Name: 50th Anniversary – Auckland Harbour BridgeDate of Issue: 1 May 2009Country: New ZealandDenominations:50c , $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. Fifty years since its opening, Auckland Harbour Bridge is an icon of New Zealand’s landscape. Replacing a 40-kilometre drive or a cross harbour ferry ride, it’s been key to growth in the region – transforming North Shore’s [...]
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100th Anniversary of the Founding of the ITGWU
April 30th, 2009 
srmodh Name: 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the ITGWUDate of Issue: 30 April 2009Country: IrelandDenominations:55c The Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union was founded by the legendary workers’ activist ‘Big’ Jim Larkin. In the early 1900s, Larkin organized the transport and dock workers of Dublin. By the end of 1908 the ITGWU was born, attracting [...]
40th Anniversary of the Foundation of ZSF
April 28th, 2009 srmodh Name: 40th Anniversary of the Foundation of ZSFDate of Issue: 29 April 2009Denominations:T2 50g www.mycovercollection.blogspot.com www.mycovercollection.blogspot.com
National Year of Environment 2009
April 26th, 2009 srmodh Name: National Year of Environment 2009Date of Issue: Country: PakistanDenominations:Rs. 5 x 4 Chukar (Bird) Markhor (Animal) Deodar (Tree) Jasmine (Flower) www.mycovercollection.blogspot.com
Popular dances
April 26th, 2009 srmodh Name: Popular dancesDate of Issue: 27 April 2009Denominations: 0,43 € x 2 Las Sevillanas, native to Seville, is the most popular dance and song in Andalucía where the following are also very well known: The Olé gaditano from Cádiz, the Jaleo from Jerez, the Rondeña from Ronda, the Malagueña from Málaga and the Granadina from [...]
Fred Zinnemann
April 26th, 2009 srmodh Name: Fred ZinnemannDate of Issue: 29 April 2009Country: AustriaDenominations:0.55 EUR Fred Zinnemann was born in Vienna on April 29, 1907. As a child, he was a close friend of Billy Wilder, who like himself was later to become a famous Hollywood director. After finishing school in 1925, Zinnemann initially began to study law before taking [...]
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 400 Years
April 24th, 2009 srmodh Name: Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 400 YearsDate of Issue: 21 April 2009Country: AustraliaDenominations: 2 x 55c, 1 x $1.10, 1 x $1.65 55c – 1609 Captain William Keeling’s first sighting 55c – 1836 Charles Darwin visited the islands on The Beagle $1.10 – 1827-1978 Clunies Ross family $1.65 – 1955 An Australian Territory www.mycovercollection.blogspot.com
Birth Centenary of Francis Bacon
April 24th, 2009 srmodh Name: Birth Centenary of Francis BaconDate of Issue: 24 April 2009Country: IrelandDenominations: 55c Francis Bacon was born at 63 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin on 28 October 1909. His parents had moved to Ireland from England to breed and train racehorses. Francis left home at the age of 16 after an argument with his father, travelling [...]
