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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Though Switzerland may be small, it’s big on museums, with more than 1,000 of them championing the preservation, display, study and dissemination of Swiss heritage day in, day out.
published July 3rd, 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
Artist Valentin Carron from Canton Valais will be representing Switzerland at the 2013 Venice Art Biennale.
published June 5th, 2013
Contemporary visual art is the name given to art that has been produced by practising visual artists of our time.
published May 1st, 2013
The fourth stamp series on contemporary Icelandic design is dedicated to graphic design. The motifs are the work of four young graphic artists.
published April 20th, 2013
The four stamp motifs included in this year’s booklet were painted by Swedish artist Bo Lundwall.
published April 19th, 2013
This issue of stamps features landscapes from the National Gallery of Australia collection by five of Australia’s best known painters. The paintings convey a range of captivating Australian terrain, from lush coastal regions to the dry interior.
published March 30th, 2013
The brotherhood of White Penitents, dedicated to solidarity with the impoverished, was the first brotherhood known in Monaco.
published March 26th, 2013
The subject chosen by the Philatelic and Numismatic Office for Easter this year is an image of Christ rising with open arms and an expression marked with suffer, symbolizing his passion and an undefined chaos which represents death.
published March 18th, 2013
The Åland stamp year sets off on 15 January with the issue of a stamp focusing on the 50 anniversary of the Åland Art Museum.
published January 20th, 2013