Earth – “Terra” in Latin, is our only home. It provides every resource needed for life, but our actions have left a mark on it. The level of CO2 is now at its highest in 4 million years, global temperaturesRead More
What represents a fun-filled British Christmas better than the Pantomime? To celebrate this much-loved British tradition, FIVE BRAND NEW Silver 50p coins have just been released celebrating all your Panto favourites. The coins have been authorised for release by GuernseyRead More
A £5 commemorative coin has been in issued to mark the 20th anniversary of the Gibraltar Ombudsman office. The coin depicts the outline of the Rock of Gibraltar and the obverse depicts HM Queen Elizabeth II. Sold encapsulated.
The Gibraltar 2019 Island Games £2 coin featuring the official Tennis logo used at the games and the obverse depicts Queen Elizabeth II The Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games XVIII was held from 6th to 12th July 2019. OnceRead More
The Gibraltar 2019 Island Games £1 coin featuring the official Sailing logo used at the games and the obverse depicts Queen Elizabeth II The Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games XVIII was held from 6th to 12th July 2019. OnceRead More
The Gibraltar 2019 Island Games 50p coin featuring the official Sailing logo used at the games and the obverse depicts Queen Elizabeth II. The Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games XVIII was held from 6th to 12th July 2019. OnceRead More
Snake’s head (Fritillaria meleagrisL.) English: Snake’s headGerman: SchachblumeFrench: Fritillaire pintadeItalian: Testa di serpente Snake’s head is a strictly protected plant species from the lily family (Liliaceae). This perennial bulbous monocotyledon rarely grows higher than 20 cm and flowers in earlyRead More
SkylarkThe agile robin is an early riser, but you can hear his singing until late in the evening. With its striking orange-red throat plumage, it can be seen mainly in hedges and bushes. As for food, robins look for beetles,Read More
On 5 March, Åland Post pays tribute to Åland artist Henrik Nylund with a bold issue in the 2020 series of Sepac stamps featuring artwork in national collections and issued by the small European postal administrations. Henrik Nylund (1945–1982) livedRead More
Our stamps feature the Apollo XIII-XVII Missions, Skylab, the Space Shuttle and The International Space Station (ISS), and cover the development of human space flight from the pioneer flights to the Moon, through cooperation with Russia in the later ApolloRead More
Like in the first part of the series, the motifs for the second and last part of these colourful definitives were taken by nature photographer Xaver Roser. He captured the dragonflies on camera in the Ruggeller Riet nature reserve inRead More
In the context of this year’s anniversary of the Bucharest Botanical Garden, Romfilateliaintroduces into circulation on Tuesday, March 03rd, this year, the postage stamps issue 160 years since the inauguration of the “Dimitrie Brandza” Botanical Garden of the University of Bucharest. Established asRead More
The place occupied by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) in the universal history of music is, in many aspects, completely unique. In him, the legacies of all the Baroque and Classical masters converge; with him, in an explosion of creativity, weRead More
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day (United Kingdom) or V-E Day (North America), is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrendor of its armed forces onRead More
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers.Read More