Tuesday, 17 July 2018

July 9th: Argentina Independence Day

European explorers arrived in Argentina as early as 1502 in Argentina. Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza arrived in Argentina in 1536, and he founded a Spanish settlement called Santa MarĂ­a del Buen Aire, today known as Buenos Aires and Argentina was under Spanish rule since then.

The 1810 May Revolution, the deposition of the Spanish king Ferdinand VII by the Napoleon forces paved way for Argentina's independence. On 9th July, 1816 - 33 congressmen gathered in Tucuman, Argentina and declared it to be independent from Spain.

The below MS is issued by Argentina Post in 2016 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of Independence. 



Sunday, 1 July 2018

Odd World - Germany



My German collection of Odd and Unusual  Stamps/MSs

Odd shape

2014, Snowman

Circular shaped stamps
Issued in 2000 for the 100th anniversary of German football union

Embossed
1974, The 25th Anniversary of Federal Republic

1976 Christmas stamp, German occupation stamp from Berlin Michel - 528


Metallic coated
Germany's First metallic coating stamp.  Germany issued 2 singles on Astrophysics in 2017, GAIA satellite is one among them and is seen on the cover below.  Metallic coating is applied on the GAIA satellite.



Micro printing
100th Anniversary of Birth of Konrad Zuse, 2010

100th Anniversary of Birth of Marion Grafin, 2009

Gold (chip) - banking card with chip shaped stamp