Israel offers tourists a wide range of landscapes, historical sites, diverse culture and rich biological diversity. All come together to create a unique, diverse and unforgettable tourist experience.
published September 7th, 2012
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Nanjing University evolved from Sanjiang Normal School founded in 1902, and meanwhile merged with the Nanking University founded in 1888.
published September 3rd, 2012
Ever since its establishment, the Communist Party of China (CPC) had united and led people of all ethnic groups throughout the country in struggling hard for 28 years to realize national independence, the liberation of the people, and the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
published August 26th, 2012
On 11 October 2012, the United Nations Postal Administration will issue 18 commemorative stamps in denominations of US$ 0.45, CHF 0.85 and € 0.70 in a mini-sheet format of six stamps each on the theme “Indigenous People”. This is the third in a series of stamps on Indigenous People, which were painted by the artist Stephen Bennett (USA).
published August 24th, 2012
The Portuguese popular festivities include religious and secular aspects, breaking the everyday life and attracting participants and spectators from various corners of the country and abroad. The Espírito Santo festivities in the Azores are the most notorious ex-libris of the archipelago. With dates set between Easter Sunday and Pentecost, today they go on until the summer, when the emigrants return “home” to fulfil their promises and be the “emperors” of the festivities.
published August 19th, 2012
La Seu, or Palma de Mallorca Cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of Saint Mary, is over 100 meters long with an interior height of over 40 meters.
published August 19th, 2012
Renowned as the “Culinary Capital of Asia”, Hong Kong offers distinctive local delicacies that are relished by both food lovers at home and visitors from abroad. Hongkong Post issues a set of four stamps to showcase some of the city’s all-time local favourites, with a view to promoting our unique and colourful food culture around the world.
published August 15th, 2012
The theme for this year’s Europa stamp is ”Visit Denmark”. Casper sejersen took the photograph on which the motif is based. the stamp is designed by post Danmark and produced in offset. The stamp depicts Pierrot pedalling away on his “Christiania bike” in the middle of rush hour, with Harlequin sitting in the box at the front.
published April 4th, 2012
Magyar Posta is issuing a special stamp to commemorate Saint Martin, the bishop of Tours, who was born in the province of Pannonia and is the patron saint of the diocese of Savaria (today Szombathely), Gaul (today France) and Burgenland (Austria) as well as of soldiers, beggars and many crafts. Many hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of places and churches around the world bear his name. His legend has inspired a multi-tude of artworks and the events of his life are captured by folk traditions. Besides religious deference, many folk traditions enliven his feast day, 11 November, and the surrounding period. Saint Martin’s day is the start of winter, when it is the custom to taste the new wine and to eat goose. The bird’s wishbone is then used to forecast the weather. (read more)
published November 18th, 2011
Estonia Folk Costumes. Harju County – Rapla
Clothes of more or less the same type as elsewhere in North Estonia were worn in Harju County, although wide differences can be found particularly in the colours and decorations of women’s dress. From Jõelähtme near Tallinn a girl and a woman from the first half or the middle of the 19th century have been reproduced on the stamp. The girl’s headgear is a so-called eared wreath and a wide red band decorates her green-striped skirt.
The girl’s sleeve embroidery is rather simple, but the sleeves of the married woman who sports an embroidered apron are decorated with lavish wide embroidery. She wears a pot hat lined with silk. Gradually spreading, such hats crowded out the earlier traditional women’s headgear. The Rapla woman on the other stamp also wears a hat.
published May 7th, 2011
These stamps feature images of the animals of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Chinese Lunar New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays with each of the twelve years being represented by a different animal.
It is said that people born in each year have a similar personality to the animal represented. The Lunar New Year is celebrated not only in Asia but in countries worldwide.
published April 12th, 2011