April 1954

Buy SACC 80-88 on Salisbury registered cover - 24 April 1954 - as per photo for R150.00

CEYLON, 1954. Royal Visit.      WM: 6  Perf:  13  x 12 ½. Single issue for the day, mint (not hinged) and used (previously  hinged). Brown spots on front and back.  View scans for  condition as it form part of the description, CV +/-R 16.50. Note, display card not  included, and,  t he horizontal lines across the images are due to   the display card that we use to scan items.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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Ukraine 5 hryvnias 50 Years Design Office`Pivdenne` Space nickel silver 2004 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2004 Weight:   16.54 CoA:   No Face Value:   5 hryvnias Dimensions:   35     Quality:   ordinary     Mintage:   30000   New coin with capsule The coin is dedicated to the State design office `Pivdenne`, which was founded on 10 April, 1954 in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. About 70 types of space vehicles developed at the design office `Pivdenne` enabled to conduct space researches within the frame of both national and international projects, contributing to the development of science and the national economy. As of today, one of the priority tasks of this design office is the implementation of the National Space Program of Ukraine according to which the launch of `Sich-1M` multifunctional space vehicle is planned for 2004. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Russia, USSR, Khrushchev, Soviet Union, Communism, Medal, Tokens, Politician Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   Year of Issue:   Weight:   CoA:   Face Value:   Dimensions:   35     Quality:       Mintage:     New token with capsule Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev[a] (April 15 [O.S. April 3] 1894 ¿ September 11, 1971) was a Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy. Khrushchev's party colleagues removed him from power in 1964, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.The transfer of Crimea in 1954 was an administrative action of the Supreme Soviet which transferred the government of the Crimean peninsula from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian SSR.According to the Soviet Constitution (article 18), the borders of a republic within the Soviet Union could not be re-drawn without the agreement of the republic in question. The transfer was approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union; however, according to article 33 of the constitution, the Presidium did not have the authority to do so. The constitutional change (articles 22 and 23) to accommodate the transfer was made several days after the decree issued by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

As Per Photos.FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE THEATRES D'OPERATIONS EXTERIEURS WITH LAUREL PALME DECORATION The award was created on 30 April 1921 to be attributed to military personnel who received an individual citation for feats of arms in territories other than metropolitan France after 11 November 1918. The cross was awarded mainly from 1918 to 1939 for actions in the Middle East and North Africa and from 1945 to 1954 for operations in Indo-China This is an Original Croix De Guerre Theatres D'Operations Exterieurs(For Overseas Theatres of Operations) FULL SIZE Medal with a BRONZE Laurel Palme(Branch) Decoration for mention in Army Desptach. PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES !  SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS  

Ukraine 5 hryvnias 50 Years of Annexation of the Crimea to Ukraine bimetal 2004 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    bimetal from nonprecious metals Box:   No Year of Issue:   2004 Weight:   9,4 CoA:   No Face Value:   5 hryvnias Dimensions:   28     Quality:   ordinary     Mintage:   30000   New coin with capsule The coin is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Annexation of the Crimea to Ukraine. In February 1954 the Crimean region was annexed to the UkSSR. On February 12, 1991 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine `On the renewal of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic`. On April 24, 1992 it was renamed for the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea which is an autonomous administrative and territorial unit of Ukraine and its inseparable constituent part. It is situated in the south of the state in the Crimean peninsula. The area makes up 27 thousand km2, its population is 2,221 million people. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.