Taj Mahal on Gibraltar Stamp

Taj Mahal the pride of India will appear once again on a foreign issue very soon. After it has become one of the Seven Wonders of the World its beauty has attracted several postal administrations. Gibraltar is going to issue a set of seven stamps on recently selected Seven Wonders of the World by voting. These are The Christ redeemer in Brazil, The Coliseum in Rome, Italy, Petra in Jordan, The great wall in China, The Machu Pichu in Peru, Chichén Itza in Mexico and the Taj Mahal in India. The date of the issue is yet to be decided by the Gibraltar postal Administration.

Bhojpuri Star Manoj Tiwari, on Dutch stamp

Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari is on cloud nine as he has piped maestro Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia to be the Indian face on a Dutch postage stamp.The government of Netherlands has issued a postage stamp in Bhojpuri star Manoj Tiwari’s honour.The actor is both dazed and delighted. Says Tiwari, “Two names were put forward for the honour — Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia and mine. That I was chosen over a man of such stature and seniority fills me with both pride and humility.”There’s also also a sense of disbelief. “This has come as a huge surprise,” he says. “There’s a special event in my honour on May 21,” he informs. The honor was conferred on him last March but was made public only last week when Tiwari received an e-mail from the Dutch government notifying him about the 44-cent (Euro) stamp in recognition of his soaring popularity in Holland that has a large population of migrant people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.. This is for the first time a postage stamp of Holland has been issued in the name of a foreigner. Tiwari, who recently moved out of Mumbai after being targeted by anti-Bihari extremists like Bal Thackeray of Shiv Sena and his nephew and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, engaged in an act of 'Gandhigiri' on March 24 when he handed out red roses to passengers at Patna Junction leaving for Mumbai to spread brotherhood and regional harmony between Bihar and Maharashtra.

6. Varad P. Dhaky , Ahmedabad

I am introducing myself Varad.P. Dhaky , did post graduation in Electronics in the year 1973 and having business of Industrial Export- Import Consultancy . I am collecting stamps and coins for more than last 40 years . I am a thematic collector mainly collecting Fiscal stamps of Princely States of India and Court Fee Stamp Papers , Stamps of Indian theme on Foreign Stamps , Novelty /Unique Stamps , Jainism , Export/Exhibition . Currently I am active as a Secretary General of Gujrat Philatelists’ Association Ahmedabad for the last 12 years and Ex- Honorary Secretary and Editor of the Newsletter of Gujrat Coin Society , Ahmedabad . My E-mail ids are altoexim@yahoo.co.in , vpdhaky@vsnl.net & vdhaky@gmail.com