75th Anniversary of Republic of Ireland- 1997.
The Republic of Ireland issued a set of eight stamps to commemorate its 75th Anniversary.
32 p – Date of Issue -18 Feb 1997 -Irish Army, UN Peace Keeping Forces
32 p – Date of Issue -18 Feb 1997-Parliament Building, Flag & Constitution of Ireland.
32 p -Date of Issue -03 Apr 1997- Sports, Athletics, Baseball, Football.
32 p – Date of Issue -03 Apr 1997- Music, Singers, Musical Instruments
The Benefits of Stamp Collecting – Stamps of Spain 1999.
Spain issued a set of 12 stamps on 13Oct 1999 under the theme School Stamps -The Benefits of Stamp collecting. All 20 Pta stamps. The themes on stamps are
20 Pta- Sello The inseparable companion.
20 Pta-“We Complete 150 Years” First Spanish Stamp 1850.
20 Pta- “We Cover the World” Stamp watching airliner over the city.
20 Pta- “We arrive together.Postman delivering letters.
20 Pta- “Write to me”. Stamp writing a letter.
20 Pta- “Love reading” .Stamp reading a book.
20 Pta- “Long Live Nature”. Stamp with Bird, Butterfly & Fish
20 Pta- “We Show you our Heritage”.Stamp showing monuments
20 Pta- “We bring you closer to Art”.Stamp painting a picture.
20 Pta- “We Play with You”.Stamp with Football, Tennis racquet and Sailboard.
20 Pta- “We feel Music” Stamp with musical instruments.
20 Pta-“And you can collect us too”. Stamp with 40c stamp & magnifying glass.
Special Cover India 1993– INPEX 93
The Sixth India National Philatelic Exhibition was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata) at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Dec 1993. A Special Cover was released on 28 Dec 1993. It features the Conch Shell. Its auspicious sound can be heard in every house of Bengal in the evening. It also marks the 1400 Bengali era.
Special Cover Sathianadam Centenary Celebrations -1977
A Special Cover was issued at Ernakulam on 05 Feb 1977 to commemorate Sathianadam Centenary celebrations (1876-1976).
Stamps on Pop Music Groups – Bee Gees – Isle of Man – 1999
Bee Gees were a Pop Music Group formed in 1958. Their Line up consisted of Gibb brothers namely Barry, Robin & Maurice. The trio of brothers was very popular in the late 1960s and 1970s as a Pop musical group.
The Isle of Man issued a set of six stamps featuring BEE GEES on 12 Oct 1999. The songs featured on stamps along with labels showing the brothers is listed.
22p- 1967 – Massachusetts 26p – 1968 – Words 29p – 1968-I’ve gotta get a message to you.
37p – 1998 -Ellan Vannin 38p – 1987-You Win again 66p – 1978- Night Fever
First Day Covers India 2018 – Dr M L Vasanthakumari
Dr Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari (03 Jul 1928 -31 Oct 1990) was a Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in many Indian Languages. Along with her contemporaries D K Pattamal & M S Subbulakshmi they were known as “Trinity of Carnatic Music”. She was a recipient of Padma Vibhusan and Sangita Kalanidhi.
A Stamp was issued on 03 Jul 2018 in her memory. A FDC is listed.
Musical Instruments of Central and West Africa -Stamps of Rwanda 1973
Rwanda issued stamps on Musical Instruments of Central and West Africa on 09 Apr 1973.
20c – Longombe – Box shaped soundbox that has arches with strings.
30c – Horn
50c- Gyil – Also known as Belafon and is a kind of Xylophone or percussion idiophone which plays melodic tunes. It has 16 to 27 Keys.
1F – Harp
