The year 2012 marks the 70th anniversary of “Talks at the Yan’an Forum on Literature and Art” (hereinafter referred to as “Talks”).

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published October 4th, 2012

According to Tagalog folklore, Amihan is the first creature to inhabit the universe, along with the gods called Bathala and Aman Sinaya. Amihan is a personification of the Northeast Wind.

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published October 2nd, 2012

The illustrator behind the world famous children’s classic The Gruffalo brings his unique style to this year’s Royal Mail Christmas stamp issue.

The seven stamps, issued on 6 November, are inspired by classic Christmas images, brought to life through the instantly recognisable illustrations of Axel Scheffler.

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published September 28th, 2012

For thousands of years people around the world have reflected on the Nativity story at Christmas time, and the traditional story is told through New Zealand’s Christmas 2012 stamps.

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published September 27th, 2012

The design of the stamp with a face value of HUF 290 is a graphic composition referring to a language family branching from a single stem. The first day cover for the stamp bears the name of the congress in each language belonging to the Finno-Ugric language family and in English.

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published September 25th, 2012

Magyar Posta traditionally greets this greatest festival for stamp collectors by issuing stamps. In addition to the souvenir sheet with extra charge, a dual denomination stamp series and a special version of it will come out. Magyar Posta will devote the surcharge sum (200 Forints per sheet) to supporting organised stamp collecting activity in Hungary.

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published September 17th, 2012

Every year, the postal administrations of Europe jointly issue stamps on a selected theme bearing the Post Europ Europa logo. This year’s theme is ‘Visit……’ (Ireland) and An Post selected two scenic attractions to feature on these stamps.

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published September 16th, 2012

According to the Chinese zodiac calendar the New Year falls on January 23 when the Year of the Dragon begins. The dragon, the only animal of the Chinese zodiac year that is not real, is a creature of special significance for Chinese people.

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published September 11th, 2012

2012 is the Year of the Dragon. In traditional Chinese culture, the Dragon is an auspicious, mythical creature incarnated as an emperor, representing supreme power and commanding great respect.

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published September 10th, 2012

The European public postal operators members of PostEurop annually issue the Europa stamp series with a common theme. This year’s topic is devoted to promoting each country’s culture and tourism under the title: Visit … The theme is intended to promote each country’s most emblematic and characteristic features, as if stamps were a window open to the world of tourism promotion.

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published September 10th, 2012

A special attraction of the issue is that Magyar Posta selected the designer of the stamp from students of art studying at Hungarian institutes of higher education. About one hundred applications were submitted, and the jury found that the work of Richárd Horváth, student of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design was the best. The second prize was awarded to Judit Kecskés (Hungarian University of Fine Arts), and the third winner was Luca Patkós (Hungarian University of Fine Arts).

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published September 8th, 2012