Stamps on Golf – Montserrat 1986
Montserrat issued a set of Four stamps on tourism on 10 Dec 1986. The themes featured on stamps are
70c -Sailing $1.15 -Golf $1.50 -Shopping $2.30 -Sightseeing -AIR Studios.
Stamps on Golf – Montserrat 1986
Penny Black @175 – Stamps of Kyrgyzstan -2015
Penny Black @175 – Stamps of Kyrgyzstan -2015
The First Postage Stamp of World called Penny Black was issued on 06 May 1840. Kyrgyzstan issued a Miniature sheet with one stamp on 02 Jul 2015 to mark 175th Anniversary of Penny Black. The stamp has a face value of 250.00 Som. The print runs of the Miniature sheet was 10,000 only.
Landmarks of Kyrgyzstan Philately
-The First Postage stamp was issued on 04 Feb 1992.
-The first issue of Kyrgyz Express Post postage stamps was released on 10 Nov 2014.
A FDC with Penny Black Miniature sheet & Miniature Sheet of Kyrgyzstan are listed.
Miniature Sheet of Bangladesh 1999 – 125th Anniversary of UPU
Miniature Sheet of Bangladesh 1999 – 125th Anniversary of UPU
Bangladesh issued a miniature sheet of Four stamps to commemorate 125th Anniversary of UPU. The Miniature sheet was issued on 09 Oct 1999 (World Post Day). It features UPU emblem, A Dak runner, Postal Transport like Postal Van, Motorcycle, MailBoat, Airmail, Railway Mail and Sea Mail.
Miniature Sheet Huangshan Mountain – China 1997
Miniature Sheet Huangshan Mountain – China 1997
China hosted the 22nd UPU Congress in Beijing in 1999. It issued a Miniature sheet containing eight stamps on Huangshan mountain on 20 Oct 1997. Each stamp was of 200 Chinese renminbi.
Huangshan is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. It is UNESCO World Heritage site and one of China’s main tourist destinations. It was namedHuangshan Mountain (Yellow Mountain) in 747 AD by Imperial order of Tang Dynasty.
The scenes feature on the miniature sheet from Top left to right are
200 ren – Mount Huangshan at Sunrise 200 ren -XIHAI Peaks
200 ren – Flying rock in surging Clouds. 200 ren – Beihai in drifting Clouds
200 ren -Yupping Peak 200 ren – Mystical Stone
200 ren – Tiandu Peak over Clouds 200 ren – Fabied abode of Immortals
140th Anniversary of UPU -Souvenir Sheet Kyrgyzstan 2014
140th Anniversary of UPU -Souvenir Sheet Kyrgyzstan 2014
UPU celebrated 140th Anniversary in 2014. Kyrgyzstan issued a Souvenir sheet cum Miniature sheet on 18 Nov 2014 containing one stamp of 700 Kyrgyzstani Som. The miniature sheet features letters, UPU emblem, Peace Doves.
There are eight labels around the Stamp written in eight languages and a statement “Kyrgyz Express Post – second designated postal operator of Kyrgyzstan. UPU IB circular 83 of 21 May 2013”.
Only 5000 Souvenir sheets were printed.
Famous Clowns on Stamps – Gibraltar – EUROPA 2002
Famous Clowns on Stamps – Gibraltar – EUROPA 2002
The theme for EUROPA 2002 was Circus. 58 participating countries issued 93 stamps on this common theme. Gibraltar issued a set of four stamps on the theme of Circus. The stamps were issued on 04 Mar 2002 and featured famous Clowns.
2002 was also the year of Introduction of Common European currency EURO. Twelve European countries started using Euro from 01 Jan 2002.
The Clowns featured on stamps are
30p – Mr Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1831)- English actor, clown & dancer, who became the most Popular entertainer of the Regency era.
40p – Karl Adrien Wettach “Grock” (1880-1959) Swiss Clown, composer and musician. Called “The King of Clowns” and “The Greatest of Europe’s Clowns”.Grock was once the most highly paid entertainer in the World.
42 p – Nikolai Polakovs, OBE (1900-1974).He was a Latvian who was the creator of Coco the Clown, the most famous clown in the UK.
54 p – Hubert Jean Charles Cairoli (1910-1980)- Italian -English clown, impressionist and musician.
Europa Stamps on Circus – Malta 2002
Europa Stamps on Circus – Malta 2002
The theme for EUROPA 2002 was Circus. 58 participating countries issued 93 stamps on this common theme. Malta issued a stamp on the theme of Circus. The stamp was issued on 09 May 2002 and featured Circus Clown. The stamp was designed by Roberta Zahra.
2002 was also the year of Introduction of Common European currency EURO. Twelve European countries started using Euro from 01 Jan 2002.
Best EUROPA Stamp of 2002 – This stamp was adjudged the Best EUROPA Stamp of 2002 by delegates of PostEurop.It portrays an image of a clown captured on film by Gino Theuma. Incidentally, the logo of EUROPA used by Malta is incorrect -the left leg of R resting on U.
