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Commemorative Events, Anniversaries, Festivals Stamps 3

Germany – 2022 World of the Letter
Russia – 2023 Russia-Africa Summit, St. Petersburg
Russia – 2013 18th Conference of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP)
Czechoslovakia – 1984 40th Anniversary of Slovak Uprising
Switzerland – 1979 Escalade, Geneva.
L’Escalade, or Fête de l’Escalade, is an annual festival in Geneva, Switzerland, held each December commemorating the defeat of an attempt to conquer the Protestant city-state by the Catholic Duchy of Savoy in 1602. The celebrations and other commemorative activities are usually held on 12 December or the closest weekend.Savoyard troops sent by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy attempted a surprise attack during the night of 11–12 December 1602, but were repulsed by the Genevese defenders. According to legend, this was possible thanks to individual acts of bravery by Genevese citizens, notably by local resident Catherine Cheynel (also known as la Mère Royaume), who dumped boiling vegetable soup on the invaders and alerted the townsfolk.
Great Britain – 1999 Suffragette behind Prison Windows (Equal Rights for Women)
Great Britain – 1999 Food Imports – The Farmer’s Tale (man peeling potato)
-Algeria – 2023 -54 Years of Vaccination
Greece – 1982 Centenary Historical and Ethnological Society 1882-1982
Bulgaria – 1982 “Women” International Children’s Assembly “Banner of Peace”
-Czechoslovakia – 1952 World Youth Week – Student, Soldier, Worker

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