New stamps on Music

  Date of Issue : 5 April 2014 In the organization of PostEurop, special stamps with the EUROPA logo that every year has a unique central theme for all its members are issued. The theme for 2014 is folk musical instruments, Croatian Post issued a set of two stamps featuring  Herzegovinian pipes and dual flutes (dvojnice), instruments that were made and played by the ancestors, and are...

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Festivals of India - Hanuman Jayanti

      Hanuman Jayanti Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated every year by the people in India to commemorate the birth of Hindu Lord, Hanuman. It is celebrated annually in the Hindi month of Chaitra (Chaitra Pournima) on 15th day of the Shukla Paksha. Hanuman Jayanti 2014 is being celebrated by the people all over India today on 15th of April.  Here is a special article on Bazar...

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New stamps on Ships and Explorers..

  The new set of four stamps from the Tristan da Cunha Post Office depicts Arctic and Antarctic Explorers and Personalities who have journeyed in Tristan waters. Each stamp depicts an image of one of these seafarers together with the ship most closely associated with them and Tristan da Cunha. 35p – James Weddell and “Jane” Born in 1787 and although initially a member of the Royal Navy...

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Sign language on stamps

  Date of Issue : 8 April 2014 Israel Post issued a stamp sheet  of 10  definitive stamps on Israeli Sign Language. Israel is home to some 750,000 people who are deaf and hard of hearing, approximately 15,000 of whom use sign language.The signs that appear on the stamps are presented as images comprised of a hand shape and the location of the sign. The tabs of the stamps also show...

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International Day of Human Space Flight

    Yuri Gagarin, the world's first cosmonaut to have travelled in outer space The United Nations (UN) celebrates the International Day of Human Space Flight on April 12 each year. The day remembers the first human space flight on April 12, 1961. April 12, 1961, was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin. This historic event opened the way for...

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Weather Phenomena on stamps

  Date of Issue: 27 March 2014 Hong Kong Post issued a set of six stamps and a souvenir sheet featuring seven weather phenomena. Situated in the subtropical zone, Hong Kong has a humid climate with fog and drizzle in spring. Summer, also a typhoon season, is hot with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Autumn normally brings pleasant breezes, plenty of sunshine and comfortable temperatures....

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Special Cover on World Homeopathy Day

    Today is World Homeopath Day. Post Master MGeneral, Vadodara Shri B. B. Dave released a special cover on this occasion. .   Dr. Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was the founder of Homoeopathy. He established the fundamental principles of the science and art of Homoeopathy. He is called father of Homeopathy and every year 10th April is celebrated all over the world as ‘World...

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450th Birth Anniversary of Galileo

  Date of Issue : 5 April 2014 Italian Post issued a stamp on 5th April, commemorating Galileo Galilei on the 450th anniversary of his birth. Galileo Galilei, often known mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent...

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