It was tour hundred years ago - 1609 -that the Italian physicist, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei first looked at the sky thro...
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Aland, Two Christmas stamps this year
In 2009, thè Àland Post will be issuing two Christmas stamps for the first time, one with the denomination Julpost, the other with the den...
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Aland, Martti Ahtisaari's view of Àland
Finland's formar president Martti Ahtisaari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2008, and thE Àland Post is proud to present o...
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Belgium, Spike and Suzy (self adhesive)
Spike and Suzy are comic strip figures that have grown large in tho collective memory of Belgium and thè Netherlands. More than 60 yea...
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Belgium, Christmas & New Year
* Included in thè postage stamps subscription. This year's Christmas and New Year stamp depicts thè centrai stained-glass window o...
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Belgium, German Comunity
The euro turns 10 (self adhesive stamps). Every country needs a safe, durable and easy to use means of payment. As from 1832, Bel...
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Belgium, Human Right
In every society there have to be agreements to avoid total chaos. In thè Middle Ages, thè risk of thè powerfui abusing thè powerless led t...
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The history of the German-speaking part of Belgium has certainly been a very eventful one
* Included in the postage stamps subscription. In the Great War the inhabitants of Eupen-Malmedy fought on the side of the German Reic...
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Belgium, The Euro Turn
Every country needs a safe, durable and easy to use means of payment. As from 1832, Belgium used thè frane as its currency. The respons...
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Belgium Music; The This is Belgium VI series focuses this time on Belgian music
The This is Belgium VI series focuses this time on Belgian music. The ten names - solo per-formers and ensembles - in this book represent e...
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Belgium, the Smurfs
The Belgian cartoonist Peyo first introduced thè world to the Smurfs on 23 October 1958, although they were no-thing more than incidental...
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Belgium, Stamps Festival
The history of thematic philately - and so 'religious philately' - could be said to go back to the very first postage stamp, the Pe...
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Belgium, The First World War
Joint issue with New Zealand. The Great War has shaped the landscape and left its traces. The plains of thè river Uzer (Yser) are stili e...
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Belgium, Mustelids
Mustelids are the largest family of carnivorous mammals, comprising some 70 species, spread across the globe, except for Australia and Anta...
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Belgian Photographers
In these postage stamps De Post-La Poste looks through the lens of five Belgian photographers: Tim Dirven studied photography at Saint-Luca...
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Belgium Congo 1908-2008: the famous "Elephant Hunt".
This postage stamp is actually a stamp within a stamp, as it is a reproduction of thè famous "Elephant Hunt" issue. It is one of...
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Belgium Museums: 90 years after The First World War
The National Footwear Museum in Izegem takes us back to an age when the town's shoes were synonymous with luxury and quality. Izegem...
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Aland, Perforated astronomy stamp
The theme far thè 2009 Europa stamp is astronomy. Àland Post depicts thè Big Dipper constellation or thè Plough (UK), thè stars of which hav...
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Aland, an underwater stamp
In May, thè stamp "Diving" by Anette Gustafsson will be out, She has illustrateti dìvers at thè wreck Plus. The "Diving"...
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Stamps of Aland, postal stationery cards
This year's three items of postal stationery were designed by Chiqui Mattson, living in Stockholm but with her roots in Àland. The three...
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