – Greenland/Israel Joint issue. For the first time we issue a stamp in collaboration with the Israeli post service.
published June 29th, 2013
Maternal love is the greatest human affection. A mother gives birth to a child and gives the child her true, unselfish and eternal love.
published June 29th, 2013
Two artistically beautiful stamps appear in June. Photographer and florist Tiina Tahvanainen has featured a white and a yellow water lily.
published June 28th, 2013
Magyar Posta and Azermarka are presenting the peacock motif often used in the applied folk art of both countries on a joint miniature sheet. Cross stitch embroidery from Transdanubia is featured on a light background on one of the stamps of the miniature sheet, and a detail from a horse blanket from the Caucasus is shown on the other.
published June 28th, 2013
The Puente Ingeniero Carlos Fernandez Casado“ which takes its name from the construction engineer – spans the Barrios de Luna reservoir, in the province of Leon. It was built between 1981 and 1983 as part of the AP-66 or Ruta de la Plata motorway. It is a cable-stayed bridge, measuring 643 metres long and 22 metres wide, for four lanes, and was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world at that time.
published June 27th, 2013
butterflies are a classic topic popular with collectors and the public alike. The butterflies issue, celebrating the british love of butterflies, is an exceptional set of 10 stamps that continues the momentum gained from the Action for Species series.
published June 27th, 2013
With this beautiful stamp affixed to the collectible OFDC, Canada Post honours a cultural luminary who helped to form the Canadian identity.
published June 26th, 2013