Estonia 2020 Estonia became independent from Russia in 1918 and first competed as a nation at the VII Olympiad, the 1920 Summer Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium. In 2020 Estonia issued a special pure silver stamp to celebrate the 100th anniversary...
Russia 2020 The subject for the 2020 Europa postage stamps was Ancient Postal Routes, a very interesting issue for the collector. Russia produced the first example we show here. The oldest Russian regular postal service between Arkhangelsk and Moscow was...
Take a close look at these USSR stamps, issued in December 1984 for the New Year celebrations, which depict Moscow's Spasskaya Tower. The tower's clock reads '5 before 12', but the stamp's designer made a mistake by showing six o'clock...
The Phare de Ténès (1997 Algerian stamp above left) is the oldest lighthouse in Algeria. Built in 1861 on a rocky Mediterranean coastal site, the lighthouse rises to 57 meters above the sea. This lighthouse has withstood the two earthquakes that...
The man depicted in portrait form and as the main character on the stamps issued by China in 1960 was a Canadian physician, medical innovator, and noted communist. He became expert in thoracic surgery and developed or modified more than...
October the second was the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of the most influential men of the 20th Century, Mahatma Gandhi (born 1869 - assassinated 1948). In commemoration India Post have issued the fine stamp sheet containing seven...
The 2018 football World Cup held in Russia was a great success and it was wonderful to see countries with relatively tiny populations doing so well in the competition.The host nation also competed well, achieving their best results since finishing...
The Soviet Union/Russian Federation has a long tradition of issuing postal stamps depicting decorations. The very first one came out in 1933 with the Order of the Red Banner. In the beginning of 2016 the Russian Federation issued a sheet...
One can only imagine the horror of experiencing an earthquake. And millions of people live in areas where the possibility of having that experience is great. The recent 'quakes in New Zealand prompted us to seek out stamps on the...
New stamps appear regularly with a variety of subjects. Below is a selection of recently-published stamps from around the globe. From Malta, as part of the World Wildlife Fund’s endangered species series, this sheet features the Levantine Shearwater (puffinus yelkouan)...
Day after day new postage stamps are issued depicting a variety of topics. Here are some examples of recently-issued stamps featuring a variety of topics. Australia released a series of stamps on the subject of equestrianism. Cross-country, Pony Club, Show...
On August 17, 1977, at 4am Moscow time, the atomic icebreaker Arktika, having overcome the ice of the Central Polar Basin, became the first surface craft to reach the North Pole. The icebreaker covered 2,528 miles in 7 days. The...
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