#Easter stamps
Easter as one of the most important religious holidays
According to info got by FindYourStampsValue.com Vatican Post is to release a special philatelic issue celebrating the upcoming Easter. This year the Philatelic Office will celebrate Easter with a minisheet of four values. As in the past, the stamps depict a detail of the Resurrection, but this time taken from a work by the unknown Master of the Crucifix of Trevi found in the Pinacoteca of the Vat
Easter Rooster on new Finnish stamp
Itella Posti Oy has issued a stamp to celebrate the coming Easter. The stamp created by Katja Saario depicts the Easter rooster - yellow with multicoloured tail – who has decorated himself with willow and daffodils. With his feet he plays with a chocolate egg. Katja Saario is a Finnish illustrator and postcard designer. Her creatures often are elves, angels and fairies, the main characters of the
Easter 2013 stamp from Vatican
The subject chosen by the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of Vatican for Easter this year is an image of Christ rising with open arms and an expression marked with suffer, symbolizing his passion and an undefined chaos which represents death. The sculpture is the work of Italian artist Pericle Fazzini (1913-1987), and this year marks the centenary of his birth. The sculpture is 20 meters wide and
Decorative Eggs on Liechtenstein Post's Stamps
For the second time since 2001 the Liechtenstein Post issues a stamp series dedicated to the exquisite decorative eggs collected by the Liechtenstein art connoisseur Adulf Peter Goop. In June 2010 he donated to the State of Liechtenstein his wide-ranging art collection including a unique collection of over 2,000 elaborately decorated Easter eggs. The "Moscow workshop" stamp (face value CHF 1.00) s
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