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Postage Due Stamps – Guernsey 1982
Postage due is a term used for mail sent with insufficient postage. Postage Due stamp is a stamp added to an underpaid piece of mail to indicate the extra postage due.
Guernsey issued a set of 12 Postage Due stamps on 13 Jul 1982. It features Local Motifs.
1 P – Woman Milking Cow. 2 P- Windmills.
3 P – Houses 4 P- Sailing Ships.
ATM Labels Switzerland – Seasons -1996
ATM labels of Switzerland featuring Seasons were first issued on 14 May 1996. They are imperforate printed by photogravure process. ATM labels of different values are shown.
Seasons Spring and Summer
Seasons -Autumn & Winter
For the Sake of Life on Earth – Miniature sheet Kazakhstan 1999
For the Sake of Life on Earth was the theme of a Miniature sheet with three stamps issued by Kazakhstan on 12 Oct 1999. The stamps were on Environment protection. The themes featured on stamps were
15 Tenge – Cessation of Nuclear Tests
45 Tenge -Save the Ozone Layer
60 Tenge -Save Nature
Europa 2016 Spain Think Green Unusual FDC on Vellum – Real Leaf Effect
The theme for Europa Stamps 2016 was “Ecology in Europe – Think Green”.
The image selected for the EUROPA stamps 2016 was the design from Cyprus Post artist, Ms. Doxia Sergidou, chosen amongst 24 outstanding entries.
The stamp motif shows a hand on the top side actively replacing the grey colour (the environmental pollution) with the green colour which symbolizes environmental living and hope. The image explains that “it is in our hand to create a greener planet“.
Spain issued a stamp on Think Green theme on 22 Apr 2016. The design of stamps shows in gray a city covered by Pollution ,with dark clouds and cables on roof and on the other hand a city where green is predominant color with renewable energy symbolised in mills,trees ,plants & Birds . A Cyclist encouraged pollution free transport.
The First Day Cover for this issue is unusual as it is printed on Vellum paper giving it a green real leaf effect.
Stamps on Conservation of Nature and Resources – Australia 1985
Australia issued a set of Four beautiful stamps on Conservation of Nature and Natural resources on 15 May 1985. The theme on each stamp was
33c – Conserve Our Soil 50c – Precious Pure Air 80c – Water is Precious 90c -Conserve Energy.
A First Day Cover with these four stamps is listed .
