With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates 150 years of West Virginia statehood. Admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War,
published July 11th, 2013
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The four stamps are placed on the right of the sheetlet the reproduction of the topographic map continues outside the perforated square, with the territory annexed to San Marino highlighted over a detail of the papal bull issued by Pope Pius II, with the lead seal.
published July 7th, 2013
Originally launched on 26 September 1980, the Flag Series was created to honour the Member States of the United Nations.
published July 6th, 2013
Article X of The Treaty of Utrecht 1713 (English translation)
The Catholic King does hereby, for himself, his heirs and successors, yield to the Crown of Great Britain the full and entire propriety of the town and castle of Gibraltar, together with the port, fortifications, and forts thereunto belonging; and he gives up the said propriety to be held and enjoyed absolutely with all manner of right for ever, without any exception or impediment whatsoever.
published July 5th, 2013
Friar Rosendo Salvado y Rotea (Tuy, Pontevedra, 1814, Rome, Italy, 1900) was a Benedictine missionary monk and the first abbot of the diocese of New Norcia in Western Australia.
published July 5th, 2013
Though Switzerland may be small, it’s big on museums, with more than 1,000 of them championing the preservation, display, study and dissemination of Swiss heritage day in, day out.
published July 3rd, 2013
The attainment of national independence for the Commonwealth of The Bahamas was the culmination of a long and unrelenting journey towards self-determination for the people of The Bahamas. The political thrust for national independence came from the Progressive Liberal Party under the leadership of the Party’s then leader Lynden Oscar Pindling.
published July 2nd, 2013
Until the French Revolution, the Princes of Monaco were in possession of substantial fiefs on the French territory.
published July 1st, 2013
On 8 May 1563, Bishop Magnus of Oesel-Wiek and Courland granted the Riga civic charter to Arensburg, today’s Kuressaare, at his Piltene residence.
published June 30th, 2013
The Puente Ingeniero Carlos Fernandez Casado“ which takes its name from the construction engineer – spans the Barrios de Luna reservoir, in the province of Leon. It was built between 1981 and 1983 as part of the AP-66 or Ruta de la Plata motorway. It is a cable-stayed bridge, measuring 643 metres long and 22 metres wide, for four lanes, and was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world at that time.
published June 27th, 2013
With this beautiful stamp affixed to the collectible OFDC, Canada Post honours a cultural luminary who helped to form the Canadian identity.
published June 26th, 2013