Birth Centenary of Tạ Quang Bửu

 

On the 23rd of July 2010, the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications issued the stamp set "Birth Centenary of Tạ Quang Bửu (23-07-1910 – 21-08-1986)" consisting of 1 value of 2,000 đ.

 

Professor Tạ Quang Bửu was born into a family of teachers on July 23rd, 1910 in Hoành Sơn village, Nam Hoành commune, Nam Đàn district, Nghệ An province. In 1922, he passed the entry exam into Quốc Học Huế (National High School) at the 11th rate. After that, he moved to Hanoi to study in Bưởi School. In 1929, he excellently graduated the first Degree of Mathematics in Vietnamese and French, he received a scholarship of the Oversea Student Association (Hội Như Tây Du học) of Nguyễn Hữu Bài going to France to study.

Birth Bicentenary of Charles Robert Darwin (1809 - 1882)

On the 12th of February 2009, the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) issued the stamp set: “Birth Bicentenary of Charles Robert Darwin (1809 - 1882)” consisting of 01 value of 2,000đ.

Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He was the fifth child of a wealthy and sophisticated English family and second son of Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood.

Darwin was the British naturalist who became famous for his theories of evolution and natural selection. His 1859 book “On the Origin of Species” established evolutionary descent with modification as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature. After publication of “On the Origin of Species”, Darwin continued to write on botany, geology, and zoology until his death in 1882.

The 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Franz Liszt

 

The German Post has issued a stamp celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. Liszt became renowned throughout Europe during the 19th century for his great skill as a performer. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age and perhaps the greatest pianist of all time.

Birth Bicentenary of Frédéric Chopin

 

On the 22nd of February 2010, the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) issued the stamp set “Birth bicentenary of Frédéric Chopin (22/02/1810-17/10/1849)” consisting of 01 value of 2,000 đ.

 

The stamp set presented the picture of Frédéric Chopin against the image of his famous Ballade No.1 on the background of the picture of piano and the number of 200. That is a perfect lay-out of the stamp.

Frédéric Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He was one of the great masters of Romantic music. Chopin was born in the village of Żelazowa Wola, in the Duchy of Warsawa.

He was regarded as a child-prodigy pianist. Seven-year old Chopin composed two Polonaises, in G minor and B-flat major.

Traveller Enrique Stanko Vráz

On 14 April 2010, Czech Post  has issued the single stamp features the Czech traveller, Enrique Stanko Vraz. Enrique Stanko Vráz was a Czech traveller and photographer.  He was born in Bulgaria on  February 18th. His father was a Russian officer or even diplomat. His mother was a Czech.His origin is therefore somewhat mysterious. The only thing which is certain is that Vráz was a keen traveller.

During his travels across Africa, South and North Americas, Japan and South-East Asia he gathered an extraordinary collection of natural exhibits, including approximately 15,000 insects, 1,200 birds, 600 mammals and a good deal of other species. Some of them were purchased by the British Governor who exhibited them in Dublin.

A large part of the collection was donated by Vráz to the National Museum in Prague in 1885. He moved to Prague for a short time in 1907 but had to return back to the United States because of a lack of money. As an authorised representative of the Prague's National Council, he set up its American branch, and gradually became involved in politics.

Karel Hynek Mácha and His Region - 200th Anniversary of Birth

In year 1810,  Karel Hynek Mácha was born in Prague. He  was the leading Czech romantic author. His lyrical epic poem Máj (May) is one of the most beautiful works of the Czech literature.

Mácha went on to study law at Prague University; during that time he also became involved in theatre and joined the amateur company led by Josef Kajetán Tyl.

He loved visiting old and ruined castles where he often stayed overnight. In a letter written to a friend of his after a night spent at the castle Houska he described a terrifying dream during which he descended into a deep hole at the castle and met demonic beings.

Birth Centenary of Nguyễn Hữu Thọ

 

Lawyer Nguyễn Hữu Thọ was born on July 10th, 1910 in Long Phú village, Long Hưng Hạ canton, Trung Quận district, Chợ Lớn province (now in Bến Lức town, Bến Lức district, Long An province) .

In childhood, he studied at Long Mỹ Primary School, Rạch Giá. At 11 years old, he went to French to study. In 1932, he graduated with a Bachelos degree in Law at Aix en Provence University of Law and Literature.

 

 

In May 1933, he left France for homeland. He applied for a job as an apprentice lawyer at democratic and progressive French lawyer's office in Cochin China.

In 1947, he participated in the patriotic movement of intellectuals in Sài Gòn - Chợ Lớn. In 1948, he jointed the Liên Việt Front and one year later, on October 16th, 1949, he was admitted into the Indochinese Communist Party. At the first Congress of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front (SVNLF), he was entrusted the important position as Chairman of the SVNLF Central Committee.

Australian Legends - Tennis

 

On 24 January 2003 , Australia Post issued the stamp set feature the Australian  tennis legends . The issue consist of 4 postage stamps and designed by Belinda Marshall

The recipients of the 2003 Australia Day, Australian Legends Award and the subjects of this year’s Australian Legends stamp issue – Margaret Court MBE and Rod Laver MBE – are undeniably giants of, not simply Australian tennis but world tennis. 

 

Margaret Court

Margaret Court is possibly the greatest women’s tennis player of all time. She was born in Albury in New South Wales, on 16 July 1942 and rose to prominence when she won her first Australian singles title. In 1970 Court won the second ever female Grand Slam and she remains the only player to achieve a Grand Slam in doubles as well as in singles.

Margaret Court MBE with her Wimbledon trophy after winning the title

Court went on to win seven Australian titles in a row and in 1963 she was the first Australian woman to win Wimbledon.

 

She retired briefly then returned to international tennis in 1967 and continued winning major titles after the birth of the first of her four children.

120th Birth Anniversary of President Hồ Chí Minh (19-05-1890 – 02-09-1969)

 

On the 16th of May 2010, the Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) issues the stamp series  “120th Birth Anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (19-05-1890 – 02-09-1969)” consisting of 1 value of 2,000 đ at Nghệ An province - Hồ Chí Minh's native land.

 

President Ho Chi Minh is the great leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party & people, the founder of this Party & State of Vietnam. His portrait, life & cause have been deeply engraved in mind and unforgettable remembrance of Vietnamese people and the world's peace-lovers as well forever.

The Centenary of Bung Hatta - 2002

The Indonesian Post released the stamps features Bung Hatta for celebrating of his centenary  in year 2002. The issue stamp consist of 4 postage stamps and  represented in a miniature sheet.

Bung Hatta settled as the first vice president of Indonesia Republic.He is brightening agent the nature of thinking.He was induced Indonesian people to develop democracy.

Mohammad Hatta was born on August 12, 1902 in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera.Original his name is Mohammad Attar, but rather difficult to spell it so that often call him with “Atta” , furthermore  with “Hatta”.He was growing up in family that gives the value of hard-work, honesty, rightness, discipline and strong-religion norm  This condition influenced to his attitude and social behaviour.

The Beatles on British stamps

On year 2007, Royal Post has issued the stamp series featuring The Legendary Band, The Beatles on the miniature sheet and set of six stamps.

The Beatles gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first single, "Love Me Do", became a minor hit in late 1962, and acquired the nickname the "Fab Four" as Beatlemania grew in Britain over the following year. By early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market. The band toured extensively around the world until August 1966, when they performed their final commercial concert.

The Beatles are the best-selling band in history, and over four decades after their break-up, their recordings are still in demand. They have had more number one albums on the UK charts and have held the top spot longer than any other musical act.

Marilyn Monroe

 
 

Tuvalu Post issued this stamp on 15 October 2007.

 

 

Marilyn Monroe’s origin name is  Norma Jeane Mortenson but baptized and raised as Norma Jeane Baker, was born on June 1, 1926 .  Marilyn Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946.

 

 

St. Vincent & The Grenadines , 1995

Her early film appearances were not success. In 1950, her performance in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve were well received. In  1953, Marilyn Monroe had progressed to leading roles as in Niagara (1953), a melodramatic film noir. 

 

 

75th Birthday Anniversary of Elvis Presley.

The Gambia Post issued this stamp on 15 April 2011

On January 8, 1935 , Elvis Aaron Presley  was born in Tupelo, Mississippi . Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954 when Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, eager to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience, saw in Presley the means to realize his ambition.

Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was one of the originators of rockabilly, an up-tempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues

”PILIGRIM ROUTE OF JOHN PAUL II”

Pope John Paul II, called the Pilgrim Pope, is considered to be one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century who has served as the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years. During his papacy, John Paul II visited 129 countries, including Lithuania on 4-8 September 1993. He was the first pope ever to visit our country.

To commemorate this Pilgrim route, Lithuania Post issued one stamp depicts Pope John Paul II on May 07, 2011.

To mark the Pope‘s apostolic visit to Lithuania, the main shrines of Lithuania, the ones connected with this Pope, and the places which received the Holy Father’s attention, have been joined into the Pilgrim Route of John Paul II.

The 100th Anniversary of Bung Karno

The Indonesian Post issued the commemorative stamp series of the 100th Anniversary of Bung Karno on June 06, 2001.This issue depicts Soekarno pictures in 4 postage stamps.

Bung Karno was born on June 6, 1901 in Surabaya. He was born on the break  of the day. Kusno is initially  name given by his parent. Since he was a sickly boy, then  his name changed with Karno and added with prefix “Soe”, became Soekarno. It is means the good knight.

The Spanish Cinema -2011

Espana Post to commemorate the Spanish Cinema in year 2011, issued the stamp series depicted persons who are brilliant and dedicated in the Española film, Luis Garcia Berlanga and Rafael Azcona.

Film director Luis Garcia Berlanga (Valencia, 1921-Madrid, 2010) studied in the Institute for Research and Cinematic Experiences in Madrid, an institution created in 1947 offering training in the various disciplines within film production. He soon made his debut as film director and in 1951 directed Esa pareja feliz (That happy couple) in collaboration with Juan Antonio Bardem​. Both filmmakers are considered to be the main innovators of Spanish cinema after the war.

Amongst the first films of García Berlanga are Bienvenido Mr. Marshall, which reflects the humbleness of the inhabitants of a small town hoping to be rescued by a visiting American delegation.

The Popular Character of Spanish 2011.

Four leading names in literature and politics depicted on this Popular Characters issue of 2011. This issue comprises of 4 single stamps and was issued on October 3, 2011. The issue stamps depicted the famous persons are Miguel Delibes, Luis Rosales, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Miguel Servet​

Journalist and writer Miguel Delibes​ (Valladolid, 1920-2010) is one of the authors who has best described the relationship between man and the rural environment and nature. Since his first novel La sombra del ciprés es alargada published in 1948 and until shortly before his death, writing was his means of communication. He received all major literature awards.

Australian Legends - Medical Scientists

 

Australia’s scientific communities are recognised internationally for their research. The foundation for their success was set in the first half of the twentieth century with the ground breaking discoveries made by Howard Florey and Frank Macfarlane Burnet. 

 

Although these five Australian’s names may not be familiar, to be proud to honour the work of five medical scientists, each of whom has a lifetime record of achievement in their individual fields, the Australian Legends Award given to Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE, Nancy Millis AC MBE,Peter Doherty AC,Fiona Stanley AC, and Donald Metcalf AC.

The stamps series feature above medical scientists issued on January 23, 2002 and designed by Symone Lambert from Australia Post Design Studio 

 

 

Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE has increased our understanding of the immune system by demonstrating that a single lymphocyte makes only a single type of antibody.

 

 His classic work confirming Burnet’s theory of antibody formation was a watershed in understanding the immune system. He is currently chair of the major advisory committees guiding global immunisation.

Dame Joan Sutherland

 

Dame Joan Sutherland, one of the world’s greatest opera singers, is the 2004 Australia Post Australian Legend. The stamps issued on January 23, 2004.

Sutherland is a marvellous soprano, able to reach and maintain incredibly high notes and loved for her powerful voice and presence on stage. Adoring Italian audiences called her ‘La Stupenda’, the Great One.

 

 

Sutherland was born in Sydney on 7 November 1926. After finishing school she worked as a secretary and began formal singing training in Sydney with John and Aida Dickens.

She sang in concerts, oratorios and broadcasts throughout Australia before making her concert debut in Sydney as Purcell’s Dido in August 1947. Sutherland is known for rescuing many operas from oblivion, particularly in the field of Italian belcanto and in the French repertoire. 

Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary was a man of mountains and other adventurer. He achieved global fame as the conqueror the world’s highest mountain, Mount of Everest, in 1953. Sir Edmund Hillary  died in January 2008.

In  November 2008, New Zealand Post issued the special commemorative stamp series to pay tribute to this great man and his extraordinary achievements.

50c – Sir Edmund Hillary.

Sir Edmund Hillary is an ordinary man who achieved extraordinary things, who tackled everything from aircraft navigation to beekeeping, mountain climbing to jet-boating, and international diplomacy to becoming the only living New Zealander. 

The Cypriot Nobel Prize Winner

Christopher A. Pissarides is professor of economics at LSE ( The London School of Economic and Political Science) and holder of the Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics. He is also a fellow of the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE and of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He was awarded his PhD at LSE in 1973 and has been on the faculty since - for 38 years. 

He won the 2010 prize jointly for his work on the economics of unemployment, especially job flows and the effects of being out of work. He shares the prize with Peter Diamond from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Dale Mortensen​ from Northwestern University.

Legends of Australian Horse Racing

On year 2007 Australia Post Australian Legends Award celebrates six greats of Australian horse racing. Jockeys Scobie Breasley, George Moore and Roy Higgins, trainer Bart Cummings, thoroughbred breeder Bob Ingham and race caller John Tapp have all contributed immensely to a vibrant aspect of Australian social and sporting culture.The stamps are issued on 24th of January 2007 in uniform face value.

Scobie Breasley (1936):

Scobie Breasley AM was born Arthur Breasley in Wagga Wagga, NSW, in 1914. He achieved three Jockey’s Premierships in Victoria and a record five Caulfield Cups. During his career, Breasley rode 3,251 winners including over 1,000 in Australia and 2,161 in Britain. He rode over 100 winners in England every year from 1955 to 1964, and was Champion Jockey in 1957 and continuously from 1961-63.

Australian Legends - Fashion Designers - 2005

 

Every year since 1997 we have honoured the achievements of eminent Australians with a special Stamp release marking the Australia Post Australian Legends Award. The stamps have issued on January 21, 2005

The award comprises a gold replica Stamp presented to each recipient at an Australia Day lunch. This year's legends are Australian fashion designers: Prue Acton OBE, Jenny Bannister, Collette Dinnigan, Akira lsogawa, Joe Saba, and Carla Zampatti AM.

 

Prue Acton, OBE   was born in Benalla, Victoria .  She is an Australian fashion designer, and is often referred to as Australia's "golden girl" of fashion' during the 60's.

ln the 1960s Prue Acton brought Australian fashion to the attention of the world with her vibrant, youthful label. Acton graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in 1963, and established her own label.

 Two years later, New York's Lord Taylor devoted its windows to her clothes. By age 26 she had a multi-million-dollar business and was selling in four continents. Acton also designed the Australian Olympic uniforms (1978, Lake Placid, USA); (1984, Los Angeles); (1988, Seoul).

Aurel Stodola– The Technical Scientist of Slovakia

 

 

Aurel Stodola was born on 10 May 1859 in the town of Liptovský Mikuláš. His technical talent was already evident at school-age, therefore after completing his education at secondary grammar schools in Levoča and Košice he went on to study at the Technical University in Budapest.

 

 As an exceptionally successful student, Aurel Stodola earned a scholarship and the opportunity to study at the Polytechnic Institute in Zurich. He completed his studies in 1884, graduating from the Sorbonne in Paris. 

 

After working for a short time in Slovakia, he worked at several engineering plants in Prague. In 1892, he was invited as an excellent expert by the Technical University in Zurich as a lecturer for the newly-established Machine Construction Department. He lectured at the university until 1929.

Barack Obama–Noble Peace Prize 2009

Alfred Nobel was interested in social issues.Perhaps his interest in peace was also due to the use of his inventions in warfare and assassination attempts? He developed a special engagement in the peace movement. An important factor in Nobel’s interest in peace was his acquaintance with Bertha von Suttner.  Peace was the fifth and final prize area that Nobel mentioned in his will.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

Barack Obama–44th President of USA

Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital  in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is the first President to have been born in Hawaii. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was born in Wichita, Kansas and was of mostly English descent.In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Armour Dunham, and attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school, from the fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979.

A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.

The stamp issued by Antigua & Barbuda on Jan 20, 2009

Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, succeeding State Senator Alice Palmer as Senator from Illinois's 13th District, which at that time spanned Chicago South Side neighborhoods from Hyde Park – Kenwood south to South Shore and west to Chicago Lawn.

Gerd Kanter, Olympic gold medalist

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Gerd Kanter  was born  on May 6, 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia. Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he took gold with a throw of 68.82 meters, one meter ahead of second-place finisher Piotr Malachowski of Poland.

On 15 March 2009 he won the European Cup Winter Throwing event in Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain with 69.70. On 22 March 2009, he set a world indoor best 69.51 m in Växjö, Sweden. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he returned to defend his world title. He had a best throw of 66.88 m, which was enough for the World bronze medal.

Economist Ragnar Nurkse, Centenary of his Birth

For his 100th anniversary on 5 October 2007, the Estonian Postal Service commemorated Nurkse with an international letter stamp. He was policy maker mainly in the fields of international finance and economic development.

Ragnar Nurkse is beyond doubt the only economist of Estonian descent with a truly international reputation and apparently also the internationally best known Estonian savant of all times.

 

 

 

Ragnar Nurkse was born on 5 October 1907 in Käru village, now Raplamaa county of the then Governorate of Estonia of the Russian Empire, son of an Estonian father who worked himself up from lumberjack to estate manager and an Estonian-Swedish mother. His parents emigrated from Estonia to Canada in 1928.  

Gustav Ernesaks, birth centenary of the composer and choir conductor

The Estonia Post issued the personalise stamp series on the first January 2008 that features Gustav Ernesaks. Gustav Ernesaks was an Estonian composer and a choir conductor. The issued stamp is only one stamp  depicted him was in conducting action and one First Day Cover.

Gustav Ernesaks was born on 12 December 1908 at Perila near Tallinn. After graduating from the Tallinn Conservatoire in 1931, he worked for a longer period as teacher of music and in 1944-72 as lecturer at the Tallinn State Conservatoire (Professor since 1945).

He conducted several choirs and in 1944 called into existence the celebrated State Academic Male Choir (RAM), serving as its chief conductor until 1975 and as its artistic director up to the end of his days.

Popular Characters on stamps

 

Espana Post issued  the stamp series of the Popular Characters on June 11, 2010 features the famous person of medical science and music  which are represented by Gregorio Marañon and Julián Arcas.

Gregorio Marañón ( Madrid 1887-1960) was an eminent doctor and writer. He studied medicine at the University of Madrid and obtained a Phd in 1910. After a year of study and investigation in Germany, he returned to Madrid in 1911 where he studied endocrinology. In 1922 he became a member of the Academy of Medicine and years later founded the Institute of Medical Pathology of which he became director. He became university professor of endocrinology and published a large number of scientific works on this subject as well as the ageing process, the human behaviour and the vital processes of man besides publishing historical essays and biographies of great literary richness. He was elected Mp during the Republic but soon gave up on politics and moved to Paris during the Civil War. He returned to Madrid in 1943 and gradually resumed his medical work as well as his university and literary activities.

Sir Elton John in concert

The Tercentenary of British Gibraltar Elton John concert on the 10th September 2004 is undoutably one of the highlights of the Tercentenary celebrations calendar. With the majestic north face of the Rock as a backdrop, Sir Elton John performed on what is also Gibraltar’s National Day, at the Victoria Stadium.

The Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau have chosen to commemorate the occasion with a round Miniature Sheet featuring the £1.20 UK flag stamp also featured in the successful ‘Tercentenary’ miniature sheet released in April.

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Urbanisme–Carlos Maria de Castro

Spain devotes an issue to Town Planning with a stamp honouring Carlos María de Castro, engineer, architect and town planner of the ensanche (widening) urban development of Madrid.

The ensanche of Madrid was motivated by the increase in population and the social and sanitary problems that arouse due to shortage of land for house building purposes since the city had gone from 220.000 inhabitants in the early XIX century to 300.000 by the end of 1860. This resulted in Government pondering the advantages of extending the city and the Minister of Fomento, Claudio Mollano, commissioning Castro to undertake the project of widening Madrid from 800 hectares to 2.294, multiplying its surface area by three.





The stamp depicts a portrait of Carlos María de Castro belonging to the Ministry of Fomento (Public Works) and in the background features a map of the ensanche of Madrid , kept in the Archive of La villa de Madrid.The stamp was issued on April 20, 2010.

Carlos Maria de Castro participated in many public works as architect and engineer of the Ministry of Fomento.

Personality Stamps of Luxembourg 2010

Nicolas Frantz (1899-1985)

The Luxembourger racing cyclist Nicolas Frantz was born on 4 November 1899 in Mamer. In the course of his 12-years professional career (1923 to 1934) he got 60 victories.Nicolas Frantz also won the Luxembourg championship for 12 consecutive years (from 1923 to 1934).

In 1924, he placed second in the Tour de France and he was fourth the following year. In 1926 he was second once again, 1 hr 22 min 25 sec behind Belgian Lucien Buysse.
In 1927, Nicolas Frantz achieved immortality, beating the Belgian Maurice Dewaele by 1 hr 22 min 25 sec.

One year later, he won the Grande Boucle once again, this time by 50 min 7 sec over André Leducq.In 1929, Nicolas Frantz took fifth place in the Tour de France and won two stages. Frantz won Paris-Brussels in 1927 and Paris-Tours in 1929. He twice finished in the top three of the world championships.

He later became the Luxembourg sports manager in the Tour de France from 1949 to 1957. Nicolas Frantz was the sports manager of Charly Gaul’s first national team in the Tour de France.He died on 8 November 1985 in Mamer.

Jean Soupert (1834-1910)

Jean Soupert, born on 20 February 1834 in Dommeldange and died on 17 July 1910 in Limpertsberg, was a grower of roses.

With Pierre Notting, also a nursery grower at Constantin Wilhelm in Luxembourg-Clausen, Jean Soupert launched, in 1855, their own new rose business, “Soupert & Notting” in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg.

From 1856, the new roses developed: “Tour de Malakoff”, “La Noblesse” and “Duc de Constantine” (1857), achieved great success. Of the numerous medals won at international competitions in France, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, United Kingdom, and the United States of America, 130 have been preserved in the numismatic section of the National Museum of History and Art in Luxembourg.

Anne Beffort (1880-1966)

Anne Beffort was born on 4 July 1880 in Neudorf to a family of 10 children. The father was a gardener in Clausen (where young Anne got to know Robert Schuman). She died on 20 July 1966 in Davos (CH).

Holder of a teaching certificate, Anne Beffort began teaching at a primary school. This allowed her to put aside some modest savings, suffi cient though to pursue her aim: university studies. After receiving a subsidy from the Luxembourg government, she enrolled first at Münster, then at the Sorbonne. She was a student of professor Gustave Lanson, and the first Luxembourger to present a doctoral thesis, entitled “Alexandre Soumet, his life, his works (1908)”.

Upon her return to Luxembourg, Anne Beffort was asked by Aline Mayrisch to participate in the creation of the first public school for young girls. Anne Beffort taught French in this school which bears the name Robert Schuman and which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2010. She was relieved from her duties by the German occupier during World War II.

Anne Beffort published numerous articles in the daily press and in Luxembourg magazines, sensitizing public opinion on French-Luxembourg cultural relations.In 1937, she was the co-founder of the Friends of the Victor Hugo House Association in Vianden. She chaired this association until her death. Anne Beffort passed away in Davos in 1966 at the age of 86. Her ashes are kept at the Fetschenhof cemetery in Luxembourg.

Since 2003 the “Anne Beffort” prize is awarded each year by the Town of Luxembourg to a person or organisation working in the domain of equal opportunity between men and women.

The Engagement of HRH William of Wales

Official engagement portraits

On Nov. 16, the royal family announced that Prince William and Kate Middleton were engaged. The prince had popped the question to his longtime girlfriend during an October 2010 vacation to Kenya, it was revealed. The couple pose in their official engagement portraits, taken by photographer Mario Testino in the Cornwall Room at St James's Palace in London on Nov. 25, 2010. (Mario Testino / Reuters)
 

Many Postal Administration of Commonwealth Country, like Gibraltar Post  issued the stamp series feature the Engagement of HRH Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton  .The issuance of Gibraltar Post presented in one souvenir sheet comprised only one stamp.

FRYDERYK CHOPIN'S YEAR

On February 2010, Polish Post issued the stamp series depicted Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, to commemorate bicentenary of his birthday . The issuance comprised of 2 souvenir sheet depicted his statue.

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher, of French-Polish parentage. He was one of the great masters of Romantic music.

Chopin was born on  1 March 1810 in Żelazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, he grew up in Warsaw and completed his musical education there.

FOLLOWING THE TRACES OF KAROL WOJTYŁA - WADOWICE

Polish Post issued the stamp series feature KAROL WOJTYŁA  as known of Pope Paul Johannes II to commemorate the traces of the Pope on May 18, 2010.

Karol Józef Wojtyła (Anglicised: Charles Joseph Wojtyla) was born in the Polish town of Wadowice and was the youngest of three children of Karol Wojtyła, an ethnic Pole,and Emilia Kaczorowska, who was of Lithuanian ancestry.

As a youth, Wojtyła was an athlete and often played football as a goalkeeper.His formative years were influenced by numerous contacts with the vibrant and prospering Jewish community of Wadowice. In mid-1938, Karol Wojtyła and his father left Wadowice and moved to Kraków, where he enrolled at the Jagiellonian University. While studying such topics as philology and various languages at the University, he worked as a volunteer librarian and was required to participate in compulsory military training in the Academic Legion, but he refused to fire a weapon. 

Columbus

Christopher Columbus was born between 25 August and 31 October 1451 in Genoa, part of modern Italy.His father was Domenico Colombo, a middle-class wool weaver who worked both in Genoa and Savona and who also owned a cheese stand at which young Christopher worked as a helper. Christopher's mother was Susanna Fontanarossa. Bartolomeo, Giovanni Pellegrino and Giacomo were his brothers. Bartolomeo worked in a cartography workshop in Lisbon for at least part of his adulthood.

Bob Geldof

Malta Post issued a souvenir sheet featured Bob Geldof and comprised of one single stamp for commemorating his charity concert.

Bob Geldof or Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof was the leader of the Boomtown Rats, an Irish "new wave" band of the 1970s and '80s. The group had a string of hits in the United Kingdom and broke through to international popularity with the 1979 single "I Don't Like Mondays."

In 1984 Geldof turned activist, organizing 40 British pop musicians (including Sting, Bono and Paul McCartney) to record the tune "Do They Know It's Christmas" under the name Band Aid; the goal was to raise money for victims of starvation in Africa. The song was a tremendous hit and led to the mammoth twin charity concerts known as Live Aid, held in London and Philadelphia on 13 July 1985.

Geldof was given an honorary knighthood in 1986 and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2005 he helped organize another day of mega-concerts, called Live 8, urging leaders of the G8 nations to forgive African debt and increase aid to the continent. Live 8, with concerts in 10 cities around the world, was held on 2 July 2005.

Geldof married British TV presenter Paula Yates in 1986 and had three children with her: Fifi Trixibelle (b. 1984), Peaches (b. 1989) and Pixie (b. 1990). Yates and Geldof separated in 1995, when she began a relationship with Australian rock star Michael Hutchence.

He starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd The Wall. The tune "Do They Know It's Christmas" inspired a similar super group recording in the United States, "We Are the World," led by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones.

The 60th birthday of HRH Prince of Wales

Jersey Post celebrate the 60th birthday of HRH Prince of Wales by issued the single stamp and one souvenir sheet. The picture of  the Prince of Wales and his two sons applied on the souvenir sheet. 
 

The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, KG KT GCB OM AK QSO CD SOM GCL PC AdC(P) FRS  (Charles Philip Arthur George) was  born on  November 14, 1948. He  is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. Since 1958, his major title has been HRH The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is known as The Duke of Rothesay.

The 21st birthday of Prince Harry

Gibraltar Post has celebrated the 21st birthday of Prince Harry by issuing the special stamp series feature him since baby till he was young  boy as presented in the following souvenir sheet.

Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales  commonly known as Prince Harry is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, younger brother of Prince William,and fourth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As such, he is third in the line of succession to the thrones of 16 independent countries, though he is resident in and most directly involved with the United Kingdom.

Harry was born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, England, on 15 September 1984, weighing 6 lb 15oz. Harry was educated at independent schools, starting at Jane Mynors' nursery school and the pre-preparatory Wetherby School, both in London. Following this, he attended Ludgrove School, and, after passing the entrance exams, was admitted to Eton College, where he studied geography, art history, and art at A-Level. The decision to place Harry in Eton went against the family tradition of sending royal children to Gordonstoun.After graduation, the Prince took a gap year, during which he spent time in Australia, working (as his father had done in his youth) on a cattle station and participating in the Young England vs Young Australia Polo Test Match.

Diana Princes of Wales

Diana Spencer was born on  July 1, 1961 at Park House, Sandringham in Norfolk, England, the youngest of three daughters of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (later the 8th Earl Spencer) and his first wife Frances Spencer.

Gibraltar Post issued the commemorative stamp of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Twenty-year-old Diana became The Princess of Wales when she married Charles on 29 July 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral, which offered more seating than Westminster Abbey, generally used for royal nuptials. It was widely billed as a "fairytale wedding," watched by a global television audience of 750 million while 600,000 people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of Diana en route to the ceremony.

The marriage produced two sons: Princes William and Harry, currently second and third in line to the thrones of the 16 Commonwealth realms.In the private Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington on 21 June 1982, Diana gave birth to her and Prince Charles's first son and heir, Prince William of Wales. A second son, Henry, was born about two years after William on 15 September 1984.

The Bicentenary of the Birth of Charles Darwin

Year 2009 is both the 200th Anniversary or bicentenary of the birth of the greatest naturalist in history, Charles Robert Darwin, and the 150th Anniversary of the publication of his most famous work “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”. 

Vanuatu Post issued the commemorative stamp for the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin as presented above.

Born in Shrewsbury, Darwin studied at Edinburgh University and Christ’s College, Cambridge, before embarking at the age of 22 on a five-year journey to South America, the Galapagos Islands and beyond, aboard the HMS Beagle.At this time, most Europeans believed that the world was created by God in seven days as described in the Bible. 

Louis Braille

Louis Braille  was the inventor of braille a worldwide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. Braille is read by passing the fingers over characters made up of an arrangement of one to six embossed points. It has been adapted to almost every known language.

Braille was born on January 4, 1809 in Coupvray, France. In 1821, Charles Barbier, a former Captain in the French Army, visited Braille’s school. Barbier shared his invention called "night writing", a code of 12 raised dots . The Barbier’s method is difficult to learn. 

Macedonia Post to commemorate his birthday by issued the single stamp features his photo and his name in Braille  on year 2009.

HRH Prince William Engaged

The Isle of Man Post Office is delighted to celebrate the announcement that Prince William is to marry long-term girlfriend Miss Catherine Middleton next year. To mark this prestigious occasion in Royal history, the Isle of Man Post Office is issuing a miniature sheet featuring two stamps depicting Prince William and imagery of Kate and William together.

Prince William is second in line to the throne and now serving with the Royal Air Force.They met at St Andrew’s University in Fife in 2001 where they were both started out on the same history of art course. They graduated in 2005, the same year as their relationship became widely known.Now some eight years on, the couple are stronger than ever and look forward to their wedding which will be a great day of national celebration in 2011.It is expected to take place in either the spring or summer of 2011 and the couple will live in North Wales.The couple’s courtship has been somewhat of a fairy-tale.