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Sweden
Date of Issue: 24th April 2025
one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x 44.- SEK)
The 2025 EUROPA stamp tells the story of a woman from the Viking Age, who lived and was buried in Birka, Sweden.
The necklace bears charms, rock crystals, and carnelians, and testifies to the Vikings' long-distance trade.
Isle of Man
Part of the broader Age of the Sea Kings collection created in collaboration with Manx artist Juan Moore and historian Professor R. Andrew McDonald, which explores the maritime kingdom that thrived between 1079 and 1265, the EUROPA stamp focuses on the significant reigns of Rognvald and Olaf. These were key figures in the medieval Kingdom of Man and the Isles whose leadership defined the history of the Isle of Man and its surrounding islands.
Rognvald and Olaf Godredsson: Brothers locked in a fierce struggle for the throne, culminating in the Battle of Tynwald in 1229.
San Marino
Date of Issue: 11th February 2025
one stamp (2.45 €)
These stamp is issued in a souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps
The stamp depicts the so-called ‘San Marino Whale’ (scientific name Titanocetus sammarinensis), an extraordinary cetacean dating back to the Miocene period, whose fossil remains were found in 1897 in a stone quarry near the summit of Mount Titano. The exceptional find aroused the interest of the international scientific community. The original finds are kept at the G. Capellini Museum of Palaeontology and Geology in Bologna, while the right hemimandibula, a cast of the skull, ribs and left hemimandibula are on display at the San Marino Natural History Museum
