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When in 1840 Sir Rowland Hill invented the first postage stamp in the world, little did he now that stamp collecting would become a great universal hobby. In time it became known as the "King of hobbies and a hobby of Kings". King George V was an…

The commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1998 reaffirmed the aspirations and the spirit contained in that historic document. The Declaration remains an inspiration, for although the work of the…