Stamp Dictionary: Miscellaneous
  • 1811 Independence Movement/Primer Grito de Independencia: the first of a series of revolts in El Salvador against Spainsh rule and dependency in Guatelmala
  • 1976 Summer Olympics: held from July 17 to August 1, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf): the national science academy in South Africa; started in 1996
  • Alice in Wonderland (1951): an American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions, based on Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871)
  • Anishinaabe: A group of culturally related indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States; they include the Ojibe, Odama, Potawatomi, Mississaugas, Nipissing, and Algononquin peoples
  • Bambi (1942): an American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures, loosely based on Felix Salten's Bambi, a Life in the Woods (1923)
  • Bariba people: the principal inhabitatns of north-east Benin
  • Camel Post: stamps featuring a camel postman issued by Sudan in 1927; they were part of Sudan's stamp series until 1940
  • Canadian Coast Guard Ship Labrador: a Wind-class icebreaker, marking the beginning of the CCGS's icebreaker operations in the 1960s and extensively charted and documented the then-poorly-known Canadian Arctic; it was taken out of service in 1987 and broken up for scrap in 1989
  • Caribbean Scout Jamboree: a periodic gathering for Boy Scouts in the Caribbean
  • cinderella stamp: a stamp not issued for postal purposes by a government administration
  • CRDA CANT Z.505: a 1930s Italian prototyle twin-float trimotor transport floatplane designed by Filippo Zappata for Canitier Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CRDA); only one was built
  • Deepavali (Diwali): the Hindu festival of lights
  • de Forest Audion: the first electronic triode vacuum tube invented by American engineer Lee de Forest in 1906; it paved the way for modern radio, television, long-distance telephone service, and early computers
  • Douglas DC-6: a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Airfract Company from 1946 to 1958
  • EUROMED: joint stamp issuing program involving countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region; each year a common theme is agreed upon and participating countries create stamps and covers devoted to the topic
  • Expo '70: a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970
  • hanami: ('flower viewing') the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers, in this case almost always referring to those of the cherry tree (sakura)
  • Hunminjeonggeum (The Correct/Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People): a 15th century manuscript that introduced the Korean script Jangul; the name of the manuscript is also the original name of the script
  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and technology of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safety and orderly growth
  • Netherlands East Indies (Dutch East Indies): a Dutch colony mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence in August 1945
  • Palearctic Realm: the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth, stretching across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas and East Africa
  • Peter Pan (1953): an American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures, based on J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904)
  • pillars of Ashoka: a series of monolithic columns dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent inscribed with edicts by the 3rd Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great (c. 268 - 232 BCE)
  • Pioneer 10: a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter
  • polichinelle: the little children or clowns in The Nutcracker ballet who emerge from Mother Ginger's enormous hoop skirt to do a short dance
  • Sensay costume: please visit this site for more information
  • Short Sunderland: a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF)
  • stratus opacus: a low-level, grey, and featureless layer cloud that is thick and dense enough to completely block out and mask the sun or moon
  • Sword of Light: (Claímoh Solais; Claidheamh Soluis) a trope oject that appears in a number of Irish and Scottish Gaelic folktales
  • The Little Prince: a novella written and illustrated by French writer and military pilot Antointe de Saint-Exupéry
  • Two Mandarin Ducks: a ukiyo-e by Hiroshige, 1838
  • USS Lexington: a 16-gun brigatine of the Continental Navy (United Colonies/United States, 1775 - 1785)
  • water protectors: activists, organizers, and cultural workers focused on the defense of the world's water and water systems
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO): a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric sciences, climatology, hydrology, and geophysics