Stamp on Environment and Ecology

Date of Issue : 18 May 2011

Monaco Post will issue a postage stamp on 18th May featuring the design of a Junior School student on the theme “Environment and Ecology “. The design was selected in a competition organized for Junior School children. The stamp represents the design of the contest winner with logo on the stamp “ Stop Pollution ”.

New Europa Stamp

Date of Issue : 9 May 2011

Croatian Post issued a se-tenant pair of postage stamps on 9 May 2011 on Europa 2011 theme – Year of Forests. The design of stamps are based on paintings by Reowned Croatian painters Lovro Artukovic and Josip Zanki.

Permanent Pictorial Cancellations

Gujarat

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Porbandar, Birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi

: Vijay Modi – Himmat Nagar, Gujarat e mail : vijay_idom@rediffmail.com

Tamil Nadu

Permanent Pictorial Postmark - 2

- The Rock Fort / Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Trichy/Tiruchirappalli

Date of Inauguration of PPP - December 20, 1981

This postmark is available at Trichy Philatelic Bureau. Rock Fort or Ucchi Pillayar koil, is a combination of two famous 7th century Hindu temples, one dedicated to Lord Ganesh and the other dedicated to Lord Shiva, located a top of a huge rock in Trichy, India. Geologically the 83m high rock is said to be one of the oldest in the world, dating over 3 billion years ago. The name rock fort comes from the fact that the place was used for military fortification first by the Vijayanagar emperors and later by the British during the Carnatic wars. The temple is now maintained by the Archaeological Department of India.

The Rock Fort

: Kasinath R.,Thanjavur email : kasinath80@gmail.com
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