‘In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit.’
From this humble sentence coined by J.R.R. Tolkien in the early 1930s, the novel we know today as The Hobbit was born. Its sequel, The Lord of the Rings took New Zealand by storm when our very own Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson brought the trilogy to the big screen.
published October 23rd, 2012
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This year’s Spanish Cinema issue is made up of three stamps devoted to the “Best film” of the Goya Awards 2012 and to actors Fernando Rey and Francisco Rabal.
published September 20th, 2012
published September 15th, 2012
published September 3rd, 2012
Commemorating the London 2012 Olympic Games with a set of two stamps within a miniature sheet.
published August 31st, 2012
On June 14, 2012, An Post issued a stamp to commemorate the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race in Galway.
published August 29th, 2012
Asian Beach Games, organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), is one of the five major multi-sport events in Asia, along with Asian Games, Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games, and Asian Youth Games.
published August 20th, 2012
published August 17th, 2012
From July 27th to August 12th, the London 2012 Olympics will be held in the British capital, which corresponds to the 30th Olympiad, calling the world’s attention for one month of spectacular global media agenda.The Portuguese participation in this edition, featuring around eight dozens of athletes, is viewed with moderate optimism, as it is increasingly difficult to reach top positions, which are always random in sports, since the 204 National Olympic Committees competing prepare with diligence and invest considerable resources expecting a return in the self-esteem of the population.
published July 16th, 2012
Modern Olympic Games are a cultural event, the culmination of the Olympic movement that brings together sportsmen from all the five continents to a great sports festival that unites athletes from all over the world. The 30th Olympic Summer Games will take place from July 27 until August 12 in London, the British capital and it will become the first city to host the Games for the third time.
published July 12th, 2012
This issue honours four outstanding and well-known Canadians in this new stamp series, featuring images of Rick Hansen, Michael J. Fox, Sheila Watt-Cloutier and Louise Arbour.
According to stamp design manager Alain Leduc, the unusual approach to portraiture has deeper meanings. The stamps, designed by Montreal’s Paprika Design, show intimate close-ups of each of the four Difference Makers, created with a strategically-placed series of small dots. This unique form of digital pointillism carries with it a subtle symbolism—the dots coming together to create a view of the whole in the same way that each of these individuals employs a range of experience, knowledge, skills and talents to get the results they seek.
published July 11th, 2012
