Voluntary Civil Protection Work III
Liechtenstein post will issue the third series of Voluntary Civil Protection Work focusing simultaneously on two institutions which serve the population: ‘Mountain Rescue’ and “Water Rescue”....
View ArticleLifestyles of the Aboriginal People – Malaysia
Malaysian post issued a set of postage stamps featuring “Lifestyles of the Aboriginal People” Title: Lifestyles of the Aboriginal People – Malaysia Date of Issue: 27 September 2010 Country: Malaysia...
View ArticleFamous People 2010
PNG post issued a set of stamps and souvenir sheet featuring the most famous people Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Mother Teresa. Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul is the first Polish pope to...
View ArticleIndigenous People 2010
The United Nations Postal Administration issued a second set of 18 commemorative stamps in a mini-sheet format of six stamps each on the theme “Indigenous People”. Indigenous people are the inheritors...
View Article100 Years of Surf Life Saving
New Zealand Post is celebrating the vital role that Surf Life Saving plays with the release of the ‘100 years of Surf Life Saving’ stamp issue. The issue depicts the heroic volunteers in action –...
View ArticleArt Canada – Daphne Odjig
A Canadian artist of Aboriginal ancestry, Daphne Odjig was born September 11, 1919, and raised on the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island (Lake Huron), Ontario. Her father, Dominic...
View ArticleFamous People of Lithuania
Lithuania post issued a set of three stamps featuring famous people, Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite, Artist Justinas Vienožinskis and Stasys Šalskauskis. Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite (1861–1943) Writer,...
View ArticleWomen of Achievement II
Celebrating 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. Title:...
View ArticleLiving Australian
What does it mean to be “Living Australian?” The Australian day Council of NSW with the support of Australia Post encouraged Australians from across the country to explore the theme of “Who We Are” as...
View ArticleFAMOUS PEOPLE
JONAS KAROLIS CHODKEVICIUS (1560–1621) State Chancellor of the GDL and Chieftain, founder of Kretinga church and Monastery. In 1560 he was born in Lithuania. He studied in Vilnius, Ingolstadt...
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