Club News

INDIPEX – 2011

The world philatelic exhibition will be held from 12th to 18th Feb. 2011, to commemorate the centenary of world's first airmail.It will be organized by INDIA POST in Collaboration with PCI and under Patronage Of FIP and under auspices of FIAP (Federation Inter Asian Philately).

FIP Co-ordinator (consultant) for Indipex Mr. Tay Peng Hian (RDP) was in New Delhi (India) for signing the contract with India post for holding Indipex 2011. The PCI President Mr. Dilip Shah & Yogesh Kumar were also present on this occasion. Secretary Post, Indipex - 2011 Chairman Smt. Kaveri Banerjee and Smt Devika Kumar DDG Philately were also present . The details of the exhibition are available on the website of Stamps of India or just click to the following link :

http://www.stampsofindia.com/indipex2011.htm

JOBURG 2010 INTERNATIONAL STAMP SHOW

The 26th Asian International Stamp Exhibition, 'JOBURG 2010 International Stamp Show' will be held on October 27 to 31, 2009 at Johannesburg, South Africa. The exhibition is also open to select countries of Europe and USA that have historic relations with South Africa in additions to countries in Asia. Madhukar Jhingan mj@stampsofindia.com is the National Commissioner for India. The regulations for JOBURG 2010 and the Exhibit Application form are available online at http://stampsofindia.com/Joburg2010.htm

JOBURG 2010 will have all exhibit classes -- Traditional, Postal History,
Postal Stationery, Aerophilately, Astrophilately, Maximaphily, Revenue, and
Thematic Philately subdivided as - A) Nature, B) Culture, C) Technology, and
Youth Philately class subdivided by age as of January 01, 2010 -

1) Collectors aged 13 to 15 years,
2) Collectors aged 16 -- 18 years,
3) Collectors aged 19 -- 21 years, and

Literature class subdivided into:

1) Philatelic books, pamphlets and studies (issued after January 01, 2005),
2) Philatelic journals, periodicals (issued after January 01, 2008),
3) Stamp catalogues (issued after January 01, 2008), and

One-Frame Exhibit Class subdivided into - A) Traditional, B) Postal History,
C) Postal Stationery, D) Aerophilately, E) Astrophilately, F) Thematic, G)
Maximaphily, H) Revenue.

JOBURG 2010 will also have 'Open Class' as an Experimental Class. Exhibits in this Class can include material from any other competition class plus non-philatelic material. The exhibit must contain at least 50% philatelic material. The non-philatelic material should not overwhelm the philatelic material. Awards will be made as per One-Frame Exhibits.

There is no participation fee for Youth Philately Class. The participation fee for other Competitive Classes (except Literature, and One-Frame Exhibit Classes) will be US$35 per frame.

The fee for participation in Literature is US$35 per exhibit. The fee for participation in One-Frame Exhibit is US$70 per exhibit.

Those desirous of participating in JOBURG 2010, please go through the Regulations for JOBURG 2010 and send the duly filled Exhibit Application Form along with a copy of the introductory page describing the exhibit to the National Commissioner for India, Madhukar Jhingan, 49-D, BG-5, Paschim Vihar,New Delhi 110063 by March 14, 2010. For any assistance in this regard please email or call 0 9350537037.

Last Date of receiving entry forms is March 14, 2010

The stamp dealers may contact dealers@joburg2010stampshow.co.za for reserving a Trade Stand at JOBURG 2010.

Stamp - Fiesta - 2010

Ludhiana Philatelic Club is organizing a State Level Exhibition “STAMP-FIESTA – 2010″ in Ludhiana from 7th to 9th May 2010. See details at : http://stampfiesta2010.wordpress.com/

In Memory of Chauri Chaura

Mr Ashwani Dubey of Gorakhpur has been campaigning for the issue of Postage stamp on Chauri Chaura a famous place, in the history of Freedom Struggle Movement of India. Here he shares a news clipping & an envelope posted from Chauri Chaura on memorable date 4 Feb which is the anniversary of Chauri Chaura event.

Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur District of Uttar Pradesh is associated with the freedom movement of the country. It is around 25 km south-east of Gorakhpur. Fed up with the repressive policies of the British, the villagers burned down a police station on 4th Feb 1922. This was in retaliation to the police firing on a procession of satyagrahis in Chauri Chaura. In this incident around 22 policemen were killed and Gandhi ji immediately called off the non-cooperation movement. Read More…