Miniature Sheet – Indonesia – Jakarta 2008 22nd Asian International Stamp Exhibition “Jakarta 2008 ” was held from 23 – 28 October, 2008. Six Miniature sheets were issued depicting six Daily Themes of the Exhibition. Day 4 - FIAP Day – 1st Indonesia stamp issued 1864 under Dutch Rule Day 5 - Ecophila Day - Brahminy Kite or [...]
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Posted in Birds, stamp on stamp, World Stamps on Nov 8th, 2011
Stamps on Rowland Hill Centenary- Seychelles Seychelles issued a set of Three Stamps on 27 Aug 1979 to mark the Death Centenary of Rowland Hill. The stamps show 40c- 1978 5r liberation Day Commemorative stamp 2r 25 – 1972 50c Rare Bird Commemorative 3r – 1962 50c Definitive
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Sheet let – Russia – 150 Years Penny Black A Sheet let containing Eight Stamps issued by Russia in 1990 to mark 150 Years of Penny Black.
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FDC – South Africa – National Stamp Day 1990 National Stamp Day has been celebrated in South Africa since 1987 but the first set of Stamps to mark this were first issued on 12 May 1990. A set of Five 21c stamps were issued. The world’s oldest postage stamp, the British Penny Black; and the [...]
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FDC- GUERNSEY- BICENTENARY OF THOMAS DE LA RUE THOMAS DE LA RUE WAS BORN ON 24 Mar 1793 . He rose from being an apprentice in a Printing Press to create what is today the Largest Commercial Bank Note and Security Printing Company in the World . Guernsey issued a set of Five stamps to [...]
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Posted in British India, British India Stamps, Feudatory States, India Stamps, Indian Stamps with Traffic Light, INDIPEX 2011, INDIPEX 2011 - Updates, INDIPEX2011, News, Philatelic Exhibitions, Postal History, stamp on stamp, Thematics on Oct 9th, 2010
India Stamps – Traffic Light – New Alignment Mark- 2010 Issues A new type of alignment mark has been seen along with Traffic Lights on stamps printed at ISP, Nashik. NINETEEN (19) Issues of 2009 were issued with this new type of alignment mark. The Eighth Issue of 2010 with this TL mark is Princely [...]
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Posted in Miniature Sheet, stamp on stamp on May 16th, 2010
Miniature sheet – Cyprus – Stamp Centenary A Miniature sheet was issued on 16 Aug 1980 to commemorate the Cyprus Stamp Centenary (1880-1980).
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FDC – Malta – Stamps on Stamps Malta issued a set of Four Stamps to mark the Centenary of Malta Post Office . These stamps show old stamps of Malta. The Stamps and FDC was issued on 02 Jan 1985.
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Stamps on Stamps – South Africa – Se-tenants On the Occasion of National Stamp Day in 1990 South Africa issued stamps which carried the old issues under the Stamps on Stamps Theme. The old Stamps reproduced were 21c – Great Britain – Penny Black 1840 21c – Cape of Good Hope - Four Pence 1853 [...]
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Pre Stamped Envelope – Australia – Sydpex 80 Australia issued a 22c Pre stamped Envelope on 29 Sep 1980 to commemorate Sydpex 80 Philatelic Exhibition. The Envelope shows the illustrations of First three Stamps issued by New South Wales in 1860 and it also shows the Sydney Post Office Building in 1850. It is Pre [...]
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FDC – Papua New Guinea – Stamps on Stamps A Set of Stamps was issued by Papua New Guinea on 24 Oct 1973 to mark the 75th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea Stamps. A FDC with three stamps is shown 1c – Stamps of German New Guinea 1897. 6 c - 2 Mark Stamp of [...]
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