Wednesday 6 January 2010

Boston Tea Party on Stamps


Boston Tea Party was one event that occurred on December 16, 1773, where American colonialists who protested the policy of the parent country tax system, the United Kingdom, throwing boxes of tea in Boston Harbor. This event become one of the triggers the emergence of the American Revolution in 1775.

Train on Stamps



Hobby of collecting stamps is exiting. Since its launch in 1840, stamps become eligible items collected. Especially when the stamp designs published by the various pictures. Call it the flight, an important figure, scouting, flora and fauna. The collectors of this hobby, not only collect but at the same time caring for and studying stamps owned. Naturally, if they are able to explain the story behind the publishing of a postage stamp. Of the many stamp designs, there are certain themes that could attract many loyal fans. For example, a train. Indonesia it self recorded issued a series of stamps diesel train in 1968 and a series of stamps issued steam train in 1998.

http://alphabetilately.com/US-trains.html