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Artists' Association of Finland's 150th anniversary

February 8, 2015, 5:53 pm
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Posti celebrates the Artists' Association of Finland's 150th anniversary with its own stamps, which feature six works that were chosen in a design competition that was arranged in spring 2014. The stamps feature several areas of the visual arts, including traditional painting and photography.

The works of art selected for the stamps, the artists and their places of residence are:
·         Viiva-muoto (Line form), Anneli Hilli, graphic artist/painter, Espoo
·         Piste (Point), Mika Natri, artist, Turku
·         Taiteilijan vuoristorata (Artist's rollercoaster), Marjo Suikkanen, sculptor, Viljakkala
·         Dance from the bride, Mayumi Niiranen-Hisatomi, artist, Kajaani
·         Lento (Flight), Laura Konttinen, artist, Helsinki
·         Hedelmistä puu tunnetaan (You will know them by their fruits), Kalevi Karlsson, architect/artist, Helsinki

The graphic design for The Artists' Association of Finland 150 years stamp booklet comes from Dog Design. The stamp design competition received a total of 131 works, which were evaluated by a seven-person jury made up of artists and representatives from Posti.

The Artists' Association of Finland is an influencer and expert organization in the visual arts, which represents over 3,000 professional artists. The association was also the subject of a stamp in February 1964 when a postage stamp was published in honour of its 100th anniversary.

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Valentine's Day stamps depict six encounters in the forest

February 9, 2015, 5:58 pm
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In Finland, Valentine's Day is the second most popular postcard season immediately after Christmas.  This year's Valentine's Day stamps have as their theme joyful encounters in the forest. Ilja Karsikas' cheerfully designed stamps depict snowflakes, trees, a mouse, birds, berries, and a fox and a rabbit.
The Friends together stamp booklet has six 1st class stamps as well as Priority labels designed to go with each of the stamps. Designing his first stamps, Ilja Karsikas, 35, has made many illustrations for companies, publications, associations, publishers and record labels. He has been responsible for, among other things, Ruisrock's visual appearance and artwork in 2013 and 2014, and has also illustrated four children's books.

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Singapore's Festivals 2014

February 14, 2015, 6:47 pm
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Singapore’s rich and vibrant multicultural heritage is best reflected in the many colourful festivals celebrated throughout the year. SingPost continues its tradition of issuing the Festivals stamp set with these eight bright and cheerful rendering of the four most important festivals celebrated in Singapore – Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Deepavali and Christmas stamps.

The festivals are featured on two stamps each i.e. the 1st Local (S$0.26) and S$0.55 stamps. The Festivals 2014 stamp issue aims to help add a warm touch to letters and cards sent to friends and family during the festive season. SingPost releases stamps on Singapore festivals every two years, with the last issue in 2012.
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Islands of Singapore - Pulau Ubin 2014

February 17, 2015, 5:49 pm
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Pulau Ubin is an island off eastern Singapore and often considered the last 'kampung' (village) in Singapore. A stroll through Ubin takes you back to Singapore in the 1960's with the simpler pleasures of life. The slow lane starts as soon as you join the queue for the bumboat at Changi. As you arrive, all cares are left behind.

Ubin is a great day trip spent walking or pedaling through rustic roads under swaying coconut palms, exploring shady trails in overgrown rubber plantations, checking out secluded beaches and flourishing mangroves. On Ubin, the food tastes better, air is fresher and sights and sounds so soothing to the soul.
The boomerang shaped Pulau Ubin, Singapore’s second largest offshore island, lies on the Straits of Johor off the north-eastern coast of Singapore. It was once known as Granite Island. 
Four of its iconic landmarks are captured in this stunning new stamp issue, Islands of Singapore - Pulau Ubin. SingPost and the National Heritage Board (NHB) collaborated to launch this series of stamps which comes in four denominations - 2nd Local, S$0.65, S$0.80 and S$1.10.
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Singapore - 49 Years of Independence - I am Singaporean 2014

February 21, 2015, 5:56 pm
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Singapore will celebrate her 50th year of independence in 2015. To mark its Golden Jubilee, SingPost had decided to launch a series of three commemorative stamp sets from 2013 to 2015.  
The second set of a three-part commemorative stamp series were released on   to celebrate Singapore's 49 years of independence on August 9. Titled "I am Singaporean", the stamps celebrate the unique traits, values and characteristics of Singaporeans and the country.
The first set of stamps with the theme "Our Journey Together" was released last August, showcasing examples of what the country and its people have shared, overcome and achieved together as a nation.
The third and last set will be released in 2015, to celebrate Singapore's 50th year of nation building,

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2015 World Stamp Exhibition in Singapore

February 24, 2015, 5:51 pm
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The Singapore Sports Hub 2014

February 28, 2015, 5:48 pm
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The Singapore Sports Hub is a sports complex located in Kallang, Singapore. It is built on the site of the original National Stadium.
Singapore Post issued a four new se-tennant stamps on 5.9.2014 commemorating the newly-completed Singapore Sports Hub.
According to Woo Keng Leong, Senior Executive Vice President/Head of Postal Services of SingPost, “The completion of the Singapore Sports Hub marks a significant milestone for Singapore. As a national sports hub, it will host many sporting, cultural, entertainment and national events in addition to being a vibrant place where people can enjoy its facilities all year around". 
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Singapore Myths and Legends 2014

March 3, 2015, 5:51 pm
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Singapore issued 8 stamps depicting the scenes from its famous myths and legends on 3rd October 2014. Singapore has more than its fair share of myths and legends, including the origin of Singapore’s “Lion City”nickname, the tragic story of Radin Mas, and the inspiring tale of Badang that is related to the Singapore Stone. Many myths and legends of Singapore are shared with Malaysia. Many of these are taught and told to young school children at the age of 8 in class, so that these stories were not to die from over-Westernization.
The first set of four stamps depict The legend of Redhill, or Bukit Merah. The story tells of how a boy saved his village from attacks by dangerous swordfish, only to be murdered by a jealous king. As the story goes, the blood of the boy spilled out and soaked the hill, turning it red. This hill later came to be known as Redhill, and remains as a memorial to the boy for saving the village.
The next set of four stamps featured the legend of Sang Nila Utama, a prince from Palembang who, as the story goes, discovered the island of Singapore (known then as Temasek) while out on a hunting trip. According to the legend, the prince spotted what he thought was a lion, and named the island Singapura - Lion City in Sanskrit.  
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SIngapore Tourism 2014

March 7, 2015, 5:53 pm
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Singapore - Liechtenstein - Joint stamp issue

March 10, 2015, 6:47 pm
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To mark the strengthened relations, Singapore Post and Philatelie Liechtenstein released a joint stamp issue on 10.11.2014. This is the first joint stamp issue between the two postal organisations.
The Singapore-Liechtenstein joint stamp issue comprises two stamp designs "Singapore" and "Liechtenstein" with the value of S$1.30 each.  
Liechtenstein, which is located between Austria and Switzerland, lies at the heart of Europe. It is the fourth-smallest state in Europe and sixth-smallest country in the world. The capital of Liechtenstein is Vaduz which is home to many historical and cultural attractions.
The Liechtenstein stamp is part of a painting, "Looking at Vaduz" by Ms Hong Sek Chern from Singapore who is well known in Asia for her ink paintings. The painting is an attempt to depict the town of Vaduz in a non-homogenous way. It depicts an aerial view of the town of Vaduz, aspects of the national bank and Vaduz cathedral incorporated into the middle portion and suggestions of snowscape in other portions.
Singapore, which lies at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, is a bustling cosmopolitan city with landscape populated by high-rise buildings and gardens. One interesting facet about Singapore is a ubiquitous collage of cultures, where people of different ethnicities and beliefs coexist in unity.
The Singapore stamp is designed by Jens W Beyrich, an artist working in Liechtenstein. It illustrates his perception of Singapore. The stamp design is developed along a mathematical concept. The design looks like a complex structure with six equally sided and sized triangles that can configured into 12 possible different arrangements. It can fit all the 12 different pieces into a surface of a rhomb with a six-fold side length. Rotating the rhomb structure around one of its large angle corners generates a regular hexagon, and with some imagination, a visual of a cube. The artwork symbolises virtues and essentials of Singapore that has equilibrium of amazing progress and growth despite complexity.
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Vanishing Trades in Singapore 2014

March 14, 2015, 6:45 pm
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2015 Year of the Goat

March 17, 2015, 6:45 pm
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People born in a year of the Goat are generally believed to be gentle mild-mannered, shy, stable, sympathetic, amicable, and brimming with a strong sense of kindheartedness and justice.
They have very delicate thoughts, strong creativity, and perseverance, and acquire professional skills well. Although they look gentle on the surface, they are tough on the inside, always insisting on their own opinions in their minds. They have strong inner resilience and excellent defensive instincts.
Though they prefer to be in groups, they do not want to be the center of attention. They are reserved and quiet, most likely because they like spending much time in their thoughts. Goats like to spend money on fashionable things that give them a first class appearance. Although goats enjoy spending money on the finer things in life, they are not snobbish.
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100th anniversary of Toivo Kärki

March 28, 2015, 7:21 pm
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On 2nd March, stamps commemorate the 100th anniversary of Toivo Kärki, a versatile talent from Finnish music life. The stamps in the stamp booklet designed by Lasse Rantanen depict the three different phases of Toivo Kärki's long career: a performing musician, an active record business player and composer as well as a record company mogul during the last decades of his career. Lasse Rantanen is known for his imposing, personal illustrations in Helsingin Sanomat's monthly supplement and Suomen Kuvalehti, among other magazines. He was awarded the title of Graphic Designer of the Year in 2005. 

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International Women's Day 2.3.2015

March 31, 2015, 6:40 pm
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This year, International Women's Day is celebrated with stamps depicting female caricatures looking at themselves in a mirror. The Mirror Mirror stamp booklet contains four 1st class stamps. The stamps are designed by Laura Valojärvi who specializes in illustrations for children's books. She is also writing a doctoral dissertation at Aalto University, researching the significance of picture books from the point of view of Finnish children's book illustrators.
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Easter 2.3.2015

April 4, 2015, 6:55 pm
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A perfect choice for an Easter stamp is Spring twitter, in which a great tit sings its heart out on a branch with willow catkins. In the foreground, there is a narcissus protruding over the regular borders of the stamp. The graphic design of the Spring twitter stamp comes from Salli Parikka Wahlberg, known for her storybook, textbook and children's book illustrations as well as the numerous cover pictures, labels and postcards designed by her. 

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Stamp suitable for high school graduation party invitations and thank-you notes 2.3.2015

April 7, 2015, 6:50 pm
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For a long time, customers have hoped Posti would release a stamp suitable for high school graduation party invitations and thank-you notes. The perfect solution will now be available: the 1st class stamp designed by Anssi Kähärä, featuring a student cap. The simple Student cap stamp with a blue background showcases modern typography, and the black peak of the cap is emphasized by gloss paint. The cockade of the cap shows Apollo's lyre, the emblem of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki, which is also on all new student caps.
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Festive bouquet 2.3.2015

April 11, 2015, 7:01 pm
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March's floral stamp is called Festive bouquet. Riikka Juvonen has designed a colorful and abundant orchid and peony bouquet for the stamp. Riikka Juvonen is a multitalented artist, writer and illustrator from Helsinki. She has written dozens of books and also illustrated most of them. Years spent abroad among different cultures can be seen in Juvonen's works as bold use of colors, for instance.

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Intellectual Personalities of Cyprus 4.10.2014

April 16, 2015, 9:41 pm
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My friend dear friend Merja sent me 6 Fdc's with four definitive stamps on each fdc, honouring Intellectual Personalities of Cyprus. The first four stamps on an FDC and details about them are given below :-
(0.04) Stylianos Hourmouzios. He was born in Omodos in 1850 and died in 1937. Between 1874-1880 he was a leading cantor at Agios Antonios Church in Nicosia and from the beginning of the 19th century up until 1916 he was a cantor in Agia Napa Church in Limassol. Between 1917-1931 he taught Byzantine music at the Pancyprian College of Education. In 1936 the Church of Cyprus awarded him the title of "Lord Cantor". He was a pioneer in creating the movement for studying and spreading Byzantine music. He wrote a number of studies and articles on Ecclesiastical music and published books on teaching Byzantine music. He was also involved in journalism. In 1884 he published the "Trumpet", a weekly newspaper in Limassol. In 1901 he was elected a corresponding member of the Ecclesiastical Musical Society in Constantinople.

(0.04) Theodoulos Kallinikos. He was born in Lefkonikon in 1904 and died in 2004. He came to Nicosia at a very early age and attended lessons in Byzantine music under Stylianos Houmouzios, the renowned music teacher. He studied Byzantine music in Athens and at the National Conservatory, graduating with distinction. Upon his return to Cyprus, he was the leading cantor at Agios Ioannis Church in Nicosia. In 1937 he established the School of Byzantine Church Music, from which hundreds of students graduated, serving as cantors in many parts of Cyprus. He founded the Church Choir. He published many ecclesiastical books and a volume on fold songs of Cyprus, titled "Cypriot Folk Muse". He collected these songs by travelling around all the villages in Cyprus from 1924 and writing them down as he heard them from village elders, thus contributing to maintaining our musical tradition and rescuing a truly priceless cultural treasure. The Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus awarded him the honorary title of "Lord Cantor" of the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus and the Academy of Athens honoured him for his work and contribution to Byzantine and Cypriot folk music.

(0.34) Achilleas Lymbourides. He was born in Nicosia in 1917 and died in 2008. He was a pioneer composer of Cypriot folk songs and contributor to he theatre He set music to the lyrics of eminent poets in the Cyprus dialect. With Costas Montis, he established the first professional theatre in Cyprus, known as "To Lyricon" ("The Lyric"), which staged his own productions wit great success. Lymbourides' legacy to Cypriot literature is a number of theatrical plays, in particular genre comedy, which were transferred to television. The melodies set to the lyrics of folk and other Cypriot poets, including his own, represent the folk music of Cyprus in the best possible way. In addition to being a composer, he was also a remarkable writer. In the 70s and 80s he produced Cypriot studies and edited books on the history Cypriot journalism, the British rule in Cyprus and others. He received awards from the Municipality of Nicosia, the University of Cyprus and "Adouloti Kyrenia" for his valuable contributions and in 1998 the Cyprus State bestowed on him the "Award for Excellence in Letters and the Arts".

(0.34) Sozos Tombolis. He was born in Lysi in 1914 and died in 2002. He attended the Pancyprian Seminary in Larnaca and then the Athens National Conservatory. He was subsequently appointed a professor of music (1938-1974) at Secondary schools of education. At the same time he was a leading cantor at Faneromeni Church in Nicosia. He established and managed the Faneromeni quartet, a mixed ecclesiastical choir in the 1980s. He also established an orchestra for string and wind instruments at the Pancyprian Gymnasium and many other choirs for associations and foundations in Nicosia. At the same time he also started researching and studying Cypriot folk music, recording musical rhythms and the melody of our folk songs. He was also interested in the palaeography of Byzantine music. He received an award in 1967 for his book on Cypriot Rhythms and Melodies by the Academy of Athens and in 1995 the Cyprus State bestowed on him the "Award for Excellence in Letters and the Arts".
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Intellectual Personalities 4.10.2014

April 17, 2015, 10:39 pm
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This is the 2nd FDC  with stamps from the Definitive Series on Intellectual Personalities issued by Cyprus in 2014.

(0.41) Loukia Nicolaidou. She was born in Limassol in 1909 and died in England in 1994. She studied painting in Paris (1929) and at the Higher School of Fine Arts (1930-1933) at the Atelier of Lucien Simon. She returned to Cyprus in 1933 and began her artistic creation, opting for European modernism, which had been unknown until then in downgraded artistic environment of Cyprus, instead of the universally accepted naturalism. In 1937 she emigrated to the United Kingdom where she lived in London and then in Penn until the end of 1950s. Her works of art may be found in the State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art, the Limassol Municipal Gallery, the Popular Bank Cultural Centre and in the artist's private collection in Great Britain.
(0.41) Telemachos Kanthos. He was born in Alona in 1910 and died in 1993. He is considered one of the most significant artists of modern Cypriot painting. He served as an art teacher at the Famagusta Gymnasium (1942-1969). In addition to being a painter, he was a distinguished etcher and stage designer. In his works he depicts life, but also the tragedy of the Cypriot people after the Turkish invasion in 1974. He created from life experience, whatever he was feeling, capturing the eyes of the soul and the heart. He was a pioneer in establishing the Cypriot Chamber of Fine Arts. He expounded rich cultural activity and was one of the first Cypriot painters to have solo exhibitions on our island. His works of art are found in several galleries in Cyprus, Greece and his daughters' private collection in Vienna. He was honoured for his contribution to art by the Academy and the University of Athens.
(0.50) Michael Kashalos. He was born in Assia, in tne Mesaoria, in 1885 and died a refugee in 1974, having been badly wounded by the Turkish army as it invaded his village. Self-taught, he started painting in 1957 and became a great and renowned self-taught artist in his old age. A naive artist, who expresses the beautiful, simple, authentic life and customs of the Cypriot countryside, Kashalos was a painter of the peasantry and surpassed the boundaries of the small island of Cyprus. His works adorn several private, state and other
(0.50) George Pol Georgiou. He was born in Famagusta in 1901 and died in 1972. He studied law in London but did not practice the profession and devoted himself exclusively to his great love: painting. Despite the fact that he was self-taught, his innate talent and artistic genius made him a pioneer and a very remarkable, acclaimed artist. Most of his works of art, characterised by the sense of composition, feature the people and images of Cyprus. He developed one of the most unique and characteristic visual styles in modern Cypriot art. He has exhibited his works of art in many solo and group exhibitions both in Cyprus and abroad. His works adorn a number of collections such as that of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, the Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art, and collections abroad. Many of his paintings have been enclaved in Famagusta since 1974 and have not been seen since.
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Intellectual Personalities 10.10.2014

April 18, 2015, 6:41 pm
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The 3rd FDC on Intellectual Personalities in Cyprus is on four stamps about :
(0.64) Antis Pernaris. He was born in Nicosia in 1903 and died in 1980. He was a poet, novelist, journalist and a theatre critic, one of the pioneers of the Cypriot literary generation of the 30's. His literary work is distinguished by its clarity of expression, its lyricism and dedication to the national folk tradition and its national character. Apart from poetry he also wrote stories, plays and studies. His journalistic activity was varied and remarkable, especially in his contribution to Cyprus education. His efforts to establish the demotic language in elementary education and the application of modern education precepts in the education of his birthplace, was quite significant and multifaceted. In 1970 the Ministry of Education and Culture presented him with the award for Overall Contribution to Greek literature in Cyprus.

(0.64) Kypros Chrysanthis. He was born in Nicosia in 1915 and died in 1998. He was a remarkable novelist making a diverse and extensive contribution to Cypriot literature. He was a doctor by profession and for many years was a school physician and a professor of hygiene at the Pancyprian Gymnasium and the Pedagogical Academy of Cyprus. He was a prolific writer and, in addition to poetry, was interested in prose writing, essays and even children's literature. For more than 30 years he was the editor in chief of "Pnevmatiki Kypros", a literary magazine. Over the span of 50 years of literary activity he contributed various articles to the daily press and magazines and was also the informative link on issues regarding intellectual creation between the Greek centre and Cyprus not only during the period of British rule but also following the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus.

(0.85) Costas Montis. A leading Cypriot writer. He was born in Famagusta in 1914 and died in 2004. His large collection of poems has set him apart as a remarkable poet. Many of his works have been included in anthologies, translated into foreign languages and many have been set to music. He wrote in the Greek demotic language and in the idiomatic Cypriot dialect. He also wrote prose and plays for the theatre. He wrote around 40 works for the stage, radio and television. His various satires and lyrics were very successful. He was also a journalist. His contribution in the field of anthologies is also significant. His literary achievement was honoured with the State Prize for Poetry in 1968 and in 1973 he was honoured with an Award for his Overall Contribution to Cypriot and Greek Literacy. In 1994 he was bestowed with the Award for Excellence in letters and the Arts by the Republic of Cyprus. In 1999 he was nominated for the Noble Prize by the School of Philosophy of the University of Cyprus and the Ministry of Education and Culture. In 2000 the Academy of Athens declared him a corresponding member. In 2001 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens.

(0.85) Glafkos Alithersis. He was born in Limassol in 1897 and died in his birthplace in 1965. At the age of 16 he volunteered for the Greek army and fought in th4 Balkan War of 1913. After the war ended he returned to Cyprus and continued his studies ad the Pancyprian Gymnasium. He excelled as an athlete and was a Cyprus champion. He served as a gymnastics teacher in Alexandria where he had emigrated and where he spend his most creative years, always closely associated with Cypriot writers and regularly publishing in Cypriot magazines of the time. He particularly stood out for his poetic work which was multi-faceted and multi-dimensional and revealed in-depth research and reflection. In addition to poetry, he wrote prose, theatrical works essays and studies. His contribution to Cypriot prose is impressive, as was his contribution to modern Greek Letters.
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