#Most touching stamps
Stamp from Lithuania for Fathers with a Drawing of a Three-Year-Old Girl
Lithuania Post will commemorate Father's Day by releasing a new stamp. The stamp dedicated to all fathers will appear in circulation on Saturday, June 1. This is the first stamp released in Lithuania for Father’s Day. The stamp will be issued in the edition of 80 thousand copies with a nominal value of LTL 1.35. Along with the stamp, the first day cover and sheet will be released. The author of th
The Mole and the Rocket on new Czech stamp
This year's stamp in the "For Children" series of Ceska Posta commemorates Zdenek Miler, Czech director and author of children's cartoons who created the popular "Krtek" (The Mole or The Little Mole) character. Zdenek Miler was born on 21 February 1921 in Kladno and died on 30 November 2011 in Nova Ves pod Plesi. His career as an artist began in Zlin Film Studios. In 1945, he joined the "Bratri v
Stamp from Lithuania for Mothers with a Drawing of a Three-Year-Old Girl
This year Lithuania Post is inviting to congratulate all mothers on the occasion of Mother's Day by sending a postcard with a stamp created specially for this day. The stamp dedicated to Mother's Day is special for its author, namely a three-year-old girl Gryte Kucinskaite. "The rules of the contest said that a child's drawing must be used for the design of the stamp. As my niece likes drawing, I
Stamps with Pat and Mat already on sale
Ceska Posta has issued a definitive stamp identified with the letter A and portraying figures from a popular TV series of bedtime stories for children Pat and Mat. The letter A corresponds to the current price of the domestic service Ordinary Letter - Standard up to 50 g (as per the current version of the Pricelist of Basic Postal Services - CZK 10 as of the date of issue). The stamps with a 23x30
Thai stamps: International Letter Writing Week 2011
On 4 October 2011, Thai Post issued a set of 4 stamps and an exclusive miniature sheet to commemorate International Letter Writing week. The stamps feature Cartoon characters of kids in various actions that show the travelling of letter. International Letter Writing Week was established at the 14th Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress held in Ottawa in 1957 with the aim of contributing to world p
Top 10 most touching stamps 2010
In the beginning of spring StampNews presents its new ranking – Top 10 most touching stamps 2010. This is the list of stamps having the most touching design by the opinion of the portal’s editorial board. Last year quite a lot of stamps worthy of entering this list have been issued, in part due to the theme of 2010 EUROPA stamps "Children’s books". StampNews had a really difficult choice to make,
Top 10 most touching stamps of 2009
FindYourStampsValue.com presents the third of five ratings which grades the most touching stamps of the year 2009. Many of the top 10 most touching stamps of 2009 are dedicated to Christmas and winter vacation. Love and environmental protection have also become topics of some series. Bananas on Swedish stamps These stamps have a historical background (100 years since banana
Top 10 most touching postage stamps of 2008
FindYourStampsValue.com continues to strike the balance of the year 2008. Here is a very special rating. Hope our little philatelists will appreciate it. 'Mr. Men and Little Miss' Stamps In May 2008, Guernsey issued six stamps honoring the characters in the "Mr. Men and Little Miss" children's books and television series. Christmas stamp from Finland This touching stamp was issued in No
New Christmas stamp from Aland
This year's Christmas stamp motif is that of an angel, to many people the symbol of Christmas. The artist, Eva-Jo Hancock first created an angel from textile, paper and other materials before photographing the merry angel which now appears on the stamp. The angel holds a heart in her hand, and the snowflakes as well as the Earth beneath are issued with glittering holograms. The denomination of the
