Showing posts with label Cuba. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cuba. Show all posts

Friday, October 29, 2010

#472 Cuba...Thanks Alain!


This set of 2 stamps was issued this year celebrating 20 years of La Colmenita (the Small Beehive),the only Cuban theater company made up by children.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

#438 Cuba...Thanks Pedro!


The souvenir sheet is from 2004 Minerals issue illustrating Copper.

The 2.05p stamp is from 2007 National Zoo issue showing Bornean Orangutan.The Bornean Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. Together with the slightly smaller Sumatran Orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia.

The Bornean Orangutan has a life span of about 35 to 40 years in the wild; in captivity it can live to be 60.

Monday, May 17, 2010

#272 Cuba...Thanks Pedro!


The 65c stamp was issued in 2009 celebration 25 years of ISDi (Institute of Design),which is the only institution of higher education in Cuba dedicated to the training of university graduates in careers in Industrial Design and Visual Communication Design.

The 1p stamp was issued in 2002 showing Ruddy Turnstone(Arenaria interpres),which is a highly migratory bird, breeding in northern parts of Eurasia and North America and flying south to winter on coastlines almost worldwide.The scientific name on this stamp is obviously wrong.

Monday, March 1, 2010

#098 Cuba...Thanks Pedro!


The left stamp was issued in 2007 celebrating 40 anniversary of Ballet of Camagüey.

The middle stamp was issued in 2008 honoring 50 anniversary of III Front Guerilla Group under the name of Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy. The guerillas fought against the atrocities of Batista’s pro-U.S. dictatorship.

The right stamp was issued in 2008 honoring 100 anniversary of birth of J. Fernandez who is the writer of famous song "Guantanamera" ("girl from Guantánamo"),perhaps the best known Cuban song and that country's most noted patriotic song.