THE WORLD IN STAMPS (sample)
Stamp is a means of communication between men. The image it carries has been used by every country in the world to magnify their cultural heritage, to raise awareness for major humanitarian causes, even for political propaganda.
Through this sample of few selected stamps choosen out of the book THE WORLD IN STAMPS (Abrams editor, New York), one can chronicle the making of the modern world and compare the diverse ways that different cultures represent the same events.
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HISTORY

1- Prehistory, Antiquity, Middle-age
2 - The new worlds (15th - 19th c.)
3 - Contemporary history (20th century) 		BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS
(Religions, traditional music and dance,
tales and legends)
ART AND CULTURE
1 - Painting, works of art
2 - Literature and entertainment
INVENTIONS AND MANUFACTURING
1 - Transport
2 - Inventors and technology		 SOCIAL LIFE
1 - Jobs and education
2 - Leisure, environment, health
COMPETITIVE SPORTS
(Athletics, skiing and skating, soccer, rugby, golf, tennis, horse-riding, swimming and water sports, cycle, motorbike and car racing)
 NATURE
(Flowers and minerals, prehistoric animals, wild animals and pets, fishes, birds, insects and butterflies)

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(Abrams, New York, editor)

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