Posts Tagged ‘Transportation’

Civil Aviation – India

Civil Aviation - India

India post issued a set of stamps featuring the journey of the Civil Aviation in India, starting from the first commercial flight to its ubiquitous presence across the country with airports having world class facilities. Civil Aviation started in India when the French Pilot Monseigneur Piguet undertook the first commercial flight covering a distance of [...]

Titanic Centenary 1912-2012

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RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, and sank on 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The largest passenger steamship in the world at the time, the [...]

Air Force Aviation – Australia

Australia post issued a set of stamps to marks the retirement of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) most prominent aircraft – the F-111 “Pig”. After 37 years service, this stalwart of aviation combat is being replaced from 2010. The aircraft represent a range of military functions and capabilities and includes F-111′s replacement. F-111 The [...]

Tramway in Dubrovnik

Croatian post issued a postage stamp and a miniature sheet dedicated to the Tramway in Dubrovnik.

60 years Bulgarian Military Jet Aviation

Bulgarian post issued a set of stamps to mark the 60 years of Bulgarian Military Jet Aviation.

250th Anniversary of the Birth of Inventor Jakob Degen

Jakob Degen, born on 27 February 1760 in Liedertswil in Switzerland, has gone down in history as an extremely creative inventor and aviation pioneer. The new commemorative pays tribute to this great 18th and 19th century mind.


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