March 19th, 2013 
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Taiwan post issued a set of five stamps and a souvenir sheet on a Qing dynasty Embroidery lateral curtain with flower and bird embroidery from the National Museum of History’s collection. Traditionally, lateral curtains were mostly used to decorate the central hall of a house for a wedding or other celebratory occasion. This red silk [...]
February 27th, 2013 srmodh 851 views
The Turkish post issued two stamps in the Palaces series featuring Yildiz Palace. Yildiz Palace (meaning “Star Palace”) is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the Sultan and his court in the late [...]
February 25th, 2013 srmodh 996 views
Estonia post issued the Estonian Flag stamp, the first Estonian self-adhesive postage stamp with non-traditional perforation. The national flag of Estonia is a tricolour featuring three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white. The normal size is 105 × 165 cm. In Estonian it is colloquially called the “sinimustvalge” (literally “blue-black-white”), after the [...]
January 15th, 2013 srmodh 2,032 views
Aland post issued a postage stamp to mark the 50th anniversary of the Aland Art Museum. The stamp motif was chosen through a public vote between seven pre-selected works of art from the museum collection. A vote organized in the spring of 2012 allowed voters to choose between seven works of art by Henrik Nylund, [...]
January 13th, 2013 srmodh 826 views
Isle of Man issued beautiful set of stamps Chronicles of Man and The Lewis Chessmen, in collaboration with Manx National Heritage, to mark another return to the Island of the manuscript of the Chronicles of the Kings of Man and the Isles and the loan of six magnificent Lewis Chessmen showcased in the flagship exhibition [...]
January 12th, 2013 srmodh 557 views
Royal Mail issued ten new stamps to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground – the oldest underground railway network in the world. The stamps will be issued on 9 January – exactly 150 years after the opening in 1863 of the first part of what was to become London’s Underground, the steam-driven Metropolitan [...]
January 9th, 2013 srmodh 1,209 views
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is one of the medical and research institutions of Asia. Located in Chandigarh, India, it is recognized for its education, medical research and training facilities as well as for its graduates. The PGIMER owes its inception to the vision of late Sardar Partap Singh Kairon, the [...]
October 3rd, 2012 srmodh 2,559 views
Russia post issued a postage stamp to celebrate 100 years of ship building plant, Northern Shipyard. The stamp depicts a ship anchored in the background, standing in the dock. NORTHERN SHIPYARD PLANT is a large hi-tech factory building military ships, commercial ships, and complex nautical equipment. The plant began as Putilov Shipyard separated in 1912 [...]
September 6th, 2012 srmodh 1,850 views
New Zealand post issued a set of five stamps featuring Aramoana, Waka, Earnslaw, Dunedin and Rotomahana vessels as a part of Great Voyages of New Zealand. As a small nation surrounded by water, New Zealand has relied on ships and vessels as a means of transport for as long as it’s been inhabited.
August 4th, 2012 srmodh 2,220 views
Belarus issued a postage stamps to mark 150 years of the Belarusian railway. In 1851 they began the construction of the Grodno-Porechie section of the St. Petersburg-Warsaw railway. The movement on it started on December 15, 1862. This event marked the beginning of the rich history of the Belarusian railway, which in 2012 will be [...]
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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