Stamps on Famous People – EUROPA 1980 – Portugal
The Theme for 1980 EUROPA stamps was famous people. 32 Countries of Europe issued 67 stamps. Portugal issued two stamps on 14 Apr 1980 on famous people. The explorers featured on Stamps are
16$ – Serpa Pinto (1846-1900). He was Portuguese explorer of Africa.
60$ – Vasco -De-Gama (1469-1524) .He was the first explorer who navigated from Portugal around Cape of Good Hope to India.
A Sheetlet with two se-tenant pairs is listed.
Stamps on Tourism by Israel -1989
Israel issued four stamps on Tourism on 12 Mar 1989. The stamps feature Sea destinations of Israel.
40 agora – Red Sea 60 agora – Dead Sea 70 agora -Mediterranean Sea
1.7 Shekel – Sea of Galilea.
Stamps on Tourism – Beaches of Bangladesh 1980
A World Tourism Conference was held in 1980 in Manila. Bangladesh issued a miniature sheet and two se-tenant stamps on Beaches of Bangladesh on 27 Sep 1980.
Slovenia stamps on Traditional Costumes
Slovenia has been issuing stamps on Traditional costumes every year on different regions.We are listing a few of them.
30 Jan 2009 – National Costume from Bela Krajina. This region lies in the far south-east of Slovenia, along the river Kolpa and bordering Croatia. It is famous for white birches and white national costumes. It is Pannonian type costumes.
29 Jan 2010 – Costumes of Prekmurje region. It is the northernmost corner of Slovenia lies along river Mura. The Costumes of this region are Pannonian type -white linen fabric.
Miniature Sheet on World Cities Hong Kong – San Marino 1997
San Marino issued a miniature sheet on the theme World Cities . The Miniature sheet was issued on 12 Feb 1997 and featured Hong Kong as it was in 1897 and now in 1997.
Beaches of Sri Lanka on Miniature Sheets -2010
Sri Lanka issued three miniature sheets on 07 Sep 2010. The theme was Sri Lanka’s beaches and these stamps were issued as part of Visit Sri Lanka Stamp series. Each miniature sheet was priced at 100 Sri Lankan rupees but the Face value of stamps was different.
15 SLR – Pasikdudah Beach. It is located 30 Kilometers north-west of Batticaloa. Pasikuda means “green-algae-bay”
25 SLR – Trincomalee Beach – Major Port City on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, it lies south of Jaffna and North of Batticaloa. Centre of Tamil Culture and Dutch history.
40 SLR -Arugam Bay Beach – It is located in Southeast Sri Lanka in Batticaloa District near Pottuvil town. It also gateway to Yala East National park.
Stamps on Rose Blanche Lighthouse – Canada 1985.
Rose Blanche lighthouse guides fishing vessels through the torrent waters along the jagged Newfoundland coast A stamp was issued on 03 Oct 1985 on this Lighthouse.
