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This set closed a chapter in the history of Cyprus stamps that did not portray the island's soul, traditions and values. It was a period where the ideal was everything British and more over that of the King or Queen. In the stamps of this period…

This set closed a chapter in the history of Cyprus stamps that did not portray the island's soul, traditions and values. It was a period where the ideal was everything British and more over that of the King or Queen. In the stamps of this period…

Queen Elizabeth II, eldest daughter of King George VI was born in 1926. In November 1947 she married Philip Mountbatten (created Duke of Edinburgh) and succeeded to the throne on 6th February 1952. Her coronation in June 1953 was the first to be…

Delayed by the Franco -Prussian war, the General Postal Union met for the first time in Switzerland in 1874 and was established as the Universal Postal Union in 1878 with 22 founding members. Its headquarters are in Berne. Apart from facilitating the…

Delayed by the Franco -Prussian war, the General Postal Union met for the first time in Switzerland in 1874 and was established as the Universal Postal Union in 1878 with 22 founding members. Its headquarters are in Berne. Apart from facilitating the…

Delayed by the Franco -Prussian war, the General Postal Union met for the first time in Switzerland in 1874 and was established as the Universal Postal Union in 1878 with 22 founding members. Its headquarters are in Berne. Apart from facilitating the…

Delayed by the Franco -Prussian war, the General Postal Union met for the first time in Switzerland in 1874 and was established as the Universal Postal Union in 1878 with 22 founding members. Its headquarters are in Berne. Apart from facilitating the…

Elizabeth, Queen consort to King George VI, was born Elizabeth-Bowes-Lyon and was the first commoner to marry into the House of Windsor. During the Second World War she became such a morale booster that Adolf Hitler called her the most dangerous…

Elizabeth, Queen consort to King George VI, was born Elizabeth-Bowes-Lyon and was the first commoner to marry into the House of Windsor. During the Second World War she became such a morale booster that Adolf Hitler called her the most dangerous…

The Houses of Parliament stand on the banks of the river Thames in Westminster, London.The word parliament derives from the French ""parlement"" meaning discussion. The English Parliament differs from other medieval consultative assemblies by its…