Literature, most generically, is any body or collection of written work. More restrictively, literature refers to writing considered to be an art form or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, and sometimes deploys language in ways that differ from ordinary usage. Its Latin root literatura/litteratura (derived…
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Thematic: Transportation – Zeppelin
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin’s notions were first formulated in 1874 and developed in detail in 1893. They were patented in Germany in 1895 and in…
View More Thematic: Transportation – ZeppelinThematic: Zoology – Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term “insect” was vaguer, and historically the definition of entomology included the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, earthworms, land snails, and slugs. This wider meaning…
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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch. It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study interactions with each other and their environments. Blogs Dinosaurs of Stamps Dino Stamp News…
View More Thematic: PaleontologyClipperton Island
Clipperton Island (Île de Clipperton) is an uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America. Clipperton has had no permanent inhabitants since 1945. It is visited on occasion by fishermen, French Navy patrols, scientific researchers, film crews, and shipwreck survivors. It has become a…
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In 1903, the French Establishments in Oceania (Établissements Français d’Océanie) were created, which collected together Tahiti, the other Society Islands, the Austral Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago. In 1946, the EFO became an overseas territory under the constitution of the French Fourth Republic, and Polynesians were granted…
View More French Establishments in OceaniaGrenada
Grenada is a sovereign state in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself plus six smaller islands which lie to the north of the main island. Grenada is also known as the “Island…
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The West Indies Federation was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that were colonies of the United Kingdom, including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and those on the Leeward and Windward Islands, came together to form the…
View More West Indies FederationStamp Chats: The 1929 Airmail Stamps of India
The 1929 Airmail Stamps of India will be presented by Mr. Markand Dave, FRPSL, philatelist, author, and will be hosted by the American Philatelic Society.
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Mauritania
Mauritania (Mauritanie) derives its name from the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania, which existed from the 3rd century BCE into the 7th century CE in the modern-day Morocco and West Algeria. France laid claim to the territories of present-day Mauritania from the Senegal River area and northwards, starting in the…
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