Singapore: Cultural Institution – National Library Board
Generations of Singaporeans have used the library as a source of knowledge, learning or simply a place to nurture their love of reading. While the library could mean different things to different times, there is a common underlying thread in that the library is a spark to imagination and opens up possibilities and brings about life-changing transformations.
In July 2005, the National Library Board (NLB) unveiled its strategic direction for the next five years – Library 2010 (L2010) – to address the needs of Singaporeans in the new social and economic landscape. The goal of L2010 is to provide Singaporeans with a world-class library system that brings the world's knowledge to Singapore and make it available to all.
This set of stamps commemorates the knowledge framework formed by the two main thrusts of L2010 "Libraries for life, Knowledge for Success" and NLB's vision to be "an inspiring beacon of lifelong learning, bringing knowledge alive, sparking imagination and creating possibility for a vibrant and creative Singapore."
SINGPOST.COM.SG
October 31, 2007
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Christmas Carols
On 7 November Jersey Post will issue a new set of self adhesive, non value indicator Christmas stamps depicting the following favourite Christmas Carols:
Minuit Chretiens
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night
O Come, All Ye Faithful!
We Three Kings of Orient Are
O Christmas Tree
JERSEYPOST.COM
October 30, 2007
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150th Anniversary of the Natural History Museum
On 25 October, 2007, An Post issued a stamp to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Natural History Museum.
Originally known as the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, the Natural History Museum was opened in 1857, with a lecture by David Livingstone on his travels in Africa. Since 1877, it has been part of what is now the National Museum of Ireland. Known to generations of Dubliners as 'the Dead Zoo', the museum remains in its Victorian cabinet style, little changed in over a century.
IRISHSTAMPS.IE
October 29, 2007
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Royal Mail unveils new Bond stamps
Royal Mail has unveiled a new set of stamps featuring covers of James Bond novels.
On sale from 8 January 2008, the extra long stamps will feature different editions of six of Bond author Ian Fleming's most famous books.
PRESSASSOCIATION.CO.UK
October 28, 2007
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Canada Post's new stamps recognize the uniqueness of the holiday season
Do you hear what I hear? It's the excited voices of children talking about the holidays. Adults are also planning holiday mailings to family and friends, and many postal administrations, including Canada Post, are issuing their Christmas stamps – a sure sign that the holiday season is just around the corner.
Three of the four stamps Canada Post will issue appeal to the sacred (Hope, Joy and Peace), while the fourth, a playful rendition of a Reindeer leaping in the snow, antlers decorated with Christmas lights, speaks to the child in everyone.
CANADAPOST.CA
October 27, 2007
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Gibraltar: Christmas stamps
The Christmas 2007 stamps have been designed using specially created photographs of beautiful porcelain figurines of the Nativity.
The stamps have been immaculately and carefully printed using the latest technologies and include a double coat of varnish over all the surfaces to recall the look and feel of porcelain.
The reverse side of the stamps (gum side) includes biblical quotes relating to each of the stamps.
GIBRALTAR-STAMPS.COM
October 26, 2007
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Guernsey: Deck the halls
This set of 12 Christmas stamps is divided into six 'cool' ones and six 'warm' ones, the former reflecting the weather (although choosing the most magical of conditions - snow - rather than the more typical rain and wind), while the latter echo the log-fire and candlelight atmosphere indoors.
GUERNSEYSTAMPS.COM
October 25, 2007
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Taiwan Post Blooms with New Orchids Issues
In January of this year, Taiwan Post issued its first set of definitive stamps featuring the Orchids of Taiwan. Following this release, four more Orchid stamps were issued in July, and this month marks the release of a third set stamps in the series. Available on October 24th, the third set of stamps showcases the following four species: Ascocentrum sp., Arundina graminifolia, Vanda teres and Epidendrum sp.
STAMPS.ABOUT.COM
October 24, 2007
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Just So Stories stamps
Just So Stories from Alderney bring back delightful childhood memories.
Rudyard Kipling was born in India and much of his work reflects the privileged and faintly bizarre life led by his family and their fellow expatriates. The Just So Stories are delightful little entertainments for youngsters, written for Kipling's eldest daughter, Josephine, and originally accompanied by illustrations by the author himself. In each case once the story has been told there is a short poem at the end putting much of the same information into rhyming verse.
GUERNSEYSTAMPS.COM
October 24, 2007
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Working Dogs Stamps (Europa 2008)
2008 is the centenary of the first Police dogs being deployed in the UK. The Europa theme next year is "the letter" and the 1st class stamp features an Assistance Dog carrying a letter, one of the many tasks these dogs are trained for. Also featured through specially commissioned photography by Tim Flach is a Mountain Rescue dog, Police dog, a Customs or sniffer dog, a Sheep dog and a Guide dog.
NORVIC-PHILATELICS.CO.UK
October 23, 2007
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Cayman Islands: Christmas stamps
Churches in the Cayman Islands boast some beautiful stained–glass windows, and the Postal Service wants to share them with stamp collectors and remind residents of their beauty.
There are six stamps and a First Day Cover in the Christmas 2007 – Stained–glass windows series, which was released Monday.
CAYCOMPASS.COM
October 22, 2007
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Bletchley Park covers up for Vulcan flight
On board Vulcan XH558 as it took to the sky were one thousand very special envelopes. On each is a limited edition Vulcan stamp with a unique Vulcan postmark for 18 October 2007. The day the Vulcan returned to the skies after 15 years and a £7 million refit. These little pieces of art and history were been prepared by volunteers at Bletchley Park's tiny post office to celebrate the success of the most complex restoration in aircraft history. Proceeds will go towards keeping the Vulcan flying.
BLETCHLEYCOVERS.COM
October 22, 2007
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Switzerland: Christmas stamps
A wealth of different customs and symbols are associated with Advent and Christmas, including fairs with a magical atmosphere in the run-up to Christmas Eve, gifts and gaily decorated trees without which Christmas would just not be Christmas for many people. So Swiss Post chose these themes for this year's three "Christmas customs" stamps.
SWISSPOST.CH
October 21, 2007
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The Houses of Lancaster and York
The Houses of Lancaster & York are the first in an annual series that will take a look at the Kings and Queens of England, Scotland and after 1603 the United Kingdom.
1st class: Henry IV (1399-1413) & Henry V (1413-1422);
54p Henry VI (1422-1461 & 1470-1471) & Edward IV (1461-1470 & 1471-1483);
69p Edward V (1483) & Richard III (1483-1485)
October 20, 2007
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Finland: Moving pictures and smart squares on stamps in 2008
The stamp year will begin on 24 January with three miniature sheets, all with features totally unprecedented on Finnish stamps.
On the four-stamp miniature sheet devoted to Alpine skiing, champions Antti Autti and Matti Raty perform dazzling jumps, while Tanja Poutiainen and Tapio "Arska" Saarimaki speed downhill. The way the sheet is printed is based on a lens technology which combines multilevel images. When you move the stamp around in your hand, an illusion of movement is created. The production process is called MotionPrint imaging. These are 1st class non-value indicator stamps.
POSTI.FI
October 19, 2007
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'The Madonna of the Carnation' Art on 2007 Holiday Stamp
The U.S. Postal Service continues its custom of issuing traditional U.S. Christmas stamps. Since 1978, the theme of these stamps has been the Madonna and Child, and these holiday stamps have attracted a devoted following over the years.
The 2007 Christmas stamp features an oil-on-panel entitled The Madonna of the Carnation by Milanese painter Bernardino Luini. Dating to around 1515, the painting is now part of the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
USPS
October 18, 2007
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Lunar New Year: Year of the Rat
In observance of Feb. 7, 2008 Lunar New Year holiday, the U.S. Postal Service introduces a new series of Lunar New Year stamps that will continue through 2019. Beginning with the Year of the Rat in 2008, stamps issued in consecutive years will include the Year of the Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Boar.
USPS
October 17, 2007
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Postal service refuses to print stamp with swastika
The Israel Postal Company's security department recently filed a complaint with the police against a young man from Haifa who had asked the national postal service to issue a personalized stamp of himself wearing a Nazi insignia.
HAARETZ.COM
October 17, 2007
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Royal diamond wedding stamps issued
A series of stamps featuring images of the Queen with the Duke of Edinburgh are to go on sale to celebrate the royal couple's 60th wedding anniversary.
PRESSASSOCIATION.CO.UK
October 16, 2007
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Cultural life in Belgium: 'Pleasure of writing'
Belgian Post has issued a series of stamps dedicated to the Belgian Stamp Festival of 2007. The stamps illustrate the evolution of printing machines from a primitive version of the beginning of the 20th century to the modern laptop.
October 15, 2007
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Caravanning through the years
This issue of five stamps looks at the use of caravans in Australia from the fifties through to the present day.
Like the Driving through the years stamp issue this issue was designed by award-winning illustrator Melinda Coombes with the stamps featuring many references to the eras depicted:
50s
60s
70s
80s
Present day
AUSPOST.COM.AU
October 15, 2007
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Charles W. Chesnutt on stamp
With the 31st stamp in its Black Heritage series, the U.S. Postal Service honors Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), a pioneering writer recognized today as a major innovator and singular voice among turn-of-the-century literary realists who probed the color line in American life. In novels such as The Marrow of Tradition and short stories such as those collected in The Conjure Woman, he probed the color line in American life.
USPS
October 14, 2007
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School Mail
In 2006, the Portuguese Post Office - CTT - signed a partnership protocol as part of the National Literacy Plan (PNL), an initiative of the Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Ministry of Culture and the Office of the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, aimed at raising the literacy levels of the Portuguese people.
In order to promote a social environment more favourable to the development of children's reading and writing habits, the CTT - Portuguese Post Office - and PNL issued a challenge to a number of Portuguese schools, inviting them to take part in the programme - "Where does your imagination take you?"
As part of the programme's activities, pupils and teachers were invited to take part in the competition "Where does a stamp take you?", for which children had the chance to design a stamp.
CTT Correios
October 13, 2007
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2007 Holiday Knits
For the 2007 holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service will issue Holiday Knits, four stamps featuring classic Christmas-time imagery designed and machine knitted by nationally known illustrator Nancy Stahl.
This is a booklet of 20 stamps.
USPS
October 12, 2007
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Austria: Christmas 2007 Stamp
The 65 cent stamp shows the birth of Christ depicted on an icon from the Church of St. Barbara in Vienna's 1st District.
POST.AT
October 11, 2007
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Hong Kong: Christmas Stamps
A festival of Western origin, Christmas is celebrated in many places around the world. Hong Kong is no exception. At Christmas time the city is lit up by glittering decorations, with sweet carols floating in the air.
To bring tidings of comfort and joy, Hongkong Post issued its first set of Christmas Stamps in 2002. The innovative design of its second set features a perfect fusion of elements from Western tradition and local culture.
HONGKONGPOSTSTAMPS.COM
October 10, 2007
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Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival 2008
Monaco issue a commemorative stamp on 15 October belonging to the 1st Part of the 2008 philatelic programme.
Reusing of the International Circus Festival poster. The 32nd edition will take place from January 17 till 27, 2008, under the big top of Fontvieille.
OETP-MONACO.COM
October 10, 2007
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USPS previews 'American Journalists' stamps
Postmaster General John E. Potter previewed images of the stamps that will immortalize five journalists who risked their lives reporting some of the most important events of the 20th Century.
The five "American Journalists" stamps honor Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Ruben Salazar and Eric Sevareid. The stamps will be available next spring.
USPS
October 08, 2007
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Sweden honours Bergman with new stamps
The Swedish Post said Saturday it would issue two new stamps in January honouring Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, who died in July at the age of 89.
AFP
October 07, 2007
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Santa Comes from Aland!
This year's Christmas stamp is something out of the ordinary. The Post presents the real Santa Claus – created by an Alander!
POSTEN.AX
October 06, 2007
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Diamond Wedding Anniversary of HM The Queen and Prince Philip
Royal Mail will issue a set of stamps and miniature sheet to commemorate the 60th wedding anniversary (on 20 November) of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
The Diamond Wedding anniversary stamp issue comprises of six conventionally gummed stamps showing HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at a number of formal occasions while the Miniature sheet is composed of four stamps showing a variety of informal Royal Family shots and an exclusive new photograph of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh by Lord Snowdon.
NORVIC-PHILATELICS.CO.UK
October 05, 2007
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Four stamps in the series 'Great Danes'
In Post Danmark's new stamp series, "Great Danes", four stamps are being issued with portraits of Poul Henningsen, Victor Borge, Arne Jacobsen and Piet Hein.
The designs are by Torben Skov, and the stamps are produced by the intaglio method.
October 04, 2007
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Blast Off! 50 Years in Space
Although a small nation, Australia played an important technical role in early space exploration and continues to give that support today. Almost all of the television images covering the 1969 Apollo II mission came through the Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla tracking stations with assistance from the Parkes radio telescope.
Featured on the stamps are:
Sputnik 1957
First Space Walk 1965
First Moon Walk 1969
Voyager 1977
International Space Station 1998
Hubble Space Telescope 1990
AUSPOST.COM.AU
October 03, 2007
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AFL Premiers 2007 - Geelong
To celebrate Geelong's triumph in the 2007 AFL Grand Final, Australia Post is releasing a Souvenir Stamp Sheet of the victorious team.
AUSPOST.COM.AU
October 02, 2007
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Australia: Disney Princess stamp pack
This stamp pack features five of the most famous Disney princesses, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Belle and Snow White.
AUSPOST.COM.AU
October 02, 2007
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Panoramic Views of Gibraltar
The Views of Gibraltar set features beautiful views of the Rock taken at different times of the day and in different seasons of the years resulting in a dramatic, memorable stamp issue.
The Miniature sheet features the trinity lighthouse, the only one of its kind outside the UK.
GIBRALTAR-STAMPS.COM
October 01, 2007
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Endangered sea creatures found on new stamps
To mark Stamp Month 2007, Canada Post will issue the second set of stamps depicting endangered species native to Canada. This set of four domestic rate (52c) stamps bear images of sea creatures; the Leatherback Turtle, the White Sturgeon, the Atlantic Right Whale and the Northern Cricket Frog.
CANADAPOST.CA
October 01, 2007
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Aland Scenery: Kjusan, Hammarland
This year's second stamp of the Aland scenery series features the municipality of Hammarland, situated in the western parts of main Aland.
This stamp is the Aland Post's contribution to the joint SEPAC issue.
POSTEN.AX
October 01, 2007
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