Great Britain – On the morning of 27 November 2017, the Prince of Wales issued a statement: “His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales and Ms Meghan Markle are engaged to be married.” What had started as a very modernRead More
Gibraltar – The coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II as sovereign of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon took place 65 years ago on 2 June 1953, at Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth ascended the throneRead More
Guernsey – His Royal Highness, the 33 year-old younger son of The Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, will marry his 36 year-old American fiancee in St George’s Chapel in Windsor on 19th May 2018. The pair wereRead More
Tokelau – Discover more about life atop an extinct volcanic peak. Settled about 1,000 years ago, these low-lying coral atolls are home to around 1,500 people who inhabit its limited 12 square kilometres of land. With rising sea levels aRead More
New Zealand – On 14 November 2016, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck 15km north-east of Culverden, North Canterbury. The event’s impact on road and rail infrastructure was instant and devastating. The South Island itself moved, thousands of landslides came down, andRead More
Croatia – Dalmatian prosciutto is a non-perishable charcuterie product made of pork loin with bone, skin and under-skin fat tissue. It is dry salted with sea salt and no other additives, smoked by mild burning of the hard beech tree,Read More
Kayaking Kayaking tours on sea and lakes enjoy increased popularity among tourists arriving in Iceland. Many Icelandic fjords are well suited for such tours providing shelter and offering sights of rich animal life along the coast. Seals and birds canRead More
Norway – This decade can on many accounts be called the “me” decade or the “look-at-me” era. In 2006, this trend had already been developing for a few years, but the launch of Facebook was like adding fuel to theRead More
Switzerland – The “Fortresses and castles of Switzerland” series was launched in 2016 with Zug Castle and Neu-Bechburg Castle and continued in 2017 with Castello Visconteo and Oberhofen Castle. The last two motifs in this series are now being issuedRead More
Romania – In the Centenary year of the Great Union from 1918, Romfilatelia honors Romania’s cultural values through the postage stamp issue Cultural Anniversaries 2018: “George Enescu” Philharmonic Bucharest, 150 years; Romanian Athenaeum, 130 years; “George Enescu” Festival, 60 years. On the three stampsRead More
Faroes – Considering the size of the Faroe Islands, it may seem quite strange that infrastructure, transport and logistics, have always constituted some of the islands’ biggest problems. Steep mountain terrain presented great difficulties to wayfarers, straits with violent currentsRead More
Norway – The Hardanger Bridge is not just Norway’s longest suspension bridge – it is also the eighth longest bridge of its type in the entire world. The main span is an impressive 30 m longer than that of theRead More
New Zealand – About 2018 Manuka Honey Silver Proof Coin The dense evergreen plant was used by M?ori for a wide variety of purposes. Its hard red wood was used to make paddles and spears and in the construction ofRead More
Great Britain – Since 1800 it is estimated that more than 400 species of animals and plants have become extinct in the UK. There are many reasons for this, including loss and degradation of habitat, and species becoming increasingly isolatedRead More
Isle of Man Post Office is delighted to present this issue of ten stamps to mark a very special year in which we celebrate ‘our Island’ as a special place to live and work. The Year of Our Island 2018Read More
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