Below you will find articles about Cuba. Or click here to view stamps in the catalogue with the subject Cuba.
Venezuela 1944 The 1944 Amateur World Series, also known as the 7th Amateur World Series, was held in Caracas, Venezuela and the host country won their second Amateur World Series at the event. However, the competition was marred by some...
Panama 1967 Hummingbirds can be found in North America, Central America, South America and many islands of the Caribbean Sea. According to the International Ornithologists' Union (IOU), the hummingbird family has 366 species and 112 genera, mostly south of the...
Mayotte 2004 It is commonly thought that the game of Dominoes originated in China in the 13th Century. There is a theory that a form of the game reached Europe in the 18th century via Italian missionaries. Nowadays the game...
It’s that time of year again and history tells us that the often-repeated message churned out during the Christmas holiday period, wishing for ‘Peace on Earth’, will never happen. My negativity was aroused when searching for appropriate stamps for this...
Jacqueline (Jackie) Cochran (1906-1980), was an American pilot who held more speed, distance, and altitude records than any other flyer during her career. In 1935 Cochran became the first woman to enter the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race but had to...
New stamps appear regularly with a variety of subjects. Below is a selection of recently-published stamps from around the globe. On May the 4th it was International Firefighters' Day. For this occasion, South Africa issued a stamp sheet with eight...
Many new stamps on a wide range of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. May 4th was International Firefighters' Day. On that occasion, South Africa has...
Although many previous attempts, some successful, have been made to transport mail by rocket, only one postal administration in the world has issued stamps to celebrate its country’s use of this strange method in the past. The country - Cuba...
Once, long ago, I purchased a book: The Guinness Book of Stamps, Facts & Feats. It stood a little lost in a corner of a bookcase. I noticed it again when I was looking for another book, that’s how it...
Aruba and oil. But no oil is to be found on or around the island. Yet, for many years, one of the largest oil refineries in the world stood there. And oil remains, alongside tourism, an important employer and source of income....
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