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Remembering Slavery and it's Abolition 10.5.2006
December 2nd is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery and marks the the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and...
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Catkins bring a promise of spring 24.2.2017
Sending Easter greetings has long traditions, and a postcard with a spring theme is a delight for all recipients. This year, the Easter stamp features a bunch of catkins painted by artist Maarit Ailio....
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The coronation of Napoleon 28.5.2004
The coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French took place on Sunday December 2, 1804 (11 Frimaire, Year XIII according to the French Republican Calendar) at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. It...
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National Philatelic Exhibition (NABRA), Bern from August 27 to September 5, 1965
The souvenir sheet on the first day cover was issued for the National Philatelic Exhibition (NABRA), held in Bern from August 27 to September 5, 1965. This is the companion issue to the regular...
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50th Anniversary of the Order of Grimaldi 3.5.2004
The embossed stamp on this FDC was issued in 2004 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Order of Grimaldi.
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Events & Anniversaries 21.2.1966
The three commemorative Swiss stamps, shown in the upper part of the image above, were issued on February 21, 1966.The 10 C. denomination stamp was issued to publicize the International Congress for...
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Monaco Cathedral Choir 100th Anniversary 5.4.2004
Monaco 2004 Cathedral Choir 100th Anniversary 1 value depicting Cathedral Building, Choirboy and Emblem - Founded in 1974 as a part of Monaco Cathedral Choir, and placed under the High Patronage H.S.H....
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Current Affairs 15.11.1967
(10c) 50th Anniversary Cogwheel & Swiss Week badge.(20c) Hour glass under a stylised sun. 50th anniv. of the Foundation for the Aged.
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Auxiliary Saints 1.3.2004
Devotion to the fourteen "Auxiliary Saints" began in Rhineland, now part of Germany, at the time of the Black Death.The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman...
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Daily life - A Century in Stamps 28.9.2002
Daily life - A Century in Stamps - "At School" (Paris, 1965)One of a set of five stamps.Thank you Merja.
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Sailing Ships 2.2.2017
The stamp depicting the barque Mariehamn is part of the sailing ship series that includes the stamps featuring the schooner Leo, the barquentine Lemland, the brig Altai, the barque Pehr Brahe and the...
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The 38th International Geneva Motor Show 14.3.1968
The special postmark on this FDC commemorates The International Geneva Motor Show is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. The show is hosted at the Geneva Palexpo, a...
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Joint French-Czech stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of the battle of...
This joint French-Czech stamp is devoted to the 200th anniversary of one the most important battles of Napoleon Wars, to the great Napoleon's victory at Slavkov-Austerlitz (South Moravia, Czech...
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Emile Zola 1840-1902 - Novelist and critic 5.10.2002
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important...
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Pioneers of Philately - Sir Rowland Hill 5.12.1968
The stamp on the FDC is one of a set of 8 stamps, commemorating Pioneers of Philately and very appropriately the first stamp is that of Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS (3 December 1795 – 27 August 1879)....
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Georges Perec 21.9.2002
Georges Perec (March 7, 1936 – March 3, 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World...
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Vigée-Le Brun, Self-Portrait 12.10.2002
There is an oft-quoted saying mis-attributed to Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, during a famine suffered by her subjects: If they have no bread, “then let them eat cake.” In fact, this statement...
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