Sunday Stamps - June 30, 2024
National Holidays/Flags
Malaysia 1973
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Malaysia. Federation of Malaya achieved independence in 1957, and in 1963 joined other former British crown colonies to form Malaysia.
I couldn't resist the Romanian stamp with flags of different nations participating in the International Festival of Puppet Theaters in 1960! The first festival was held in 1958, followed by 1960, 1965, and then not again until 1998.
India 1957
Children's Day is celebrated in India on November 11th of each year. That date is the birthday of Indian's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who believed children were the strength of the nation and advocated for their education. The celebration aims to increase awareness of the rights, education, and care of children.
Luxembourg 1998 from the series Feasts and Festivals.
The stamp depicts fireworks over Adolphe Bridge on National Day, or the Grand Duke's Birthday, celebrated on June 23, although that isn't the date of any birthday of the rulers of Luxembourg. If the ruler is a woman, the holiday is called the Grand Duchess's Birthday. Celebrations begin the afternoon of June 22.
July has a theme of hemispheres. The first week, next week, is Northern Hemisphere.
I didn't know about those national holidays. Children's Day is a good idea. But celebrating the Prime Minister or the Grand Duches birthdays seems a bit odd to me.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, the flag on the first stamp is quite long!
When I was little and there would be Mother's Day and Father's Day, I'd ask when Children's Day was. My mother said "Every day is Children's Day!" Which was silly, as I didn't get special treatment every day!
DeleteThat Indian girl's grandchildren will be using a tablet of a different form for education! The Luxembourg holiday isn't so strange - to someone from a country that celebrates a dead Queen's birthday (and non of the following monarch's at all!)
ReplyDeleteI thought it looked like she was using a tablet too! The queen you speak of must have done something special to set herself off from others!
DeleteQueen Victoria
DeleteI like the hands on the Romanian stamp. There is a puppet theatre only an hour's drive away from me but it flooded in storms earlier this year and all their events have been cancelled.
ReplyDeleteIt's a funny puppet with hands, a globe head, and flags for clothing! Sorry to hear about your floods. Not only for the cancellation of the puppet theater of course. The US mostly sees puppets as children's play, when the rest of the world knows it's much more.
DeleteSerious fireworks on that bridge!
ReplyDeleteI like the design of the first stamp. The Indian image is sweet.
ReplyDeleteInteresting about the puppet theater. Why is it that the monarch's official birthday is never an actual birthday?
ReplyDeleteHere we'd make it always a Monday for the long weekend! I remember getting both Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays off from school. Now it's President's Day and a Monday!
DeleteAbsolutely love your selection of stamps, Lisa! Using stamps to celebrate national holidays and important events is such a creative idea. It makes Sunday Stamps visit to each of the participants' blogs a fun and educational experience for me every week. Do you have a favourite national holiday or event you look forward to seeing on stamps?
ReplyDelete<a href="http://sreisaat.com/2024/06/sunday-stamps-roaring-taiwanese-tiger/>In the Company of Me</a>