7.Shrikant Parikh, Ahmedabad

Mr. Shrikant Parikh is a renowned philatelist from Gujrat and known for his detailed listings of Indian Aerogrammes, Se-tenant Stamps, Sheetlets as well as Miniature Sheets. He has complete collection of UMM Block of 4 since 1947 till date including Definitive and Military Overprints. Recently he has completed collection of Combinations of Se-tenant stamps from 1974 till date and has also prepared a CD of it. He has also prepared complete collection of Aerogramme (Normal & with Advt.), Inland Letter card (Normal & with Advt.) and Sheetlets of India. He has published 2 albums for Se-tenant stamps, and Miniature sheets. Mr. Parikh has been writing articles on various subjects of philately for GPA News and other philatelic magazine since a long time. Recently he was awarded ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ by Michel a well known stamp catalogue publishing company of Germany for his unfailing services of 30 years to them.
E-Mail : shrikantparikh@rediffmail.com

News from Tel Aviv

Now the World's biggest philatelic show " World Stamp Championship 2008" is going on at Tel Aviv, Israel from May 12 - 22 May 2008. It's the Olympics of stamps. Once every four years the collectors with the world's largest and most expensive stamp collections gather and display their wares.This year it's a beautiful solid silver trophy donated by Shimon Pires, The President of The State of Israel for the winner.The World Stamp Championships is an exclusive club. It's estimated you'll need a minimum $5m to compete for the trophy.With over $500million worth of rare stamps in the exhibition hall the World Stamp Championships are proving to be quite an attraction.Up to 60,000 people are expected to visit the city of Tel Aviv for this exhibition from all over the world which is quite a big figure as compared to the population of Tel Aviv which is about 390,400. Four years ago the World Stamp Championships were held in Singapore.The last Bangkok stamp exhibition attracted over 650,000 visitors. In forthcoming World Stamp Exhibition at China, the organisers expect 700,000 visitors.

News from our member

Col. Suresh Bagga writes from Panchkula.....

I have two frames displayed at Chandigarh Philatelic Bureau, and I keep changing the exhibit in one frame every month. At present one frame is for 'Vintage Collection' It has postcards and covers as old as over a hundred years; and the latest being well over 50 years old. Later ones are addressed to my father and some have my name on the address but all of them are unique for cancellation marks or postal stationery used. This frame will have new exhibit this month. The other frame 'Our Neighbours' has on row each from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Now I am preparing exhibits from Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar for the frame to complete the theme. Bhutan sheets will have CD-ROM stamps, Talking Stamps (Gramophone records), Steel Stamps and first 3-D stamps issued on Space Exploration. Myanmar collection has two stamps issued by Japan during occupation of Burma in 1942. Nepal will include 1935 issues of Shri Pashupati stamps.