Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Cover - Liechtenstein



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Cover - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo Government), Country #118



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Cover - Burkina Faso, Country #117



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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Cover - Niger, Country #116



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Cover - Jordan, Country #115



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Friday, March 20, 2015

Cover - Pakistan



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Cover - Bangladesh



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Cover - Libya, Country #114



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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Christmas Mail 2014 20 - Brazil



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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Tanzania - Pt 4

Official Stamps of Tanzania. Stamps overprinted OFFICIAL.
1967. Fish
1973. Butterflies
1980. Wildlife.


Miniature Sheets
1985. Tanzanian Railway Steam Locomotives (1st Series)


1987. 60th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.


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Tanzania - Pt 3

Some more near complete sets.
1992. 500th anniv of discovery of America by Columbus.
1992. Birds
1992. Cats

1992. Makonde Art
1993. Sports
1993. Reptiles


1993. Sharks
1993. Military aircraft
1993. Dogs

1993. National Parks
1993. Horses
1994. Prehistoric animals
1994. Endangered species


1994. Arachnids

1994. Flowers


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Tanzania - Pt 2




Near complete sets in the following pages.
1991. Prehistoric creatures
1991. Elephants

1991. Locomotives of the world
1992. Fish
1992. Shells


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Tanzania - Pt 1

This is my collection of stamps of Tanzania. Tanzania was formerly known as Tanganyika. Tanganyika joined Zanzibar on April 26, 1964, to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. In October 1965 the name was changed to United Republic of Tanzania.

One of the few countries in my collection with the first stamp issue of the country. As per the SG catalog, the first stamp, that you can see below, is the 5c, Hale hydro-electric scheme stamp, from the 1965 definitives series.

1965. Definitives.
1967. Fish

1973. Butterflies


1979. Inaugration of Mwenge Earth Satellite. Complete set.

1980. Wildlife




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Sunday, March 8, 2015

Uganda

A British protectorate in Central Africa until it attained independence within the British commonwealth in 1962. From 1903 to 1962 used stamps of Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika.

1962. Centenary of Speke's discovery of Source of Nile
1965. Birds.
1969. Flowers
1975. Ugandan crops.


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Tunisia



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Togo



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Sudan

A territory in Africa, extending south from Egypt towards the Equator, jointly administered by Gt. Britain and Egypt until 1954 when the territory was granted a large measure of self-government. Became independent on 1 January 1956

Have got few of the Arab postman on camel stamps. Wish to have them all. All of the different colours and Arabic inscriptions. A good prospect for a collector like me.

1921. Arab postman, first row.
1941. Tuti Island, R. Nile near Khartoum.
1951. Definitives. First four stamps on the third row.
1962. Definitives. Fourth row.


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Mozambique

Former overseas province of Portugal in East Africa, granted independence in 1975. The republic of Mozambique joined the commonwealth on 12 November 1995.

First stamp in my collection of Mozambique is the 1911 King Carlos type overprinted REPUBLICA, 25r red stamp.

The block of 4 is the 1938 Vasco da gama, 1c green stamp.


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Mauritius

An island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. Attained self-government on 1 September 1967, and became independent on 12 March 1968.

Oldest stamp of Mauritius in my collection is the 1910 Coat of arms, 2c stamp.

1953 Definitives with portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

One stamp from the 1965 Birds set.

5 stamps of the six 1968 Independence set.

8 stamps of the 1969 Marine life set.


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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

To commemorate the sporting event, New Zealand Post on Feb 4 2015 has issued official ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 memorabilia, consisting of a unique dome-shaped commemorative coin, a sheet of stamps and a set of first day covers that represent the fourteen contesting teams.

The sheet you see below has been customised as per Indian requirements and includes an image of the World Cup trophy with the inscription ICC Cricket World Cup Champion 1983 &2011 INDIA. The souvenir sheet is available for sale in India on the Indian portal E Post Office and at all Indian philately bureaus.


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Saturday, March 7, 2015

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb region of western North Africa. Formerly a French colony extending inland to the Sahara, incorporated in French West Africa from 1945 to 1959. In 1960 Mauritania became an independent Islamic Republic.

The currency is Ouguiya (um). Have few stamps from the 1963 Animals set and the following complete sets.

1979. Winter Olympic Games. Lake Placid (1980).
1984. Olympic Games. Los Angeles.
1988. Olympic Games. Seoul (2nd Issue)
1990. World Cup Football Championship, Italy (2nd Issue)


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Congo (Kinshasa)

This Belgian Colony in Central Africa became independent in 1960. In 1971 the country was renamed Zaire and later issues were inscribed Republique du Zaire.

Only these four stamps here.


To me, stamps of Congo were mostly confusing.
There is Congo (Brazaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire and Belgian Congo and Peoples republic of Congo, and stamps inscribed Republique du Congo, Republique populaire du congo, Congo and Republique democratique du Congo all making it one big mess to sort, arrange. I figured it all out as follows with help of my catalogues and the internet.

Presently there are these two countries with Congo in their names. These are neighbouring countries
1. Democratic Republic of Congo (the Congo we are talking about here in this post)
2. Peoples Republic of Congo. See also, my post on Congo (Brazaville).

The Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly known as, in chronological order, 
Congo Free State (1885 - 1908), 
Belgian Congo (1908 - 1960), 
Republic of Congo (Leopoldville, the then capital city) (1960 - 1965), 
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965 - 1971), 
Republic of Zaire (1971 - 1997) and 
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997 - Present). 

Each entity issued its own stamps. The stamps you see on this post are the stamps from during the period 1960 - 1971, as emboldened above.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Postcard - Singapore




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Postcard - Canary Islands - Spain




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Cover - Belize



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