Mozambique 2013 - Local Dishes

Date of Issued: 25 June 2013
Perforation: 13¼
 

Singapore 2019 - Lo Hei, Chinese New Year Reunion

Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 4 February 2019
Denominations: $8.00
Size: A6 (105 x 148 mm)

Lo Hei Collector's Sheet

A special Collector's Sheet featuring Lo Hei, a popular dish eaten during the Chinese New Year Celebrations in Singapore.

Singapore 2020 - Steamboat, Chinese New Year Reunion

 

Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 24 January 2020
Denomination: $8.00
Stamp Size: 45mm x 45mm
Miniature Sheet Size: 120mm x 78mm
Perforation: 13 1/4
Paper: Unwatermarked
Printing Process: Offset Lithography
Printer: Cartor Security Print
Designer: Andy Koh

Chinese New Year Reunion - Steamboat Miniature Sheet

Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is one of the most important festivals among the Chinese community in Singapore. On the eve of Chinese New Year, family members will return home for a reunion dinner (团圆饭) – an annual feast and significant tradition to reaffirm love and togetherness with one another. A popular way of having reunion dinner during this time is the Steamboat reunion dinner. Family members will gather around a hot pot of bubbling broth filled with delicious ingredients, and everyone from young to old will enjoy the sumptuous dinner in a joyful spirit. The simmering steamboat represents more than just good food, as the gathering over the feast is also a symbolic way to strengthen family bonding, sharing happiness with one another and wishes for a bountiful year ahead.

Singapore 2021 - Pen Cai, Chinese New Year Reunion

Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 11 February 2021
Denomination: $8
Stamp Size: 45mm x 44.76mm
Miniature Sheet Size: 120mm x 78mm
Perforation: 13
Paper: Unwatermarked
Printing Process: Offset Lithography with Gold Hot Stamping
Printer: Secura Singapore Pte Ltd
Designer: SNAP! Creative Pte Ltd

Chinese New Year Reunion - Pen Cai Miniature Sheet

Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional festival for the Chinese. The celebration lasts for 15 days and it is a great time for family reunions, visiting, feasting and collecting red packets (hongbao) for good fortune. One of the favourite get-togethers during the Chinese New Year is when families and friends celebrate by partaking in reunion feasts. The dish “pen cai” is a popular celebratory dish (comprising layers of ‘auspicious’ ingredients such as abalone, prawns, roast pork, and lotus root) during these get-togethers. As the old saying goes,“the family that eats together, stays together”. The annual reunion feasting is indeed significant and symbolic, and reaffirms love and togetherness with one another.

Turkey 2020 - EUROMED, Traditional Gastronomy of the Mediterranean

 

Albania 2020 - EUROMED, Traditional Gastronomy of the Mediterranean

Date of Issued: 30 March 2021
The issue consists of 1 series with 4 stamps
Author: Petraq Papa
The value of stamps: 10 lekë, 80 lekë, 90 lekë and 120 lekë
Circulation: 4,000 stamps (10 lek), 134,000 stamps (80 lek), 4,000 stamps (90 lek), 4,000 stamps (120 lek)
Stamp dimensions: 40 x 40 mm
First day envelopes with series: 150 pieces
The price of the first day envelope with series: 540 ALL Printed in Albania by Adel CO

Belgium 2020 - Speculoos

Technical Details:
Issue Date: 26 October 2020
Designer: Evelyne Bleeckx - Art'n Wood Sculpture / Speculoos
Illustrator & Photo: Luc Longin
Printer: bpost Philately & Stamps Printing
Process: Offset
Values: € 9.80

About Speculoos

Speculoos mold with Saint-Nicolas figure and cinnamon sticks and Speculoos (Saint-Nicolas figure) and spices, including cloves and star anise.

Belgium 2022 - Regional Cheeses

Technical Details:
Issue Date: 24 January 2022
Designer: Leen Depooter

Printer: Stamps Production Belgium
Process: Offset
Colours: 4 Colours
Layout: Leen Depooter
Value of postage stamps: 1 EUROPE
Leaflet Price: €10.45
Format of postage stamps: a-b-e: 40mm x 30mm; c-d: 30mm x 40mm
Sheet Size: 186mm x 152mm
Sheet composition: 5 Postage Stamps
Circulation: 43,704 sheets
Paper: FSC White Gummed
Serration: 11½
Printing Process: Offset
Printing: Bpost Philately & Stamps Printing

Theme:

Belgium can be proud of a wealthy culinary heritage. We have many cheeses that deserve to be in an assortment cheesemaker. In this show, we will discuss the richness of Belgian cheeses.

 Postage stamps: 

a. Jersey Milk Cheese - Blue-Veined Cheese

b. Gouda - Beer Cheese

c. Soft-Paste Cheese - Brussels Cheese 

d. Herve Cheese - Goat Cheese 

e. Trappist Cheese - Abbey Cheese 

Sheet: 

The sheet shows the map of Belgium, divided into regions where the different types appear of cheeses, with stylized drawings of cheeses and a cheese knife. The sheet has a cut out special shaped cheese slice with holes.

About Regional Cheeses
The sheetlet shows the map of Belgium, divided into regoins where certain types of cheeses occur, with stylized drawings of cheeses and a cheese knife. The sheetlet was also given a special shape, in the form of a slice of cheese with holes.

With more than 300 official cheeses, Belgium is a real cheese country. According to the master cheesemaker Ann Keymeulen, there would even be more than 1,000. For this collection, Ann and bpost have selected ten delicious typical Belgian cheeses, real ambassadors of the region where they are made.

Proud of Our Cheeses

National treats, When bpost asked him to select some Belgian cheeses for a show of stamps, Ann Keymeulen immediately appeared very enthusiastic. It's already been many years that it has been promoting cheeses Belgians with passion. “Belgians do not surrender not enough account of the treats we have with us."

Either way, Ann knows what she's talking about. She's a master cheese maker, lectures on cheese and provides training for become a master cheesemaker. “During training as a master cheese maker, I give courses on European cheeses," she says. " But I don't hide my passion for cheese Belgians. People are often flabbergasted when I tell them that they live in the region of an exceptional cheese maker. As I find it very regrettable, my mission consists in putting these artisan cheesemakers to honor. Our little country has so many, and it's really unbelievable.

Ten Typical Cheeses

As it is impossible to fit a thousand cheeses on a sheet of stamps, Ann had the difficult task to select ten. Moreover, she had to take into account the creation of the graphic designer Leen Depooter. Leen: “Pretty quickly, we decided to use a map of the Belgium where I arranged the cheeses according to of their origin or the place where they are more common. This shows which cheese is the most typical of his region. » Armed with this information, Ann did not have great difficulty in making his selection. Ann: “For each region, we looked for visually recognizable cheeses and belonging to our cheese heritage. He it often happens that we are inspired by the cheeses of neighboring countries to manufacture it. However, some cheeses are inscribed in our genes, like Trappist or abbey cheeses.

Cheese With Holes

Leen photographed all the cheeses herself choose. “I especially wanted every detail to be clearly visible. This allows collectors to stamps to become absorbed in their contemplation and discover things. The cutting of a slice of cheese with holes gives a additional touch of originality to the sheet. The sheet is also perforated. You have to do very be careful to make a nice cut of these round holes.

Netherlands 2020 - About Typically Dutch Food

Netherlands 2020 - About Typically Dutch Food:

- Rookworst (02 Jan 2020)

- Carrots (24 Feb 2020)

- Hagelslag (23 Mar 2020)

- Tompouce (06 Apr 2020)

- Bitterballen (15 Jun 2020)