Croatian Post has released four new commemorative postage stamps from the new series “Castles of Croatia”.
Donji Miholjac – the Hilleprand-Mailáth Castle There are two castles in Donji Miholjac, one next to the other. The older one is a ground floor, long, late-baroque building from 1818 and the newer one is one storey historicist building of picturesque facades built between 1905 and 1914 according to the project of the Budapest architect István Möhler. The old castle is a modest building, 82 meters long and 9 meters wide. It included also several outbuildings. The new castle, built next to the old, is among the last Slavonic castles and among just a few built in Slavonia at the beginning of the 20th century.
Castles of Croatia
July 6th, 2011 
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1,125 views20 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States
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Republic of Belarus post issued the stamp “20 years of the Commonwealth of Independent States”.
On December 2011 there will be 20 years since the foundation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Nowadays 11 states are members of the CIS: Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Ukraine. The CIS was created for cooperation among countries in the field of politics, economics, law, culture, science, etc.
According to the Decision of the Council of the CIS Heads of Governments many activities will be devoted to this anniversary aiming to get the cultures nearer to each other and to strengthen the system of cooperation among the member states.
Zodiac: Cancer, the crab
June 22nd, 2011 srmodh 2,454 views
Our ancestors had to look closely to find this constellation they named for the crab—it’s very small and faint, with few stars. Even the brightest among them are relatively dim in comparison to other stars—so much so that Cancer has been considered a dark star, sometimes described as black and without eyes. Often it can be found only by looking to its heavenly neighbours—it lies between Gemini to the west, Leo to the east, Lynx to the north, and Canis Minor and Hydra to the south.
“Then a light among them brightened, So that, if Cancer one such crystal had, Winter would have a month of one sole day.” Dante, The Paradiso.
30 YEARS dedicated to fighting HIV / AIDS
June 20th, 2011 srmodh 1,527 views
In 2011 Romania celebrate 30 years since the discovery of HIV and also 30 years to fight this scourge worldwide.
The United Nations Office on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS), Universal Postal Union, International Labour Organisation and UNI Global Union runs prevention campaigns about the dangers of HIV / AIDS.
“Patient zero” of the epidemic was discovered in the United States, but scientists have concluded that since the 70s there were people infected. Since then, AIDS has killed more than 20 million people worldwide.
Circus – Romania
June 20th, 2011 srmodh 1,504 views
In the heyday of the Roman Empire, the circus was one of the most accessible and popular forms of entertainment. Mode of existence and organization of joint activities as the circus bears the mark of defining temperament various peoples and continents.
In ancient Rome, “Circus”, meaning circle or ring, defined spaces such as the specific events of that time were carried out: soldiers were scrambling to demonstrate the qualities of great fighters, training of animals, etc. After the fall of the Roman Empire, was present on the circus in Europe, because organized groups of actors who were present with their performances, especially at fairs in cities.
Thomas The Tank Engine
June 14th, 2011 srmodh 2,964 views
GB post issued a set of stamps to mark the centenary of the birth of the Reverend Wilbert Awdry creator of Thomas the Tank Engine. The six stamps show Thomas and some of his friends from the TV series.
Reverend Awdry’s passion for railways had been instilled in him by his clergyman father, Vere, and when Wilbert himself had a family, he shared his railway enthusiasm with his own son, Christopher. It was while two-year-old Christopher was suffering with measles that Wilbert tried to enliven his son’s bed-bound quarantine by telling stories and drawing pictures about a group of little engines.
