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Indian Council of Agricultural Research – India FDC 1990.
A Rupees Two stamp was issued by India Post on 31 Jul 1990 to mark the 60th Anniversary of ICAR. It is an autonomous body which is responsible for coordinating the agricultural education and research in India. It was established on 16 July 1929 at Delhi. ICAR has 4 Deemed Universities,65 ICAR institutions, 14 Research Centres, 6 National Bureaux and 13 Directorates under its domain as on Jan 2020. An FDC cancelled at 1 CBPO is listed.
Stamps on International Year of Child – Paintings -USSR 1979.
1979 was celebrated as International Year of Child as per UNO resolution. USSR issued a set of stamps featuring paintings by Children on 07 Sep 1979.
3 Kopec- Painting “After Rain” by Daniya Akhmetshina a 14-Year-old from Kazan. The Painting features mammals and horses.
2 Kopec – Painting “Friendship” by Lena Liberda, a 12 -year-old from Zhitomir. It features children from the International community.
Euroasia Social Business Forum – Miniature Sheet Turkey 2013.
Euroasia Social Business Forum was organised in May 2013 in Istanbul Turkey. The forum lists its mission – is to create awareness to resolve socio-economic challenges by creating social changes on the basis of social business models. The Forum facilitates exchange of knowledge and best practices among social entrepreneurs, academics, students, investors, civil society and business leaders.
Ashoka is the first and largest social entrepreneur network which triggered social entrepreneurship in Turkey. Some Social Entrepreneurship from Ashoka Turkey fellows in Turkey are
Support for Women Work – For Women
KA-MER -Adult Education & Equal rights for Families and Women.
Water Lily Women’s Cooperatives -Cooperatives for Childcare & Women
Networking for Nature Conservation in Turkey – Naturenet
Autistics Association – Children and Challenged.
A Project funded by UNDP with the title “Growing Inclusive Markets: Social Entrepreneurship cases in Turkey” lists several social entrepreneurship cases from Turkey like Genctur, AYDER, BUGDAY, KEDV.
Turkey issued a miniature sheet with two stamps on EUROASIA Business Forum on 23 May 2013. The First 1.10 Lira stamp shows a bridge and second 1.10Lira stamp shows a water drop.
Miniature Sheet Royal Botanic Gardens Kew – Great Britain 2009.
The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew are located in Richmond upon the Thames in South West London. In 2018 it had 1,858,513 Public visitors. It became UNESCO World Heritage Site on 03 Jul 2003.
The Royal Mail issued a miniature sheet with four stamps on 19 May 2009 to mark the 250th Anniversary of Royal Botanic Gardens.
1st Class -Palm House 1st Class ( 39p) – Millenium Seed House
90p – Pagoda 90p – Sackler Crossing.
Stamps on Latin-American History – Cuba 1988.
Cuba Issued stamps on Latin -American History on 12 Oct 1988. A strip of Five se-Tenant stamps featuring Personalities is listed. Each stamp is 5 centavo denomination.
5c – Jose de San Martin (Argentina) (1778-1850)- He was a Spanish-Argentine General known as Liberator of Argentina, Peru Chile and South America from the Spanish empire.
5c -M A Padilla (Bolivia)- (1774-1816)- Peruvian Guerilla Chief who fought in the Bolivian War of Independence.
5c – 5th Centenary of Discovery of America (Cuba)
5c – Tiradentes (Brazil).(1746-1792) – A member of the Brazilian revolutionary movement for Liberation of Brazil from Portuguese Colonial Power.
5c – Bernardo O’Higgins (Chile) (1778-1842)- A Chilean Independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule.
Stamps on National Ballet & Grand Theatre – Cuba 1988.
Cuba Issued Se-Tenant stamps on the 40th Anniversary of National Ballet and 150th Anniversary of Grand Theatre Havana on 28 Oct 1988.
The Cuban National Ballet is a classical Ballet Company based at Grand Theatre in Havana.It was founded by Cuban Ballerina Alicia Alonso along with her husband Fernando Alonso on 28 Oct 1948. The official school of the Company is Cuban National Ballet School. She passed away at the age of 98 on 17 Oct 2019.
The Grand Theatre Havana – It was built in 1914-15 by Engineers Purdy and Henderson and was designed by Belgian architect Paul Belau. It was built at the site of former Teatro Tacon -originally built-in 1838. It is home to Cuban National Ballet Company.
Stamps on New Zealand Philatelic Society – New Zealand 1988.
New Zealand issued a set of stamps on Centenary of New ZealandPhilatelic Society (1888-1988). The Se-tenant stamps feature Quen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria
