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Postage Stamps Luxembourg

Christmas and Henry VII

The Christmas Stamp of Luxembourg this year, depicting a roe deer, is the work of well-known Belgian wildlife artist André Buzin. He is the artist of more than 300 postage stamp designs around the world.
Christmas and Henry VII

Court of Justice

To build Europe, the member States have entered into treaties forming the European Community, then a European Union, supported by institutions, which adopt the rules of law in specified fields.Luxembourg issued a special postage stamp on 2 December 2008.
Court of Justice

Great Pipe Organs

This third collection of special postage stamps traces in sound and vision the History of some of the most beautiful pipe organs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and is part of a special series which began in 2006.
Great Pipe Organs of Luxembourg

NAMSA and Happy

Luxembourg issued a special postage stamp for the 50th anniversary of NAMSA. In 1958, NAMSA (NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency) was founded in France. Since 1968, this primary management and logistical support organization of NATO has been headquartered in Capellen. Its activities have been placed under the supervision of the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization (NAMSO). Composed of the 26 countries of NATO and created with a goal of assuring them, individually and collectively, logistical support of maximum effectiveness at least costs. This is the general policy followed by NAMSA and its implementation controls.
NAMSA and Happy

Greetings from Luxembourg

In 2008 the P&T Grand Prix for philatelic illustration by young people took place from 10 September 2007 to 29 February 2008. The drawing competition was organized by the P&T Stamp Office in partnership with the National Tourist Office, Luxembourg City Tourist Office, the Museum of History of the City of Luxembourg and the Ministry of National Education.
Greetings from Luxembourg

Agricultural education on stamps

Ettelbruck and Medical and Social Society

In the middle of the 19th century, the first agricultural school was created in the city Echternach. It was only in 1880 that the agricultural school was integrated with the secondary school in Ettelbruck. Then, three years later, the State Agricultural School was founded in Ettelbruck. In 1927, a law was voted to create a new agricultural school on Salentiny Avenue. The school changed its name in 1971 to become the Institute of Agricultural Education. In 1979, this name was changed to Agricultural Technical School (LTA), which remains the present name of the school.
Agricultural education in Ettelbruck

Education and Animal Protection

In 1908 an educational society was created in Luxembourg City and extended so rapidly across the country that on July 31, 1910 a federation of popular education associations of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was created.
The Luxembourg post office issued two beautiful stamps on this theme.
Education and Animal Protection

Pipe Organs of Luxembourg

Luxembourg brings a second incursion into the world of music: this series of special postage stamps once again illustrates four pipe organs.
Pipe Organs of Luxembourg

Peacekeeping missions

A special postage stamp Peacekeeping Missions of the Luxembourg Army was released in September 2007. Advantage Communication in Howald designed this special postage stamp, which was printed by the Stamp printer of Belgium in Malines.
Peacekeeping missions

Roman mosaic

Archaeological research undertaken in 1995 on the site of a new agricultural operation in Vichten showed that the terrain in question covered the foundations of one of the most remarkable Roman villas ever discovered in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Roman mosaic

Scouting on stamps

A joint issue of postage stamps planned by the European country members of PostEurop, the Europa stamps annually follow a common theme. The subject chosen for 2007 is the centenary of scouting.
Scouting on stamps

Places of culture

In the context of Luxembourg and the Grand Region, European Capital of Culture 2007, of which Luxembourg Post is an exclusive partner, we pay homage to those emblematic places of culture in Luxembourg which have not been featured on a postage stamp until now.
Places of culture

Centennial towns on stamps

In 1907, Grand Duke Guillaume IV of Luxembourg elevated the areas of Differdange, Dudelange, Rumelange and Ettelbruck to the status of towns. This title was attributed to them by the 4 August 1907. Four new postage stamps were issued.
Centennial towns

Treaties of Rome

Two new postage stamps have been created by Luxembourg to honor the important treaties in the history of modern Europe.
Treaties of Rome

Postocollants

With the postocollant of Luxembourg, the sender will always have a stamp at your fingertips. This compact and practical dispenser of stamps contains a roll of 100 self-adhesive stamps, numbered on the back in groups of 4 postage stamps.
Postocollants 2007

Luxembourg Caritas

Share the Future, this is the theme which Caritas intends to use to celebrate its anniversary. An organization which deals with all aspects of human distress.
Luxembourg Caritas

Luxembourg Automobile Club

When, in 1932, 84 members of Luxembourg intelligentsia decided to found the Automobile Club du Luxembourg, they probably did not imagine that they had just created an organization that would become one of the most popular in the country.
Luxembourg Automobile Club

Horticulture Federation

Luxembourg issued a series of two special se tenant postage stamps 75 years of the Horticulture Federation were issued. A se tenant is a block of commemorative stamps printed together on the same sheet but differing in design, color, value, or overprint.
Luxembourg Horticulture Federation

New postage stamps from Luxembourg

Luxembourg Post issued a series of two postage stamps in September 2006 in remembrance of the first banks in Luxembourg. Both stamps have a face value of 50 cent.
Deposit banking in Luxembourg

Chess on postage stamp

On 26 September 2006 Luxembourg Post issued a stamp to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Luxembourg Chess Federation (FLDE).
Chess Federation

Personalized Luxembourg stamps

Marriage, anniversary, birthday, birth, communion, end-of-year parties, there are many occasions to send mail to your close friends. Why not personalize this mail by franking your envelopes and postal cards with an original postage stamp comprising a label with your design?
Personalized Luxembourg stamps

Esch-sur-Alzette

Referred to as early as 1128 by the name of Asch in a bull of Pope Honorius II, Esch-sur-Alzette acquired the status of free town on the initiative of John the Blind in 1328.
Esch-sur-Alzette

Stamps on railway

With this stamp issue the post honors an historical event, which has revolutionized transportation for travelers as well as merchandise in Luxembourg.
Electrification Luxembourg railway

Blood donation

The donation of blood is an essential act that makes it possible to save lives in our country every day. And the donations are particularly necessary because blood cannot be created artificially.
Blood donation

Sports on stamps

It has been a tradition since the middle of the 1920s: the Stamp Office of Luxembourg has issued at the end of the year a series of charity postage stamps. The 2005 edition is the second set of stamps dedicated to popular sports.
Luxembourg Sports