Category: Human Rights

Stamps on Claus Stauffenberg and Helmut Moltke  – Germany – 2007.

Stamps on Claus Stauffenberg and Helmut Moltke  – Germany – 2007.

Germany has issued a 55c  stamp on 100th Birth Anniversary of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and Helmuth James Graf von Moltke.

Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907-1944) – He was a German Army officer who took part in the attack on Poland, invasion of Soviet Union and Tunisia during World War II. He was executed on 21 Jul 1944 after the failed plot of 20 Jul 1944 to overthrow Hitler.

Helmuth James Graf von Moltke (1907-1945) – German jurist and a founding member of  Kreisau Circle opposition Group. He opposed human rights violations in German-occupied territories during WorldWar II and Hitler. He was arrested in 1944 and executed on 23 Jan 1945 in Berlin.

First Day Covers cancelled at Berlin is listed.

GERMANY PERSONALITIES
GERMANY 2007 – STAUFFENBERG AND MOLTKE .
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Miniature Sheet on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre -India -2019

Miniature Sheet on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre -India -2019

India issued a miniature sheet with two stamps on the theme 100 Years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on 13 April 2019. 13 April is celebrated as Baisakhi -the harvest festival and establishment of Khalsa Pant by Guru Gobind Singh. On 13 Apr 1919 thousands of people had peacefully gathered to celebrate these festivals in Jallianwala Bagh -an open park-in Amritsar when Dyer moved with non-British Soldiers and without warning opened fire on unarmed, innocent Men. Women and Children from all sections and religions of Society. He had blocked the only exit. Dyer was responsible for the massacre of thousands of Indians. This massacre was avenged by Sardar Udham Singh when he killed Dyer in London on 13 Mar 1940. A memorial and a Museum are now a testimony to this massacre.

Stamps Printed -500,000     Miniature Sheets -110,000.  Printed at SPP Hyderabad.

INDIA MS 19 JALLIANWALA BAGH
INDIA MS 2019- 100 YEARS OF JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE.

Miniature Sheet on Ahimsa Parmo Dharma -India -2019

Miniature Sheet on Ahimsa Parmo Dharma -India -2019

India issued a miniature sheet with two stamps on the theme Ahimsa Parmo Dharma -Non-Violence The Highest Duty. It was issued on 17 Jun 2019.

India celebrates 150th Birth Anniversary of its Father of Nation in  Mahatma Gandhi in 2019. The Philosophy of Ahimsa or NON -Violence was advocated and practised by Gandhiji during the freedom struggle. The stamps were issued on 17 Jun 2019 to coincide with the establishment of Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on 17 Jun 1917 and Gandhiji’s Birth Anniversary.

INDIA MS 19 AHIMSA
INDIA MS 2019- AHIMSA PARMO DHARMA-GANDHI BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
INDIA AHIMSA BROCHURE
INDIA 2019- AHIMSA PARMO DHARMA BROCHURE

 

Stamps on Abolition of Slavery  -Suriname – 1988.

Stamps on Abolition of Slavery  -Suriname  – 1988.

Suriname issued a set of three stamps on 125th Anniversary of Abolition of Slavery on   29 Jun 1988.

50 c – Abaisa Monument      110 c- Kwakoe Monument    120c – House of Anton De Kom.

SURINAM SLAVERY
SURINAME 1988- ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

Stamps on Racial Equality Year  – Qatar 1971.

Stamps on Racial Equality Year  – Qatar 1971.

Qatar issued stamps on Racial Equality Year on 12 Oct 1971.

1 Dirham – Combat Racism           2  Dirhams- Combat Racism

QATAR ANTI RACISM
QATAR 1971- RACIAL EQUALITY YEAR

Stamps on Universal Declaration of Human Rights – France 1998.

Stamps on Universal Declaration of Human Rights – France 1998.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a landmark document adopted by United Nations General Assembly on 10 Dec 1948 at its 183rd session as resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris France.

France issued two stamps on 10 Dec 1998 to mark the 50th Anniversary of this historic event. The stamps feature  Men, Women, Globe & UNO

FRANCE 1998 HUMAN RIGHTS
FRANCE 1998 – UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1948-1998.

ATM Stamps Spain- European Convention of Human Rights 2000.

ATM Stamps Spain- European Convention of Human Rights 2000.

A Thermal Commemorative ATM stamp of Spain issued in Dec 2000 on 50th Anniversary European Convention of Human Rights. Its denomination is 240 Pts.

SPAIN ATM
SPAIN ATM 2000-EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS.