Beatrix Potter is one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors. She wrote and illustrated many wonderful books with unique animal characters full of personality such as Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny and Jemima Puddleduck.
published August 10th, 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
The Tristan Song Project is an unlikely collaboration between children from the most remote inhabited island in the world and pupils from Norfolk, England.
published January 31st, 2013
The stripy blue parrot Andrea and the green frog Kaj have for decades been among the most beloved and popular characters from Danish children’s TV.
published January 25th, 2013
An Post issued a stamp in recognition of the children’s charity, Barnardos Ireland.
Barnardos was founded by Thomas Barnardo, who was born in Dame Street, Dublin. At the age of 16, he decided to become a medical missionary in China, and went to London to train as a doctor.
published October 17th, 2012
Stamp Collecting Month endeavours to interest children in the hobby of stamp collecting and occurs in October each year. Australia Post staff members engage with primary school children and teachers, explaining the background to stamps and stamp collecting through a specially selected theme. This year’s theme is Australian Zoos.
published October 1st, 2012
published August 22nd, 2012
Turning the pages of one of the many children’s books by author and illustrator Janosch opens the door to an exciting world full of
published August 8th, 2012
Children’s hands The world around us is a wonderful, but often also a very cruel place. We are all in a sense alone, but some among us are indeed, palpably, undenyingly alone in every sense of the word. Apart from that, they are young, inexperienced and without any help. And the youth is the most beautiful period of life isn’t it? Enthusiastic, full of chances and without the slightest concern what is going to happen to us tomorrow, except when you really don’t know what is going to be with you tomorrow… Then, it becomes the youth in which you have no time to be young, since the light-hearted youth is actually the privilege of those luckier. (read more)
published December 21st, 2011
This new issue from Greenland can be purchased on the WOPA website, please click on the link below for more information:
The Greenlandic legend about Kaassassuk (The Orphan) was published as a comic a few years ago. It was designed by the young Christian Fleischer Rex from Nuuk. This stamp featuring Kaassassuk will represent the third and last part of POST Greenland’s stamp series on Greenlandic comics. This will be Christian Fleischer Rex’s first stamp for POST Greenland.
published May 27th, 2011
Self-adhesive stamp with a motif drawn from Denmark’s marvellous camping life.
The stamps in the ‘Camping Life’ series in the values DKK 6.00 and DKK 8.00 are the result of a competition among students at the Danish Design School. Thirty-five students each submitted two stamp designs. A unanimous jury chose Marie Sølyst’s designs as the winners, because they are simultaneously “retro” and modern, and possess a gentle humour that pleases the viewer.
(read more)published April 27th, 2011
