NORDIA 2014, the Nordic stamp exhibition, will be held at Norway Trade Fairs in Lillestrøm on 21–23 November. Norway Post is issuing a miniature sheet to celebrate the event.

The Nordia stamp exhibition rotates among the Nordic countries, and Norway last hosted the exhibition in Stavanger in 2008. Norway Post issued a miniature sheet for the exhibition, with three stamps commemorating that Stavanger also was the European Capital of Culture that year. The motifs of this year’s miniature sheet are related to the Norwegian Constitution Bicentenary and will be a philatelic treat for many. (read more)

published November 24th, 2014

With Lithuania Post‘s involvement into the activities of the national project Kam to reikia?! (What is this for?!), more and more children come to post offices to get acquainted with postal activities. (read more)

published November 18th, 2014

published November 17th, 2014

The wonderful images featured on Guernsey Post’s 2014 Alderney Christmas stamp issues have all been created by local schoolchildren.

Working closely with the St. Anne’s School, the Philatelic team at Guernsey Post presented a special competition idea, which meant the youngsters had to get creative and begin thinking about the festive season in early springtime! (read more)

published November 16th, 2014

While Christmas cards have brightened up the darkness of December for many Norwegians for more than 130 years, Christmas stamps are a much more recent phenomenon. Three stamps with the theme of Norwegian fairy tales were issued in 1971. These were the first stamps in Norway that were issued with Christmas cards in mind. They therefore are normally considered – in practice as well – to be our first Christmas stamps, even if the motifs of the stamps themselves do not necessarily lead to thoughts of Christmas. In 1975 the first Christmas stamps with religious motifs were issued, and the motifs were inspired by the ceiling paintings in the Ål (read more)

published November 15th, 2014

I sang my way into the design”

published November 14th, 2014

This year, three chapels of the mountain community of Triesenberg are depicted on the traditional stamps in the Christmas period. As is often the case, the Philately is using this issue to again offer artists in Liechtenstein a platform for showing their work. For instance, oil paintings by Erich Beck, who paints pictures mainly of landscapes and animals from his homeland in his part-time artistic endeavours, serve as a basis for the special issue stamps. By scanning (read more)

published November 14th, 2014

On 13 November 1989, after the death of his father Prince Franz Joseph II, Prince Hans-Adam II assumed the office of Liechtenstein’s head of state and the reign over the Princely House of Liechtenstein. On the 25th Jubilee of His Serene Highness the Philately is publishing the special issue stamp entitled “Prince Hans-Adam II” (value: CHF 2.00) designed by Hans Peter Gassner. Today’s reigning prince was born as the eldest son of Prince Franz Joseph II and Princess Gina on 14 February 1945 into one of the oldest noble families. He grew up in Castle Vaduz with his four brothers and sisters. After completing his grammar school education, (read more)

published November 13th, 2014

published November 12th, 2014

If one compares the Principality of Liechtenstein with the city-state of Singapore, the differences clearly outweigh the similarities. Four and a half times larger than Liechtenstein with a surface area of around 710 square kilometres, Singapore is also a small country but with 5.3 million inhabitants, it has a population that is 140 times larger than that of Liechtenstein. Over 90 percent of the surface area of the island country is developed (read more)

published November 12th, 2014

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and possibly South Africa’s most respected citizen. He served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, was South Africa’s first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality (read more)

published November 11th, 2014