This is my new collection. I aim to put together every stamp depicting the Colosseum in Rome - watch this space! There'll also be other roman favourites such as the Pantheon, fountains, arches, columns, mosaics and frescoes. I'm also collecting stamps from the UNESCO Campaigns to Save Venice and Pompeii.
Showing posts with label Joint Issue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joint Issue. Show all posts
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Thailand 2004 - Foundation of Rome and Bangkok
First Day Cover issued on 21 April 2004 in Bangkok.
The special postmark depicts the She-Wolf suckling Remus and Romulus, founders of Rome.
Description in Thai and English at the back of the FDC.
Joint issue se-tenant stamps showing the Golden Mountain in Bangkok and the Colosseum in Rome.
Labels:
2004,
Colosseum,
FDC,
Joint Issue,
Thailand
Saturday, 21 April 2012
Italy 2004 - Foundation of Rome and Bangkok on 21st April
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A joint issue (in a souvenir sheet only in Italy) to celebrate the cities of Rome and Bangkok on the common day of their foundation, the 21st of April.
Rome is believed to have been founded in 752 or 753BC.
Bangkok was founded in 1782, when it was moved to the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke. The stamp shows the 18th Century temple of Wat Saket, the Golden Mount.
The same were issued in Thailand, both as single stamps and as the souvenir sheet.
Labels:
2004,
Colosseum,
Italy,
Joint Issue,
Souvenir Sheet
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