Iceland and Malta are the northernmost and southernmost islands in Europe. Fishing has been the main source of revenue for centuries on these two islands. Iceland Post and Malta Post are now collaborating on a joint stamp issue occasioned by this relationship with fishing towns as the motif. The town of Húsavík is the motif [...]
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150th anniversary of Mariehamn – Russia
March 2nd, 2011 
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1,443 viewsIn 2011, the joint launch of the Russian Federation and the Aland Islands (Finland) is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the founding of Mariehamn – the main town of the Aland Islands. It is the smallest of all the Scandinavian capitals, but the third largest port in Finland. The city is the Cabinet and [...]
Mariehamn 150 years – Aland
March 2nd, 2011 srmodh 934 viewsÅland Post celebrates the anniversary by issuing a miniature sheet featuring Empress Maria Alexandrovna as well as part of the first town plan for Mariehamn. The issue is a joint issue with the Russian Post. In 1859, Tsar Alexander II of Russia recommended that a town be established in Åland close to the Svibyviken bay. [...]
20th anniversary of the Visegrad Group – Hungary
February 16th, 2011 srmodh 1,103 viewsHungary post issued a stamp to commemorate the 20th anniversary of establishment of this alliance of four Central European countries, i.e. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The idea of the V4 alliance derives from a meeting of the Czech, Polish and Hungarian rulers in Visegrad, Hungary in 1335. Charles I of Hungary, Czech king [...]
20th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Visegrad Group – Poland
February 16th, 2011 srmodh 873 viewsPoland post jointly with four countries issued a stamp to commemorate the 20th anniversary of establishment of the alliance of four Central European countries, i.e. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. After the split of Czechoslovakia and the creation of independent Slovak and Czech Republics in 1993, the trilateral Visegrad cooperation was transformed to a [...]
20 Years of the Visegrad Group – Czech Republic
February 16th, 2011 srmodh 1,388 viewsSlovak Post issued a stamp designed by the four member countries of the Visegrad Group (also known as the Visegrad Four, or V4) on the Slovak Ambassador to V4′s initiative, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of establishment of this alliance of four Central European countries, i.e. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The idea of [...]
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