2011 Easter stamps from Serbia

The Serbian Post has issued two stamps dedicated to the Easter Feast.

For Orthodox Christians, Easter is the holiest day of the year. It marks Christ's resurrection from the dead and the end of 46 days of fasting with a sumptuous feast.

In Serbian Easter is called Vaskrs, a liturgical form inherited from the Serbian recension of Church Slavonic.

The Easter service in the orthodox church starts at 11 on Saturday night and ends at midnight with the priest chanting "Hristos Vaskrse" (he is risen) three times.

50th Anniversary of Korea-Portugal Diplomatic Relations - joint issue

The year 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Portugal. In celebration and commemoration of this event, Korea Post and its Portuguese counterpart, CTT are issuing, through collaborative works, a joint stamp issue featuring the old ships of the two countries: Korea's "Turtle Ship" and Portugal's "Nau".

The backdrop of this sheet features the painting of Navy Maneuvering (housed in Jinju National Museum) from the latter part of the Joseon Dynasty.

Europa 2011 stamps from Montenegro

Posta Crne Gore (Montenegro Post) is releasing a set of stamps on the theme of Forests from this year's Europa series.

The stamps illustrate the shape of Europe geographic map cut out of a leaf and the acronym EU (European Union) made up of leaves.

New stamp to be issued for Queen's birthday‎

On 21st April 2011, Jersey Post will celebrate the 85th birthday of HM The Queen with this £3 commemorative stamp in which she is portrayed during Her 2005 visit to Jersey.

After one year, the stamp will become the new £3 value in Jersey Post's Definitive range of postage stamps. A Souvenir Miniature Sheet accompanies the issue.

Colombia new 2,000-peso note with Braille

On 28 December 2010, the Banco de la República Colombia introduced a new 2,000-peso (US$1.10) note which is like P457, but with the number 2 expressed in Braille over the watermark on the front left, to facilitate the use of the notes by the sight impaired. The 50,000-peso note (P455) has had the number 50 embossed in Braille to the left of the serial number ever since it was first introduced in 2001. The bank intends to add Braille to all the other denominations over time.

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