#Exclusive
Extraordinary Rugby Stamp from France
Discover the stamp "Bravo et Merci!" created by the France Post on the occasion of the final of the Rugby World Cup 2011, where the team of France has faced the legendary "All Blacks" from New Zealand. This final on October 23, 2011 marked the history of French rugby. Now everyone can keep a memory of the event with this stamp in the shape of a rugby ball.
World Heritage Site stamp from Germany
The German Post has issued a stamp commemorating the Biertan Church, one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Biertan is a rural community in the Transylvanian county of Sibiu. The church in its present form was built at the beginning of the 16th century on the ruins of an earlier church built at least one hundred years earlier and secured with walls against enemy. Biertan was then a major center for t
Old and New Mailboxes on Belgian Stamps
To commemorate the Stamp Day the BPost (Belgium) is issuing a series of stamps illustrating the evolution of country's mailboxes. The stamps feature: Cast iron mailbox, round, on legs (from the second half of the nineteenth century) Rural wooden mailbox (from the second half of the nineteenth century) Mailbox on legs (from 1930) Plastic mailbox of the "Napoleon" type (from 1970) Modern mailbox (fr
Famous Azerbaijani painter on stamp
The Azermarka has issued a stamp to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the outstanding Azerbaijani painter Huseyn Aliyev. The face value of the stamp, issued with a circulation of 100,000 copies, is 60 gepick. Huseyn Aliyev (May 22, 1911 - July 5, 1991) - Soviet and Azerbaijani painter, author of more than 250 paintings. Working mostly in graphic arts, he is the author of numerous posters. With a
International Year of Forests - stamp from Argentina
The Argentina Post has issued a stamp commemorating the International Year of Forests (IYF). It illustrates a synthesis of a tree and its reflection which presents the logo of IYF. The icons that make up the foliage and the trunk of this tree represent the diversity which is vital for the provision of goods and services, tangible and intangible. The position of man points to his role in the care o
Four Elements - set of stamps from Germany
The German Post has issued four new stamps in its "Post" series - this time dedicated to the "four elements". From time immemorial, the elements of "Water", "Earth", "Fire" and "Air" determine people's lives. From one part, they are indispensable foundations of life, but in their extreme forms of uncontrollable forces of nature they can be threatening at the same time. Water: it quenches thirst an
'Peter Rabbit' stamp issue from Japan
Japan Post celebrates the spring season by the issuance of "Peter Rabbit" stamps commemorating the 40th anniversary since the book was published in Japan. Peter Rabbit is a fictional character in various children's stories by Beatrix Potter. He first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902, and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and 1912. He appears as a character in the 1971 ballet
