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USA, Abraham Lincoln

Issue Type: Commemorative
Issue City: Springfield, IL 62703
Issue Date: February 9, 2009

On February 9, 2009, in Springfield, Illinois, the Postal Service™ issued a 42–cent, Abraham Lincoln commemorative stamp in four designs, all designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Postal Service recognizes the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), who rose from humble, frontier origins to become a prominent lawyer, politician, and ultimately President of the United States.

The stamp art was created by Mark Summers of Waterdown, Ontario, Canada, who is noted for his scratchboard technique, a style distinguished by a dense network of lines etched with exquisite precision. Each stamp features a different aspect of Lincoln’s life.

ESTONIA, Protection of polar areas and glaciers

Denomination: 30.00
Date: 15.01.2009
Print: ofsett
Designer: Lembit Lõhmus
Perforation: 13 : 12¾
Sheets: 120 x 78
Quantity issued: 75 000
Printing house: AS Vaba Maa

The average global temperature has risen by more than 0.5°C during the past one and a half centuries. The global warming has caused climate change, with the climate becoming hotter in some places while in other places have become cooler and are getting more precipitation. The frequency of extreme phenomena of climate – hurricanes, draughts, heavy rains and floods etc. has grown. The global warming has become a worldwide environmental problem, but there have been been vast differences of opinion of the role of human activity as one of the main the cause of the process among scientists. Climate is an extremely complex, non-linear chaotic system with thousands of variables and influencers. The past and the future of the world climate has mainly been determined by astronomical factors and they will continue to do so also in the future. The Eesti Post souvenir sheet features an Antarctic glacier. The issue is dedicated to the protection of polar areas and glaciers and will mark the International Polar Year 2007-2009.

RUSSIA, The monuments of science and technique. Bicycles.

Designer: V.Beltyukov.
Stamps per sheets: 9 (3x3 stamps).
Paper - coated; manufacturing process - offset; perforation - comb 12 x 11½.

TAIWAN, Tung Blossom Postage Label F.D.C.

New Year’s Greeting

1. NT$3.50 Stamp: With traditional Chinese calligraphy and ink-wash painting, this stamp features a placid, steady, earnest and assiduous ox, suggesting that the ox will deliver a year of favorable weather and good fortune.
2. NT$13.00 Stamp: This stamp features the Chinese characters
“ji-chou” depicting the dutiful and no-nonsense nature of an ox which serves as a symbol of striving for betterment and good fortune year after year.
3. NT$12.00 Miniature Sheet: The sheet features a design suggestive of a yin and yang symbol composed of ripples of water, an ox and a leaf floating on water. The design, in conjunction with an expression meaning “a turn for the good” that begins with the two characters “niu-jhuan” (a homonym of “ox” plus the character for “turns”), implies that in the year of the ox the world will be renewed. On the left margin, the magpie with the tip of a plum tree symbolizes auspiciousness by suggesting the expression “joy rises to the tips of one’s eyebrow” (“eyebrow” is a homonym with “plum” in Chinese). On the right margin there are three Chinese expressions about the New Year that convey the idea of joy. One of these is written as a work of calligraphy, whereas the other two have the look of printed impressions rendered from carved Chinese chops. The classic pink color scheme imparts a serene atmosphere to the sheet.

Construction of Civil Aviation Airports

LATE ANURADHAPURA ERA

Flora and Fauna. Forest and its inhabitants.

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

Serial number: 2008-22
Values in set: 2
Denomination: 2.40 yuan
Date of issue: September 6, 2008
Size of stamp: 30 * 40 mm
Perforation: 13.5 * 13
Sheet composition: 16
Size of sheet: 150 * 210 mm
Designer of stamp: Liu Bo
Editor in Charge: Chen Yisi
Printing process: photogravure
Printer: Beijing Stamp Printing House

(2-1)J　　　　　　Beijing 2008 Paralympic Emblem　　 　　　1.20yuan
(2-2)J　　　　　　Beijing 2008 Paralympic Mascot　　　　　　1.20yuan

On September 6, 2008, China National Philatelic Corporation issued a first-day cover "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games" carrying a two-piece set of commemorative stamps, "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Emblem" and "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Mascot", with a total face value of 2.40 yuan.