Smile of the World…..

Date of Issue : 18 April 2011

Polish Post issued on 18 April, a set of six beautiful stamps on smile of the world featuring smiling faces of people of different nations, photographed by Elzbeita Dzikowska. These colorful stamps are wonderful and sure to be liked by one and all as the stamps just make smile everyone !!

SMILE OF THE WORLD ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ELŻBIETA DZIKOWSKA

BEATIFICATION OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

To be issued on 28 April 2011

A souvenir sheet will be issued by Polish Post on 28 April featuring Beatification of Pope John Paul II

Beatification of Pope John Paul II

: Pocztz Polska

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Women of Achievement..

 

 

Date of Issue – 8 March 2011

Mother Teresa 

 

~ All The Wealth Of The World Could Not Buy You A Friend. Nor Pay You For The Loss Of One.~

Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu  was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.By the 1970s, she was internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless.  She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work.

 

Dame Margot Fonteyn

  

Margot Fonteyn in Ashton's Ondine, whose title role was created for her. This official postcard of her was autographed.

Dame Margot Fonteyn (18 May 1919 – 21 February 1991), was an English ballerina of the 20th century.She is widely regarded as one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of all time. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet, eventually being appointed Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the company by HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale Statue, London Road, Derby

Florence Nightingale,   (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. A Christian universalist, Nightingale believed that God had called her to be a nurse. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night.

Nightingale laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment, in 1860, of her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London, the first secular nursing school in the world. The Nightingale Pledge taken by new nurses was named in her honour, and the annual International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on her birthday.

Marie Curie

 

At a lab here, in 1890–91, Marie Curie did her first scientific work.

Marie Skłodowska Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish-born French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. She was also the first female professor at the University of Paris.

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International Woman’s Day…

 

Date of Issue – 15 February 2011

 

TODAY, Tuesday March 8, millions of women across the world will join together to celebrate what it means to be a woman.

This year the day will also mark the centenary of the very first International Women’s Day (IWD). Australia Post is commemorating the milestone with the launch of a special stamp issue.

“The stamp recognises the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future of the women”

The first IWD was launched on March 19 1911 by the leader of the Women’s office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. More than a million European women and men united to call for an end to discrimination and for the right of women to vote, work and hold public office.

Women to be remembered always …..

 

 

Women Who Left Their “Stamps” on History

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768442.html 

Great Women who made history…….

http://postalmuseum.si.edu/women/

Women on Stamps

http://reocities.com/wellesley/8984/womstamp-stamps.html

 

Slogan on Postal Receipt

 

 

8 March ( Mahila Diwas) Woman’s Day

: Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur

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100 Years of International Woman’s Day…

 

 

The first International Women's Day was celebrated in 1911 by four countries, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and Germany.  Centenary of Woman’s Day is being celebrated this year. It was on the 19th March and the demands were female voting rights, improvement of women's working conditions - and rights to be hired as public servants. In the following years the day was celebrated on different dates, but in 1921 they decided on the 8th March. The Post of Faroe Islands has issued a stamp celebrating the centenary of the International Women's Day.  The picture on the stamp depicts the most influential persons in the women's rights movements - Emmeline Pankhurst and Clara Zetkin.

Emmeline Pankhurst is known for her militant methods of struggle, such as interrupting political rallies, smashing windows or hunger strike. She is shown while her arrest at a demonstration at Buckhingham Palace in 1914.

Clara Zetkin, active on the feminist front, became head of the Social Democratic Party's women's office. In 1910 she was elected as chairperson of the International Socialist Women's Association, and it was in this capacity that she, at a woman's Congress in Copenhagen the same year, called for the introduction of the International Women's Day.

Issues commemorating INDIPEX 2011

 

: Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur

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World Philatelic Exhibition begins …

 

 

World Philatelic Exhibition,INDIPEX 2011 begins today in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi with the release of special Khadi stamp and a set of four  stamps to commemorate the centenary of First Aerial Post.

Sierra Leone Post issued the stamp series feature Lotus flower  in one souvenir sheet and one sheetlet which comprised of 4 stamps. The issuance are commemorative stamps for their participation at The International Stamp Exhibition, Indipex 2011.

Indipex 2011 stamps

Marie Curie 

Date of Issue – 7 February 2011

Hi ! Here are  new stamps issued to commemorate Marie Curie, the greatest scientist of all times. She had the distinction of receiving Nobel Prize twice. In the year 1906 for Physics and in 1911 for Chemistry ! Spain and French Post recently honored this great Scientist by issuing commemorative stamp on her during International Year of Chemistry. 

International Year of Chemistry

The General Assembly of the United Nations has proclaimed 2011 as International Year of Chemistry and philately joins in this celebration with a commemorative stamp.

The IYC 2011 is an initiative of IUPAC, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and of UNESCO. The goals of IYC2011 are to increase the public appreciation of chemistry in meeting world needs, to encourage interest in chemistry among young people, and to generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry.

Date of Issue - 27 January 2011

The year 2011 will coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Madame Marie Curie and with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Chemical Societies.Throughout the year there will be a wide range of interactive, entertaining, and educational activities under the unifying theme “Chemistry—our life, our future” emphasizing that chemistry is a creative science essential for sustainability and improvements to our way of life and how chemical research is critical for improving our every day life as it is involved in the production of food, health and a large number of manufactured goods.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Marie Curie, was a Polish-born French scientist. The daughter of a distinguished professor, she was born in Warsaw in 1867 where she studied until the age of 24 when she moved to Paris to continue her studies at the Sorbonne. She obtained a degree in physics and mathematics and in 1895 she married French physicist Pierre Curie and became his most effective collaborator. A few years later she obtained her Phd with a thesis dedicated to radioactive substances. In 1898 in collaboration with her husband she discovered two new chemical elements: polonium, named in reference to her native country and radio.

In 1903 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics shared with her husband and physicist Henri Becquerel for discovering radioactivity. After the death of her husband in 1906, she became professor of physics at the Sorbonne thus becoming the first woman who taught at the University of Paris. Author of several books and founder of the Radium Institute, in 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the first person to receive this. distinction twice. Marie Curie died in 1934 near Salanches (France).

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Taj Mahal on stamps and Postmarks…

 

 

Hi ! Here  are some nice stamps and postmarks issued on Taj Mahal, the Pride of India. Surniame issued a stamp on Taj in 1997. Cuba issued a set featuring seven modern wonders of the world on 16 August 2007. The First day Cancellation depicts Taj Mahal. Nicaragua issued a set of 3 stamps on famous women of the world in 1996. Taj appears on one of the stamps with Mrs Indira Gandhi. My thanks to Kenneth Sequeira of Dubai for today’s Post. This is all for Today….Till next Post….Have  a Great Time !

 

Taj Mahal – The Pride Of India

 

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