Παρασκευή 20 Ιανουαρίου 2012

Marilyn Monroe - 2004 REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE DES COMORES




Marilyn Monroe - 2003 MAURITANIA


Πέμπτη 19 Ιανουαρίου 2012

Queen - 2002 KYRGRZSTAN


This is a beautiful sheet of 9 stamps, issued in 2002, depicting legendary Rock group Queen. The photos include Freddie Mercury, plus all of the other members.


75th Academy Award Winners - 2003 BENIN


This is a beautiful sheet of 6 stamps, issued in 2003, honoring winners of the 75th Academy Awards. It features Eric Armstrong, Adrien Brody, Elliot Goldenthal, Bill Guttentag & Robert David Port, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Martin Richards & Rob Marshall.

Τετάρτη 18 Ιανουαρίου 2012

Elvis Presley Death Anniversary - 2002 SOMALIA


This is a beautiful sheet of 9, issued in 2002, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the death of the famous King of Rock 'n' Roll singer and movie actor Elvis Presley.

Elvis Presley - 1999 TADJIKISTAN


This is a beautiful sheet of 6, issued in 1999, featuring the Grammy Award-winning King of Rock and Roll singer, Elvis Presley.

Elvis & Motorcycles - 2009 REPUBLIQUE DU MALI



This is a beautiful souvenir sheet, issued in 2009, featuring the King of Rock 'n' Roll singer & actor Elvis Presley and the Harley-Davidson motorcycle

Elvis Presley Souvenir Sheet - 2006 CONGO


This is a beautiful Souvenir Sheet, issued by Congo in 2006, honoring Elvis Presley. The sheet also includes a brief biography. 

Elvis Presley Movie Debut - 2006 ANTIGUA



This is a beautiful sheet of 4 stamps, issued by Antigua in 2006, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the movie debut of Elvis Presley. It shows movie posters from Charro!, Follow that Dream, G.I. Blues, and Blue Hawaii. 

Castles in Liechtenstein - 2011 LIECHTENSTEIN



Alongside distinctive landscape features such as the Rhine, the Eschnerberg and the Dreischwestern massif it is above all Liechtenstein’s castles and castle ruins which are the Principality’s defining symbols: they are immovable witnesses to their time which have outlasted the centuries and become romantic symbols of the Alpine monarchy.


But in two cases appearances are deceptive! Gutenberg Castle and Vaduz Castle, the residence of the Princes Liechtenstein, were given their characteristic form just 100 years ago. Of course the original buildings go back a long way, Gutenberg to the 12th century and Vaduz to the 13th, but until the renovations at the beginning of the 20th century they were just unprepossessing semi-ruins. The pictures on which the stamps designed by Adolf Tuma are based, show how these buildings looked towards the end of the 19th century.




These paintings are probably all by the Vaduz artist Moriz Menzinger (1832–1914). The first stamp shows “Gutenberg” Castle in Balzers (face value CHF 1.00). On the second stamp the “Schellenberg” ruins (face value CHF 1.40) can be seen. As there are two ruined castles in the Liechtenstein community of Schellenberg, here the older of the two is meant. The “Schalun” ruin (face value CHF 2.00) in the Vaduz Forest, steeped in legend and also known popularly as the “Wildschloss” (“Castle in the wild”), is featured on the third stamp. The fourth stamp in this issue is “Vaduz” Castle (face value CHF 2.60) viewed from the north.


The distinctiveness of this issue lies in the four first-day postmarks, which – contrary to the established practice of always having only one postmark per issue – show for each pictured castle a corresponding coat of arms. On the “Gutenberg” stamp this is the arms of the Counts of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, on the “Schellenberg” stamp the arms of the Lords of Schellenberg, on the “Schalun” stamp the arms of the Counts of Montfort-Werdenberg and on the “Vaduz” stamp the arms of the Counts of Sulz.