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Hi, I am back here after the weekend. It was really a shocking news about serial blasts in Ahmedabad. I have a good number of readers in Ahmedabad, I just pray and hope that all of them and their families are safe and fine. None of them are affected by this serious and diastrous accident.Today in the news, meet our two new members from Pune and Kochi. One more issue on Taj by a foreign Postal administration depicting famous tourist places of South Asia. Some interesting Miniature sheets on joint issue of India-Cyprus sent by our ditinguished member Mr. Shrikant Parikh. These items mentioned below will be thrilling for collectors of Miniature sheets as the Specimen M/S bears the number 00000 which is the rarest of rare items as a specimen.In our series of Se-tenants of India some letter Boxes from the Album of Mr. Parikh. Just enjoy this Post & Have a very Nice Day......

1. Normal MS issued by Cyprus-Post with Nr.08946

2. M/S issued by India-Post

3. Close-up of stamps with SPECIMEN printed in red.

4. Folder of Cyprus-Post on Cyprus-India joint issue

5. Specimen M/S issued by Cyprus bearing No. 00000

It is a joint issue involving India and Indian Folk Dance,and that too on a SPECIMEN Miniature Sheet with no.00000, carries much interest for collectors all over the world !! A Miniature Sheet with Nr.00000 as a SPECIMEN seems to be the rarest one....???

Members

16. Pratisad Neurgaonkar, Pune
I am a collector from Pune and I collect Postal Stationery of Pre & Post Independence India. I also collect stamps and my thematic collection is on Millennium stamps. I have a collection from 140 countries on this subject. Pratisad Neurgaonkar 884, Bhandarkar Road,14, Patil Terraces, Pune 411 004 E-Mail : pratisad@hotmail.com

17. K. Prathapachandran, Kochi
My interests are Post-Independence, India-Block-of-Four, GB & USA. P.K. Prathapachandran,Chartered Engineer & Registered Valuer, 32/2601, Perayil House, Palarivattom P.O, Kochi, 682 025. E-Mail : pkprathapachandran@gmail.com

Recent Special Cover

'Hero of Batalik'- Major M. Saravanan- Veer Chakra

Major Saravanan Memorial Trust, Tiruchirapalli- 26 July 2008

Courtesy- V.K. Sabharwal, New Delhi

From Se-tenant Album of Shrikant Parikh
Letter Box

Date of Issue : 18 October 2005

" Pair with blank-field from MS"