50 years of serving safety: Originally set up to protect the civilian population in wartime,

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published April 3rd, 2013

A stamp is being issued by post Danmark and posta Faroe islands to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of søren Kierkegaard.

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published March 23rd, 2013

Bernese artist Ernst Kreidolf (1863-1956) is regarded as the creator of the modern German-language picture book.

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published March 22nd, 2013

The domestic-rate PERMANENT^TM stamp affixed to the OFDC commemorates the milestone of 100 years of mentoring in Canada. The work of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada in our communities inspired stamp designer Dennis Page to highlight the organization’s amazing results.

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published March 21st, 2013

Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was sometimes called Il Cavalier Calabrese (the Knight of Calabria). His early apprenticeship is said to have been with the “Caravaggist” Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, which may account for his lifelong interest in the style of Caravaggio.Probably before 1630, Preti joined his brother Gregorio (also a painter), in Rome, where he became familiar with the techniques of Caravaggio and his school as well as with the work of Guercino, Rubens, Reni, Giovanni Lanfranco.

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published March 2nd, 2013

According to tradition, during the summer of 1263 a Bohemian priest by the name of Peter went on a pilgrimage to Rome in order to confront the doubts he was having about his faith and the resulting crisis in his vocation.

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published February 21st, 2013

Surfing is such a cornerstone of Australian leisure that it is difficult to imagine a time at which it did not exist.

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published February 17th, 2013

Established in 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organisation whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance.

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published February 11th, 2013

Founded in 1963 at the initiative of Princess Grace of Monaco, the World Association of Children’s Friends (Association Mondiale des Amis de l’Enfance – AMADE)

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published January 24th, 2013

Two major events in the history of Spain, occurring in the 13th and 16th centuries respectively, are shown in the illustrations in this series on Anniversaries.

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published January 9th, 2013

The Green March was a well-publicized popular march of enormous proportions.

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published December 10th, 2012