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Australia 20.3.1985 - Marine Life
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Singapore 5.8.2013 - 48th year of independence
A set of five commemorative postal stamps were released on 5.8.2013 to mark Singapore’s 48th year of independence.
Singapore Post said the stamps will showcase examples of what Singaporeans have shared, overcome and achieved together. This series is the first of three special stamp sets that SingPost is launching in as many years in the lead up to Singapore’s golden jubilee in 2015.
The subjects featured in this year’s series include “Beating SARS Together”, “Cleaning and Greening Our City”, “Conquering Our Water Challenges” and “Living Together in Harmony”. The stamps have surface values of 1st local mail, 50 cents, 65 cents, 80 cents and S$ 1.10.
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Australia 13.4.1977 - 50th Anniversary of Opening of Parliament House
This stamp and the first day cover were issued on 13.4.1977 commemorating the 50th annniversary of Parliament House, Canberra, in 1977. Now know as Old Parliament House, it is situated between Parliament House and Lake Burley Griffin. Although initially built as a temporary parliament house, government stayed there from 1927 right until 1988, when a new Parliament House opened.
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Australia 6.6.1984 - Skiing
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Australia 15.5.1985 - Conservation
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Singapore 13.7.2013 - City in a Garden
13 July 2013, Singapore - At the opening of the Festival of Biodiversity at VivoCity President Tony Tan Keng Yam launched a new book showcasing Singapore's development into a City in a Garden, and a special set of biodegradable stamps affixed with seeds to commemorate 50 Years of Greening Singapore. A new National Parks Board's (NParks) initiative, Greening Schools for Biodiversity, was also launched. This initiative enables schools to assess and enrich the biodiversity in their school compounds. The Festival of Biodiversity, organised jointly by NParks and the Biodiversity Roundtable, is an annual celebration of the community's efforts to conserve Singapore's natural heritage.
President Tony Tan said, "Singapore has come far in balancing biodiversity conservation and urban development.The garden environment and green spaces contribute to an enjoyable and livable environment in which Singaporeans can live, work and play. These are the results of deliberate and sustained efforts that began 50 years ago. I am heartened to see that many Singaporeans are taking ownership of our City in a Garden vision, and helping to conserve Singapore's natural heritage for the benefit of future generations."
President Tony Tan said, "Singapore has come far in balancing biodiversity conservation and urban development.The garden environment and green spaces contribute to an enjoyable and livable environment in which Singaporeans can live, work and play. These are the results of deliberate and sustained efforts that began 50 years ago. I am heartened to see that many Singaporeans are taking ownership of our City in a Garden vision, and helping to conserve Singapore's natural heritage for the benefit of future generations."
For the first time, Singapore Post Limited has released a special set of four biodegradable Commemorative Stamps with seeds. Titled Our City in a Garden, the beautifully illustrated stamps comprising 1st local, S$0.50, S$0.80 and S$1.10, portray Singapore's vibrant urban landscape nestled within a thriving garden.
The 1st local stamp is affixed with the seeds of the Portulaca grandiflora (commonly known as moss-rose) for planting. A small-sized herbaceous creeper, the Portulaca grandiflora is a common sight in Singapore.
The 1st local stamp is affixed with the seeds of the Portulaca grandiflora (commonly known as moss-rose) for planting. A small-sized herbaceous creeper, the Portulaca grandiflora is a common sight in Singapore.
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Australia 9.5.1977 - Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated unions.
The ACTU was formed in 1927 as the "Australian Council of Trade Unions". It was one of the earliest attempts by trade unions to apply the principles of One Big Union earlier explored by more radical syndicalist unions like the CNT or revolutionary industrial unions like the IWW.
In the Australian case, agitation for One Big Union occurred from 1911 from two different sectors: from the revolutionary Australian section of the IWW and from the pro-arbitration Australian Workers Union (AWU). At that time the AWU was the largest single Australian union. In 1918 after the collapse of the Australian IWW, a group of militant trade unions (which were opposed to the AWU) attempted to form One Big Union under the name Workers Industrial Union of Australia (WIUA). The hostility between the WIUA and the AWU prevented the formation of One Big Union in Australia. It was the attempts of Stanley Bruce's federal government in 1927 to dismantle the Australian Industrial Relations Commission which impelled the Australian trade unions to form a national council.
Melbourne Trades Hall in Victoria is the "birthplace" of the ACTU.
The ACTU's Australian trade union "peak body" precursors include state labour councils like the Victorian Trades Hall Council (originating in 1856 as the 'Melbourne Trades Hall Committee'), the Labour Council of New South Wales (originally formed in 1870 as the 'Sydney Trades and Labour Council') and the Inter-Colonial Trade Union Congress (formed in 1879).
The ACTU has not achieved the ideals expressed for One Big Union: it remains a council organisation, but it does however represent the majority of Australian trade unions. At its formation in 1927 the ACTU was only seen as representing blue collar trades unions, and only managed to achieve the support of trades unions. From 1948 peak bodies of white collar associations existed, and from 1969 peak bodies of government employees. The white collar bodies were: the Council of Professional and Commercial Employees Association (1948), which became the Council of White Collar Associations (1954), which amalgamated with the Salaried Employees Consultative Council of New South Wales (1954) to become the Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations(ACSPA) in 1956. The government employee bodies were: the Council of Commonwealth Public Service Organisations (1969) which became the Council of Australian Government Employee Organisations (CAGEO) in 1975. The ACTU successfully integrated these bodies in 1981. After 1981 the ACTU was generally viewed by the Australian media and public as the organisation representing all workers' organisations.
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Spain 28thJune to 6th July 1980 - EXFILNA-80
This beautiful stamp, cover and the very artistic post mark were issued to commemorate the Philatelic Exhibition EXFILNA-80, on Stamp Day in Barcelona from 28th June to 6th July 1980.
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Spain 8.10.1980 - ESPAMER-80
The King of Spain, Don Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, declared open on 8.10.1980, at the Palacio de Cristal de la Casa de Campo the most important philatelic exhibition that has been organized so far in Spain, called Espamer 80,where the elite meet Stamp collectors from America and Europe, responding to the motto Spain, bridge between two cultures of America and Europe..
At the exhibition, which will be the culmination of the four others of this kind that have been held so far, involved, Spain, and twenty European and American countries. Over a hundred million pesetas was the budget for this sample, whose preparation took one year. Government support has been instrumental, through an organizing committee chaired by the Minister of Transport and Communications. The main objectives of the exhibition were designed to serve the promotion of philately in the participating countries and strengthen the bonds of friendship and fellowship.
As is usual in this type of exhibitions, a series of commemorative postage stamps were issued on this occasion a leaf block of four stamps further comprising two bullets, no postal value, with the emblem of the exhibition.
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Singapore 17.6.2013 - Greetings
Greetings are part of our everyday life. Everyone greets whenever they meet a stranger or when expressing their friendliness. It is a gesture of good will, warm regards and wishes to one another. Even the deaf have their own forms of greetings for each other. In this stamp issue, SingPost is featuring 5 different greetings in sign language that are commonly used among the deaf community in Singapore - Hi, Welcome, Thanks, Good Bye and I Love You.
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Netherlands 26.5.1977 - AMPHILEX 77
Anniversary stamps of 1923 HM Queen Wilhlmina on the mini sheet on the FDC commemorating the International stamp exhibition AMPHILEX ' 77 of 26 May-5 June 1977 in Amsterdam.
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Australia 26.11.1981 - Rotary International Pacific Regional Conference
Rotary Pacific Conference was held at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, between 26 and 29 November 1981.
More than 5,000 Rotarians from around the Pacific attended the conference in Melbourne to discuss 'The Future of the Pacific Region'. Speakers included the Honourable Malcolm Fraser, Rotary International President Stan McCaffrey, President Elect Horoji Mukasa, Ranald McDonald, representing the media, Sir Ian McLennon, representing industry, Japanese former Ambassador Nobuhiko Ushiba and Philippines Deputy Consul General Mrs Minerva Falcon, both representing diplomatic services, as well as other Rotarians.
More than 5,000 Rotarians from around the Pacific attended the conference in Melbourne to discuss 'The Future of the Pacific Region'. Speakers included the Honourable Malcolm Fraser, Rotary International President Stan McCaffrey, President Elect Horoji Mukasa, Ranald McDonald, representing the media, Sir Ian McLennon, representing industry, Japanese former Ambassador Nobuhiko Ushiba and Philippines Deputy Consul General Mrs Minerva Falcon, both representing diplomatic services, as well as other Rotarians.
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Liechtenstein 7.3.1983 - EUROPA CEPT - Notker of Saint Gall
The theme for CEPT stamps in 1983 was "Historic Events". Liechtenstein decided to honour Notker the Stammerer (Notker Balbulus) ( 840 – 6 April 912), Also called Notker I, Notker the Poet or Notker of Saint Gall, was a musician, author, poet, and Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall in modern Switzerland. He is commonly accepted to be the "Monk of Saint Gall" (Monachus Sangallensis) who wrote De Carolo Magno, a book of anecdotes about the Emperor Charlemagne.
Notker was born around 840, to a distinguished family. He would seem to have been born in the modern canton of Saint Gall in Switzerland. He became a monk there and is mentioned as librarian in 890 and as master of guests in 892–4. He was chiefly active as a teacher, and displayed refinement of taste as poet and author.
He completed Erchanbert's chronicle, arranged a martyrology, composed a metrical biography of Saint Gall, and authored other works.
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Singapore 28.5.2013 - Marina Bay Skyline
Marina Bay has become the centrepiece of Singapore as a global city-state of the 21st century. It is alss a 24/7, thriving and energetic place where people live, work and play. It has ushered in a new concept of city living that embraces all the opportunities and activities that a city can offer.
The mini stamp sheet on the cover consists of 4 stamps - each depicts an iconic landmark, such as The Fullerton Hotel, The Singapore Flyer, Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay and Marina Bay Sands which form part of the Marina Bay Skyline.
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USSR 22.9.1977 - 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
The stamp on this fdc shows a fencer. This is one of many stamps issued by the USSR ( Soviet Union) in 1977 for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet Union.The 1980 Games were the first to be staged in Eastern Europe.
But, what actually transpired in Moscow displayed anything but, the Olympic Spirit. Led by the US with the insistence of its President Jimmy Carter, 65 countries boycotted the games because of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, though some athletes from some of the boycotting countries participated in the games, under the Olympic Flag. This prompted the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Australia 16.9.1981 - 1981 - International Year of Disabled Persons
In 1976, the General Assembly proclaimed 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons(IYDP). It called for a plan of action at the national, regional and international levels, with an emphasis on equalization of opportunities, rehabilitation and prevention of disabilities.
In 1981, the International Year of Disabled Personshad a profound effect on raising awareness of disability in Australia and its place the human services agenda. For the first time in Australia, national information was collected through a survey of handicapped persons by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.The survey identified the number of people with disability, the nature of their disability, the services they needed and the extent to which these needs were being met. While it may now appear relatively unsophisticated, this survey was firm evidence that a national approach to meeting the needs of people with disability was slowly developing.
Displayed is the 1981 International Year Of Disabled Persons FDC with the commamorative stamp bearing the "Break Down The Barriers"Cachet”.
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Liechtenstein 7.3.1983 - Folklore - Shrove Tuesday
This first day cover and the stamp on it was issued in Liechtenstein to mark the popular folklore festival of Shrove Tuesday.
Shrove Tuesday (widely known as Pancake Day) is a day in February or March, preceding Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), which is celebrated in many countries by consuming pancakes.
Shrove Tuesday, a moveable feast, is determined by Easter. The expression "Shrove Tuesday" comes from the word shrive, meaning "confess". Shrove Tuesday is observed by many Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Roman Catholics,who "make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God's help in dealing with."
Being the last day before the penitential season of Lent, related popular practices, such as indulging in food that one sacrifices for the upcoming forty days, are associated with Shrove Tuesday celebrations, before commencing the fasting and religious obligations associated with Lent. The term Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday," referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday.
Pancakes are associated with the day preceding Lent because they were a way to use up rich foods such as eggs, milk, and sugar, before the fasting season of the 40 days of Lent. The liturgical fasting emphasized eating plainer food and refraining from food that would give pleasure: in many cultures, this means no meat, dairy products, or eggs.
Colorful masks, elaborate costumes, parades and large crowds are all part of the Carnival festivities, also known as MardiGras, on Shrove Tuesday.
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Singapore 20.3.2013 - Pond Life
Ponds are teeming with both animal and plant life. It supports a large variety of animal and plant life such as birds, crayfish, small fishes, frogs, insect, algae and water lilies. More about pond life is in my 2012 posts about Singapore pond life. The stamps shown on this FDC are :-
Geli Geli (Lasia spinosa)
The lasia spinosa is an obscure member of the yam family, Araceae. The common names of this plant include simply lasia, unicorn plant (probably due to the appearance of its inflorescences) and geli-geli (in Malay)
Water gentian (Nymphoides indica)
Nymphoides Indica or the Water Gentian is also known as the Water Snowflake. It is a pretty, fast-growing perennial aquatic plant. A blooming colony indeed looks like snow-flakes on water.
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Denmark - 19.1.1978 - The 1978 World Men's Handball Championship
The World Championship in team handball for men has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938.
The first World Championship took place in Germany in 1938, involving four teams from Europe. Throughout their history, the World Championships has been dominated by European teams, any medals have yet to be won by non-Europeans.Over the years, the organization of the World Championships has changed. Initially, there were group games in both the preliminary and main rounds, but more recently a knockout system has been applied after the preliminary round.
Handball is a combination of Basketball, Soccer and Netball. It is played indoors on a court about the size of two basketball courts. At the each end of the court is a net which is 9 feet wide by 6 1/2 feet high. The object of the game is simply to score more goals than the other team.
The ball is usually moved around the court by passing. However, the ball can be dribbled, but like in basketball you cannot double-dribble. You can dribble for as long as you want (though you risk getting the ball taken away). You can only take at most three steps after catching a pass. You cannot hold the ball for more than three seconds without passing it. If a player is fouled he is allowed a free zone 9 feet wide to restart play. Each team has 12 members, two of which are goalkeepers. 7 team members play and substitutions can be made at any time. There is a halfway line on the court. There is also a safety area that extends about 20 feet around the goal. A player is not allowed to be in this area. Shooters may leap into this area if they shoot before they land.
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Madrid 23.5.1980 - 12th FIFA World Cup in Spain
The tournament was won by Italy, after defeating West Germany 3–1 in the final. It was Italy's third World Cup win and first since 1938. The holders Argentina were eliminated in the second group round. Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait and New Zealand made their first appearances in the finals.
The tournament's top scorer was Paolo Rossi of Italy with six goals, including a hat-trick in a second group game against Brazil and one in the final.
In the first round of Group 3, Hungary defeated El Salvador 10–1, tying the largest margin of victory ever recorded in the finals (Hungary over Korea 9–0 in 1954, and Yugoslavia over Zaire 9–0 in 1974). The tournament was also notable for the first ever penalty shoot-out in a World Cup finals tournament, with West Germany beating France 5–4 on penalties after a dramatic 3–3 draw in the semi-finals in a match often regarded as one of the best World Cup games of all time.
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