On the first Saturday of May, Lithuania Post will release 2 new postage stamps from the series Europe. This time the stamps of majority European countries will feature traditional national instruments. The Lithuanian stamps will be issued to commemorate wooden bells skrabalai, reed-pipe birbynė, goat-horn ožragis, and plucked string musical instrument kanklės. (read more)

published August 10th, 2014

Every year, European Post Offices (PostEurop) select a common theme and each country issues stamps on this topic. This year the theme is ‘National Musical Instruments’. (read more)

published July 21st, 2014

At all latitudes, more or less proficient musicians give off melodies and sounds from musical instruments which, besides bringing beauty and joy to our lives, are an identifier of peoples and regions.

Throughout time, woodwind, string and percussion instruments have accompanied songs and dances, summoned to banish tiredness after long periods of work or to celebrate festivities of secular or religious inspiration. (read more)

published July 4th, 2014

At all latitudes, more or less proficient musicians give off melodies and sounds from musical instruments which, besides bringing beauty and joy to our lives, are an identifier of peoples and regions.

Throughout time, woodwind, string and percussion instruments have accompanied songs and dances, summoned to banish tiredness after long periods of work or to celebrate festivities of secular or religious inspiration. (read more)

published July 1st, 2014

At all latitudes, more or less proficient musicians give off melodies and sounds from musical instruments which, besides bringing beauty and joy to our lives, are an identifier of peoples and regions.

Throughout time, woodwind, string and percussion instruments have accompanied songs and dances, summoned to banish tiredness after long periods of work or to celebrate festivities of secular or religious inspiration. (read more)

published June 28th, 2014

The Finnish spring stamps feature national musical instruments, a national park, summer landscapes, and a bunch of violas.
Itella Posti Oy will publish a stamp featuring traditional Finnish musical instruments on Monday, May 5. A code hidden in the image has a link to a brand new music video of Sibelius Academy’s Folk Big Band with a smartphone or tablet. Other spring stamps feature a national park, summer landscapes, and a bunch of violas
Traditional instruments with a modern touch. (read more)

published June 25th, 2014

This year’s theme of the annual issue, common for all countries of the PostEurope organization, is national music instruments. The Czech Republic selected bagpipes from Chodsko. Bagpipes (also known as bock or “pukl”) are an ancient folk musical instrument used as far back as ancient Greece. Originally they were simple wind instruments that probably originated more than 4000 years ago in Egypt and the Near East. From there, they were gradually spread by shepherds, but also by numerous Arab-Turkish raiders into Europe, where we currently find them in many forms and types – various European nations have different names for them, as well as their own modifications of them. (read more)

published June 16th, 2014

The Europa 2014 ‘National Musical Instruments’ issue features the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Band and Corps of Drums. The stamps depict the Band and Corps on Buckingham Palace duties. It was only the second time that the regiment had performed public duties in London. The Royal Gibraltar Regiment took over from the Coldstream Guards at the famous Changing of the Guard ceremony at (read more)

published June 4th, 2014

This year, the theme of the Europa best stamp competition is “national musical instruments”. The mandolin plays an essential role in Monegasque traditions. It accompanies the dancing of the folk group, La Palladienne de Monaco.

Source: Monaco Post

published June 2nd, 2014

Musical Instruments

“If these musicians, about whom the following story is told, had concentrated on their daily work, instead of constantly reaching out for the sky, they would probably have done much better in this the tiniest of all known worlds. But that was not the case. They were, each in their own way, possessed, like all real musicians are by nature.” (read more)

published May 29th, 2014

Europa CEPT – National music instruments - on 25. April 2014. There are 2 stamps in set (face values 1,00 KM or 0,51€ and 2,00 KM or 1,02€), booklet which consists of 3 sets (face value 9 KM or 4,60€). (read more)

published May 23rd, 2014