New Stamp on Braille

Hi ! Louis Braille's Birth Bicentenary is being celebrated this year. Ireland Post has issued a new 55-cent stamp to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth in 1809 of Louis Braille, the inventor of the reading and writing system used by the blind and visually impaired. The stamp features an eye in black ink on a white background with the 55-cent denomination in Braille. The sharp black and white contrast is intended to maximise vision for those with sight impairment. The stamp is Ireland Post's second Braille stamp – the first was issued in 2006 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.! This stamp was published in 1 Feb 2009 Post in Braille Inscription series by mr. Abhai Mishra. In second part please go through some recent philatelic activities held in Orissa. Well I am always very pleased to write about Orissa as I spent a long time there and I am well familiar with the places and philatelic community there. Here are some highlights with photographs so kindly sent by Mr. Ajit Dash from Bhubaneshwar. This is all for Today !.....Till Next Post ...... Have a Nice Time....



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Philatelic Workshop & Exhibition in Orissa
A three day Philatelic Exhibition was organized by the Regional College of management, Bhubaneswar with support of the Eastern India Philatelists' Association and Department of Posts during the 'Basantosav ETHOS-2009', the National Culrural Festival from 30.01.2009 to 01.02.2009 at the auditorium of the college. The exhibits of noted philatelists of EIPA were displayed in 40 frames. The exhibition was inaugurated by Smt. Manisha Mishra, Director Postal Services, Bhubaneswar.

Philatelic Workshop at Puri
On 01.02.2009 a Philatelic workshop was organised by Puri Postal Division at the GPO premises, Puri. About 150 Students from 15 Schools participated the work shop.. Philatelic Quiz and Stamp designed contests were also conducted between the students.

There were three categories for each contest namely Senior(Class-VIII-X), Junior (class-V-VII) and Sub-Junior (ClassI-IV). Shri Ajit Kumar Dash, Secretary, EIPA and Mr. Anil Kumar Dhir Sr. Philatelist of EIPA were appointed as other jury members for the competitions. Shri Niranjan Behera Sr. Supdt. of Posts, Puri presided over the functions. Prizes were also distributed amongst the winners. The other senior Philatelists of EIPA namely Kasinath Sahoo, Haripada Panda and Nrusingha Dash also attended the workshop and assisted in the proceedings.