Showing posts with label indonesia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indonesia. Show all posts
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Stamps of Indonesia's PELITA
PELITA is Indonesia's per 5 year national development program in the era of President Suharto since 1969. Previously President Soekarno launched national development program called "Pembangunan Nasional Semesta Berencana" in 1961. First PELITA (1969 to 1974) was conducted to fulfill basic people needs and develop infrastructures especially in the agricultural field. Second PELITA was conducted to accelerate the development programs outside Java, Bali, and Madura islands by transmigrating people. Indonesia was able to reach industrial era since 3rd and 4th PELITA, and in the 5th and 6th PELITA some of the Indonesia's people was capable in the telecommunication and information technology and Indonesia succesfully launched its first plane (CN 235 and N 250 Gatotkaca) in the era of President Suharto. These stamps are available for sale, please can contact me via email if you are interested in having some or all of these stamps.
Stamps of Commemoration
Indonesia Postal Service issues many stamps of commemoration to honor national and international days or years. Some of these stamps are issued by Indonesia Postal Service to commemorate World No-Tobacco Day, International Anti-Apartheid Year, National Children Day, New Millenium Era, and etc. Please contact me via email to put your price offer(s) if you are interested in having some or all of these stamps.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Stamps of Stones
In 1999 Indonesia Postal Services issued various stamps about mineral stones, such as Tektite, Chrysopal, Blue Opal, and Amethyst. One of it is tektite stamps. Tektites are a type of impact glass formed during large impact events. The force of the meteorite impact melts sandstone into glass and lifts it outside the Earth's atmosphere. As the glass drops rain back to Earth, their passage through the atmosphere shapes them into a variety of forms such as spheres, cylinders, dumbbells, and buttons. These glassy drops eventually cool and solidify into tektites. A few scientists still believe that at least some tektites were formed in lunar volcanic eruptions and ejected to Earth by the force of the eruptions. You can have each or all of these stamps in a negotiable price(s). Please contact me via email to put your price offer(s).
Stamps of Indonesia's Culture
Indonesian culture has been shaped by long interaction between original indigenous customs and multiple foreign influences. Indonesia is central along ancient trading routes between the Far East and the Middle East, resulting in many cultural practices being strongly influenced by a multitude of religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Islam, all strong in the major trading cities. The result is a complex cultural mixture very different from the original indigenous cultures. Despite the influences of foreign culture, some remote Indonesian regions still preserve uniquely indigenous culture. Indigenous ethnic groups of Mentawai, Asmat, Dani, Dayak, Toraja and many others are still practising their ethnic rituals, customs and wearing traditional clothes. These stamps are the reflection of some of Indonesia's culture such as its dances, its clothes, its sculpture arts, and its rituals. You can have some or all of these stamps in a negotiable price(s). Please contact me by email to put your price offer(s).
Stamps of Indonesia's Architecture
Indonesian architecture reflects the diversity of cultural, historical and geographic influences that have shaped Indonesia as a whole. Invaders, colonisers, missionaries, merchants and traders brought cultural changes that had a profound effect on building styles and techniques. Traditionally, the most significant foreign influence has been Indian. However, Chinese, Arab—and since the 18th and 19th centuries—European influences have been important. There are religious architecture, traditional vernacular architecture, palace architecture, colonial architecture, and post-independence architecture.
Although religious architecture has been widespread in Indonesia, the most significant was developed in Java. The island's long tradition of religious syncretism extended to architecture, which fostered uniquely Javanese styles of Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and to a lesser extent, Christian architecture.
Rumah adat are the distinctive style of traditional housing unique to each ethnic group in Indonesia. Despite this the diversity of styles, built by peoples with a common Austronesian ancestry, traditional homes of Indonesia share a number of characteristics such as timber construction, varied and elaborate roof structures, and pile and beam construction that take the load straight to the ground. These houses are at the centre of a web of customs, social relations, traditional laws, taboos, myths and religions that bind the villagers together. The house provides the main focus for the family and its community, and is the point of departure for many activities of its residents. Traditional Indonesian homes are not architect designed, rather villagers build their own homes, or a community will pool their resources for a structure built under the direction of a master builder and/or a carpenter.
Istana (or "palace") architecture of the various kingdoms and realms of Indonesia, is more often than not based on the vernacular adat domestic styles of the area. Royal courts, however, were able to develop much grander and elaborate versions of this traditional architecture. In the Javanese Kraton, for example, large penodopos of the joglo roof form with tumpang sari ornamentation are elaborate but based on common Javanese forms, while the omo sebua ("chief's house") in Bawomataluo, Nias is an enlarged version of the homes in the village, the palaces of the Balinese such as the Puri Agung in Gianyar use the traditional bale form, and the Pagaruyung Palace is a 3-storey version of the Minangkabau Rumah Gadang.
The 16th and 17th centuries saw the arrival of European powers in Indonesia who used masonry for much of their construction. Previously timber and its by-products had been almost exclusively used in Indonesia, with the exception of some major religious and palace architecture. One of the first major Dutch settlements was Batavia (later Jakarta) which in the 17th and 18th centuries was a fortified brick and masonry city. At the end of the 19th century, great changes were happening across much of colonial Indonesia, particularly Java. Significant improvements to technology, communications and transportation had brought new wealth to Java's cities and private enterprise was reaching the countryside. Modernistic buildings required for such development appeared in great numbers, and were heavily influenced by international styles. These new buildings included train stations, business hotels, factories and office blocks, hospitals and education institutions. The largest stock of colonial era buildings are in the large cities of Java, such as Bandung, Jakarta, Semarang, and Surabaya. Bandung is of particular note with one of the largest remaining collections of 1920s Art-Deco buildings in the world, with the notable work of several Dutch architects and planners, including Albert Aalbers, Thomas Karsten, Henri Maclaine-Pont, J Gerber and C.P.W. Schoemaker.
Early twentieth century modernisms are still very evident across much of Indonesia, again mostly in Java. The 1930s world depression was devastating to Java, and was followed by another decade of war, revolution and struggle, which restricted the development of the built environment. Further, the Javanese art-deco style from the 1920s became the root for the first Indonesian national style in the 1950s. The politically turbulent 1950s meant that the new but bruised Indonesia was neither able to afford or focussed to follow the new international movements such as modernist brutalism. Continuity from the 1920s and 30s through to the 1950s was further supported Indonesian planners who had been colleagues of the Dutch Karsten, and they continued many of his principles. Despite the new country's economic woes, government-funded major projects were undertaken in the modernist style, particularly in the capital Jakarta. Reflecting President Sukarno's political views, the architecture is openly nationalistic and strives to show the new nation’s pride in itself. Projects approved by Sukarno, himself a civil engineer who had acted as an architect, include:
* A clover-leaf highway.
* A broad by-pass in Jakarta (Jalan Sudirman).
* Four high-rise hotels including the famous Hotel Indonesia.
* A new parliament building.
* The 127 000-seat Bung Karno Stadium.
* Numerous monuments including The National Monument.
* Istiqlal Mosque the largest mosque in Southeast Asia.
These are stamps from Indonesia that reflect some of the various Indonesia's architecture. You can have some or all of these stamps in a negotiable price(s). Please contact me via email to put your price offer.
Although religious architecture has been widespread in Indonesia, the most significant was developed in Java. The island's long tradition of religious syncretism extended to architecture, which fostered uniquely Javanese styles of Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and to a lesser extent, Christian architecture.
Rumah adat are the distinctive style of traditional housing unique to each ethnic group in Indonesia. Despite this the diversity of styles, built by peoples with a common Austronesian ancestry, traditional homes of Indonesia share a number of characteristics such as timber construction, varied and elaborate roof structures, and pile and beam construction that take the load straight to the ground. These houses are at the centre of a web of customs, social relations, traditional laws, taboos, myths and religions that bind the villagers together. The house provides the main focus for the family and its community, and is the point of departure for many activities of its residents. Traditional Indonesian homes are not architect designed, rather villagers build their own homes, or a community will pool their resources for a structure built under the direction of a master builder and/or a carpenter.
Istana (or "palace") architecture of the various kingdoms and realms of Indonesia, is more often than not based on the vernacular adat domestic styles of the area. Royal courts, however, were able to develop much grander and elaborate versions of this traditional architecture. In the Javanese Kraton, for example, large penodopos of the joglo roof form with tumpang sari ornamentation are elaborate but based on common Javanese forms, while the omo sebua ("chief's house") in Bawomataluo, Nias is an enlarged version of the homes in the village, the palaces of the Balinese such as the Puri Agung in Gianyar use the traditional bale form, and the Pagaruyung Palace is a 3-storey version of the Minangkabau Rumah Gadang.
The 16th and 17th centuries saw the arrival of European powers in Indonesia who used masonry for much of their construction. Previously timber and its by-products had been almost exclusively used in Indonesia, with the exception of some major religious and palace architecture. One of the first major Dutch settlements was Batavia (later Jakarta) which in the 17th and 18th centuries was a fortified brick and masonry city. At the end of the 19th century, great changes were happening across much of colonial Indonesia, particularly Java. Significant improvements to technology, communications and transportation had brought new wealth to Java's cities and private enterprise was reaching the countryside. Modernistic buildings required for such development appeared in great numbers, and were heavily influenced by international styles. These new buildings included train stations, business hotels, factories and office blocks, hospitals and education institutions. The largest stock of colonial era buildings are in the large cities of Java, such as Bandung, Jakarta, Semarang, and Surabaya. Bandung is of particular note with one of the largest remaining collections of 1920s Art-Deco buildings in the world, with the notable work of several Dutch architects and planners, including Albert Aalbers, Thomas Karsten, Henri Maclaine-Pont, J Gerber and C.P.W. Schoemaker.
Early twentieth century modernisms are still very evident across much of Indonesia, again mostly in Java. The 1930s world depression was devastating to Java, and was followed by another decade of war, revolution and struggle, which restricted the development of the built environment. Further, the Javanese art-deco style from the 1920s became the root for the first Indonesian national style in the 1950s. The politically turbulent 1950s meant that the new but bruised Indonesia was neither able to afford or focussed to follow the new international movements such as modernist brutalism. Continuity from the 1920s and 30s through to the 1950s was further supported Indonesian planners who had been colleagues of the Dutch Karsten, and they continued many of his principles. Despite the new country's economic woes, government-funded major projects were undertaken in the modernist style, particularly in the capital Jakarta. Reflecting President Sukarno's political views, the architecture is openly nationalistic and strives to show the new nation’s pride in itself. Projects approved by Sukarno, himself a civil engineer who had acted as an architect, include:
* A clover-leaf highway.
* A broad by-pass in Jakarta (Jalan Sudirman).
* Four high-rise hotels including the famous Hotel Indonesia.
* A new parliament building.
* The 127 000-seat Bung Karno Stadium.
* Numerous monuments including The National Monument.
* Istiqlal Mosque the largest mosque in Southeast Asia.
These are stamps from Indonesia that reflect some of the various Indonesia's architecture. You can have some or all of these stamps in a negotiable price(s). Please contact me via email to put your price offer.
Stamps of Indonesia's Floras
The flora of Indonesia ranges from the tiny orchid to the giant "Rafflesia Arnoldi" plant which has a bloom almost a metre (3.2 feet) in diameter the largest flower in the world and many other species of plant life which can be seen at the Bogor Botanical Gardens.
Agricultural produce include rubber, coconut, coffee, tea, cocoa, corn, spices, kapok, tobacco, rice, etc. and an abundance of vegetable and fruit. Indonesia has some of the richest timber resources in the world and the largest concentration of tropical hardwoods. The total area of statecontrolled forests is approximately 12,9 million hectares. Meranti constitues about 56% of the entire timber export. Other varieties include ramin, agathis, teak, pinewood and a range of other timber is smaller quantity, rattan and bamboo.
You can have few or all of these stamps about Indonesia's flora with a negotiable price(s). Please contact me for negotiating the price(s).
Agricultural produce include rubber, coconut, coffee, tea, cocoa, corn, spices, kapok, tobacco, rice, etc. and an abundance of vegetable and fruit. Indonesia has some of the richest timber resources in the world and the largest concentration of tropical hardwoods. The total area of statecontrolled forests is approximately 12,9 million hectares. Meranti constitues about 56% of the entire timber export. Other varieties include ramin, agathis, teak, pinewood and a range of other timber is smaller quantity, rattan and bamboo.
You can have few or all of these stamps about Indonesia's flora with a negotiable price(s). Please contact me for negotiating the price(s).
Stamps of Indonesia's Fauna
The Fauna of Indonesia consists of a high level of biodiversity due to its vast-size and tropical archipelago make-up. Indonesia divides into two ecological regions; western Indonesia is more influenced by Asian fauna, and the east is more influenced by Australasian. The Wallace Line in fact, more an area known as Wallacea—notionally divides these two regions. There are species indigenous to Indonesia, like the "orang utan" apes of Sumatra and Kalimantan, the giant "komodo" lizards which are the only ones of their kind in the world today roaming free on the island of Komodo; the one homed rhinoceros of Java, the wild "banteng" oxen, tigers and many other species which are now protected in wildlife reserves. These are stamps of Indonesia's fauna. You can have some of it or all of it in a negotiable price(s).
Stamps of Soekarno and Gus Dur (Abdurrahman Wahid)
Soekarno is the first President of Indonesia. He helped the country win its independence from the Netherlands and Japan, and was President from 1945 to 1967, presiding with mixed success over the country's turbulent transition to independence. Soekarno or known as Bung Karno (Bung is an affectionate title used to address colleagues, popular in early 1900s) was forced from power by one of his generals, Suharto, who formally became President in March 1967.
Soekarno is a son of a Javanese schoolteacher guy and Balinese woman. Sukarno was born in Surabaya, East Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was a rare breed even among the colony's small educated elite, Sukarno was fluent in several languages, such as Dutch, German, English and French and his native Javanese. He once remarked that when he was studying in Surabaya, he often sat behind the screen in movie theaters reading the Dutch subtitles in reverse because he could not afford the regular front seating's price :).
Abdurrahman Wahid that is also known as Gus Dur is the fourth President of Republic Indonesia. He was elected as president to replace BJ Habibie. He known as a man that love to joke and an easy going man. These are 6 stamps of Soekarno and one stamp of Abdurrahman Wahid can be bought per stamp in a negotiable price.
Soekarno is a son of a Javanese schoolteacher guy and Balinese woman. Sukarno was born in Surabaya, East Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was a rare breed even among the colony's small educated elite, Sukarno was fluent in several languages, such as Dutch, German, English and French and his native Javanese. He once remarked that when he was studying in Surabaya, he often sat behind the screen in movie theaters reading the Dutch subtitles in reverse because he could not afford the regular front seating's price :).
Abdurrahman Wahid that is also known as Gus Dur is the fourth President of Republic Indonesia. He was elected as president to replace BJ Habibie. He known as a man that love to joke and an easy going man. These are 6 stamps of Soekarno and one stamp of Abdurrahman Wahid can be bought per stamp in a negotiable price.
Stamps of Soeharto, 2nd President of Indonesia
Soeharto is the second President of the Republic of Indonesia. He was one of the greatest leader that Indonesia has. He not only remembered as one of the leaders that kicked out Communist Party and developed Indonesia's economy but also as the president with the longest period of time. These stamps were published during his regime era. I'd love to sell each of these stamps and the price for each stamp is negotiable.
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