Father's Day is celebrated on June 19, 2022. Every year, this day falls on the third Sunday of June. What is the significance of Father's Day? When did Father's Day originate? And have stamps been issued for this day? Do you, as a father...
The Fourth of July is a national holiday in the US, as it is when Independence Day is celebrated. On July 4, 1776, the American Declaration of Independence was adopted, affirming independence from the British monarchy. Did Leiden...
On April 25, 1945, American and Soviet soldiers met near Strehla and Torgau in Saxony on the River Elbe. Earlier, American troops had entered the city of Leipzig on April 18, 1945. Since the borders of the...
St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna survived the bombings during the Second World War and the street fighting in the city between German and Soviet troops without sustaining major damage. When on April 10, 1945, a white flag from the...
Every year on February 14, Valentine's Day is celebrated worldwide. This 'holiday,' which originated in America, is more often celebrated among lovers in our country, but not in the way Americans observe this day. Since 1973, the 'LOVE' stamp has appeared in America and...
The first issue of special stamps in Ireland after the Second World War took place on 16 September 1946. And that was it for that year. They were two stamps with the same design dedicated to Charles Stewart Parnell and Michael...
Have you ever heard that International Polar Bear Day is celebrated every year on February 27? Have you seen polar bears during your vacation in the Arctic, Greenland, Norway (Svalbard), Russia, the USA (Alaska), or Canada? Otherwise, you can in...
The fastest team sport in the world is played in Ireland and is closely linked to the Netherlands. Originally, it was played by the Celts. It resembles field hockey, but the stick is different in design and is called a hurley or in...
She was given the nickname 'Queen of Crime'. She wrote 78 crime novels, twenty plays, some 150 short stories, six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and four non-fiction works. At her birth in 1890, she was given the names Agatha Mary Clarissa...
A beautiful series of stamps featuring images of woodland animals was issued by Royal Mail on 16 September 2004. The images on the stamps were designed by Kate Stephens based on photographs by various photographers. The stamps, in blocks of 10 in...
Below is a photo of a letter to America, postmarked by the Philatelic Service of the State Postal and Telecommunications. This envelope immediately raised a lot of questions. With this summer stamp, the envelope is franked at the bottom and the postmark appears to have been printed...
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Aristotle was born in Stagira, Greece. He grew into one of the greatest Western philosophers in history. He was orphaned at a young age. At the age of seventeen, he left for Athens and became a pupil...
Two excellent examples to show that it is all English, but that there are differences........... A few lines from Sting's song: A few lines from an article I read recently: I don't drink coffee...
When I added the stamp booklet 'Ships', issued by the Swedish postal service on November 15, 1966, to my collection, I immediately noticed that the stamps included in it looked very familiar. As a collector of Swedish stamps, I initially found that...
The issuance of the two so-called permanent stamps featuring an image of the Faroe Islands in 1996 had caused many a collector to raise their eyebrows. Two stamps for a total of 26 kroner, the single stamps for a total of 68,50 kroner, a block for...
The year 1992 was marked worldwide by the discovery of America in 1492 by Columbus. The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) capitalized on this theme so that all member countries could participate with...
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