The icebreaker Tarmo was built at the Wärtsilä shipyard in Helsinki in 1963. The Republic of Estonia bought the ship in 1993 and she has now successfully operated under the Estonian flag for 20 years, ensuring safe entry for ships to ports and to sea lanes.
published May 19th, 2013
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The Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippine Cordilleras were made by bare hands of the indigenous inhabitant in the northern part of the Philippines for more than 2000 years.
published May 15th, 2013
The Coronation took place at Westminster Abbey, London on 2 June 1953, nearly 18 months after Queen Elizabeth II succeeded her father, King George VI.
published May 11th, 2013
Six stamps and a Miniature Sheet will be issued by Jersey Post to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world’s largest humanitarian network.
published May 10th, 2013
Lei Feng was born Lei Zhengxing in December 1940 into a poor farmer’s family in Wangcheng County, Hunan Province. In his childhood, he endured suffering and tribulations of the old society.
published May 7th, 2013
Heralded as the dawn of a new Elizabeth era, the Queen’s Coronation was held on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London.
published April 28th, 2013
The domestic-rate PERMANENT™ stamp affixed to this OFDC celebrates the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s Coronation.
published April 26th, 2013
The stamp shows a detail of the frescoes painted in 1248 inside the hall of the Oratory of San Silvestro in the Basilica of the Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome,
published April 25th, 2013
The 12th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China was held in Beijing on March 5, 2013.
published April 22nd, 2013
A Regular stamp issue belonging to the “Il patrimonio artistico e culturale italiano” (Italian and Artistic and cultural Heritage) Series, dedicated to Paulo Paschetto on the 50th Anniversary of his death.
published March 24th, 2013
Count Henry of Luxembourg was elected King of the Romans in 1308. Reinstating a tradition which had been interrupted for the previous 100 years, he departed two years later for Italy to be crowned Emperor in Rome.
published March 17th, 2013