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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Uruguay - Definitive Stamps 2010


Technical Details:
Country/ Post: Uruguay
Date of Issue: 20 October 2010
Primary theme: Economy & Industry, Agriculture & Food (Food & Cooking)
Width: 30.0 mm
Height: 42.0 mm
Layout/Format: self adhesive sheet of 25
Perforations: Imperforate
Stamp issuing authority: Administración Nacional de Correos
Illustrator: Carlos Menck Freire
Printer: Sanfer SRL

7.00 Uruguayan Pesos - Caramel Maker (Circulation: 200000)

Uruguay - Definitive Stamps 2010


Technical Details:
Country/ Post: Uruguay
Date of Issue: 19 August 2010
Primary theme: Economy & Industry, Mankind
Width: 30.0 mm; 42.0 mm
Height: 42.0 mm; 30.0 mm
Layout/Format: self adhesive sheet of 25
Perforations: Imperforate
Stamp issuing authority: Administración Nacional de Correos
Illustrator: Carlos Menck Freire
Printer: Sanfer SRL

25.00 Uruguayan Pesos - The Fishmonger (Circulation: 200000)

Uruguay - Definitive Stamps 2010


Technical Details:
Country/ Post: Uruguay
Date of Issue: 10 August 2010
Primary theme: Economy & Industry, Mankind
Width: 30.0 mm; 42.0 mm
Height: 42.0 mm; 30.0 mm
Layout/Format: self adhesive sheet of 25
Perforations: Imperforate
Stamp issuing authority: Administración Nacional de Correos
Illustrator: Carlos Menck Freire
Printer: Sanfer SRL

17.00 Uruguayan Pesos - The Leader (Circulation: 200000)
30.00 Uruguayan Pesos - The Ice Cream Man (Circulation: 200000)


Uruguay - Definitive Stamps 2010


Technical Details:

Country/ Post: Uruguay
Date of Issue: 27 May 2010
Primary theme: Economy & Industry, History of Peoples
Width: 30.0 mm
Height: 42.0 mm
Layout/Format: self adhesive sheet of 25
Perforations: Imperforate
Stamp issuing authority: Administración Nacional de Correos
Illustrator: Carlos Menck Freire
Printer: Sanfer SRL

5.00 Uruguayan Pesos - Craftsment - Seller of Trinkets (Circulation: 200000)
The Turk: Trinket Seller
It was a typical street vendor, carrying their boxes universes, it seems impossible that they could fit so many things.
They sold everything, there was nothing they could not deliver within the genre of cheap merchandise.
From the patchouli forged forks, until the rosary with her ​​crucifix.
Very high perished trumpeted by then reduced to trace amounts.
Many of them have made fortunes selling these trinkets, others left for the campaign and not a few of them were killed to steal their trinkets and carrying money.
The figure of Turkish Weekly was pulled from the literary and artistic ~ La Alborada ~ October 19, 1902, number 240 (Central Street)

10.00 Uruguayan Pesos - Craftsment - Shoemaker (Circulation: 200000)
The shoemaker or cobbler formerly called also was a trade that was transmitted by tradition or by circumstances of life, from grandparents to parents and parents to children.
The knowledge was passed down from generation to generation.
Cobbler's nickname was commonly put it into their own hands and helping a few utensils, arranged and composed shoes, utensils were the editor, the coast, the marker, picador, scorer, kickstand, hinge, donkey, brazier , cerate, razor, washcloth, etc ...today .... very difficult to find them.
Before it was customary to pay the shoemaker to make ends meet. A family had to repair the shoes of several of its members for a period of time, usually one month, and at the end of it, as if it were a salary, paid the shoemaker for his services. Currently, most of them perform other tasks such as selling shoes, arrangement of locks, keys etc. making...

Uruguay - Definitive Stamps 2009


Technical Details:
Country/ Post: Uruguay
Date of Issue: 27 November 2009
Primary theme: Economy & Industry, Agriculture & Food (Food & Cooking)
Width: 30.0 mm
Height: 42.0 mm
Layout/Format: self adhesive sheet of 25
Perforations: Imperforate
Stamp issuing authority: Administración Nacional de Correos
Illustrator: Carlos Menck Freire
Printer: Sanfer SRL

8.00 Uruguayan Pesos - Greengrocer

Uruguay - Definitive Stamps 2008


Technical Details:
Country/ Post: Uruguay
Date of Issue: 07 December 2008
Primary theme: Economy & Industry, Agriculture & Food (Food & Cooking)
Width: 30.0 mm
Height: 40.0 mm
Layout/Format: self adhesive sheet of 25
Perforations: Imperforate
Stamp issuing authority: Administración Nacional de Correos
Illustrator: Carlos Menck Freire
Printer: Sanfer SRL

8.00 Uruguayan Pesos - Pastry Cook (Circulation: 100000)
Today the Post issued a stamp Uruguayan more that will become part of the ongoing series we call ~ Crafts ~ and we have decided to issue from October last year, in tribute to the services most frequently performed in the past, but some only exist in memory of Uruguayans who had the honor to see them walking our streets or entering their facilities.
In this regard, since 6 October, shipments distributed in our country and abroad are reporting for images of The Peanut Vendor ~ ~ ~ the organ ~ ~ ~ The Apothecary, The Sharpener ~ ~ ~ ~ The Barber and ~ The Baker ~. From now on permanent series reverence for these workers, will be honored another job ~ ~ The Pastera designed by the painter Menck Freire, who also created the stamps above.

The history of pasta and therefore by their manufacturer with pulp mills, has been much discussed: according to some was a mixture of knowledge they had of Europeans (mainly Italians), the Chinese made noodles and tomatoes brought from America resulting in the creation of more varieties of dishes, as well as the shape, thickness and flavor of these.
The controversy over the true origin of pasta, from Marco Polo travel to Mount Vesuvius, with delightful anecdotes as enjoy a good homemade pasta.
Over the centuries, XI and XII, appears for the first time in Italy, dried pasta brought by the Arabs, just in Sicily, then under his control. It was a thin tube called pasta ~ ~ itrya.
In the middle of the sixteenth century were carried pasta cooks France Catherine de Medici and recommended by the court physician, Paul Jacques Malouin, a member of the Academy of Sciences and professor of the College of the second half France. eighteenth century, appeared in France a new profession of vermicelliers ~ ~ that using a device with holes, they transformed the dough into thin wire-like worms. In Italian vermi worm says ~ ~ and hence the name ~ ~ vermicelli, which is synonymous with the word ~ ​​~ spaghetti, Neapolitan word first appears in the middle of last century.
The pulp was also responsible for an important culinary breakthrough. By the time the spaghetti became the most popular food of the Neapolitans, they were eaten with bare hands because the bondholders, who had only two teeth, were used to roll up.
In the United States pasta were introduced by none other than Thomas Jefferson, who also imported the first machine to make spaghetti.
In terms of processing methods were also progressing with the passage of time. initially drawing only reserved for women, then industrial processing of the paste begins in the nineteenth century, more precisely in Naples in 1830. The mixing was done in troughs, container and wood rectangular extrusion press rough wood, drying the noodles are made in the sun. Subsequently, the invention of the hydraulic press using steam and drying by artificial means were history of current methods.
Disclosure outside the Italian borders, is also part of the history of pasta.
All countries north of the Alps, willingly accepted their consumption. Especially from industrial products, and who liked children and also they were cheaper.
After the Chinese, Italian is the most successful in the world.and surprisingly parallel development of stuffed pasta.
Fresh pasta, bought or handmade, have become popular and have reached every home, and more and more chefs from all countries that compete with the Italian specialists in pasta.
Our country has not been an exception to this rule, with Italian immigrants came and with them their customs, delicious meals with the family together, enjoying the delicious homemade pasta of the mamma.


Uruguay - Definitive Stamps 2007


Technical Details:
Country/ Post: Uruguay
Date of Issue: 18 November 2007
Primary theme: Economy & Industry, Agriculture & Food (Food & Cooking)
Width: 30.0 mm
Height: 41.50 mm
Layout/Format: self adhesive sheet of 25
Perforations: 11 by 11
Stamp issuing authority: Administración Nacional de Correos
Illustrator: Carlos Menck Freire
Printer: Imprimex

5.00 + 2.00 Uruguayan Pesos - The Baker (Circulation: 1000000)

El Correo Uruguayo through philately and its products, plays a role in dissemination of our social, cultural and historical.

In that sense, day after November 18, 2007 has been outstanding seal ~ The Baker ~ which becomes part of the series Crafts, which has five other reasons, the Peanut Vendor ~ ~ ~ the organ ~ ~ the Apothecary ~, ~ ~ and ~ the Sharpener the Barber ~, pretending to pay tribute to those workers whose jobs, in some cases only stay in the memory of the Uruguayans.

With the seal of the series Crafts ~ ~ The Baker just a tribute to the craft itself, the Post Uruguay committed to social causes, in solidarity and commits to the fantastic work being done in the Colonies of Psychiatric Care ~ Dr. Etchepare ~ and ~ Bernardo Dr. Santin Carlos Rossi ~.

In this sense, the label is now issued, with a circulation of one million stamps have a face value of $ 5 and a bonus of $ 2, meaning it, that all Uruguayans who purchase the stamp of the baker, in shops Uruguayan Mail from around the country, either to deposit an item, to collect or give away this beautiful stamp will be donated to the Colonies and Rossi Etchepare two Uruguayan pesos.

Uruguay - Definitive Stamps 2007


Technical Details:
Country/ Post: Uruguay
Date of Issue: 06 October 2007
Primary theme: Economy & Industry, Agriculture & Food (Food & Cooking)
Width: 42.0 mm ; 30.0 mm
Height: 30.0 mm ; 42.0 mm
Layout/Format: self adhesive sheet of 25
Perforations: 12 by 12
Stamp issuing authority: Administración Nacional de Correos
Illustrator: Carlos Menck Freire
Printer: Imprimex

1.00 Uruguayan Pesos - Peanur Seller (Circulation: 500000)
7.00 Uruguayan Pesos - Knife Grinder (Circulation: 200000)
10.00 Uruguayan Pesos - The Organist (Circulation: 100000)
25.00 Uruguayan Pesos - The Barber (Circulation: 50000)
50.00 Uruguayan Pesos - The Druggist (Circulation: 100000)

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Alderney - Centenary of British Red Cross Uniforms 2011


SPECIFICATION:
Date of issue: 28 July 2011
Designer: Robin Carter
Printer: Joh Enschede
Values: 26p, 47p, 48p, 52p, 61p, 65p
Process: Offset Lithography
Stamp sizes: 37.7mm x 28mm
Paper: 110gsm unwatermarked & PVA Adhesive
Perforation: 13.75 x 14.25
Sheet: 10
Cylinder: A

BACKGROUND
The British Red Cross is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest independent humanitarian network.

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement began in 1863, inspired by a Swiss businessman, Henry Dunant. He had been appalled at the suffering of thousands of men who were left to die due to lack of care after the Battle of Solferino in 1859.

Dunant proposed the creation of national relief societies made up of volunteers who were trained in peacetime to provide neutral support in times of war. In response to his vision the founding charter of the Red Cross was drawn up in 1863.

Following the outbreak of war between France and Prussia in July 1870, Colonel Robert Loyd-Lindsay wrote to The Times newspaper calling for a National Society to be formed in Britain. On 4 August 1870, a resolution was passed that "a National Society be formed in this country for aiding sick and wounded soldiers in time of war and that the said Society be formed upon the Rules laid down by the Geneva Convention of 1864".

In 1905 the Society was reconstituted as the British Red Cross, which was granted its first Royal Charter in 1908 by HM King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

In May 1919 the League of Red Cross Societies (now the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) was established and extended the role of national Red Cross societies from its focus on wartime relief to incorporate "the improvement of health, the prevention of disease, and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world".

In the UK, the British Red Cross has provided emergency relief following events such as the Lockerbie air disaster (1988) and the devastating summer floods of 2007. Working as part of the Movement, it has provided relief to the victims of international conflicts and disasters, including the Haiti earthquake in 2010.

With special thanks to the British Red Cross Museum and Archives.

36 p - Female VAD uniforms circa 1915
As part of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) scheme, British Red Cross volunteers were given official uniforms such as the red dress and stiff cults worn by Nursing Commandants. The first World War saw changes in uniform to make them easier to keep clean in combat conditions.

47 p - Male VAD uniforms 1915
The Male VAD uniform was issued in British Army khaki green during the First World War. Women ambulance drivers wore a badge made up of the Red Cross emblem and the Maltese Cross of the Order of St.John, in a double circle and enclosing the letters V.A.D.

48 p - Nurses uniforms 1966-1978
Changes in the design of nurses' uniforms were more gradual between the two world wars. Around 1925 an embroidered Red Cross emblem was added to the centre of the head veil. The Second World War saw the Red Cross nurses' uniform change to a short-sleeved, round collared dress with a drawstring waist.

52 p - Changes reflect practical requirements and fashion trends 1981-2001
The 1960s saw more changes to the uniform, reflecting practical requirements and fashion trends. Head veils were replaced by disposable paper caps and dresses became shorter. In the 1980s an adaptable 'mix and match' clothing range was introduced, more suited to the growing health and social care role of the British Red Cross.

61 p - Uniforms change to practical wear 2001
In 2001 the Red Cross uniform was replaced by work wear described as 'pratical clothing, fit for purpose', including polo shirts and fleeces. A new roundel was introduced to be worn on clothing to give greater visibility to the Red Cross emblem.

65 p - B.R.C work wear 2011
In 2009 a new range of British Red Cross work wear was introduced, bringing the first major change in clothing colour since 1911, from navy blue to red, white & grey. The formal uniforms remains navy blue.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Indonesia - Provincial Emblems 2008, 2009, 2010



Total: 33 pieces
Denomination: 1500 Indonesia Rupiah




Norwegia - Football Club's Coat of Arms


Special Stamps
Self Adhesive


Slovenia - Indepedence & Coat of Arms of Slovenia 1991-1992


Declaration of Independence: 1v (5 Slovenian Tolarjev)
Date of Issue: 26 June 1991
Drawing: Grega Košak
Design: Grega Košak
Motive: Tender plan of Slovene Parliament Building made by architect Jože Plečnik
Print: DELO - TISKARNA d. d., Ljubljana
Technique: offset
Sheet: 25
Paper: muflep 90g, gummed
Size: 30 x 42 mm
Cog: 101/2 x 101/2 mm
Cogging: line
Illustration: Grega Košak


Coat of arms of Slovenia:
The Slovenian coat of arms consists of a red bordered blue shield on which there is a stylised white mount Triglav. Under Triglav there are two bending lines that represent the sea and rivers, and above Triglav there are three golden, six-pointed stars, forming a triangle. The stars are taken from the coat of arms of the counts of Celje.

State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia: 4v
(6, 20, 50, 100 Slovenian Tolarjev)
Date of Issue: 26 December 1991
Design: Srečko Knafelc, državni grb: Marko Pogačnik
Motive: State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia
Print: DELO - TISKARNA d. d., Ljubljana
Technique: 4-colour offset
Sheet: 25
Paper: muflep 90g, gummed
Size: 25,6 x 34,5 mm
Cog: 14 x 14 mm
Cogging: line

State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia: 4v
(1, 4, 5, 11 Slovenian Tolarjev)
Date of Issue: 12 February 1992
Design: Srečko Knafelc, državni grb: Marko Pogačnik
Motive: State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia
Print: DELO - TISKARNA d. d., Ljubljana
Technique: 4-colour offset
Sheet: 50
Paper: muflep 90g, gummed
Size: 25,6 x 34,5 mm
Cog: 14 x 14 mm
Cogging: line

State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia: 1v
(1 Slovenian Tolarjev)
Date of Issue: 13 February 1992
Design: Srečko Knafelc, državni grb: Marko Pogačnik
Motive: State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia
Print: DELO - TISKARNA d. d., Ljubljana
Technique: 4-colour offset
Sheet: 50
Paper: muflep 90g, gummed
Size: 25,6 x 34,5 mm
Cog: 14 x 14 mm
Cogging: line

State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia: 1v
(5 Slovenian Tolarjev)
Date of Issue: 06 March 1992
Design: Srečko Knafelc, državni grb: Marko Pogačnik
Motive: State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia
Print: DELO - TISKARNA d. d., Ljubljana
Technique: 4-colour offset
Sheet: 50
Paper: muflep 90g, gummed
Size: 25,6 x 34,5 mm
Cog: 14 x 14 mm
Cogging: line

State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia: 4v
(2, 4, 11, 15 Slovenian Tolarjev)
Date of Issue: 16 March 1992
Design: Srečko Knafelc, državni grb: Marko Pogačnik
Motive: State coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia
Print: DELO - TISKARNA d. d., Ljubljana
Technique: 4-colour offset
Sheet: 50
Paper: muflep 90g, gummed
Size: 25,6 x 34,5 mm
Cog: 14 x 14 mm
Cogging: line


Indonesia - Folk Dances 1986


Issued on 23 June 1986

Folk Dances:
140 Indonesia Rupiah - Legong Kraton Dance
350 Indonesia Rupiah - Barong Dance
500 Indonesia Rupiah - Kecak Dance



Nauru - Flowers, Nature, Culture, Map 1973


Issued on 31 January 1973
Fifth anniversary of independence.

1c - Ekwenababae
2c - Kauwe Iud
3c - Rimone
4c - Denea
5c - Erekogo
7c - Ikimago
8c - Catching Flying Fish
10c - Nauruan 'Itsibweb' ball game
15c - Nauruan Wresterling
20c - Snaring Frigate Birds
25c - Nauruan girl with flower
30c - Men catching Nodody Birds
50c - Frigate birds
1D - Map of Nauru, Artifacts