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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Hong Kong - Old Town of Lijiang

Hong Kong Post has issued a stamp series on World Heritage of China. The stamps were issued on Nov, 25, 2003. Among the heritage selected is the Old Town of Lijiang.

Hong Kong - Old Town of Lijiang, China

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Argentina - Telecobaltoterapia

A special stamp Telecobaltherapy was issued by Argentina postal authority on Oct 18, 2003. The stamps was categorized under Nuclear Medicine and can be googled as nuclear.

 

Nuclear Medicine (2003)

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 Argentina 3452

Thailand - Communications Day

A special stamp to commemorate National Communications Day was launched by Thai Post on August 4, 2010.

National Communications Day (2010) - Thailand

Notes taken from - psmonline ;

Thailand became a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) on July 1st, 1885. This enabled it to provide International postal services under the same rules as other Union members. Someone who played an important role in helping Thailand to become a member of the UPU was H.H. Prince Prisdang, who was, at the time, a Thai Ambassador to Europe.



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Royal Palace - Sweden

Sweden postal authority (Posten Sverige AB) has issued a stamp depicting one of famous architectures in Sweden - the Royal Palace. The stamp was issued on Sep 02, 2002 as a joint issue of Sweden-Thailand.

Royal Palace

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Egypt - Presidential Election 2005

Year 2011 saw Egypt President Mubarak stepped down and fled the country after major demonstration against him. He ruled Egypt for 30 years. Election after election saw him won with votes garnered almost 100%. How did he do that?

The stamp follow was issued to commemorate the Presidential Election held in 2005. It was issued on September 7, 2005.



Egypt - Presidential Election (2005)

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Italy - Sempione Tunnel

A special stamp to commemorate the centenary of the opening of Sempione Tunnel (Simplon Tunnel) was issued on March 18, 2006. Simplon Tunnel is the longest rail tunnel in Europe. The tunnel is also known as Sempione Tunnel (or Italian Passo del Sempione). The tunnel was the longest in the world when it was built (i.e., 19.8 km long) links Italy to Switzerland..



Sempione Tunnel (2006)

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Read about Simplon Tunnel at wikipedia, and planetware

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