Switzerland - International Year of Biodiversity

Year 2010 was announced by the UN as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). Such announcement is expected to be followed by issuing of special stamps to commemorate the IYB by many countries. The Switzerland Post has came out as the first postal authority to do so.

The Swiss Post has declared to launch a special stamp on IYB on March 4, 2010.

Switzerland - International Year of Biodiversity (2010)

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Armenia - Genocide Memorial

Armenia Post (Haypost' CJSC) has issued a special stamp on the theme of Architecture/History on October 9, 2007. The stamp subject was Genocide Memorial.

Genocide Memorial

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Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan (source: war-memorial)

The Genocide Monument in Yerevan is a memorial complex dedicated to the memory of the one and one-half million Armenians who perished in the first genocide of the twentieth century, at the hands of the Turkish government as victims of the Armenian Genocide.

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Namibia - Twyfelfontein

The Elephant

Namibia Post has issued a special stamp series on the World Heritage theme. The stamp contains three stamps highlighting the World Heritage site Twyfelfontein located at Namibia. The stamps launching date was June 27, 2008.

The Lion-Man

The Giraffe / The Dancing Kudu

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A little bit about Twyfelfontein (source - worldheritagesite)

Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes contains 2,000 figures of rock carvings. The figures were created over a couple of thousand years before 1000 AD. The hunter-gatherers who lived in the region created them as part of their rituals. The carvings represent rhinoceroses, elephants, ostrichs and giraffes as well as depictions of human and animal footprints. Some of the figures notably the "Lion Man" depict the transformation of humans into animals.

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Kazakhstan - Toleu Basenov

The postal authority of Kazakhstan (Kazpost) has issued a special stamp to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Toleu Basenov. The stamp was launched on December 30, 2009.

Toleu Basenov (1909-1976)

Basenov was a leading architect and prominently remembered in Kazakhstan

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Luxembourg - Gutenberg to Internet

From Gutenberg ...

On December 1, 2009 Luxembourg has issued a special stamp on the theme Communication - From Gutenberg to the internet.

.. to the Internet

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