With the title '2000 Years of Speyer', a stamp was issued on January 12, 1990, depicting a number of other buildings alongside the 'Kaiserdom'. Was this issue intended because of the cathedral standing prominently in the foreground, or because of the 2000th anniversary...
The largest Gothic cathedral in Germany is located in Cologne. The building with the two tall towers stands as an enormous eye-catcher in the city center, approximately 250 meters from the River Rhine. With the construction...
In Ireland, Christmas stamps were issued for the first time in 1971. They were two stamps with the same design in two different denominations. In 1972, it was decided to issue three Christmas stamps, again with a single image but now with...
Not everyone is a lover of classical music. Nevertheless, the British Royal Mail issued a series of four stamps on May 14, 1985, as part of the European Year of Music. Four stamps dedicated to British composers. Designer...
On October 14, 1066, the Battle of Hastings took place near the town of Hastings in what is now called Battle. It was a clash between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon army of King Harold...
On 14 November 1989, Royal Mail issued a series of five stamps as Christmas stamps with a surcharge dedicated to the 800th anniversary of Ely Cathedral. The designer of the stamps, David Gentleman, had created very simple images...
The translation of the Bible took place worldwide. This was also the case in Wales in Great Britain. The translation from Greek and Hebrew in 1588 was carried out by Bishop William Morgan. This translation was preceded by the translation of the New...
On the occasion of the International Philatelic Exhibition London 1980, a stamp was issued on 9 April 1980 and a stamp block on 7 May 1980. The stamp and the block were designed by Jeffrey Matthews and printed by Harrison & Sons...
One of the most famous cathedrals in the United Kingdom is St. Paul's in London. On May 28, 1969, the British Post Office issued a series of six stamps featuring cathedrals. The stamps were designed by Peter Gauld....
Anyone visiting Berlin cannot miss it: a visit to the Gedächtniskirche. The Evangelical Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, as the church was called at the time, stands on Breitscheidplatz between Kurfüstendamm and Budapester Strasse in the Charlottenburg district. It is...
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