1.- Bird stamps from Dominica.
Dominica is an island country in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi) and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of 1,447 metres (4,747 ft). The...
2.- Bird stamps from Djibouti.
Djibouti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east. Djibouti occupies a...
Denmark is a country in Northern Europe. The southernmost of the Nordic countries, it is located southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark forms part of the cultural region called Scandinavia, together with Sweden and Norway. The Kingdom of Denmark is...
Dahomey was an African kingdom (located in the area of the present-day country of Benin) which lasted from about 1600 until 1894, when the last chief Behanzin was defeated by the French and the country was annexed into the French colonial empire. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst...
5.- Top 10 Posts for May 2015 from Stamps of the World.
1.- Postage stamps and postal history of Romania This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Romania. The principality of Moldavia issued stamps immediately upon gaining autonomy in 1858, with the first cap de bour stamps being issued in July 1858. These were produced by...
6.- The Stamps of China (1908) (Part V).
The stamps were printed in Japan from designs proposed by the Customs Statistical Department in Shanghai. The values were in cents and dollars, and the unsold remainders of provisional stamps were withdrawn and superseded by this new issue? The three highest values were printed in two colours. The...
Dahomey was an African kingdom (located in the area of the present-day country of Benin) which lasted from about 1600 until 1894, when the last chief Behanzin was defeated by the French and the country was annexed into the French colonial empire. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst...
8.- Bird stamps from Czechoslovakia.
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993. From 1939 to 1945, following its...
The Emirate of Dubai is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the second largest emirate by area. Dubai is the capital city of the emirate, after which it is named. Ruler of the emirate is HRH Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and the emirate is governed by...
10.- Bird stamps from Dominican Republic.
The Dominican Republic has the ninth largest economy in Latin America and is the largest economy in the Caribbean and Central American region.Though long known for agriculture and mining, the economy is now dominated by services. The Dominican Republic's economic progress is exemplified by its...
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