New Stamp on Braille

Date of Issue – 4 December 2009

Hi ! Here is a new stamp on Louis Braille by Slovakia issued on 4 December 2009 to commemorate 200 years of his Birth. The design of the stamp is very exclusive and is one of the most beautiful designs of this year’s Braille stamps. Its colorful with special Tab. This stamp will become favourite of all those collecting on Braille. A great appreciation for the designer of this stamp, Mr Ľubomír Paľo . In Club news, some news from our readers.This is all for Today !……Till Next Post…Have a Nice Time !..

Louis Braille

It is an exciting experience to run your fingers over a piece of paper that informs in detail. That’s what blind and visually-impaired people around the world are able to do thanks to Louis Braille, the inventor of the ingenious system used by blind people to read and write. At the age of sixteen (in 1825) he developed a system of characters with six raised dots which can be variously combined to represent the whole alphabet. The invention represented a real breakthrough on the path of knowledge, education, and self-assertion of millions of blind and visually-impaired across the world.

Louis Braille was born on 4 January 1809 in Coupvray, France, to the family of a harness maker. He was the youngest of four children. When he was just over three years old, he unfortunately lost his sight while playing in his father’s workshop. Louis Braille died on 6 January 1852 in Paris.

As a sign of the French society’s gratitude, his ashes were deposited in the Panthéon in Paris, a place of last repose for the greatest men and women of France. Several years ago, the Society of Friends of Louis Braille turned his birth house in Coupvray, located about 35 km from Paris, into a museum.

Courtesy – Postal Philatelic service, Slovakia

Club News

Hobby Festival in Delhi

The Hobby festival is the first of its kind to be organized in the Christmas break of December 2009. Stamps Coins and Banknotes will be on display for two days at the festival. On display there shall be more than 100 frames of quality stamp collections on various themes, more than 40 frames of coins and banknotes. No entry fee for exhibitors.

Closing date for exhibitors: 23^rd December 2009

Last date for article for souvenir: 22^nd December 2009

An article for the souvenir is mandatory for exhibitors.

Inauguration on 26^th December 2009 at 9.30 am

Exhibition closes at 5.30 on 27^th December 2009

Distribution of Certificate of Participation at 6.00 pm on 27^th December 2009

For details contact: 9810241363

Details of the Exhibition

Date : 26^th and 27^th December 2009 (Saturday & Sunday)

Venue : Auditorium, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya

Time : 1000 hrs to 1800 hrs (both days)

Display : Twenty five collector’s material with be on display

Coins: British India – copper and silver coins, Indian States, Mughal period coinage, Republic India etc,

Banknotes: British period, Independent India, Polymer banknotes, worldwide and thematic

Stamps: British India, India Republic, thematics and postal stationery.

Special Pmk : Two special postmarks on both the days of the exhibition

Sale counter : India Post (stamps and first day covers)

: Reserve Bank of India (new coins and banknotes)

: Army Postal Service (APS Special Covers)

: Stamp Dealers for sale of stamps and coins

- Vijay Seth, Chairman - Organizing Committee

New Blog on Gandhi

My name is Ketan Patel and I am a newbie in Gandhi Philatelic collection. Recently I joined with Maulik Thakkar who started this blog on Gandhi. Just click to view http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/

- Ketan Patel.Fremont,CA,USA

News from Gorakhpur

Philatelists from Gorakhpur making request to India Post to issue a stamp on Woman farmer. Mr Ashwani Dubey has sent the image of proposed stamp.