KARNAPEX 2024

KARNAPEX 2024 

13th Karnataka State Level Philately Exhibition

5-8 January 2024. Bengaluru

- Sushil Mehra, Bangalore

Club News

 

Rainbow Stamp News December 2023

Dear Reader, 

I am pleased to release December 2023 issue of Rainbow Stamp News. It is available at the following link :

https://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.com/2023/12/rainbow-december-2023.html

Thailand 2023 World Stamp Championship - Indian Winners

 

Thailand 2023 World Stamp Championship

Indian Winners

Heartiest Congratulations !!

 1. Rajesh Paharia 2. Pragya Jain 3. Mrs Damyanti Pittie 4.Kishore Chandak 5. Madhukar Deogawanka 6. Sushil Mehra 7. Madhukar Jhingan 8. Piyush Khaitan 9.Raunak Dutta 10.Ilyas Patel 11. Narendra Saboo 12. Savita Jhingan 13.Rajesh Jhunjhunwala 14. M. Lokeswara Rao 15. Kapil Gogri

 

New Special Cover from Karnataka

 

Kokkare Bellur Community Reserve

Mysuru - 7 October 2023

Kokkare Bellur, situated In Mandya, is the only Community Reserve of Karnataka, declared in the year 2007 under The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. This village was awarded as "Star Village" by Earth Day Network. The place is uniquely described as "two-tiered habitat" with colonial water birds nesting on upper tier (branches) and village life on lower tier (ground). The village is visited by Painted Storks, Spot-billed Pelican, and 139 other bird species, the name 'Kokkare' meaning storks is aptly prefixed.

R. Suresh - Bangalore

New Picture Postcards and Special Covers from Karnataka Postal Circle

 

Picture Postcards released during KRISHNAPEX 2023 

 18-19 November 2023 , Udupi

Special Covers released during Krishnapex 2023

- Nithin Kumar S. Adka, Bangalore

Special Cancellation on National Constitution Day

By Karnataka Postal Circle

Source : - Pan India Postal Pictorial Place Cancellation

Club News

 

Karnataka Philatelic Society

ELECTION OF THE OFFICE BEARERS FOR THE TWO-YEAR TERM 2023 – 2025: 15 October 2023

Newly elected KPS committee for 2023 - 2025

As per the byelaws of the Karnataka Philatelic Society Bengaluru, the term of the new office bearers for the term 2023 - 2025.

President - Chaytinya Dev

Vice President - Sushil Mehra

Treasurer - G K Shenoy 

General Secretary - Akhil Reddy C M

Governing Council Members - 

1.Manish A Jain

2.Reshma P V

3.Praveen Shastry P M

 Basavangudi Post Office on Philately Day

Basavangudi Children from Achieve School of Education, Basavangudi, Bengaluru visited the Post Office at Basavangudi on 11 October 2023.  The officials of the Post Office and the philatelist Shri. Praveen Shastry welcomed the children and taught them how a post office works and how letters are sent.  Small gifts like pencils and chocolates were given to children by the Post Office people.

- Praveen Shastry- Bangalore