Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Cyprus - Cypriot Noble Prize Winner



Cyprus - Noble Prize Winner

Cyprus postal authority has issued a special stamp to mark the Cypriot Noble Prize Winner - Christopher A Pissarides. The stamp was issued quite recently - on June 8, 2011 (click - source). Dr Pissarides is Professor of Economic at the London School of Economics (LSE). He won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Eonomic Science (read Dr Pissarides homepage - here).



Cyprus - Christopher A Pissarides

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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Colombia: El - Espectador Anniversary


Colombia postal authority has issued two special stamps to mark the 120th anniversary of newspaper "El-Espectador". The stamps were issued on June 28, 2007.



El-Espectador newspaper anniversary (Colombia)

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Setem Malaysia 1963 - 9th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference


Setem keluaran khas sempena 9th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. Tarikh keluaran November 4, 1963.



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Friday, June 17, 2011

Setem Malaysia 1963 - Installation of the Sultan of Perak Sultan Idris Shah II


Setem keluaran khas sempena Installation of the Sultan of Perak Sultan Idris Shah II. Tarikh keluaran Oktober 26, 1963.




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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Setem Malaysia 1963 - 4th World Orchid Conference Singapore


Setem khas sempena 4th World Orchid Conference, Singapore. Tarikh keluaran Oktober 3, 1963.

WOC pertama diadakan di St Louis USA  pada 1954. Kemudian di Honolulu pada 1957. WOC ke3 di London pada 1960.




Petikan woc trust - link:

Singapore was the host city of the 4th World Orchid Conference under the auspices of the Malayan Orchid Society. It was at his conference that a Handbook Committee was established and authorized to create a Handbook on Orchid Nomenclature. 
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Setem Malaya 1963 - Cameron Highlands Hydroelectric Scheme


Setem Malaya keluaran 1963

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Petikan world bank - link:

The First Power Project for Malaysia will assist in financing the construction of a 79,300 KW hydroelectric power station located about 100 miles north of Kuala Lumpur in the Cameron Highlands area of the Federation of Malaya. It is the first stage of a scheme to develop the power potential in a group of streams on the Cameron Highlands plateau. It will utilize the waters of the Kial, Telom, Habu and Bertram rivers and, within an overall distance of approximately 15 miles, discharge the outfall into the Batang Padang river.

Tarikh keluaran Jun 26, 1963.

Rancangan Haidero Letrik Cameron Highlands

Setem 20sen dan 30sen

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Setem Malaya 1963 - Formation of Malaysia


Setem khas sempena penubuhan Malaysia. Keluaran pada September 16, 1963.

Petikan myfdc - link:

The original date for the formation of Malaysia was 01 June 1963. However this was postponed to 31 August 1963 in order to align with Merdeka Day. However due to objection from neighbouring countries, the date is postponed again to 16 September 1963.






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Monday, June 6, 2011

Setem Malaya Keluaran 1963 - Mencegah Kelaparan


Setem Malaya keluaran tahun 1963.

  • 21 March: Freedom from Hunger
  • 26 June: Cameron Highlands Hydroelectric Scheme
  • 16 September: Formation of Malaysia
  • 3 October: 4th World Orchid Conference, Singapore.
  • 26 October: Installation of the Sultan of Perak Sultan Idris Shah II. 
  • 4 November: 9th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Kuala Lumpur.

The stamp "Freedom from Hunger" for Malaya in 1963 was issued as part of a worldwide campaign by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to raise public awareness of global hunger and encourage action to solve it. As a participating country, Malaya issued these stamps to support the campaign's goal of collecting funds and coordinating efforts to combat world hunger.

 

Mencegah Kelaparan - setem tahun 1963


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