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

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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 Commonwealt...

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

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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 t...

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

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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 Commonw...

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

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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

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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

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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, especiall...

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

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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

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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.