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This India 2008 stamp celebrates deepavaldi, festival of lights associated with Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism.  |
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Here is the 1.50 markka value (Facit #1097) from Finland's November 3, 1989 Christmas set of two stamps. Stamp depicts "Christmas in town" (Facit).  |
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This United States 2016 Diwali stamp depicts diya, an oil lamp usually made from clay, with a cotton wick dipped in oil.  |
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South Africa 1981 50 years of Voortrekker movement - 1v The Voortrekkers is an Afrikaner youth organisation founded in South Africa in 1931. The stamp depicts a boy and a girl with a torch.  |
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On November 22, 1991 Norway issued a Christmas, one-pane booklet of 10 (2 designs x 5) stamps. Stamps depict "Children guised as Christmas bucks" (Facit). On one of the stamps (Facit #1127) a boy is carrying a lit lantern attached to a staff.  |
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This April 13, 2014 "green letter" (20 grams domestic) rate stamp of France is from a one-pane "Save the Environment" booklet of 12 different designs. Stamp (Sc #4599) depicts a spiral compact fluorescent (CFL) bulb. These bulbs were developed as a replacement for the less efficient incandescent bulb, but have since been replaced by the LED bulb.  |
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This Estonia 2006 Christmas stamp shows a traditional handheld metal-glass lantern.  |
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Alderney Death Centenary of Florence Nightingale July 29, 2010 Set of six, one stamp depicts a vintage oil lantern.  |
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Czech Republic 1997 F. Krizik - 1v Frantisek Krizik (1847 – 1941) was a Czech inventor, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur. K#345;ižík is considered the pioneer of practical electrical engineering and in electrification of Bohemia and Austro-Hungarian empire. At the time he was often compared to Thomas Edison  |
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On May 15, 1991 New Zealand issued a one-pane (5 x 40c) booklet of five different "Happy Birthday" stamps. One of the stamps (SG #1598) depicts a birthday cake with lit candles.  |
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Here is the 22 p Candle with Holly stamp from Ireland's November 26, 1985 Christmas set of four.  |
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