Amsterdam - Rijksmuseum
The Netherlands' capital city is a harbour town founded in the 13th century. Its name means a dam on the Amstel river. The most extensive development of the town (as well as the whole Holland) was in the 17th century during the so called Golden Age i.e. when a network of canals creating the unique atmosphere of Amsterdam was dug.The building depicted on the postage stamp is the famous Dutch national museum - Rijksmuseum, built at the end of the 19th century in a mix of Gothic and Renaissance styles. It exhibits rich collections of art of the 15th - 19th century and the greatest collection of Dutch paintings of the 17th century. The museum is especially proud of its collection of the Rembrandt masterpieces with the famous "Night Watch" of 1642 among the best ones.
Prague - the Charles BridgeFamous for the beautiful architecture Czech capital was established upon the joining of two cities of the early Middle Ages: Hradčany and Vyšehrad. The representative for ages seat of the Czech rulers was handed over in the 16th century to the house of Habsburg, and at the same time to be dominated by Vienna. Only the so called Czech National Revival in the 19th century restored the city's previous character. Prague was again the capital city in 1918 upon the creation of Czechoslovakia.
In 1993 after the split of Czechoslovakia, the city became the capital city of the Czech Republic.The Charles Bridge (by 2nd half of the 19 century called the Stone Bridge or the Prague Bridge) connects two districts: Malá Strana and Staré Mesto. It is 515 meters long and approximately 9.5 meters wide. It was built in the 14th century (replaced the 12th century Judith Bridge destroyed by flood), by 1741 was the only bridge on the Vltava river. Its Gothic character has been emphasised by the towers protecting the bridge. The famous 30 statues of saints were added only in the times of baroque.
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K.Veerarghavan, Pattukottai - Tamil Nadu
Collecting stamps sinc 1992. But for the last four years concentrating on the above themes only to specialise and improve in the field. Love to swap with others for my collection and also like to help others.
Collecting Interests : stamps on birds, Flowers, Butterfly,Train/ Locomotive and FDC on these themes
Postal address : Steno to Supdt. of Post Offices, Pattukttai - 614601 T.N.
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M. Jagannath writes from Bangalore ....
My exhibit titled The Images of Summer Olympics is on Display in Madurai Philatelic Bureau and it will continue till the end of December 2008.
From collection of Shrikant Parikh
Endemic Butterflies of Andaman & Nicobar Islands - 2 January 2008
