“Elisabeth Görgl’s Courage brings Gold!“ was the headline in “Der Standard” after Lizz Görgl’s victory in the Super-G at the Ski World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen last winter. A few days later this congenial sportswoman went one further and won a second gold medal in the downhill race. The whole of Austria celebrated with this new [...]
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150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore
May 25th, 2011 
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2,908 viewsIndia post issued a set of stamps on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore was an icon of Indian culture. He was a poet, philosopher, musician, writer, and educationist.He was popularly called as Gurudev and his songs were popularly known as Rabindrasangeet. Two songs from his Rabindrasangit canon are now [...]
Karl Golsdorf’s 150th birthday
March 29th, 2011 srmodh 1,128 views“You can’t save a ton of weight on a locomotive – but you can save a kilo in a thousand places” – this quotation from Karl Golsdorf illustrates pointedly the extreme creativity which the famous Austrian engineer and designer used to seek out outstanding technical solutions. Karl Golsdorf (1861 to 1916) was introduced to the [...]
Latin Music Legends
March 27th, 2011 srmodh 2,265 viewsFive legendary musicians and performers of the Latin sound whose contributions have had a lasting impact on American music — Selena, Carlos Gardel, Carmen Miranda, Tito Puente, and Celia Cruz — are honored on U.S. commemorative Forever stamps. Among the distinctive musical genres and styles represented by the music legends featured on the Forever stamps [...]
Women of Achievement II
March 19th, 2011 srmodh 1,108 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.
The Queen and Prince Philip
February 18th, 2011 srmodh 1,053 viewsThe celebrations of sixty glorious years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the first of three landmark stamp issued to honor this great achievement. The stamps follows Her Majesty and HRH Prince Philip through the decades in photo album form representing the royal couple from their earliest years together to the [...]
