75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

The Republic of San Marino commemorates his grandeur with a stamp dedicated to the anniversary of his birth.  The stamp issued on 5th October 2010 depicts Pavarotti's portrait on the left ,on the right, the chorus and orchestra.

Luciano Pavarotti, born in Modena on the 12th October, 1935, revealed his vocal talent at a very early age, passing hours in front of the record player and ransacking his father's record collection, an amateur tenor. In his teens he continued his vocal training with Maestro Arrigo Pola and then with Maestro Ettore Campogalliani.

Personality Stamp of Luxembourg - 2009

On May 12, 2009, Luxembourg Post issued the personality stamp set features the famous person of their country. The person depicted on three postage stamps are Henri Owen Tudor, Charles Bernhoeft, and Foni Tissen. 

Henri Owen Tudor

Henry Owen Tudor was  born on  1859 in Rosport.  Since a very young age, Henri Tudor was interested in electrical engineering and more particularly in lighting and in motors. Thomas Edison corresponded regularly with him and recommended the use of an accumulator to store energy during hours of low consumption and to redistribute this energy during hours of high consumption.

In 1881, Henri Tudor was still a student when he succeeded in building the first Tudor Accumulator which operated for 16 years without interruption. In 1884, Henri Tudor developed the energy car, a mobile accumulator-motor device for multi-purpose use: an electric motor for isolated farms, circuses, itinerant movie installations, military camps, etc.

Canadian Recording Artists - 2007

On June 29, 2007, Canadian Post issued the stamps set in souvenir sheet which composed of 4 postage stamps featuring the Canadian Recording Artists. The artists have  depicted  are Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Anne Murray and Paul Anka.

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr  was  born on November 17 1938 is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and internationally as a folk-rock legend.

Lightfoot's songs brought him international recognition in the 1960s. He experienced chart success in Canada with his own recordings, Lightfoot was one of his "favorite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure.Lightfoot was signed to Warner Bros.

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.