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Queen Elizabeth II, Canada postes postage, purple, 3 c, 1963, stamp

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country: Canada postes postage topic: Queen Elizabeth II theme: Queens heads type of stamp: postal stamp color: purple year: 1963 issue date: 4 February 1963 postal value: 3 c designer: Ernst Roch engraver: portred by Yves Baril, lettering and symbol by Donald J. Mitchell More 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 ...

Shalimar Garden of Lahore, Pakistan postage, straight line, 50 Paisa, purple, stamp 1961-1962

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country: Pakistan postage topic: Shalimar Garden of Lahore theme: landscape type of stamp: postal stamp color: purple year: 1961-1962 postal value: 13 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 Shalimar Gardens, sometimes written as the Shalamar Gardens, is a Persian garden built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore, mo...

Squash Rackets, field, flags and cup, Pakistan postage, purple, 25 Paisa, stamp, 1962

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country: Pakistan postage topic: Squash, rackets, field, flags and cup theme: Sport type of stamp: postal stamp color: purple year: 1962 postal value: 25 Paisa designer: ? code: ? Information: This stamp issued as one of a set of five stamps depicting cricket, football, hockey and squash

Queen Elizabeth II, ER, Canada postes postage, purple, 4 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: purple year: 1954 issue date: 10 June 1954 postal value: 4 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 Commo...

Queen Elizabeth II, ER, Canada postes postage, purple, 4 c, 1953, stamp

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country: Canada postes postage topic: Queen Elizabeth II, ER theme: Queens heads type of stamp: postal stamp color: purple year: 1953 issue date: 1 May 1953 postal value: 4 c designer: Herman Herbert Schwartz, Photograph by Yousuf Karsh 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 )

Adolf Hitler head, Deutsches Reich (Nazi Germany), purple, 6 pfenning, stamp, 1941, Mi 785

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country: Deutsches Reich (Nazi Germany) topic: Adolf Hitler head theme: state leaders code: Mi 785 type of stamp: postal stamp color: purple year: 1941 designer: ? postal value: 6 pfenning Information: Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, his third reich, and served as head of state as Führer und Reichskanzler from 1934 to 1945. Hitler is most remembered for his central leadership role in the rise of fascism in Europe, World War II and the Holocaust. (source: Wikipedia, read more about Adolf Hitler on Wikipedia )

La Semeuse cameé (sower, zaaister), Republique Française Postes (France), 20 c, purple, stamp, O. Roty (engraver), Louis-Eugène Mouchon (designer) 1924-1926

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country: Republique Française Postes (France) topic: La Semeuse cameé (sower) theme: agriculture sort stamp: postal stamp color: purple year: 1924-1926 stamp value: 20 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, esp...

Actress Anna Führing, Deutsches Reich (Germany), 15 Centimes, purple, stamp, Polish Occupied Territories during 1914-1918 (General Gouvernement Warschau) Poczta Polska and Gen.-Gouv. Warschau

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country: Polish Occupied Territories (Germany - Deutsches Reich) topic: Actress Anna Führing theme: actress type of stamp: postal stamp color: purple year: 1914 publication date: 1914 postal value: 15 Centimes engraving: Paul Eduard Waldraff (1870-1917) More from the same series: Actress Anna Führing, 5 Centimes, green (Belgian Occupied Territories during 1914-1918) Actress Anna Führing, 5 Centimes, green (1905-1911) Actress Anna Führing, 1 M, green and purple (1905-1911) Actress Anna Führing, 20 Centimes, green (1905-1911) Actress Anna Führing, 40 Centimes, red (1905-1911) Actress Anna Führing, 15 Centimes, purple (Polish Occupied Territories during 1914-1918 (General Gouvernement Warschau) comments: During WWI, stamps used by Germans in Poland were German stamps of the General Gouvernement Warschau overprinted with "Poczta Polska". The text "Gen.-Gouv. Warschau" is overprinted with two bars and the text "Deutsches Reich" is overprinted...

Actress Anna Führing, Deutsches Reich (Germany), 1 M, green and purple, stamp, 1905-1911

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country: Germany (Deutsches Reich) topic: Actress Anna Führing theme: actress type of stamp: postal stamp color: green and purple year: 1905-1911 publication date: 1905 postal value: 1 M engraving: Paul Eduard Waldraff (1870-1917) More from the same series: Actress Anna Führing, 5 Centimes, green (Belgian Occupied Territories during 1914-1918) Actress Anna Führing, 5 Centimes, green (1905-1911) Actress Anna Führing, 1 M, green and purple (1905-1911) Actress Anna Führing, 20 Centimes, green (1905-1911) Actress Anna Führing, 40 Centimes, red (1905-1911) Actress Anna Führing, 15 Centimes, purple (Polish Occupied Territories during 1914-1918 (General Gouvernement Warschau) Information: The initial issue from January 1, 1900 replaced the standard issue depicting numbers and eagles. The image of Germania, rather than that of the ruling monarch as was customary in many other European monarchies, made it a unifying feature and did not complicate the relationship with other G...

King Albert I, Belgium (België - Belgique), 1915-1919, 15 c, deep violet, purple, stamp

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country: Belgium (België / Belgique) code: 139 (and 139a) topic: King Albert I of Belgium theme: Kings type of stamp: postal stamp color: violet (deep violet for 139a) year: 1915-1919 publication date: 15 October 1915 postal value: 15 c designer and engraving: Waterlow and Sons Londen Information: King Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934. At the beginning of World War I, Albert complied with a British demand that he not acquiesce to a German request to move troops through Belgium in order to attack Britain's ally, France, which Germany anticipated was about to declare war on Germany in support of Russia. Albert responded to the German demand to move soldiers through his country: 'I rule a nation, not a road!' When Germany subsequently invaded Belgium, King Albert, as prescribed by the Belgian constitution, took personal command of the Belgian army, and held the Germans off long enough for Britain and Fr...