What does it mean to be “Living Australian?” The Australian day Council of NSW with the support of Australia Post encouraged Australians from across the country to explore the theme of “Who We Are” as a nation, by showcasing how they live as Aussies every day through the creative medium of photography. The response was [...]
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Women of Achievement II
March 19th, 2011 
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1,104 viewsCelebrating 100 years since the Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Marie Curie, four stamps will feature just a few of the many women whose achievements are internationally renowned.
Famous People of Lithuania
March 5th, 2011 srmodh 1,851 viewsLithuania post issued a set of three stamps featuring famous people, Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite, Artist Justinas Vienožinskis and Stasys Šalskauskis. Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite (1861–1943) Writer, pedagogue, philanthropist and public figure. One of the most famous Lithuanian women’s of the end of XIX century and beginning of XX century which left deeply signs on national education, culture and [...]
Art Canada – Daphne Odjig
March 5th, 2011 srmodh 1,339 viewsA Canadian artist of Aboriginal ancestry, Daphne Odjig was born September 11, 1919, and raised on the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island (Lake Huron), Ontario. Her father, Dominic Odjig, and her grandfather, Chief Jonas Odjig, were Potawatomi, descended from the great Chief Black Partridge. Her mother, Joyce Peachy, was an English war bride. [...]
100 Years of Surf Life Saving
November 2nd, 2010 srmodh 1,425 viewsNew Zealand Post is celebrating the vital role that Surf Life Saving plays with the release of the ‘100 years of Surf Life Saving’ stamp issue.
Indigenous People 2010
October 30th, 2010 srmodh 841 viewsThe United Nations Postal Administration issued a second set of 18 commemorative stamps in a mini-sheet format of six stamps each on the theme “Indigenous People”.
