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Australia Post has issued a special stamp to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Burke and Wills. The stamp was issued on August 3, 2010. The stamp was classified under the theme of explorer and navigation.

Burke and Wills

Robert O’Hara Burke (1821-1861) and William John Wills expedition 1860-61 (source).

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Serbia Montenegro postal authority has issued a special stamp to mark the 100th anniversary of the newspaper "Politika". The stamp was issued on January 21, 2004.

100th anniversary of Politika newspaper

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A special stamp series Historical Sites of East Africa was issued by Uganda postal authority. One of the stamps depicting the image of the ruins of Mahurubi Palace, Zanzibar. The stamp was issued on May 8, 2002.

Mahurubi Palace Ruins (Uganda)

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Croatia postal authority has issued a special stamp to commemorate a book printing anniversary - The 250th Anniversary of Printing "Arithmetika Horvatszka". The stamp was issued on January 25, 2008. The theme of this stamp issued was Education - Science and Technology.

Arithmetika Horvatska was 250 years old

(read - horcatska posta)

Horvatska means Croatia - so the book is about Croatian Arithmetic written by Mijo Silobod Bolsic (b.1725) and published in 1758 (read -croatia.org and croatianhistory)

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Iran postal authority has issued a special stamp to mark the 1100th anniversary of the demise of Thiqat al-Islam Kulayni. The stamp was issued on May 8, 2008.

Demise of Thiqat al-Islam Kulayni

Thiqat al-Islam Kulayni was a respected Shiite theologian (read kulayni.com)

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Locomotive engineering seems to be a very developing discipline in Ukraine. The nation is very proud with the advancement of locomotive technology in the country. The continued issuing of stamps on locomotive theme were the prove. The Ukraine’s stamp series on locomotive engineering were started in 2005.

Locomotive Eng (Series ‘Ob’)

[ issued date 31-08-2005 ]

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Singapore postal authority (Sing Post) has announced its new stamps issue for year 2011. The list is as follows;

Zodiac Series - Rabbit

1. Zodiac Series - Rabbit (Jan 7)

2. Spirit of Giving: Volunteerism and Philantrophy (24 Jan)

3. Definitives: A pond of life (16 Feb)

4. 100 Years of Aviation in S’pore (16 March)

5. Definitives: A pond of life (13 Apr)

6. Hawker Centers (18 May)

7. To be confirmed - TBC (June)

8. TBC (July)

9. National Day (8 August)

9. TBC (Sept)

10. S’pore - Egypt Joint Issue (12 Oct)

11. TBC (Nov)

12. 12th World Orchid Conference (14 Nov)

Zodiac Series (Rabbit)

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Stonecutters Bridge (stamp 1)

Hong Kong bridge infra-structures are very famous. It has a number of bridges build to connect HK many islands. The Stonecutters Bridge is the most recent completed. It was open for traffic in Dec 2009. A set of special stamps was issued on Dec 17, 2009 to commemorate the opening of Stonecutters Bridge.

Stamp 2

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Stamp 3

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Cludad Universitaria - CU

Mexico postal authority (Servicio Postal Mexicano) has issued a stamp set themed World Heritage Site. The stamps issued were depicting image of University Town (Cludad Universitaria). There were issued on Sep 21, 2007.

University Town - Cludad Universitaria

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Australia Post has released a special stamp set themed World Heritage Sites on May 25, 2010. The set included a stamp depicting Tasmanian Wilderness.

Australia World Heritage Sites

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