
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Arctic Exploration

EUROPA CEPT


Monday, May 31, 2010
La Poste
1) Voyage of the letter

2) Puppet dolls

3) Chocolate

"La Poste, the French Post Office, issued a limited edition set of postage stamps on May 25, 2009. These stamps were issued to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of cocoa beans at the City of Bayonne in France in 1609. These stamps show scenes that depict France’s fascinating manufacturing history of chocolate.
Besides the fact that the design of the stamps are superb; they have an added delightful feature. The stamps sport the wonderful aroma of dark French chocolate! It is reported that the scent is expected to last for 2 years. These postage stamps look so much like the real thing that you will certainly be tempted to take a bite! These stamps have been such hot sellers in France that some post offices have experienced lines running outside of post offices with people scrambling to get their hands on these treats. La Poste even built a temporary post office to launch these postage stamps. There are ten stamps in the set with different noteworthy scenes shown." - http://stampcenter.com/blog/2009/08/10/french-chocolate-postage-stamps-a-pure-delight-to-your-senses/
Thanks a lot to Christine for the generous tag.
China literature and ancient academies
1) Ancient academies

2) Poems of Tang Dynasty
