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Stamps on Provincial Flowers of Sri Lanka 2006.
Sri Lanka issued stamps on Provincial Flowers on 02 Oct 2006. A Minisheetis listed.
4.50 SLR – Cassia Fistula or Indian Laburnum or Amaltas.
50.00 SLR – Rhynchostylis retusa or Foxtail orchid. It has pink -spotted white Flowers.
Stamps on Flowers of Bhutan -1994 (2)
Bhutan issued a set of 10 Stamps on Local flora on 01 Jan 1994. A strip containing 10 stamps is listed.
5 Nu – Aquilegia nivalis – Also known as Snow Columbine with deep purple flowers. Found in Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir in India.
6 Nu – Geranium Wallichianum – Himalayan /Flower of India with rose pink or red-purple flowers
7 Nu – Rhododendron Campanulatum – Bell Rhododendron is wild species of Rhododendron found in Himalayan Alpine regions of Northern India, Nepal and Bhutan. Beautiful bell-shaped flowers are pale-mauve or rosy-purple.
9 Nu – Viola Suavis -Also known as Russian Violet.
10 Nu – Cynanthus Lobatus – Trailing Bellflower with bright-blue purple flowers and sepal tube. Himalayan Flower found in Himachal Pradesh India and China.
15th (Isle of Man) LAA Regiment RA (TA) – 40th Anniversary of Mobilisation.
The 15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) was raised in summer of 1938 as a Territorial Army Unit. At the beginning of World War II, it consisted of two batteries (41st & 42nd) and Regimental headquarters. The regiment was partially equipped with Vickers, Lewis and Bofors Guns. Later on it was totally equipped with Bofors guns.
On 24 August 1939, The regiment was mobilised and sailed to Liverpool for the defence of the Mersey.
A Special Cover and Cancellation to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Mobilisation issued on 24 Aug 1979 is listed.
Stamp on Mother Teresa Statue Pristina – Kosovo 2000.
Mother Teresa was born into a Kosovar Albanian family in Skopje ( Now in Macedonia). Kosovo First stamps issued on 15 Mar 2000 includes one stamp on 1 German Mark on Mother Teresa Statue on Mother Teresa Avenue in Pristina Kosovo.
Restoration of Postal Service in Kosovo – Stamps of Kosovo 2000.
The erstwhile Socialist Federal Republic consisted of eight Federated entities – Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia and two autonomous provinces under Serbia – Kosovo & Vojvodina. After the break of Yugoslavia and subsequent ethnic violence in the region and especially in Kosovo from 1991 to 1998 a UN resolution was passed and United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo(UNMIK) was established on 10 Jun 1999.
Kosovo issued a set of Five stamps on Theme Peace and UNMIK on 15 Mar 2000. A First Day Cover featuring the restoration of postal service in the territory of Kosovo and cancelled by U.nited Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo(UNMIK) is listed.
0.20 German Mark – Mosaic 0.30m -Dardanian Idol 0.50 m -Illyrian Coin 1DM- Statue of Mother Teresa 2 DM – Map of Kosovo.
Emirates Post issues Miniature Sheet on Gandhi – UAE 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahayan released a Miniature Sheet to mark 150th Birth Anniversary Of Mahatma Gandhi on 24 Aug 2019.
Each stamp is a 3 UAE Dirham denomination and issued in Panes containing two se-tenant pairs. Printed in checkerboard design enabling collectors to have both a vertical and a horizontal Se-tenant pair. Print Quantity 120,000 each stamp.
The stamps feature Gandhi and Anniversary Emblem.
Stamps on Ist SAARC Summit Dhaka – Bangladesh 1985.
Bangladesh issued a 5 Taka stamp on Ist SAARC Summit Dhaka on 08 Dec 1985.
