Queen Elizabeth II, Canada postes postage, blue, 5 c, 1963, stamp

country: Canada postes postage
topic: Queen Elizabeth II
theme: Queens heads
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: blue
year: 1963
issue date: 4 February 1963
postal value: 5 c
designer: Ernst Roch
engraver: portred by Yves Baril, lettering and symbol by Donald J. Mitchell

More Queeen Elizabeth stamps from the same series:
Queen Elizabeth II, 1 c, brown (1963)
Queen Elizabeth II, 2 c, green (1963)
Queen Elizabeth II, 3 c, purple (1963)
Queen Elizabeth II, 4 c, red (1963)
Queen Elizabeth II, 5 c, blue (1963)

Information:
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) is the reigning queen and head of state of the 16 independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. In addition, as Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations and, as the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. (Source: Wikipedia, read more about Queen Elizabeth II on Wikipedia)

Khyber Pass, Pakistan postage, straight line, 5 Paisa, blue, stamp 1961-1962

country: Pakistan postage
topic: Khyber Pass
theme: landscape
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: blue
year: 1961-1962
postal value: 5 Paisa
designer: ?

More from the same series:
Khyber Pass, 5 Paisa, blue
Shalimar Garden, 10 Paisa, brown
Shalimar Garden, 50 Paisa, green
Shalimar Garden, 13 Paisa, purple

Information:
The definitive series depicting Khyber Pass and Shalimar Garden, was twice produced during 1961-1962. But the postal authorities were not satisfied with the shape of Bengali inscription denoting Pakistan. The inscription was redrawn in new style and all paisa values were printed with Pakistan in Bengali accordingly altered. Distinction of the new font is a straight line over all the letters resembling Pakistan which also connects the letters with each other. These stamps remained in use till 1970's.

The Khyber Pass, has an altitude of 1,070 m or 3,510 ft. It's a mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Pass was an integral part of the ancient Silk Road and throughout history, it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location. The summit of the Khyber Pass is 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) inside Pakistan at Landi Kotal and it cuts through the northeastern part of the Safed Koh mountains which themselves are a far southeastern extension of the Hindu Kush range. (source: Wikipedia, read more about the Kyber Pass on Wikipedia)

Queen Elizabeth II, ER, Canada postes postage, blue, 5 c, 1954, stamp

country: Canada postes postage
topic: Queen Elizabeth II, ER
theme: Queens heads
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: blue
year: 1954
issue date: 10 June 1954
postal value: 5 c
designer: Herman Herbert Schwartz, photograph by Dorothy Wilding
engraver: Silas Robert Allen

More from the same series:
Queen Elizabeth II, ER, 1 c, brown (1954)
Queen Elizabeth II, ER, 2 c, green (1954)
Queen Elizabeth II, ER, 4 c, purple (1954)
Queen Elizabeth II, ER, 5 c, blue (1954)

Information:
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) is the reigning queen and head of state of the 16 independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. In addition, as Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations and, as the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. (Source: Wikipedia, read more about Queen Elizabeth II on Wikipedia)

Lion, Finland (Suomi), 30 Mk, blue, 1956, Cat. number 464, stamp

country: Finland (Suomi)
Cat. nr.: 464
topic: Lion / coat of arms
theme: animals / coat of arms
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: blue
year: 1956
issue date: 01/08/1956
total published: 240 000 000
postal value: 30 mk
Perforation: 11¾ x 11¾
designer: ?

More from the same series:
Lion, 1 MK, brown (1955)
Lion, 30 MK, blue (1956)

Central de Correos 1926 (Post Office, San José), 1e julio, 1826-1926, Republica Argentina, 12 c, blue, stamp, Scott OD34

country: Republica Argentina
topic: Central de Correos 1926 (Post Office, San José), 1e julio, 1826-1926
theme: Anniversary / Buildings
code: Scott OD34
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: blue
year: 1926
postal value: 12 c
designer: ?

Information:
The Central Post Office 100 year Anniversary. The architecture of this building is in Victorian style (from the Victorian era 1837-1901, the period when Queen Victoria ruled her empire).

La Semeuse cameé (sower, zaaister), Republique Française Postes (France), 10 c, blue, stamp, O. Roty (engraver), Louis-Eugène Mouchon (designer) 1932-1937

country: Republique Française Postes (France)
topic: La Semeuse cameé (sower)
theme: agriculture
sort stamp: postal stamp
color: blue
year: 1932-1937
stamp value: 10 c
designer: Louis-Eugène Mouchon
engraving: O. Roty

More from the same series:
La Semeuse ligneé, 10 c, red (1903-1924)
La Semeuse ligneé, 15 c, green (1903-1924)
La Semeuse cameé, 10 c, orange-red and carmine-red (1906)
La Semeuse cameé et Merson, 5 c, green (1907)
La Semeuse cameé et Merson, 20 c, brown (1907)
La Semeuse cameé et Merson, 25 c, green-blue, turquoise (1907)
La Semeuse, 5 c, orange (1921-1922)
La Semeuse, 10 c, green (1921-1922)
La Semeuse cameé, 20 c, purple (1924-1926)
La Semeuse cameé, 50 c. green (1926)
La Semeuse ligneé et Merson, 50 c, red (1924-1932)
La Semeuse cameé, 10 c, blue (1932-1937)
La Semeuse cameé, 35 c, green (1937)
La Semeuse, 0,20, green-blue and red (1960)

Information:
Louis-Eugène Mouchon (Paris, August 30, 1843-March 3, 1914) was a French engraver, especially noted for its stamp designs. His most famous pieces are the famous French type MOUCHON designs from 1900 and its contribution to the subsequent La Semeuse (from 1902), but he was also asked in many European countries for his designs. He made portraits of the Belgian King Leopold II, the Portuguese kings Louis I, Carlos I and Queen Wilhelmina. (Source: Wikipedia, Read more about Louis-Eugène Mouchon on Wikipedia (Dutch))

Umberto I (Humbert I), Poste Italiane (Italy), 25 Centesimi, blue, stamp

country: Italy (Poste Italiane)
topic: Umberto I (Humbert I)
theme: Emperor
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: blue
year: ?
postal value: 25 Centesimi
designer: ?

Information:
Umberto I (Humbert I) (14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900), was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his death (29 July 1900). He was deeply loathed in far-left circles, especially among anarchists, because of his conservatism and support of the Bava-Beccaris massacre in Milan. He was killed by anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
(source: Wikipedia, Read more about Umberto I (Humbert I) of Italy on Wikipedia)

Locomotive Train, P.C. C.P., Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, 1921 to 1923, stamp, blue

country: P.C. C.P., Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
topic: Locomotive, Train
theme: transport
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: Blue
year: 1921-1923
postal value: no value
designer: ?
comments: No perforation around the stamp.