Lunar year of the Monkey
The South African Post Office issued a miniature sheet on 27 February 2004 to celebrate the Chinese Lunar Year of the Monkey. The miniature sheet is the 6th to be issued depicting a Chinese Zodiac Sign. The series began with the year of the Tiger issued in 1998 and we have since then seen the Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse and now the Monkey. According to the Chinese Lunar Year, the Year of the Monkey starts on 22 January and ends on 12 February.
POSTOFFICE.CO.ZA
February 27, 2004
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Austria: Jose Carreras
Jose Carreras is one of the most outstanding personalities in the global music business. He was born in Barcelona, where he also studied music and began his professional career in the city's Gran Teatre del Liceu with roles in "Nabucco" and "Lucrezia Borgia".
POST.AT
February 23, 2004
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Russia: 70th Birth Anniversary of Gagarin
Yu.A.Gagarin (1934-1968) was a pilot-astronaut, a colonel, the Hero of the Soviet Union and the first cosmonaut of the planet. He performed the first space flight by man on the 12th of April, 1961. The flight took 1 hour and 4 minutes. Then Yu.A.Gagarin successfully landed.
February 20, 2004
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Gibraltar: Europa 'Vacations'
The Rock of Gibraltar is one of the best-known landmarks in the world. It is strategically located at the crossroads of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It also finds itself between two continents that are vastly different, Europe and Africa. All this makes it a unique, vibrant and safe destination.
GIBRALTAR-STAMPS.COM
February 20, 2004
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Russia: 100th Birth Anniversary of Khariton
Yu.B.Khariton (1904-1996) was a physicist, one of the USSR designers of nuclear weapons and nuclear engineering. Yu.B.Khariton and Ya.B.Zeldovich were the first to calculate the chain fission reaction. Yu.B.Khariton was the author of the theoretical works on burning, detonation and explosion. The stamp features Yu.B.Khariton and the first USSR A-bomb created in the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics.
February 12, 2004
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Dr. Seuss to be Commemorated on Postage Stamp
On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the U.S. Postal Service will dedicate the Theodor Seuss Geisel commemorative postage stamp. The new stamp will travel around the world on letters, cards and packages, honoring the Pulitzer Prize-winning author better known as Dr. Seuss, who introduced countless children to the joys of reading.
USPS
February 11, 2004
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Rutgers puts stamp on Robeson honors
The recent release of a commemorative U.S. postage stamp gave Rutgers a chance to honor the late son of a former slave who became the university's first All-American athlete and its most towering alumnus.
HOME NEWS TRIBUNE
February 07, 2004
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John Wayne saddles up
The U.S. Postal Service has chosen Marion Michael Morrison, better-known to millions of adoring fans as John Wayne, to be honored in the Legends of Hollywood commemorative stamp series this year. The full pane of stamps will be unveiled at the Odyssey Ball, a private fundraising gala for the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, on April 3, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The official first day of issue ceremony will be held later in the year.
USPS
February 02, 2004
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