Liechtenstein post will issue a set of postage stamps featuring the Contemporary Architecture – “natural-gas filling station” in Vaduz and the transformer station of the Liechtenstein Electric Power Authority.
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Archive for February, 2010
Contemporary Architecture – III
February 28th, 2010 
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Voluntary Civil Protection Work III
February 28th, 2010 srmodh 52 views
Liechtenstein post will issue the third series of Voluntary Civil Protection Work focusing simultaneously on two institutions which serve the population: ‘Mountain Rescue’ and “Water Rescue”.
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Spar buoys
February 28th, 2010 srmodh 67 views
Aland post will issue a stamp of buoys. Allan Palmer is the artist for the new as well as for the previous motif on the theme spar buoys.
In 2009, the labels depicted the old system of spar buoys, or sea marks as they are also called. In 2010, the internationally used system A will be featured. A system B, in which certain details are reversed compared to buoyage system A, also exists and is used by the USA and Australia, among others.
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350th Anniversary of the Royal Society
February 27th, 2010 srmodh 149 views
Founded in 1660, The Royal Society celebrates its 350th Anniversary in 2010 and as the National Academy of Science of the UK and the Commonwealth. It maintains its position at the forefront of inquiry and discovery, and at the cutting edge of scientific progress.
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Lesser butterfly orchid
February 27th, 2010 srmodh 113 views
The lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia) is one of the most common and also one the most favorite Estonian orchids. It can be found almost anywhere in the country but slightly more frequently in wetland meadows and sparse woods in Western Estonia. It has been given nearly one hundred popular names, of which ööviiul (night violin) is perhaps the most widespread.
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Winter Olympic Games “Vancouver 2010”
February 27th, 2010 srmodh 105 views
The stamp dedicated to the 21st Winter Olympic Games “Vancouver 2010” shows a skier in action during a performance; top right are the five Olympic rings.
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Winter Olympic Games – Macedonia
February 26th, 2010 srmodh 111 views
Macedonia post issued a Commemorative Stamps for the 21st Vancouver Olympic Winter Games to be held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
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Chinese God- Fu Lu Shou
February 26th, 2010 srmodh 75 views
The Chinese hold a firm belief in the symbolic meanings of objects. All auspicious objects and their history have meanings.
