Tall Ships Race Commemorated
A new set of stamps will be issued on 4th July by AN Post to mark the annual Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race which begins on 6th July in Waterford, Ireland and ends in Fredrikstad, Norway on 3rd August.
May 30, 2005
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Gibraltar: Cruise liners 05
The ships that have been illustrated on the stamps are the Circassia; an established caller to the Rock during the 1950's, the Nevasa; a frequent visitor to Gibraltar during the 1960's and 1970's, the Black Prince; a familiar sight at the Rock during the 1990's and finally the Arcadia; the newest ship from P & O Cruises which coincidentally is also the largest cruise ship built specifically for the British market and visited the Rock for the first time on the 27th May 2005.
GIBRALTAR-STAMPS.COM
May 29, 2005
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Austria: Day of the Stamp 2005
The "Day of the Stamp 2005" commemorative shows the Vienna-Budapest "Flying boat service" with one of the Junkers F13 used on this route.
POST.AT
May 27, 2005
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Aland in the Eyes of Tennis Player Bjorn Borg
The celebrity stamp series "My Aland" issued by the Aland Post continues with a captivating issue of Bjorn Borg, fivefold Wimbledon tennis champion 1976-1980.
POSTEN.AX
May 26, 2005
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Helsinki 2005 stamps and coins launched
Tourists coming to Helsinki for the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics this summer will have plenty of souvenirs to choose from. Some are more likely to retain their value and are more official than others: a postage stamp celebrating the Championships and two specially minted coins will be available to collectors.
IAAF.ORG
May 25, 2005
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Iceland: Europa 2005
The common theme of the Europa stamps is gastronomy according to the decision of PostEurop, the Association of European Public Postal Operators in Europe. Food is probably the most important ingredient of human culture. Cuisine and all things related to food and gastronomic traditions shape the nature, history, technical knowledge, social patterns and economy of human society. The Europa stamps are of unusual design, shaped as plates of food stuffed with traditional Icelandic fish and meat dishes.
POSTUR.IS
May 24, 2005
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Iceland: Bridges
Three important Icelandic transportation structures celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2005. These are the suspension bridges over Lagarfljot and Jokulsa in Oxarfjordur and the bridge over Sogid in Grimsnes.
POSTUR.IS
May 23, 2005
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Late F1 Legend Commemorated
A new stamp is to be issued on 11th June in Austria to commemorate the late Formula One legend Karl Jochen Rindt who died racing in 1970.
GIBBONSSTAMPMONTHLY
May 22, 2005
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Austria: Life Ball 2005
The major charity event, the "Life Ball", is once again being held in the Vienna town hall. This event, founded by Gery Keszler in 1993, attracts huge interest in the media and its aim is to raise funds for AIDS research.
POST.AT
May 20, 2005
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Audrey Hepburn to star at Naposta
A stamp, estimated at a value of 20,000 euro, will be the "star" exhibit at Naposta '05. Discovered in 2004 by a Bavarian collector, this celebrated postage stamp, featuring a portrait of the actress Audrey Hepburn, should never have been released—the Hepburn heirs objected to the stamp just before the issue date in 2001 and it was withdrawn by Deutsche Post before being released as reported previously in GSM (Newsdesk, February 2005).
GIBBONSSTAMPMONTHLY
May 19, 2005
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60 years of the Second Republic - 50 years since the State Treaty
The struggle for Austria's freedom was long and difficult, but the determination for liberty and independence was strong. Many leading personalities such as Renner, Figl and Raab to name but three worked tirelessly and resolutely to achieve it.
POST.AT
May 15, 2005
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Germany: Europa 2005 - Gastronomy
In the "PostEurop" united post office organizations "EUROPA" stamps give change about "catering trade" in this year. The catering trade is a firm component of our life. A meal in the restaurant with the family or with friends is today one of the most popular leisure activities.
May 14, 2005
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Germany: Stamp Day
1 stamp
Paper: coated white fluorescent
post office stamp paper DP 2
Stamp size: 46 x 27.32 mm
Designs: ˆ 0.55 + 0.25: Kraftpost bus
Sheet: 10 stamps
Designer: Horst F. & Gerda M. Neumann
May 13, 2005
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Austria scraps plan to produce Dalai Lama stamp
Austria's federal post office has abandoned a plan to produce a line of postage stamps honoring the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, a human rights activist who had campaigned for the stamps said Wednesday.
AP
May 13, 2005
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Germany: 50 Years Pariser Vertrage
With the entry into force that Paris contracts on 5 May 1955 fulfilled itself particularly again and again a desire formulated by Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer: the large sovereignty of the 1949 created Federal Republic of Germany and their integration into the western state world...
May 12, 2005
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Friedrich von Schiller
Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist.
May 11, 2005
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Germany: 100 Years Die Brucke
On 7 June 1905 the students of architecture Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt Rottluff brought the group of artists "Die Brucke" into being.
May 10, 2005
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Hungary: Europa 2005 - Gastronomy
The stamp design features a Hungarian speciality, chicken paprika with dumplings. The four stamps comprising the sheet form a laid table. On the edges of the sheet other gastronomic motifs can be seen. The graphics on the first day cover complement and complete the motifs on the edges of the miniature sheet, while the special postmark shows a wooden spoon.
May 09, 2005
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Gibraltar: 60th Anniversary of VE Day
Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day) was May 8, 1945, the date when the AtIies during the Second World War formally celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Reich.
GIBRALTAR-STAMPS.COM
May 08, 2005
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Battle of Trafalgar Remembered
A new set of stamps are to be issued in Alderney on 9th May to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
GIBBONSSTAMPMONTHLY
May 08, 2005
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Russia: Europa 2005 - Gastronomy
"Bread and salt!" – guests are welcomed in Russia with these words for centuries. Both in old times and nowadays various delicious are put on the table and pancakes with caviar have been commonly served to feasts for many centuries.
May 07, 2005
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South African Landscapes
Maggie Laubser (1886-1973) – Table Mountain (1924), oil on canvas: Laubser's approach to landscape revealed her belief in the spiritual unity of all created things. Her rural childhood and her experience of the seasons and cycles of farm life permeate much of her art. Following her exposure to modern painting during her studies in Germany, she returned to South Africa in 1924 painting in a style where bold forms and colours were used towards emotional and expressive ends.
POSTOFFICE.CO.ZA
May 06, 2005
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New Zealand salute Cafe Culture
A new set of stamps shaped like coffee cups are to be issued by New Zealand Post on 4th May to celebrate the country's love of "Cafe Culture".
May 05, 2005
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Austria: Patron Saints - St. Florian
Saint Florian is the only martyr to have died in Austria who is known by name. Tradition has it that as a boy Florian once miraculously extinguished a house fire with only one small bucketful of water.
POST.AT
May 04, 2005
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Celebrating more than a century of science on U.S. postage stamps
Four American Scientists - Thermodynamicist Josiah Willard Gibbs, geneticist Barbara McClintock, mathematician John von Neumann and physicist Richard P. Feynman-were honored with postage stamps dedicated in a special ceremony today at Henry R. Luce Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
USPS
May 04, 2005
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Europa - Barbagiuans et Pizzaladiere
The common theme of "Europa 2005" is gastronomy, which allows to make known very much appreciated Monegasque recipes: Barbagiuans, pissaladiere (provencal pizza), chard pie and desserts (fritters and fougasse). 2 stamps bear the "Europa" mention, issued on a same sheet and 2 other visuals are completing the set.
OETP-MONACO.COM
May 03, 2005
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Gibraltar: Pope John Paul II (Stamp)
On April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II passed away. He was in his 27th year as pope, one of the longest reigning popes in history. Despite illness and infirmity, he tirelessly preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He defended life in all its forms, wrote prolifically on Catholic topics such as the Eucharist and the rosary, pleaded for peace in the world and created more Roman Catholic saints than any other pope. It is said that he was the most recognized man in the world and he is by far the most widely travelled pope in history.
GIBRALTAR-STAMPS.COM
May 02, 2005
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Songwriter Yip Harburg commemorated
USPS honor legendary songwriter Yip Harburg on 28th April with the release of a new stamp at a special dedication ceremony taking place in New York City.
USPS
May 01, 2005
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