Stamps of France: 1943 French Coat-of-Arms Set

New set from 1943. French Coat-of-Arms from Ile-de-France, Lyonnais, Britany and Provence. Nova série de 1943. Brasões-de-Armas da Ilha-de-França, Lyonnais, Bretanha e Provença. The 1943 French Collection  // A Colecção Francesa de 19...

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Stamps of France: Île-de-France Coat-of-Arms

ÎLE-DE-FRANCE Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-seven administrative regions of France. It consists mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Most of Île-de-France is covered by the Paris "aire urbaine" (metropolitan area), a statistical area encompassing the Paris "pôle urbain" (urban area) and its couronne périurbaine (commuter belt). With...

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Germany On Stamps: Sandomierska Tower

KRAKÓW SANDOMIERSKA TOWER The Sandomierska Tower is one of the three towers built during the reign of Casimir Jagiellon (1447-1492). This tower belongs to Wawel Castel in krakow. Built on a quadrate base, it has seven storeys furnished with holes for fire-arms. In 1462, the "new tower" was mentioned after the murder by decapitation of six councilors by Jędrzej...

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Germany On Stamps: General Government

 GENERAL GOVERNMENT  (GENERAL GOUVERNEMENT) The General Government (General Gouvernement) refers to a part of the territories of Poland under German military occupation during World War II and that were a separate part of "Greater Germany". In August 1941, former Polish districts of Eastern Galicia (now a Ukrainian territory) were added to the General...

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Germany On Stamps: German Occupation of Poland at WWII

 POLAND Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. It is a unitary state made up of sixteen voivodeships. The total area of Poland...

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Germany On Stamps: German Occupations at WWII

WORLD WAR II Causes The main causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from the World War I and the interwar period in Europe, plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s. The culmination of events that led to the outbreak of war are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Germany...

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