HMS Gibraltar

Gibraltar – Seven different ships fr om the British Royal Navy have been named aft er Gibraltar “HMS Gibraltar”.The set of seven stamps depict: 22p – HMS Gibraltar was an Edgar-class cruiser launched in 1892, made into a depot shipRead More

HM Queen Elizabeth’s 70th Wedding Anniversary

Gibraltar – Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip were married at 11:30 GMT on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey, London. 70 years laterGibraltar is honoured to issue this set of stamps depicting images from their special day. Princess Elizabeth wasRead More

The Moomins Time Travel

Finland – Five lovely characters by Tove Jansson – The Moomins! The new Moomin museum celebrates with Moomins’ time travel. The Moomins’ time travel booklet of stamps celebrates the opening of the new Moomin museum in Tampere. Tove Jansson’s originalRead More

Sauna Traditions, Joint Issue with Aland

Finland – Sauna atmosphere in stamps through a photo competition. In summer 2016, Posti and the tabloid paper Ilta-Sanomat collected almost 1,500 sauna photos from their readers. A jury selected four of the photos to be included in the booklet ofRead More

Model 1917 Saarinen

Finland – The idea of the lion-themed coat of arms stamps comes from the first Finnish stamp publications, the Model 1917 Saarinen stamps. The miniature sheet is a tribute to two stamps designed by architect Eliel Saarinen, but the originalRead More

Finland Coat of Arms

Finland – Finland’s coat of arms 1917 is a ten-euro special stamp designed by Pekka Piippo. The only visible printing on the embossed stamp is its golden foil. In UV light, the map of Finland and a graph depicting theRead More

Sauna Traditions, Joint Issue with Finland

Finland- A joint issue with Posti Finland, the first stamp shows a smoke sauna located at Ängösund in Lumparland. One of a series of stamps featuring Sauna traditions, the others being Sauna – Finland and a miniature sheet. The secondRead More

Finland 100 Years

Aland- The Åland stamp is designed by experienced stamp artist Juha Pykäläinen, who was born in Tampere but lives in Åland since 1989. Finding a suitable motif was a challenge, Juha confesses: “The theme was difficult simply because of itsRead More

Star Wars

Spain- In 1977, filmmaker George Lucas began one of the most famous and shocking film sagas in film history. Star Wars, or what is the same, La Guerra de las Galaxias as it is known in Spain, was initially formed byRead More

150 Years of Red Cross in the Netherlands

Netherlands – The stamp pays attention to the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross in the Netherlands. On July 19, 1867 signed King William III at the Loo Palace Royal Decree No. 60. The first article of the decree reads. “There’sRead More

Saint-Benoît-Sur-Loire Abbey

France – The period of prosperity of the abbey of Fleury, in the 10th and 11th centuries, finds its expression and its crowning in the building of the abbey church which still perpetuates today the memory. Indeed, at the time,Read More

Insects – Ladybird

France – The order of the beetles is the order of the animals that brings together the greatest number of species, which is why 3 of them were chosen to illustrate the stamps of the block, a ladybug, a chafer,Read More

Myths and Flora 2017 – Narcissus and Echo

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Narcissus is a perennial flowering plant from a family of Amaryllidaceae. Long leaves arise from the bulbs and are alike grass and on a long vertical stems there is a flower composed of a cup andRead More

Puch XII Alpenwagen

Austria Technical Details Issue Date: 20.05.2017 Designer: David Gruber Illustrator: Wolfgang Buchta (photo) Printer: Joh. Enschede? Stamps B. V. Process: Offset Size: 42 x 34,8 mm Values: 0.68€