Liechtenstein Post Christmas Stamps With Artfully Crafted Cribs

As the Christmas fast approaches many countries have lined up stamps to greet the Christmas. Liechtenstein Post will release Christmas stamps , first time this year as self-adhesive stamps. The Christmas stamps carry the pictures of 3 artfully crafted cribs, which decorate the Liechtenstein churches the Christmas time .

About The Christmas Cribs

In the year 1220 Saint Francis of Assisi visited Bethlehem . Saint Francis liked the way the Christmas was celebrated In Bethlehem , that he asked the Pope for permission to recreate it in his own Italian village . Saint Francis built a manger in a cave. In it he placed a stone image of the baby Jesus. He surrounded the manger with real animals. Then he called for a Mass (communion). The people found it so moving that they said it was possible to believe you were there at the actual birth place of Jesus . Since then wooden nativity scenes with Cribs were displayed in churches and homes across Europe . Today decorated cribs continue to be popular as a way of reminding us of what Christmas is really about - the birth of Jesus . Christmas cribs  are much loved in Liechtenstein . Cribs decorate the local churches in Liechtenstein during the Christmas and the New Year, bringing the event of Christ’s birth closer to the hearts of the people.

About The Cribs Featured On Liechtenstein Christmas Stamps

A Scene of the Christmas celebrations taken from the “Crib at the parish church of St. Gallus, Triesen" is shown on the stamp with the lowest face value (CHF 0.85) . The Scene depicts the nativity scene in a mural hand carved in 1925 . The second (face value CHF 1.00) stamp portrays the “St. Florin parish church Vaduz crib".St Florin crib was made between 1920 and 1925 from wood and bark by the South Tyrolese crib-maker Ferdinand Stuflesser. A scene from the "Parish church of the Assumption Bendern crib" (face value CHF 1.40) completes the 2011 Christmas issue . This crib was constructed in 1982 by the Liechtenstein pioneer crib-maker Heinz Ritter of Schaanwald.

First Day Cover For The Liechtenstein Post Christmas Stamps

First Day Postmark For The Liechtenstein Post Christmas Stamps

Maxim Card Portraying Crib at the parish church of St. Gallus, Triesen

Maxim Card St. Florin parish church Vaduz crib

Maxim Card Portraying Parish church of the Assumption Bendern crib

Map Of Liechtenstein Which Released Christmas Stamps

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Finland Stamp Issue Program For 2012

Finland Post will release 22 Sets Of Stamps with 72 Stamps in all . Finland Stamps known for it’s exciting designs by talented illustrators will start the year with World Design Capital -Helsinki Stamps . Some of the stamps set to watch for are Railways In Finland , Spring Flowers , Valentine’s Day, Finnish Music and Pet Baby Animals . Autumn Dream and Spring Flowers stamps are expected to be visual delight for the collectors . Sports philately gets a boost with stamps on Ice Hockey World Cup and a release planned on sports to coincide with Olympics and European Athletic Championships .

	Date	Theme Of The Stamp
01	Jan 23 2012	World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 [ 8v ]
02	Jan 2012	Sámi culture [ 4v ]
03	Jan 2012	150th Birth Anniv artist Helene Schjerfbeck [4V]
04	Feb 2012	Valentine’s Day [6v]
05	Mar 05 2012	Easter greetings [1v]
06	Mar 2012	Spring flowers [6v]
07	Mar 2012	Railways In Finland [6v]
08	Mar 2012	Wedding [ 2v]
09	Mar 2012	Kisses Blown -Women’s Day[4v]
10	Mar 2012	Clouds [3v]
11	21 Mar 2012	Nordic Maritime 2012
12	Mar 2012	Ice Hockey World Cup
13	07 Mar 2012	Visit Finland [ Europa Series ]
15	May 2012	Sports [1v]
16	May 2012	The Bothnian Sea National Park [ 10v]
17	May 2012	Sunflower [2V]
18	Sep 2012	Pets-Baby Animals [6V]
19	Sep 2012	Autumn Dream[5V]
20	Sep 2012	Finnish Music
21	Nov 2012	Stable Lantern
22	Nov 2012	Sledging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Moldova Stamp Program For The Year 2012

Republic Of Moldova has released it’s tentative stamp program for the year 2012 . Apart from the Europa CEPT issue on the theme “visit Moldova”, Moldova will issue stamps on themes like Traditional Headdress and costumes ,Pigeons and Roses . Sports philately gets fillip with commemorative postage stamps being planned for the 30th Summer Olympic Games in London and European Football Championship to be jointly hosted by Ukraine and Poland .

	Date	Theme Of The Stamp
01	Feb 2012	Art, children's portraits [ 4 ]
02	Mar 2012	Traditional headdress and costumes [ 3  And Block ]
03	Apr 2012	Medieval Moldova (war machines and military equipment) [ 4  ]
04	May 2012	Europa CEPT [ 2 ]
05	Jun 2012	Pigeons [ 4  ]
06	Jul 2012	European Football Championship 2012 [ 2  ]
07	Jul 2012	30th Summer Olympics Games. London - 2012  [ 2  ]
08	Aug 2012	Roses [ 4  ]
09	Sep 2012	National Monuments [ 3  ]
10	Oct 2012	Personalities [ 4  And Block ]
11	Nov 2012	Christmas [ 2  ]

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Vietnam Stamp Issue Program For 2012

Vietnam Postal Services has released the detailed plan for the year 2012. Among the notable stamp releases for the year are  London Olympic Games stamps, Roofed Bridges Of Vietnam , Costumes Of Vietnamese Women , Bear  and Frangipani flowers . Vietnam -Laos  joint issue is also on the cards . Year 2012 is the Lunar new year of the snake, stamps will be released to mark the occasion .

	Date	Theme Of The Stamp
01	16/01/2012	Architecture, Landscape of Vietnam (Definitive)
02	08/03/2012	Vietnamese Women’s costumes (Ao dai)
03	01/04/2012	50thAnnv of Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU)
04	01/04/2012	Bear
05	08/04/2012	Covered bridges (Roofed bridges)
06	06/05/2012	100th Birth anniversary of Nguyễn Huy Tưởng
07	10/05/2012	100th Birth anniversary of Tôn Thất Tùng
08	15/05/2012	Frangipani flowers (Plumeria riebra)
09	01/06/2012	30th Summer Olympics Game - London 2012
10	11/06/2012	100th Birth anniversary of Phạm Hùng
11	09/07/2012	100th Birth anniversary of Nguyễn Văn Cừ
12	27/07/2012	Vietnamese Heroic Mothers
13	05/09/2012	Vietnam-Laos join stamp issue
14	20/10/2012	100th Birth anniversary of Vũ Trọng Phụng
15	01/12/2012	Lunar new year of the Snake

World Heritage Stamps: Citadel In Derbent

Russia Postal Authorities recently released a souvenir sheet featuring Naryn-Kala Citadel in the oldest town of Russia ,The city of Derbent  .  The citadel was inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2003 .

What Is A Citadel ?

Citadel is a bastion built around the town with the aim of protecting a town from any potential breach by the enemies . Citadel  In fortification normally the citadel is the last line of defense .

About Derbent

Derbent is  the  historic and   ancient   city   on   Easter  Caucasus and is considered to be oldest city in whole   territory    of  Russia. The history of the city is 5000yrs old. Founded  in  deep  antiquity   it  changed  from a  small   settlement   of   Early   Bronze  age to   one   of   the   biggest medieval   cities  of  the  Eastern  Europe  and  the  Front  Asia . The  city  has  a  unique   urban   structure.   Derbent is  situated   across  a narrow   seaside  strip  of  plains   with   width   of    3  km cutting   it crosswise  by  double  row  defensive   walls  that  are  extended  to  40 km  to  Caucasus  mountains .   Walls  also  are  extended  to  500  m sea wise  to   screen  the  harbor.   Till date  Derbent   has preserved its  historic   topography    intact   since  6th  century.

About  Narin-Kala

Derbent fortress  as an  architectural structure consists  of the   citadel (Narin-Kala), fortress city structures    and defensive    fortifications going   to  mountain  up  to  40  km (mountain   wall).The  fortress  walls  closing  approach to  the  sea  are  conserved   and  exist  as  architectural    monuments. Derbent Fortress  is positioned   from   a strategic  point  of  view   in  the  most  narrow   and  vulnerable    place  of  the  Caspian   Passage. The   path   along   seashore   was   blocked    by   two   parallel fortress   walls   concluded    by   the   citadel.   The   citadel    is situated  on  closest  to  the  sea high  srur  of  Jangar  mountain ridge.  It  was  founded    in  the  5th  century.   It   existed   as  a defense  construction   up  to  the  19th century.   Northern and Western  sides of  citadel  are  defended   by  steep  declensions . Easter  side  facing   the  city   has  also   a  steep-declension .

Souvenir Sheet Depicts The Fortress Naryn-Kala Citadel

First Day Cover Of Derbent in Russia

First Day Postmark For The Stamp On World Heritage Location Derbent

Clickable Map Of Derbent In Russia , World Heritage Site Known For It's Forts

A Video About The Historic And Oldest City Of Russia Derbent

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