May 25th, 2012 
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Chess is certainly the oldest intellectual game. There are many legends among which the best known is the one with a checkerboard and wheat grains. Among archaeological remains of old civilisations wooden plates similar to that of chess were found, but it was still not the chess in today’s sense of the word. The oldest [...]
March 16th, 2012 srmodh 3,075 views
Russia post issued a set of stamps featuring XXII Olympic Winter Games and paralympic games mascots. The Leopard, Polar Bear and Hare are of Olympic games and Snowflake and Ray of Light are talismans of the XI Winter Paralympic Games. The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, [...]
February 8th, 2012 srmodh 1,730 views
In his book ‘A Century Of British Chess’, Philip Sergeant writes that Britain’s first chess club, Parsloe’s, which opened in 1774, numbered among its early supporters George Eliot, later General Eliot, Governor of Gibraltar and commander of the forces during the Great Siege of 1779-1783. Many famous military men have played chess. Down the ages [...]
September 16th, 2011 srmodh 2,065 viewsNew Zealand post issued it’s first 3D stamp – just in time for Rugby World Cup 2011. Featuring the Tournament’s prize, the Webb Ellis Cup, as you’ve never seen it before, this innovative stamp is sure to impress. When you order your Webb Ellis Cup stamp, you will receive more than just the stamp itself. [...]
September 5th, 2011 srmodh 2,637 viewsThe Isle of Man Post Office issued a miniature sheet of stamps featuring the official CYG 2011 logo, and the Games mascot ‘Tosha’ to celebrate the fourth Commonwealth Youth Games which take place on the Isle of Man from the 7th – 13th September 2011. The first Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland [...]
August 12th, 2011 srmodh 3,383 viewsA commemorative stamp celebrating the hosting of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games is issued, conveying our delight and exhilaration and looking forward to the date when this dream is realized in PyeongChang – a locale that is surrounded by Taebaek Mountains to its east, the Charyeong Mountains to its southwest, the Odae Mountain and Gyebang [...]
July 18th, 2011 srmodh 2,949 viewsRepublic of Belarus issued three stamps and a souvenir sheet from the series “Equestrian sport”. Equestrian sport began to develop in Belarus after the creation of the first horse-riding school in Gomel in 1957. In 1958 its branch was opened in the village of Ratomka in Minsk region. Equestrian sport includes jumping (overcoming obstacles), dressage [...]
July 16th, 2011 srmodh 2,446 viewsThe World Judo Championships will be held from 24 to 28 August 2011 at Paris Bercy. Post joins the event with a stamp-sized semi panoramic illustrating three different takes of the discipline and the Japanese ideogram means “the gentle way”. Judo is, nowadays, one of the most popular sporting activities in France. Martial art and [...]
March 30th, 2011 srmodh 4,014 viewsSlovakia post issued a set of stamps to commemorate Ice Hockey World Championship 2011. When the Congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) during the IIHF World Championship 2006 in Riga, Latvia, decided to hold the 2011 World Championship in Slovakia, certainly, many hockey fans were delighted, but the officials were facing a difficult [...]
March 20th, 2011 srmodh 2,868 viewsXXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Games in 2014 will be held in Sochi. They are the first Winter Games in Russia’s history. Sochi won the right to host the Winter Games at the 119th IOC session in Guatemala in 2007. Par with the Black Sea resort for a right fought Pyeongchang (South Korea), [...]
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.
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