The name of Father Christopher Clavius, born in Bamberg, Bavaria (Germany) in 1537, is tied to a history of faith, mathematics and astronomy. Details regarding his early years are few. He entered the Jesuit order when he was 17. During his first visit to Rome, he was received by the actual founder of the Society of Jesus, Saint Ignatius of Loyola.
published August 6th, 2012
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Alicia Coutts, Cate Campbell, Brittany Elmslie and Melanie Schlanger are the first Australian athletes to feature on the Australian Gold Medallist stamps for the London 2012 Olympic Games, after their gold-medal-winning performance in the women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay on Saturday 28 July.
published August 4th, 2012
Cartoonist, writer, journalist and academician, Antonio Mingote, was also an Honorary Postman of the Spanish post and is the character depicted in this stamp which pays tribute to this great master of humour.
Angel Antonio Mingote Barrachina was born in Sitges (Barcelona), in 1919, and died in Madrid in 2012. He spent his childhood between Daroca, Calatayud and Teruel. He was only 17 when he enlisted in the army during the Civil War and when the war came to an end, he studied two years of philosophy and language at the University of Zaragoza and from there joined the Infantry Academy of Guadalajara.
published July 30th, 2012
A Painter of Ligurian origin born in nice. Louis (Ludovico) Brea was among the first to set aside the traditional codes of Gothic art to bring the region of Liguria and the Comté de Nice into the Renaissance.
published July 30th, 2012
Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1862, Claude Debussy entered the Conservatoire at the age of 10.
In 1884, he received the Prix de Rome for his cantata L’Enfant prodigue and went to
published July 27th, 2012
In his own words
The striking Miniature Sheet comprises four First Class stamps bearing illustrations by Hablot Knight Brown, aka Phiz, taken from the original publications. It also has a quote from Dickens in its border, together with his key dates and a facsimile of his signature.
published July 24th, 2012
Teddy Kollek is well known in Israel and around the world as the great builder of modern-day Jerusalem. As a follower of Herzl, the father of modern political Zionism, Kollek turned Jerusalem into an international center of culture that carries a message of peace and tolerance to the world. Kollek grew up in Vienna. He was active in the Zionist youth movement “Blau-Weiss” where he met his future wife Tamar Schwarz.
published July 20th, 2012
Thid issye honours Tommy Douglas, the father of universal medicare in Canada. The stamp marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of Saskatchewan’s 1962 Medical Care Insurance Act.
Tommy Douglas was born in Scotland in 1904 and came to Canada with his family in 1910 and settled in Winnipeg. Growing up poor, he developed an infection that would have cost him his leg had his father not met a generous surgeon who agreed to treat Tommy for free, provided his students could observe. Through this experience, he realized the need for all to have access to medical care.
published July 18th, 2012
Ten great poets are honored on this stamp sheet, including several who served as United States Poet Laureate. The many awards won by this illustrious group — Elizabeth Bishop, Joseph Brodsky, Gwendolyn Brooks, E. E. Cummings, Robert Hayden, Denise Levertov, Sylvia Plath, Theodore Roethke, Wallace Stevens, and William Carlos Williams — include numerous Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, and honorary degrees.
published June 22nd, 2012
The fastest man on two wheels, cycling star Mark Cavendish MBE, will literally come to life on paper thanks to technology featured on a set of stamps being produced by Isle of Man Post Office to celebrate the athlete‟s sporting achievements.A souvenir sheet of the stamps (available from June 30thto coincide with start of Tour de France) will include an „augmented reality‟ feature, allowing the £1.05 stamp with a special label come to life using an app on a smartphone, tablet screen or other mobile device and will automatically display a video of Cavendish winning the world title in Copenhagen.The postage stamps include images of the „Manx Missile‟ winning the
published June 21st, 2012
The War of 1812 was a defining moment for the provinces that would later confederate into the Dominion of Canada. The U.S. had declared war on Britain to protect their sovereignty on the high seas and in their expansion to the west.
The war was fought in Upper and Lower Canada and along the Atlantic coast. This two-stamp issue, the first in a series
published June 16th, 2012