“I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong”
The first definitive stamps of Queen Elizabeth II were placed on sale on 19th October 1953.
published July 28th, 2013
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A series of new definitive stamps in the uniform Post Horn design began on 10 January 2008.
published January 4th, 2013
Made up of ice shelves, glaciers, seas, mountain ranges and volcanoes, the Ross Dependency is home to some of the most impressive landscapes in Antarctica. This breathtaking scenery is a spectacularly featured in the 2012 Ross Dependency Definitives stamp issue.
published December 4th, 2012
Known around the world for its breathtaking scenery, New Zealand is an always popular tourist destination. Find out why with this new range of Scenic Definitive stamps.
published November 1st, 2012
The Auster aircraft, manufactured in the United Kingdom where the prototype flew in 1938, became the first aircraft type to be operated by the Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS).
published August 13th, 2012
A series of new definitive stamps in the uniform Post Horn design began on 10 January 2008.
published August 12th, 2012
Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) Two species of Nightjar are found in Europe, both of which migrate past Gibraltar.The Red-necked Nightjar breeds only in the western Mediterranean and migrates to tropical Africa during the autumn, returning in the late spring.
published April 29th, 2012
A series of new definitive stamps in the uniform Post Horn design began on 10 January 2008. Until the end of 2010 the face value on the stamps appeared in two currencies.
published April 22nd, 2012
A series of new definitive stamps in the uniform Post Horn design began on 10 January 2008. Until the end of 2010 the face value on the stamps appeared in two currencies.
published April 20th, 2012
On July 21, 2011, An Post issued a further eight stamps for its Irish Animals and Marine Life definitive series, illustrating Ireland’s biodiversity from the seabed to the mountain top. Biodiversity is an all-encompassing term used to describe the variety of all life and natural processes on Earth.
The species featured on these stamps are; the Beadlet Anemone, the Squat Lobster, the Cuckoo Wrasse and the Common Frog. Most anemones cannot survive out of water, but the Beadlet Anemone can do so, provided it stays damp. At low tide, this anemone can be found on rocky shores with its tentacles retracted, looking like a blob of red or green jelly. (read more)
published August 1st, 2011
This stamp issue makes up this year’s Definitive Series which is issued annually featuring King Juan Carlos I. This series aims at “meeting all postage needs established by the postage fees.”
Since November 22 1975 when Juan Carlos I was proclaimed King of Spain, the Definitive Series has been illustrated with a portrait of the monarch which is renewed usually every seven or eight years. The current issue is part of the fifth series that began to be printed in 2007 and in which the royal crown and face value are of a golden colour.
published May 23rd, 2011