Make the Earth Cool.......

To be issued on 30 June 2009

Hi ! I have recently come across 3 wonderful stamps which are going to be issued by Israel on 30th June under the series 'Quality of the Environment". Global warming is the biggest environmental problem these days.I liked the design of the stamp, shown above very much and the designer of this stamp needs lot of appreciation to choose this particular design. The Earth is depicted as melting in a frying pan against a red background, in contrast to the tab featuring the international graphic symbols for alternative energy, ecology and the environment portrayed against a clean environment background. It's a beautiful stamp depicting the present status of the earth symbolically in its design.. Other 2 stamps issued on the quality of environment are equally eye catching, featuring Geothermal Energy and Solar Energy. Here are the designs of these nice stamps which I hope will be hot favourite of those collecting on Environment and Climate Change. While talking about on Global warming I must mention here that the hill stations have become very hot these days...Yesterday the temperature of Shimla was 30 C and in Kullu the mercury is rising to 38 C .....You will be surprised to know as the records reveal that about 90 years back Shimla, the queen of hills had snowfall in the month of June...& Today we need fans in Shimla in the months of May & June...The tourists are not happy at all as they dont get here the typical cool weather of hills. The infolw of tourists to Himachal Pradesh has considerably increased becaues of scorching heat in the plains...but the weather is not satisfactory for them.....But they are enjoying snow at Rohtang Pass and doing River Rafting in cold water of Beas River, Kullu. just to beat the heat..This is just about the area where I live. Kullu - Manali...the globally known tourist destination......As the Post of Today is related with the Earth and its Environment....I also show here two photographs of Earth Day celebration on 22 April at New Delhi, sent by our distinguished member Ms N.Kalyani with the news of Earth Day Celebration...This is all for the Day....Till Next Post...Have a Green... Clean and Peaceful Environment....and have a Nice Time !....

Solar Energy Geothermal Energy

Date of Issue - 30 June 2009

Earth Day Celebration....

This year on Earth Day, April 22, a philatelic exhibition on endangered mammals of the world and the giant panda was opened at WWF-India’s Secretariat in Delhi at its Pirojsha Godrej auditorium. The maximaphily collection of Delhi based philatelist Mr Sundar Lal Bansal had some hundred and twenty maximum cards on display with each of the special picture cards accompanied by corresponding stamps and pictorial postal cancellations. The exhibition was inaugurated by WWF’s Secretary-General and CEO Mr Ravi Singh. After a talk by Mr Singh, Mr Bansal, formerly a Distinguished Scientist with the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), gave a brief talk on his collection and how he began his tryst with the hobby after his retirement from active service. The well-known philatelist has, through his philatelic collection, been espousing the cause of protection and conservation of threatened wildlife species.

- N.Kalyani

(LEFT TO RIGHT) Mita Nangia Goswami WWF India Director Environment Education; Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO, WWF India; Sundar Lal Bansal, exhibiting philatelist.



The maxim card is from Mr Bansal's collection and was part of the exhibit