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1977 Belgrade Conference 4.10.1977
The Helsinki Accords, Helsinki Final Act, or Helsinki Declaration was the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki, Finland, during July and August 1, 1975....
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Abbey of Our Lady of Bec 25.3.1978
Bec Abbey, formally the Abbey of Our Lady of Bec (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec), is a Benedictine monastic foundation in the Eure département, in the Bec valley midway between the cities of Rouen...
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Fish 7.2.1994
(0.10) The three-spined stickleback is a fish native to most inland coastal waters north of 30°N.(4.00) False Boarfish (Neocyttus helgae).(7.00) The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a European species of...
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The Royal Wedding 28.9.1981
The wedding of Prince Charles, Heir to the British Throne, to Lady Diana Spencer on 29th July 1918 in London, has been an important event for the British who have always shown deep respect for the...
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Anniversaries & Events 28.9.1981
(25) 150th Anniversary of the birth of Heinrich von StephanOn 9th October 1874, on the initiative of Heinrich von Stephan, the Director of the Postal Services of Germany, representatives from 22...
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CYPRUS GREECE 4000 YEARS HELLENISM - THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT KOURION 28.6.1993
The settlement of the first Greek speaking tribes around 2000B.C. in the area occupied by Greece today is the beginning of a long period of on-going presence of Hellenism on the stage of history....
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Ancient Coins 25.9.1972
Cyprus was, in the 6th century B.C., divided into ten kingdoms, those of Salamis, Paphos, Kourion, Kition, Lapithos, Marion, Amathus, Tamasos, Idalion and Soloi. Each kingdom had its own government...
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Bernard Buffet 4.2.1978
Bernard Buffet (10 July 1928 – 4 October 1999) was a French painter of Expressionism and a member of the anti-abstract art group "L'homme Témoin" (the Witness-Man).At the request of the French postal...
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Poets 6.3.1978
Dimitris Theophani Lipertis (1866–1937) is a Cypriot born Greek poet and is considered as one of the most prominent poets of the island.Vasilis Michaelides is considered by many and often referred to...
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Swiss - Aland Joint Issue 3.9.2015
On 3rd September 2015 sees the first joint issue between Åland Post and Swiss Post. The two stamps issued by both posts present glittering silver jewellery embellishing traditional folk dresses of the...
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New Zealand Health Stamps 1947
The fountain was unveiled on 29 June 1893, and was erected in memory of Anthony Ashley-Copper, the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, who was recognised as one of the greatest reformers of the 19th century. He...
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Saint-Amand Abbey 17.9.1977
Saint-Amand Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), once known as Elno, Elnon or Elnone Abbey, is a former Benedictine abbey in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord, France. The abbey was founded sometime in the 630s in...
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Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty and love 12.3.1979
The cult of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty and love, started in Cyprus and later spread to the other areas of the Greek world.According to mythology, Aphrodite was born rising from the foams of...
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Centenary of WWI: Gallipoli 1915
The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Çanakkale, was a campaign of World War I that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in...
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1948 Health stamps
The 1948 Health Stamps Issue depicted a boy sitting on a window sill with a background view of children at play at Roxburgh Health Camp. The hills in the distance are the Maunu Hills as seen from the...
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Sovereign Hill 2.9.1977
The discovery of gold in the 1850s and 60s is the most significant event in the evolution of the state of Victoria. Fuelled by extravagant stories of wealth gained at the 1849 Californian gold rush,...
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Postman Clearing Mail 8.4.1978
This FDC and the stamp on it depict the start of the journey of a letter. Here a postman is seen clearing a letter from an ornamental lamppost on which is mounted a letter-box in the early 1900's.Thank...
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Art of Salvador Dali (1904-89) 22.4.1994
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marqués de Dalí de Pubol (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia,...
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New Zealand Health Stamps 1951
A race between small yachts, set against a typical New Zealand coastal scene with the sun's rays prominently radiating from the top right-hand corner, was depicted on the 1951 Health stamps.The yachts...
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