Hi ! This is the last evening of this year. Wishing you all a very Happy & Prosperous New Year !! I have just posted January Issue of Rainbow Stamp News on Blog. Please view at http://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.com/
Have a wonderful time and enjoy New Year celebration !!
I love You !!
Date of Issue – 30 December 2010
Hi ! Here are some beautiful stamps issued by Polish Post.The first one shown above featuring Love theme is being issued today and is the last issue of Poland of this year. The two nice stamps shown below were issued for Christmas on 27 November. This year is coming to an end now….The new year 2011 is declared as “ Year of Forests ” for Europa stamps. Wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year….!!! This is all for Today…….Till Next Post …..Have a Great Time !!
I Love You !! : 30 December 2011
Christmas stamps
Date of Issue – 27 November 2010
Merry Christmas !!
Club News
Europa 2011 – Year of Forests
The Europa 2011 is declared as Year of Forests. The first Europa stamps of this year will be issued by Greenland on 17 January 2011.
2 Central Base Post Office Philatelic Exhibition-2010
A one day Philatelic Exhibition was organised by 2 Central Base Post Office, 99 APO at 211 Field Workshop Coy, Barrackpore Military Station on 20 December 2010. The exhibition was organized mainly for the Troops and their families. Several eminent philatelists of Kolkata were specially invited to exhibit their valued collections. THE EXHIBITION WAS A GRAND SUCCESS.
Gandhi Philately : http://gandhistamps.com
This website is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi Philately created by Nikhil Mundra of Chennai. All the stamps issued on Mahatma Gandhi from various countries in the World have been featured.
Saint Shri Harvansh Singh Nirmal
12 December 2010, Mumbai
Seth Jagannath ( Social Worker )
7 October 2010, Bikaner
Club News
Member Directory by Mobile Philately
Mobile Philately is now making a directory of its members along with Identity Cards. The required format is given on its blog . Collectors may send their details to Mr Deepak Modi email : modi.philatelist@gmail.com Blog : www.mobilephilately.blogspot.com
Stamp Collector’s Meet
Stamp Collectors Meet will held in Delhi from Feb. 12-14, 2011 opposite Pragati Maidan.
In the news..
Published in Economic Times
: Ashwani Dubey , Gorakhpur
: Sreejesh Krishnan, Trivandrum
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Here is a new sheetlet issued by Ukraine Post commemorating viniculture of Ukraine and featuring the famous wine Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Sauvignon is a king of red wines having intensive dark-red color, full-bodied fragrance and taste of black currants, and black currants leaves.
The wine industry of Ukraine is well-established with long traditions. Several brands of wine from Ukraine are exported to bordering countries, the European Union, and North America. Main vine-growing regions of Ukraine are Crimea (Balaklava), Bessarabia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Southern Ukraine (Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa region).
The most popular varieties of wine are Aligote, Muscat, Isabella, Traminer, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Feteasca, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Rkatsiteli.
My recent cover from Poland
Andrzej Bek, Poland
Post office with Gandhi name
A speed post cover posted from Gandhi Eye Hospital Aligarh to Gorakhpur
: Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas !!
World’s Smallest Christmas Card
Nanotechnologists at the University of Glasgow have produced what they believe to be the world's smallest Christmas card. The card has an image of a Christmas tree etched on a tiny piece of glass and measures 200x290 micro-metres. Invisible to the naked eye, the card is so small that 8,276 of them could fit on an area the size of a postage stamp. The point behind the creation of the card was to show how accurate nanotechnology is, according to the university's school of engineering.
Source : Int. Stamp News
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas !!
New Stamps from India
National Council of India Dr Triguna Sen
Date of Issue – 24 December 2010
Dr. Triguna Sen was born on 24 December 1905 at Solhet (now part of Bangladesh) he was an eminent educationist ardent freedom fighter able administrator and good parliamentarian. He was instrumental in establishing Jadavpur University at Kolkatta. He was elected President Alumni Association of National Council of Education Bengal, Jadavpur University. He was also Union Minister for education and Minister for Petroleum for brief spell. He passed away on 11thJanuary 1998.
Central Bank of India
Date of Issue – 23 December 2010
Central Bank of India was founded on 21st December 1911 by Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala a visionary. It was his dream of setting up a ‘Swadeshi bank’ owned by Indians and for Indians. On founding the Bank, Sir Sorabji proclaimed with pride that Central Bank was property of the Nation and the country’s asset. After the independence, the bank played a laudable role in the growth and development of country and improving the socio-economic status of people. Central Bank of India is celebrating its centenary year during December 2010.
Bhai Jeewan Singh
Date of Issue - 23 December 2010
Bhai Jeevan Singh was born on 13th December 1661 at Patna. It was turbulent time for Hindu religion. The Kashmiri pundits were under pressure to convert into Islam. They sought the protection of Guru Teg Bahadur Ji. On March to Delhi, Guru Teg Bahadur Ji along with his companions had been arrested and imprisoned in Delhi.
On 11th November 1675, in most gruesome and brutal manner, Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji was beheaded at Delhi and the rulers banned recovery of the body. Bhai Jeevan Singh was entrusted to protect and take the beheaded body to Anandpur. Bhai Sada Nand Ji, Bhai Jeevan Singh accomplished the task successfully. Bhai Jeevan Singh participated in military action alongside Guru Gobind Singh Ji. While fighting the Mugal Army at Garhi of Chamkaur, Bhai Jeevan Singh attained martyrdom on 23rd December 1704.
Bhausaheb Hiray
Date of Issue – 22 December 2010
Bhausaheb Hiray was born on 1st March 1905 at Nimgaon, in Nasik district. He took active part in the social work of Sathyashodak movement launched by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. He also took part in the freedom struggle. He held a firm conviction that only good education can root out poverty. His role in cooperative movement, imparting good education, tribal movement, launching of Koyna Dam project were truly commendable. He passed away on 6th November 1961.
: Vishal Sanganeria Guwahati.(ASSAM)
: Sreejesh Krishnan, Trivandrum
EN Limansky, Riga – Latvia
Hi ! I have received these nice covers recently from my friends.Many thanks to all of you for these nice covers with Christmas Greetings !! Wishing you all a very happy Christmas !!
Dr Eli Moallem, Israel
(The cover has a special personalized stamp)
Ouari Khemissi, Setif, Algeria
Wolfgang Beyer, Germany
David Jastrzebski. France
Srini Thvarayan, Klang – Malaysia
Hi ! Here is a wonderful set of stamps with a Miniature sheet, issued by Malaysia Post featuring traditional children’s games. The stamps are beautifully designed and just giving a nostalgia of childhood days. The set was issued in six different designs of se-tenant formats . My sincere thanks to Mr Srinivasan Thevarayan of Klang, Malaysia for today’s Post.This is all for Today…Till Next Post….Have a Nice Time !
'Traditional Past Time Games with friends'
Club News
MANDIPEX – 2010
A two day Stamp exhibition was held in Sundarnagar ( HP) from 15 – 16 December 2010. Two special cover were issued during the exhibition on Bhimkali Temple, Mandi and Namdhari Shawl – Badahan –Kullu.
Exponet Newsletter
http://www.japhila.cz/exponet/pictures/newsletter20122010.htm
Virtual International Philatelic Exhibition EXPONET - http://www.exponet.info/
News from our Readers…
A Philatelic Bureau will be opened shortly at Gorakhpur Head Post Office.
: Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur
Philatelic Exhibit
ALYSSAH XENIAH C. ALCALA, Philippines
I am very pleased to inform that my 5 frames “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II” won the Grand and Vermeil for the youth category of FILPEX 2010 held at PhilPost in Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines. For more details please visit :
http://www.freewebs.com/alvier/localexhibitions.htm
Private Cover
Private Queen’s Baton Cover Prepared by Boben J E, Kerala www.philalover.blogspot.com
Crafts Museum
Date of Issue : 21 December 2010
: Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur
Stamp on Braille from Sri Lanka
Date of Issue –15 October 2010
: Pradip Jain - Patna
Indian Soldier commemorated on Cyprus Stamp
General Thimayya (Timmy) Padma Bhushan, DSO, was a distinguished soldier of the Indian Army who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961 in the crucial years leading up to the conflict with China in 1962. After the Korean War, Thimayya headed a United Nations unit dealing with the repatriation of prisoners of war. After his retirement from the Indian Army, he went on to command the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus. While in Cyprus, he died of a heart attack, in 1965. The Republic of Cyprus, in addition to this stamp, issued on 6th June 1966, honored him by renaming an avenue of the city of Larnaca after him. In India, the street perpendicular to East Street (a road parallel to MG road in Pune),the Richmond Road in Bangalore, were renamed as Gen Thimayya Road, in his memory.
: Kenneth Sequeira - Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
