Germany On Stamps: Third Reich - New Theme Pages

After the First Reich (or Holy Roman Empire), from 962 to 1806, and the Second Reich, from 1871 to 1918, and mainly because the humiliation which led to the fall of Emperor Wilhelm II at the end of World War I and all the impositions that the German nation had to accept unconditionally, Adolf Hitler nurtured the dream of a Third Reich, which ends up imposing in 1933,...

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Stamps of France: Composer Jules Massenet

JULES MASSENET(12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet was born in Montaud, Loire, France, and died in Paris, France. He was a French composer best known for his operas. His compositions were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he ranks as one of the greatest melodists of his era.Massenet worked continuously throughout his life,...

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Germany On Stamps: German East Africa 5Ct Postcards

Ruanda-Urundi TerritoryIn the First World War, Ruanda-Urundi (part of German East Africa) was conquered by forces from the Belgian Congo in 1916. The former German colony was a Belgian suzerainty from 1916 to 1924, a League of Nations Class B Mandate from 1924 to 1945 and then a United Nations trust territory until 1962, when it became the independent states of Rwanda...

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Stamps of France: Admiral Jean de Vienne

JEAN DE VIENNE(1341–1396)Jean de Vienne was a French knight, general and Admiral of France during the Hundred Years' War. He was born at Dole, in what is now Franche-Comté.As a nobleman, he started his military career at the age of 19, and was made a knight at 21. By the age of 24, de Vienne was made Captain-General for the Franche-Comté. In 1373, Charles V made him "Amiral...

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Stamps of France: Jean de Galaup, Count of the La Pérouse

JEAN FRANÇOIS DE GALAUP, COUNT OF THE LA PÉROUSE(23 August 1741 – 1788 (?))Jean François de Galaup was born at Albi, in France, and was a French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania and conducted wide-ranging explorations in the Pacific Ocean.Commanding the ship La Boussole, which was accompanied by the Astrolabe, La Pérouse sailed from France...

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Stamps of France: Vichy France Pages

Vichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic. It officially called itself the French State (État Français), in contrast with the...

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Stamps of France: Engineer André Blondel

André Blondel(28 August 1863 – 15 November 1938)André-Eugène Blondel was a French engineer and physicist. He is the inventor of the electromechanical oscillograph and the system of photometric units of measurement.Blondel was born in Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France. He was employed as an engineer by the Lighthouses and Beacons Service until he retired in 1927 as its general...

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Stamps of France: Belfry of Arras

BELFRY OF ARRASThe Belfry of Arras is a belfry built on Heroes' Square in Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. From its 77 meters, it dominates the city.The Belfry of Arras was built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Gothic style, the site of the old hall to textiles. He epitomized the flamboyant style in the belfries. The building consists of a square base, above which...

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Stamps of France: Composer Emmanuel Chabrier

EMMANUEL CHABRIER(January 18, 1841 – September 13, 1894)Emmanuel Chabrier was born in Ambert (Puy-de-Dôme), a town in the Auvergne region of central France and died in Paris at the age of 53. He was a French Romantic composer and pianist.Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, "España" (1883) and "Joyeuse marche" (1888), he left an important corpus of...

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Germany on Stamps: Marienwerder (New pages)

MARIENWERDER - KWIDZYN HISTORY Kwidzyn, formerly Marienwerder, is a town in northern Poland on the Liwa River. It extends over an area of 22 square kilometres, with 39 930 inhabitants, according to the 2007 census. It has been a part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. It is the capital of Kwidzyn County.HistoryThe Teutonic Knights founded an Ordensburg (fortress built...

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