New stamps on Winter Olympics - Sochi 2014

 

The Norwegian Posten issued a set of four stamps commemorating the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics started on February 8. Sochi, the popular resort city on the Black Sea, is located at the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, which are a main reason why the city is now hosting the Winter Olympics. Sochi has a population of 328,000, and the Olympic facilities are planned to strengthen winter tourism in the mountainous region surrounding the city. In this way, the Krasnodar Krai region and Sochi will stand out as one of the biggest combined summer and winter destinations in Europe.

When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the Winter Games to Sochi, it represented the first time Russia or the former Soviet Union was named host of the prestigious sporting event.The stamps feature famous Norwegian athletes: Marit Bjorgen, Tora Berger, Petter Northug and Aksel Lund Svindal.

XXII Olympic Winter Games  souvenir sheet from Belarus

The post of the Republic of Belarus issued a souvenir sheet commemorating the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. The 2014 Winter Paralympics will be held after the XXII Olympic Winter Games at the same venues in Sochi.

The souvenir sheet was printed with the logo of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

 

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New stamps on Blood donation

 

PostNL ( Nederland Post)  issued special stamps in honour of 400,000 blood donors in the Netherlands. This stamp sheetlet shows the relationship between blood donor and patient.

The World Blood Donor Day stamp sheetlet comprises ten stamps, with two different designs. Designer Suzanne Rosier from The Hague looked for the essence of the relationship between patient and donor, and how to best depict this. She decided upon a concept based on playing cards. The red-and-white stamps are designed as a King of Hearts, which has a white background, and a Queen of Hearts, which has a red background. Like the real playing cards, the images are mirrored.

World Blood Donor Day celebrated on 14 June every year  is an initiative by the World Health Organisation, WHO, which is a part of the United Nations. By means of this day, the WHO wants to draw world-wide attention to the importance of blood donations.

 

From our Readers…

My stamp on Red Cross

The Red Cross Society celebrated its "150 years of Humanitarian Services" on the Red Cross Day in Srinagar. The District Red Cross Society had organized the Red Cross Mela. To mark this occasion, Mr John Samuel, CPMG, J&K Circle released a My Stamp on Red Cross.                                                                                                                                                               -Raj Kumar Choudhary,Jamshedpur - email : coinrajkumar@gmail.com

 

Same Covers with different cancellations

      

 

I received the Special cover issued at Bhubneswar on 26-03-13 of White Tiger of Nandan Kanan Zoological Park.Both the cover have different cancellation.

- Sandeep Chaurasia – Gorakhpur - email : sandeepchaurasiagkp@gmail.com

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