Amnesty International is an international organization fighting for human rights all around the world. Amnesty was founded in 1961 by Peter Benenson, a Bristish lawyer. The organization is concerned with human rights regardless of politics, religious matters or ideology. It was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in 1977. The emblem for Amnesty which was designed [...]
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50th Anniversary of Jersey’s Finance Industry
September 23rd, 2011 
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992 views2011 marks the 50th anniversary of Jersey’s modern financial services industry when the Island first began to export its financial expertise and intellectual capital to the world. A particular gravure printing effect together with a silver embossing gives the Miniature Sheet the appearance of a bank note.
50th Anniversary of WWF
September 19th, 2011 srmodh 1,112 views2011 marks the 50th anniversary of world wide fund for nature, an organization for nature protection with global network and influence. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official [...]
775th Anniversary of Battle of Saule
September 17th, 2011 srmodh 685 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, [...]
90 years of the Federation of Austrian Philatelist Societies
September 15th, 2011 srmodh 590 viewsThe Federation of Austrian Philatelist Societies is celebrating its 90th birthday. It was on 9 March 1921 that representatives of 16 stamp collectors’ clubs came together in the once famous Dreierl restaurant in Vienna’s first district in order to found the Federation of Austrian Philatelist Societies, the VÖPh.
XXV National Eucharistic Congress
September 15th, 2011 srmodh 675 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.
