George Hendrik Breitner (1857 – 1923) is one of the most important Dutch artists of the late 19th century. In recent decades, his work has primarily been viewed through the lens of his urban subjects and as a photographer. This earned him nicknames such as 'the...
The Frans Hals Museum, in collaboration with The Phoebus Foundation, presents the exhibition 'At Home with Jordaens': the first monographic exhibition of the seventeenth-century Antwerp master Jacob Jordaens in the Netherlands. On view through May 8, 2022. Our southern neighbors know...
Every year, the International Day of Human Spaceflight is celebrated on April 12. This date is an official UN day under the name 'International Day of Human Space Flight'. This year is a special commemorative year. It is also 60 years...
As the second highest value of a stamp series in honour of famous musicians/composers, this stamp from Paraguay appeared on July 1, 1980 with an edition of 35,000 copies. The stamp shows a reproduction of the painting 'Dancers, Green and...
A full conjunction of the two planets Jupiter and Saturn is very rare. The last times this natural phenomenon occurred were in 1226 and 1623. Watch on December 21, 2020 between 17:30 and 18:00 or on December 22 around...
The Soviet Union amazed the world on Nov. 3, 1957, with the launch of the small satellite Sputnik 2. On board was a small dog, Laika, the first animal to actually orbit Earth. Unfortunately Laika was doomed to die during...
In anticipation of the football World Cup due to be held in Germany in 1974, a series of stamps featuring famous players from that period was issued in Paraguay on October 8, 1973. However one stamp, the value of 0.30...
As a preview of the 1974 World Cup, which took place in Germany, a series of stamps with a football theme was published in Paraguay on October 8, 1973. 11 years later, in 1984 at the stamp fair in Sindelfingen and in honor of...
While Orville and Wilbur Wright are generally considered to have been the first to complete a powered and controlled aircraft flight it is also generally accepted that the aeroplane was the invention of Sir George Cayley in 1799 at Brompton,...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. Tata Power, one of the subsidiaries of the large Tata Group, is celebrating its centenary. Ter...
Believe it or not, wars between countries have been fought using postage stamps! Although it has been quite quiet on the stamp front lately, we only need to go back to the year 1932 to find a real stamp war...
Believe it or not, wars have been fought between countries over postage stamps! Although it has been quiet on the stamp front in recent decades, we only have to go back to 1932 for a real stamp war. This occurred...
The Summer Olympic Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in Barcelona in 1992. The residence of the then IOC President J.A. Samaranch was chosen over Amsterdam, Belgrade, Birmingham, Brisbane, and Paris. The ceremonies and athletics took place in the Estadi Olimpic...
The XIX Summer Olympic Games were held in Mexico City in 1968. The decision by the IOC in 1963 during its congress in Baden-Baden to award the Games to Mexico City caused quite a stir in the...
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