Category: Royalty

Postcards of GDR- St Nicholas’ Church Stralsund

Postcards of GDR- St Nicholas’ Church Stralsund

Stralsund is a Hanseatic town on Germany’s Baltic coast and in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Stralsund’s old town is a World Heritage site.

St Nicholas’ Church in Stralsund is the oldest of the three major parish churches in the City. It was dedicated in 1279 to St Nicholas of Myra, the Patron Saint of Sailors. Since 1524  it is an Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Alexanderplatz is located in Central Mitte District of Berlin. It is a large public square and transport hub. It has many malls, stores, S-Bahn connections and has a TV Tower.It is named after Russian Czar Alexander I

GDR issued a postage stamp Alexader Platz on 13 Jun 1973 and the Postcard on St Nicholas’ Church was issued on 17 Apr 1990.

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GDR POSTCARDS 1990- ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH STRALSUND
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Stamp Centenary – Turks & Caicos Islands 1967.

Stamp Centenary – Turks & Caicos Islands 1967.

Turks Island issued a set of three stamps featuring Queen Victoria on 04 Apr 1867. To commemorate the centenary of these stamps a set of three stamps was issued on 01 May 1967. These stamps with Queen Elizabeth II feature the first stamps on 1867.

A First Day Cover is listed and the cancellation features  Ship.

TURKS & CAICOS STAMP CENT
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS 1967 – STAMP CENTENARY

Stamps on 1994 Winter Olympics Lillehammer  – Norway 1993.

Stamps on 1994 Winter Olympics Lillehammer  – Norway 1993.

The First Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France in 1924 in which 16 Nations participated in 6 Sports, 9 Disciplines and 16 events in Men’s and Women’s Category.

The 1994 Winter Olympics or XVII Winter Olympics were held in LILLEHAMMER  Norway from 12- 27 Feb 1994. The then King of Norway King Harald V inaugurated the Games. A total of 1737 athletes from 67 Nations participated in 6 Sports, 12 Disciplines and 61 events. Russia topped the medals tally with 11 Gold Medals Norway bagged the most medals overall -26 ( 10 Gold,11 Silver, 5 Bronze)

Norway issued a pair of Se-tenant 3.50 Kr stamps on 27 Nov 1993 to commemorate the 1994  Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

3.5 Kr–  Cross Country Skiing and Flags,    3.50 Kr – Buildings and Flags

A Postally used Cover is listed which was posted from Tolvsrod to India and carries a Cancellation of Norway Olympic Museum at Lillehammer. 

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NORWAY 1993 – LILLEHAMMER WINTER OLYMPICS 1994.

 

Stamps on ” Sailships – Armada of the Century ” – France 1999.

Stamps on ” Sailships – Armada of the Century ” – France 1999.

France has issued a set of stamps on ” Sailships – Armada of the Century ”  on 10 Jul 1999.

1 Fr – Belle Poule       1 Fr – Belem       1 Fr – Americo Vespucci

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FRANCE 1999- SAILSHIPS-ARMADA OF THE CENTURY

Stamps on ” Sailships – Armada of the Century ” – France 1999.

Stamps on ” Sailships – Armada of the Century ” – France 1999.

France has issued a set of stamps on ” Sailships – Armada of the Century ”  on 10 Jul 1999.

1 Fr – Simon Bolivar       1 Fr – Statsraad Lehmkuhl       1 Fr – Asgard II

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FRANCE 1999- SAILSHIPS -ARMADA OF THE CENTURY

Indians in First World War  – Maharaja Ganga Singh -Miniature Sheets India 2019.

Indians in First World War  – Maharaja Ganga Singh -Miniature Sheets India 2019.

India issued a set of Stamps on 20 Aug 2019 to Honour Indians in the First World War. A Miniature sheet containing one stamps of Rs 25 was issued featuring Maharaja Ganga Singh who was Indian signatory to the Treaty of Versailles on 28 Jun 1919.

INDIA MS GANGA SINGH
INDIA MS 2019- MAHARAJA GANGA SINGH

Stamps on Saint Elisabeth Von Thuringen -Germany 2007.

Stamps on Saint Elisabeth Von Thuringen -Germany 2007.

Germany has issued a 55c stamp on 800th Birth Anniversary of St Elisabeth Von Thuringen (1207-1231)  on 08 Nov 2007. She was a saint and a Princess of Hungary.

First Day Covers cancelled at Berlin is listed.

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GERMANY 2007- SAINT ELISABETH VON THURINGEN