Antarctica Expedition stamps from Australia

 

 

Date of Issue : 9 October 2013

Australia Post will issue new stamps on Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) on 9th October 2013. This is the third in a four-year program celebrating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE).The stamps in this issue capture key moments in the year following the deaths of Ninnis and Mertz, and Mawson’s return to the base camp only to see the Aurora sailing away.

Mawson joined the small party of men who had remained behind to assist in the search for him. Over the next year, the group undertook significant scientific work in the harsh isolation of the region.

Walter Hannam – original wireless operator on the expedition who returned to Australia on the Aurorabefore the return of Mawson; Frank Wild – leader of the Western Party and third-in-command of the expedition; Extreme weather – a long, bleak winter faced the group who remained at base camp; Scientific work – kept the men occupied during the long, bleak winter; Antarctic wildlife – Weddell Seal and Cape Petrel.

The stamps are presented in similar se-tenant combinations as in previous issues of this series.The minisheet shows the returning Western Base party and the map of Mawson’s party indicating the place and date of Mertz’s death.

Source: Australian Post

New stamps from Czech Republic

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

Czech  Post issued a new postage stamp to commemorate 2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. 

The 2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships  took place in the Troja Centre, Prague, Czech Republic. The championships will be run on 11-15 September 2013.At the same time, the hosting Czech Canoe Union  celebrates 100 years of its existence.

Ships have sailed through Czech rivers through the ages. They were used for trade, travelling and hunting expeditions. One of the first documented sources mentions the Czech knight Zachař of Pašiněves who brought a kayak from Scandinavia and used it for travel.

The establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia, in 1918, boosted the development of water sports. The Canoe Union of the Czech Kingdom was reorganised into the Czech Canoe Union and focused mainly on water tourism. Its activities involved the creation of new camps alongside rivers and the organisation of various water sport competitions.

In 1925, the Czech Canoe Union became the fifth member of the International Canoe Federation. The Czech representatives initiated the first European Championships in Prague in 1933. Following intensive negotiations and the successful championships, canoeing sports became a part of the Olympics during the 1936 Berlin games. The Czech speed canoeists achieved great success by World War II. In recent years, the two-time Olympic champion Martin Doktor made the greatest contribution to the success of Czech canoeism.
A new discipline, water slalom, started to emerge in the 1930s. The first Czechoslovak competition took place in 1937 in Brno. One of the most successful Czech slalomists in recent time is the two-time Olympic champion Štěpánka Hilgertová.

Presently, the Czech Canoe Union has three branches; each works independently and is fully responsible for its own development. These are speed canoeing, white-water canoeing, and water tourism.
The achievements of Czech canoeing sports also include the privilege to organise European and world championships: Canoe Sprint World Championships in 1958; Canoe Slalom World Championships in 1967; Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships in 1993; Junior Canoe Slalom World Championships in 1996; European Canoe Slalom Championships in 1998; and Canoe Marathon World Championships in 2002.

Source: Czech Republic Post

New Stamps from Bulgaria

 

100 years of an ambitious project, the liner Titanic

Date of Issue : 10 April 2012

The Bulgarian Post  issued a  souvenir sheet  on 10 April 2012  to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the legendary RMS Titanic.

RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

100 years of the first baptism by fire of Bulgarian aviation in the sky over Edirne

Date of Issue : 10 April 2012

 

20th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition

Date of Issue : 07.04.2012

Europa 2012

 

Date of Issue : 4 April 2012

 

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New stamps from Malaysia…

 

Legacy of the Loom

Date of Issue : 12 January 2012

Yes To Life , No to Drugs

 

Date of Issue : 27 February 2012

Program Penyelidikan Antarctica Malaysia

Date of Issue : 8 March 2012

Underwater Life

Date of Issue : 21 March 2012

 

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New stamps from Australia..

 

 

Centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition

Date of Issue : 2 August 2011

This is the first in a four-year program of stamps celebrating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE). The series will be made up of five stamps issued each year until 2014 using the overall themes of departure and journey, arrival and exploration, science and triumphant return.

The initial five stamp strip shows the key moments in the departure of the AAE from Hobart and the journey to the Antarctic.

The SY Aurora carried the AAE to and from Hobart. The stamp photograph was taken by expeditioner Xavier Mertz and the map in the stamp shows the AAE's route.

Captain John King Davis, Captain of the SY Aurora, and second-in-command of the expedition.

The SY Aurora on Antarctic voyage. The stamp photograph was taken by expeditioner Andrew Watson and the postmark image is taken from a message sent by Bob Hodger on the SY Aurora.

Landing at Macquarie Island. The main photograph was taken by the Aurora's Second Officer, Percy Gray.. The background image, shows the Aurora off Macquarie Island and was taken by expeditioner Frank Hurley.

Birdlife on Macquarie Island. The main photograph was taken by expeditioner Harold Hamilton.

 

 Maxim Cards

 

Colonial Heritage - Emerging Identity

 

Date of Issue : 28 July 2011

This stamp issue is the second in a four-year series titled Colonial Heritage, developed to commemorate Australia's philatelic history. This stamp issue focuses on emerging colonial identity, representing the shift in colonial thinking, reflecting a greater sense of belonging in the "new" homeland.

Miniature Sheet

Kangaroo and Lyrebird
The kangaroo and the lyrebird originally featured in stamps marking the 1888 centenary of New South Wales, the first adhesive commemorative stamp issue to be released worldwide. The kangaroo, flanked by the Sydney flannel flower, was in a one shilling (1/-) brown design; the lyrebird, bordered with waratahs and honeysuckle, was in an eight pence (8d) magenta design. The other Australian colony to feature a kangaroo was South Australia, using it in a blue two-and-a-half (2½d) stamp design released in 1894.

Black Swan and Southern Cross
The Black Swan has a strong place in Western Australia's philatelic heritage. It remained the central motif of the colony's stamps from its first issue, in 1854, until stamp production was transferred to the Commonwealth in 1902. The Southern Cross featured on many Australian colonial stamps, the first of which was the five shilling (5s) New South Wales medallion stamp of 1861. This resonant symbol of the south also appeared in the designs of one Western Australian stamp, six Victorian stamps and four New South Wales designs, including stamp duty and charity designs.

Like the first in the series, this issue comprises stamps in double-definitive size, on paper featuring a simulated watermark.

Maxi Cards

: Australia Post