Move for Health Walk -Stamp of Bhutan 2003.
Bhutan issued a 50 Nu stamp on Move for health walk on 19 May 2003.
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Move for Health Walk -Stamp of Bhutan 2003.
Nobel Prize Winners
Nobel Peace Prize Winners 1921- Norway 2004.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners 1921- Norway 2004.
Christian Lange (1869-1938) was a Norwegian historian, teacher & Political scientist. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921. Norway issued a stamp in his honour on 20 Sep 2004.
Gandhi -Mandela Stamps -India 2018
Gandhi -Mandela Stamps -India 2018
India issued a miniature sheet containing two stamps (FV 25 & 5) as India -South Africa joint issue. It was issued on 26 Jul 2018. The stamps feature Gandhi and Mandela.
Rupees 25 – 125th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Pietermaritzburg Station Incident.
Rupees 5 – Birth Centenary of Nelson Mandela.
Stamp on Cancer Awareness Day – 07 Nov
Cancer Awareness Day – 07 Nov 2001
A Commemorative stamp was issued by India Post on 07 Nov 2001 on Cancer Awareness Day. The stamp shows a Women carrying out “Breast Self Examination” for early detection of Breast cancer. The Cover features Madam Curie (1867-1934) who discovered Radium and Radioactivity. Radium was used for treatment of Cancer.
FIRST DAY COVER CANCER AWARENESS DAY -NOV 07
Jewish Contribution to World Culture in Modern Era – Miniature Sheet of Israel – 1998.
Jewish Contribution to World Culture in Modern Era – Miniature Sheet of Israel – 1998.
Israel issued a miniature sheet containing six stamps with tabs on 27 Apr 1998 .The theme was Jewish Contribution to World Culture in Modern Era. The Personalities featured on stamps are
Franz Kafka (1883-1924) – Author- He was a German speaking Bohemian Jewish novelist and short story writer ,widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th Century Literature. He was born into a German speaking Jewish family in Prague.
George Gershwin (1898-1937)-Composer – He was an American composer and Pianist. He was born in Brooklyn USA in an Russian Jewish and Lithuanian Jewish ancestry family.Among his best known works are Orchestral compositions “Rhapsody in Blue” (1924), An American in Paris (1928),as well as contemporary Opera “Porgy & Bess” (1935)
Lev Davidovich Landau (1908-1968) – Soviet Physicist – He was born to Jewish Parents in Baku Azerbaijan. He was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics for his mathematical theory of superfluidity that account for properties of Liquid Helium II.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) -Physicist- Born in Ulm Germany to non observant Ashkenazi Jews.He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of Law of Photoelectric effect.He developed the theory of relativity ,one of the two pillars of Modern Physics(alongside quantum mechanics).He is best known for world’s most famous equation – mass energy equivalence formula E = mc2
Leon Blum (1872-1950) – Statesman – He was a French Socialist Politician. A Jew ,he was Prime Minister of France thrice.
Elizabeth Rachel Felix ( 1821-1858) -French Actress of Jewish ancestry
