23-February... Founding of International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...

To develop, promote and publish standardization in all technical fields, and to facilitate international exchange of goods and services, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was founded on this day (23-Feb) in the year 1947...

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, ISO as of 2022 has about 167 member countries who were represented by their respective National Standards Organizations...

The 6th General Assembly of ISO was held in the year 1964 at New Delhi and this was the first time that the GA meeting was held in an Asian country... To commemorate the General Assembly meeting, India Post released a 15-naya paisa postage stamp...

The stamp features Part of globe highlighting Indian map ; Ashoka Chakra of India ; the logo of Indian Standards Institution (ISI)...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Globe / World...

(b) Maps...

(c) Symbols / Emblems / Logos...

(d) Ashoka Chakra of India...

22-Februrary... Birth anniversary of Luis Bunuel...

The widely regarded International director and Spanish film-maker, Luis Bunuel was born on this day (22-Feb) in the year 1900...

The winner of Career Golden Lion award in 1982 by the Venice Film Festival, Luis Bunuel was honored by Spanish Postal Administration with the release of a 29-Spanish peseta postage stamp in the year 1994...

The stamp features electronic film camera and portrait of Luis Bunuel...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Film / Movies / Cinema...

(b) Directors / Actors...

(c) Camera...

21-February... World's First Steam Railway Locomotive, Penydarren...

World's first Steam locomotive, Penydarran developed by Richard Trevithick was successfully put into service on this day (21-Feb) in the year 1804... 

On that day, the locomotive pulled 10-ton load of Iron and approximately 70 men over a distance of 9 miles...  And, this was the first documented demonstration that a Steam engine could travel on iron rails and pull a load...

Great Britain's Royal Mail paid tributes to the important development and advancement of the Industrial revolution with the release of a non-denominated first-class postage stamp in the year 2021...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Locomotives...

(b) Steam locomotives...

(c) Transport...

(d) Inventions...

(e) Industrial revolution...

(f) Science and Technology...

20-February... Founding of Amrita Bazar Patrika...

The Bengali daily newspaper published from Calcutta (now Kolkata), Amrita Bazar Patrika (ABP) was founded on this day (20-Feb) in the year 1868 by Moti Lal Ghosh and Sisir Kumar Ghose...  The newspaper evolved into a bilingual with the introduction English daily in the year 1871... 

Described as the best Nationalist paper in India by the Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, the daily ceased its publication in the year 1991...

In the year 1968, India Post commemorated the 100 years of the daily with the release of a 15-naya paisa postage stamp...

The stamp depicts Amrita Bazar Patrika Centenary symbol "a bow and a quill in place of arrow"...

Hindi text in the stamp "अमृत ​​बाजार पत्रिका शताब्दी" translates to "Amrita Bazar Patrika Centenary"...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Newspapers...

(b) Feathers...

(c) Symbols...

(d) Anniversaries...

19-February... Patenting of Phonograph...

Thomas Alva Edison on this day (19-Feb) in the year 1878, patented his first invention Phonograph which he invented in the year 1877...

Popularly known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park", Edison used tinfoil around the grooved cylinder in his Phonograph instead of wax-coated cardboard cylinders...

The centenary of Sound recording / Phonograph was commemorated by India Post with the release of a 2-rupees postage stamp in the year 1977...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Inventions...

(b) Scientists... 

(c) Sound / Music...

(d) Science and Technology...

(e) Anniversaries... 

18-February... Discovery of the Planet Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh...

The American astronomer, Clyde William Tombaugh in the year 1930, discovered the planet Pluto on this day (18-Feb)... At the time of it's discovery Pluto was considered as a Solar Planet, but in 2006 it was declared as dwarf planet by the scientists...

Discoverer of many asteroids in our Solar System, Clyde Tombaugh was commemorated by the Monaco Postal Administration with the release of a 3.80-euro postage stamp in the year 2005...

The stamp features, planet Pluto and the telescopic instruments used by Tombaugh in his discovery...

The French wordings "1930 Clyde Tombaugh découvre la planète Pluton" translates to "1930 Clyde Tombaugh discovers the Planet Pluto"...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Astronomy / Astronomer...

(b) Celestial bodies...

(c) Telescope...

(d) Science and Technology...

17-February... Swearing in of First President of Israel, Dr Chaim Weizmann...

The Russian born Israeli statesman, Dr Chaim Weizmann assumed Office as the 1st President of Israel on this day (17-Feb) in the year 1949...  The Zionist leader who was a Biochemist by Profession, convinced United States Government to recognize the newly formed State of Israel...

To mark the 30 years of Israeli Independence, the Israeli Postal Administration commemorated Dr Chaim Weizmann with the release of a 2-Israeli lira postage stamp in the year 1978...

The Hebrew wordings "ד"ר חיים עזריאל ויצמן" translates to "Dr Chaim Weizmann"...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Heads of State / Presidents...

(b) Politicians...

(c) Historical personalities...