For the Europa Stamps 2012, the waterways of Amsterdam, symbolising the position and attraction of the Netherlands as a land of water, is the theme that has been selected as the interpretation of the EUROPA Stamp Best Design Competition’s 2012 theme of ‘Visit…’. The stamps show how Amsterdam’s wealth and development as a city has [...]
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Underwater Life – Malaysia
March 27th, 2012 
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2,146 viewsMalaysia post issued a set of stamps and a souvenir sheet of underwater life featuring Thorny Seahorse, Robust Ghostpipefish, Green Sea Turtle, Leopard Moray Eel, MandarinFish, Blue Sea Star and Red-spotted Coral Crab. The seas and oceans around Malaysia are home to thousands of different species that live together. The huge variety of animals that [...]
Europa 2012 – Visit Azerbaijan
March 27th, 2012 srmodh 1,099 viewsAzerbaijan post issued a set of stamps and a souvenir sheet of Visit Azerbaijan as a part of EUROPA 2012 series.
Bird of the year – Black swift
March 27th, 2012 srmodh 1,759 viewsThe Black Swift (Cypseloides niger) is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and Mexico to Costa Rica and Brazil. It is also found on islands in the West Indies. In flight, this bird looks like a flying cigar with long slender curved wings. The plumage is mostly a sooty dark [...]
Olympic Games London 2012 – Cyprus
March 22nd, 2012 srmodh 3,092 viewsCyprus post issued a set of four stamps to commemorate 30th Summer Olympic LONDON 2012. “One day, when humanity knows how to successfully develop talent, every state/nation shall win its fair share of Olympic medals” Baron Pierre de Coubertin Our Olympic team is preparing for the Olympic Games. We have worked hard, with devotion to [...]
Farming Australia
March 21st, 2012 srmodh 1,516 viewsThe dairy industry is one of our major rural industries, ranking behind only beef and wheat. While all states and territories have dairy industries, most production occurs in the more temperate south-east areas of the country, and includes milk, yoghurts and a wide variety of cheese types. The most common dairy cow breeds are the [...]
Holy Easter 2012 – Romania
March 21st, 2012 srmodh 2,189 viewsOn the occasion of Easter holidays, Romania post issued the postage stamps issue HOLY EASTER 2012. The Resurrection of our Lord, this miracle that has been in the Christian mind for two millennia, has always made people become better to be able to properly receive the Light of Christ´s Resurrection. The postage stamp of this [...]
Endangered Spiders – Lithuania
March 21st, 2012 srmodh 1,405 viewsLithuania post issued new postage stamps featuring the endangered spiders included into the Red List of Lithuania. The stamps features The Fen Raft Spider and The Ladybird Spider. The Fen Raft Spider (Dolomedes plantarius) belonging to the Family Pisauridae lives around the margins of waterbodies, in peatlands and swampy forests. They vigorously glide over the [...]
75 Years of the RNZAF
March 20th, 2012 srmodh 1,347 views
New Zealand Post issued a set of stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of the RNZAF. Since its inception in 1937 the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has made a significant contribution to war – and peace – time efforts in New Zealand and around the world. When the RNZAF (Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, or [...]
Europa 2012 – Latvia
March 20th, 2012 srmodh 1,286 views
Latvia Post issued two stamps in the European stamp series EUROPA 2012, depicting one of the best-known culture sites of Riga and Latvia – the Opera House. This year’s theme for the Europa stamp series is Visit…, and the Opera is one of Latvia’s most internationally recognized and visited national symbols of art. The stamps [...]
