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Location of Governments a metonym for the president and his advis- the activities of the PMO. ers. The residence was designed by Irish- Buckingham Palace is The Élysée Palace is born architect James Hoban in the London residence and administrative the official residence of the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the headquarters of the monarchy of the Unit- the President of the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a ed Kingdom. Located in the City of West- French Republic. building which today houses minster, the palace is Completed in 1722, it the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Con- often at the centre of was initially built for Louis Henri de La Tour struction took place between 1792 and state occasions and d'Auvergne. It was 1800 using Aquia Creek sandstone painted royal hospitality. It has used as the office of white. been a focal point for the French President The Office of the the British people at for the first time in Prime Minister, abbre- times of national rejoicing and mourning. 1848. The current viated as PMO, is lo- building contains the Originally known as Buckingham House, cated in the Office of presidential office the building at the core of today's palace the Prime Minister and Privy Coun- and residency, as well as the meeting place was a large townhouse built for the Duke cil building, facing Parliament Hill, of the Council of Ministers. of Buckingham in 1703 on a site that had in Ottawa, Canada. It is a wholly partisan been in private The White House is organization ownership for at the official resi- made up of polit- least 150 years. It dence and workplace ical staff. It ex- was acquired of the president of the ists to support by King United States. It is the prime minis- George III in located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave- ter in a wide va- 1761 as a private residence for Queen nue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been riety of ways, in- Charlotte and became known as The the residence of eve- cluding the provision of policy advice, infor- Queen's House. mation gathering, communications, plan- ry U.S. president The Grand Kremlin Palace, also translat- since John Adams in ning, and strategizing, and is headed by the principal secretary, the chief of staff, or ed Great Kremlin Palace, was built from 1800. The term 1837 to 1849 in Moscow, Russia .. "White House" is of- another key advisor who has the duty of ten used as managing, administrating and coordinating Cont. P.2

1 Russia (cont from P .!) Prime Minister's Office, the Cabinet Office, the Chief houses a museum, which contains objects relating of Staff's Office and the Press Office are located in to former presidents of Argentina. It has been de- ...on the site of the estate this complex. The weekly meetings of the Council of clared a National Historic Monument of Argentina. of the Grand Princes, which Ministers are also held at La Moncloa. had been established in the The Chigi Palace is a palace and former noble resi- 14th century The Zarzuela Palace is dence in Rome which is the official residence of on Borovitsky Hill. Designed the residence and work- the Prime Minister of Italy. Since 1 June 2018, by a team of architects under the management ing offices of the reign- the tenant of the Chigi Palace is Giuseppe Conte. of Konstantin Thon, it was intended ing Monarch of At the end of the 20th to emphasise the greatness Spain (King Felipe VI), century, the building of Russian autocracy. Konstantin although the official resi- underwent a restora- Thon was also the architect of dence of the Spanish Royal Family is the Royal Pal- tion, completed on 7 the Kremlin Armoury and ace of Madrid. The Zar- November 1999. The the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. zuela Palace is on the intervention involved Currently it is the official residence outskirts of Madrid, near not only the facades, but also the rooms of the of the President of the Russian Fed- the Royal Palace of El Prime Minister's office, which Prime Minis- eration, though it is rarely used for Pardo, which accommo- ter Giuliano Amato had transferred to another hall this purpose. dates visiting heads of of the palace, and that for the occasion it was re- state. The palace is The White House; officially: The House of the Gov- established in its original location. owned by the Spanish government and adminis- ernment of the Russian Federation, also known tered by a state agency named Patrimonio Nacion- The Quirinal Palace is a historic as the Russian White al (National Heritage). The Zarzuela Palace is the building in Rome, Italy, one of House, is current home of King Juan Carlos I and Queen the three current official resi- a government building Sofía. Although King Felipe VI has his office in the dences of the President of the in Moscow. It stands palace, he and his family live in the Pabellón del Italian Republic, together on the Krasnopres- Príncipe in the grounds just east of the Zarzuela with Villa Rosebery in Naples and nenskaya embank- Palace. Tenuta di Castelporziano in Rome. It is located on ment. The building the Quirinal Hill, the highest of the seven hills of serves as the primary The Casa Rosada is the executive mansion and of- Rome in an area colloquially office of fice of the President of Argentina. The palatial called Monte Cavallo. It has the government of Russia and is the official work- mansion is known officially as Casa de Gobierno, housed thirty Popes, four Kings place of the Russian Prime Minister. ("House of Government" of Italy and twelve presidents or "Government House"). The Palace of Mon- of the Italian Republic. Normally, the President cloa or Moncloa Palace lives at the Quinta de Vatican City is the Holy See's is the official resi- Olivos, the official resi- independent city- dence and workplace dence of the President of Argentina, which is locat- state enclaved within Rome, Italy. Vatican City be- of the Prime Minister ed in Olivos, Greater came independent from of Spain. It is located Buenos Aires. The char- Italy with the Lateran in Puerta de Hierro acteristic color of the Treaty (1929), and it is a Avenue, in the Moncloa-Aravaca district in Madrid. It Casa Rosada is baby distinct territory under has been the official residence of the Prime Minister pink, and is considered "full ownership, exclusive of Spain since 1977, when Adolfo Suárez moved the one of the most emblem- dominion, and sovereign residence from the Palace of Villamejor. The Mon- atic buildings in Buenos authority and jurisdiction" cloa Complex includes 16 buildings, a bunker and a Aires. The building also of the Holy See. © hospital. The Ministry of the Presidency, the Deputy

2 HOW ARE “STAMPS” CALLED IN Arabic - tawabie baridia Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, OTHER COUNTRIES born 21 April 1926)[a] is the Queen of the Haitian - Koupon pou Achte United Kingdom and the oth- (suggested by Richard Sandler) Chinese - Yóupiào er Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth was Belgium - Postzegel or timbres born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of Catalan - segells the Duke and Duchess of York (later King Spain/South America - sellos Greek - grammatósima George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father Tamil - Muttiraikaḷ ascended the throne on the abdication of Japan - Kitte his brother King Edward Sweden - frimärken VIII in 1936, from which Bulgarian - poshtenski marki time she was the heir Philippines - mga selyo Chinese - Yóupiào presumptive. Urdu - ticket Finnish - postimerkkejä She has been called Danish - frimærker Queen of England!!! Swahili - mihuri

Malta - bolol Armenian - namakanishner The United Kingdom consists of four coun- Arabic - Taba Norwegian - frimerker tries: England, Scotland, Wales and Norther Indonesia - Perangko n Ireland. Their capitals are Lon- Basque - zigiluak don, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respec- Zimbabwe - Chitambi ERRORS IN TITTLES tively. © Romanian - Timbre Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Portugeese - sellos (& Brazil) Arthur George; born 14 No- vember 1948), is the heir ap- Hindi / Bengali - tikaton / Sṭyāmpēra parent to the British throne Italy - Francobolli as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has been France - Timbres Duke of Corn- German - Briefmarken wall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952, and Russia - Marki he is the oldest and longest- serving heir apparent in Brit- Welsh - stampiau ish history. Africaans - seëls He has been called Prince of Whales!!! Polish - znaczki pocztowe

3 GREAT BRITAIN AIR POST & SPECIAL DE- crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, mak- LIVERY STAMPS ing the sinking one of modern history's deadliest peacetime commercial marine dis- Great Britain has not been releasing asters. RMS Titanic was the largest ship

Air Post or Special afloat at the time she entered service and Delivery since was the second of three Olympic-class 1840. Well, that ocean liners operated by the White Star has changed. Star- Line. She was built by the Harland and ing in 2003 there are Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, 7 stamps for Air Post- chief naval Services postage; they architect of are listed in Scott un- the shipyard der AIR POST. These at the time, are died in the issued in booklets. disaster. There are stamps with PK 15.4.1914 this design for various Hamburg - services: EUROPE, Amerika Linie Dampfer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. WORLD WIDE, POST- The cover shown here is an “Airsure” cover Deutsche Seaport. Titanic CARD, and others. with several stamps including one Special Titanic was under the command of Cap- delivery 500 grams. tain Edward Smith, who also went down Additional- with the ship. The ocean liner carried some ly, in It is like James Bond would say: “This is of the wealthiest people in the world, as 2010, two done for Queen and Country”. © well as hundreds of emigrants from Great stamps Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and else- have been RMS TITANIC on Stamps where throughout Europe, who were seek- added for RMS Titanic was a ing a new life in the United States. The first Special British passenger -class accommodation was designed to be Delivery Services. There are two stamps: liner operated by the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with a for 100 and 500 grams parcels. Could not the White Star gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high- find any of these stamps Line that sank in class restaurants, and opulent cabins. A on cover. Some are avail- the North Atlantic high-powered radiotelegraph transmit- able on piece. Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 ter was available for sending passenger There is also a Machin April 1912, after striking an iceberg during "marconigrams" and for the ship's opera- stamp for the Special her maiden voy- tional use. Although Titanic had advanced Delivery Signed For age from Southampton to New York City. safety features, such [Cont P . 5] Service. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and 4 TITANIC ON STAMPS [Cont. from P . 4] as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, it only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—about half the number on board, and one third of her total capacity—due to the maritime safety regulations of those days. The ship carried 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each, for a total of 48 boats. Howev- er, Titanic carried only a total of 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved hard to launch during the sinking. There are many stamps issued to commemorate the 100 years of the ship’s de- mise. However the mail on board was never recovered; there are some covers and postcards. We will show some material of what has bee issued.

After the disaster, recommendations were made by both the British and American Boards of Inquiry stating that ships should carry enough lifeboats for all aboard, mandated lifeboat drills would be imple- mented, lifeboat inspections would be conducted, etc. Many of these recommendations were incorpo- rated into the International Convention for the Safe- ty of Life at Sea passed in 1914. The Convention has been updated by periodic amendments, with a completely new version adopted in 1974.Signatories to the Convention followed up with national legisla- tion to implement the new standards.

Further, the United States government passed the Radio Act of 1912. This Act, along with the In- ternational Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, stated that radio communications on passenger ships would be operated 24 hours a day, along with a secondary power supply, so as not to miss distress calls. ©

5 UNUSUAL CHINA STAMPS 2010 (Stanley Gibbons), HK$747,500 (£60,300) at France 1849 M $1,500 U $210 InterAsia's September 2011 sale, US$57,000 in 2014 The Whole Country is Red. The Whole Country is in Germany, US$445,000 in 2014 in Hong Kong. © Canada (Province) 1851 M 45,000 U $1,000 Red is a Chinese postage stamp, issued on 24 No- What happened next? vember 1968, which Argentina (Bs. As.)1858 M $500 U $300 contained a problem Two values were prepared to celebrate the Great with the design. The Victory ol the Cultural Revolution but were not is- Brazil 1843 M $4,500 U $550 map of China appears sued, although a few examples have entered lhe Spain 1850 M $650 U $17 in red, but the island marketplace. Values for sound stamps: 81, Mao Tse- of Taiwan is shown in tung and Lin Piao, $300,000; 81. map and workers yellow. $475,000. The two stamps are only noted in Scott. © The sale of these stamps was stopped as soon as the design error was found and the remaining stamps were destroyed. How- ever the stamps that were actually sold have appeared in the marketplace at very high prices.

Here are the details. FIRST STAMPS of the World: How Taiwan was not shaded red as at the time of print- ing, it was (and remains so today) under the control much are they Worth? of the Republic of China instead of the PRC. The .. By Scott 2020 official reason given for the withdrawal of the stamp was that the Spratly and Paracel Islands were miss- GB Penny Black 1840 M $12,500 U $375 ing from the map, as well as the borders with Mon- Swiss Geneva Canton 1843 M$77,500 U golia, Bhutan, and Myanmar being incorrectly $42,500 drawn. The stamp had been distributed for less than half a day when an editor at Sino Maps Italy’s Lombard Venetia 1850 #1 M Press noticed the problem with Taiwan and reported $4,600 U $150 it to the Ministry of Industry and Information Tech- nology. As a result, all Chinese post offices had to Belgium 1849 M $2,600 U $100 stop selling the stamp and return all copies, with Germany Bavaria 1849 M $1,000 U only a small quantity making it to private collec- $2,250 tors. The designer of the stamp, Wang Weisheng, said in an AFP interview, "For a long time I was real- US 1847 M $6,000 U $350 ly worried that I would be jailed". Scott 999A. Netherlands 1852 M 400 U 35 The stamp is today regarded as rare, with one being sold at an auction in 2009 for HK$3.68 million Greece 1861 M $600 U $550

(US$475,000, £290,000). More recent auction reali- Russia 1857 M $62,500 U $950 sations have been lower at £31050 in December 6