February 10th, 2013 
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Lithuania Post will release a new stamp on the theme The Chinese New Year, year of the snake, to mark the year beginning on February 10. The Chinese New Year is the most important Chinese festival usually marking the beginning of spring. As the festival is celebrated following the lunar calendar, the festival falls on [...]
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Tags: Fauna, Lithuania, Lunar year 2013, Lunar year stamps, year of the snake 
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Lithuanian post issued two postage stamps to mark the 30th Summer Olympic Games, commencing in London on 27 July. The stamps dedicated to the London Summer Olympic Games features a boxer and a single scull rower. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held from July 27 until August 12. London will host the Olympic [...]
March 21st, 2012 srmodh 1,386 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 [...]
September 17th, 2011 srmodh 1,076 viewsIn 1236, Pope Gregory IX declared the first crusade against Lithuanians having turned into the most important fight of that period, which took place on 22 September 1236 at the Miša River – the Battle of Saule between the Bothers of Sword and the army of Samogitians and Lithuanians. Covered by the shroud of Christianity, [...]
September 15th, 2011 srmodh 978 viewsThe stamp reproduces a tapestry from the early eighteenth century, inspired by a drawing by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the scene of the institution of the Eucharist, a work commissioned by the Confraternity of SS. Sacrament of Ancona and kept at the Diocesan Museum of Ancona.
September 14th, 2011 srmodh 1,233 viewsLithuania post issued a set of two stamps featuring churches, Šiauliai Cathedral of St. Apostles Peter and Paul and Trakai Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Šiauliai Cathedral of St. Apostles Peter and Paul is the most prominent Renaissance work of Lithuanian architecture. Construction of the church began in 1595 and was [...]
May 28th, 2011 srmodh 1,587 viewsThe zoological garden is a unique school of knowledge introducing visitors to natural and cultural values. On the 1st of July 1938, the Kaunas Zoo was officially opened in the Mickevi?ius Valley under the initiative of naturalist Professor Tadas Ivanauskas. On the 4th of December 1958, the Kaunas Zoo was granted the name of a [...]
May 26th, 2011 srmodh 1,514 viewsPope John Paul II, called the Pilgrim Pope, is considered to be one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century who has served as the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years. During his papacy, John Paul II visited 129 countries, including Lithuania on 4-8 September 1993. He was the [...]
May 10th, 2011 srmodh 2,003 viewsThe year 2011 has been declared as the International Year of Forests to raise awareness on the preservation, maintenance and conservation of forests. Economic, ecological, and social role of forests is of great importance for human life. Forests cover one-third of the world’s land area and constitute one of the most important elements of biosphere. [...]
March 5th, 2011 srmodh 3,293 viewsLithuania post issued a set of three stamps featuring famous people, Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite, Artist Justinas Vienožinskis and Stasys Šalskauskis. Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite (1861–1943) Writer, pedagogue, philanthropist and public figure. One of the most famous Lithuanian women’s of the end of XIX century and beginning of XX century which left deeply signs on national education, culture and [...]
Australia is hosting an International Stamp Exhibition, AUSTRALIA 2013 in Melbourne, from 10 - 15 May 2013 at the Exhibition Buildings, Carlton, Melbourne.
Thailand will host THAILAND 2013 - World Stamp Exhibition from 2 to14 August, on the 130th anniversary of the Thailand’s postal service.
