15th World Festival of Amateur Theatre

 

Monaco Post issued a stamp to celebrate the 15^th World Festival of Amateur Theatre. Under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, the World Festival of Amateur Theatre has been hosted by the Studio de Monaco every 4 years since 1957. Since its creation, the World Festival of Amateur Theatre has extended its scope, developing seminars and workshops alongside the performances by various groups, presenting their theatrical practices. The 15th festival will take place from 19th to 28th August 2013 in Monaco.

Doremon stamp from Japan

Japanese post launched the 20^th collection of the stamps from the series “Anime Hero Heroine”, traditionally issued in Japan from the year 2005 and depicting characters of popular Japanese anime. This issue is dedicated to “Doraemon”.

Doraemon is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise. The series is about an intelligent robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a pre-teen boy, NobitaNobi.

The stamps depict the following episodes of the anime: flying to the flower garden, traveling in the river on the reverse boat, using the travel machine, air walk, Doraemon and his friends. The margin of the stampsheet illustrates Doraemon and friends travelling in the time machine.