Date of issue : 30 May 2012
Polish Post issued two beautiful souvenir sheets in the month of May. One shown above shows famous Polish animated cartoons and the other one was issued to commemorate 150 years of creation of National Museum in Warsaw.
150 years of creation of Museum in Warsaw
Date of issue : 17 May 2012
UNESCO – World Heritage Sites
(Part – 3)
Check List for the Stamps issued worldwide in 2011 related to the theme of ‘UNESCO - World Heritage
JULY 2011:
Villa Adriana (Italy): Italy issued a stamp on ‘Villa Adriana’, a world Heritage site.
Rare Birds of Henderson Islands (Pitcairn Island): ‘Henderson Island’ is a World Natural Heritage Site. A set of five stamps on the Rare Birds of Henderson Islands was issued by the Pitcairn Islands postal authority. The logo of ‘Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)’ can also be seen depicted over the stamps of this set.
Ouro Preto (Brazil): In continuation of the of ‘Historic City’ Brazil Postal authority issued a stamp on ‘Historic City of Ouro Preto’, a World Heritage Site, to commemorate the 400 years of its foundation.
Botanical Garden of Padua (Italy): Italy issued a stamp on ‘Botanical Garden of Padua’, a World Heritage site.
Sunderbans (Bangladesh): Bangladesh postal authority issued a beautiful Sheetlet of 12 different stamps on ‘Magnificent Birds of the Sunderbans World Heritage’.
Machu Picchu (Peru): A Souvenir Sheet to commemorate the centenary of the discovery of ‘Machu Picchu’, a world heritage site was issued by Peru Postal authority.
Archaeology (Iraq): Iraq issued a set of stamps and one imperforated souvenir sheet on ‘Archaeology’. The Spiral Minaret of Samarra, a World Heritage monument, is depicted over the souvenir sheet and one of the four stamps of the face value of 500 Dinars shows the ruins of Hatra, a World Heritage site.
AUGUST 2011:
Ouvea Lagoon (New Caledonia): The postal authority of New Caledonia issued a stamp on UNESCO World Heritage featuring ‘Ouvea Lagoon’. The logo of UNESCO can also be seen on this stamp.
Ilulissat (Greenland): In 2011 the theme for SEPAC (Small European Postal Administrations Corporation) stamp was landscape. The Sepac stamp of Greenland shows a landscape of ‘Ilulissat Icefjord’, a World Natural Heritage site.
Komi Forest (Russia): A beautiful Souvenir Sheet depicting the winter landscape of ‘Virgin Komi Forest’, a World Natural Heritage site issued in Russia.
To be contd….
Mr Pradeep Kumar Malik may be contacted at email : mallikphila@gmail.com
YEAR BOOK : 2011 by MADAN MIDDHA
New edition of Year Book edited by Madan Middha has bee released. The book contains articles by noted philatelists Mr Ashok Bayanwala, Naresh Agarwal and Rajesh Paharia on different branches of Philately.The Year book contains 26 Chapters with all impotant details of philatelic activities of the year 2011 like new issues, Postal stationery,Society News, exhibitions, Indian awardees and many other important details. The book is an essential reference book for all collectors . Philatelists would find this book very useful.
Price : Rs 250 - US $ 20
For Book Contact : Madan Middha email : madan_middha@yahoo.co.in
Phone : 9301101244
Brief of PREFACE
It is one of the greatest mysteries I have ever encountered in my life! After all Philately is what? Is it an accumulation of a government product called stamps? Or it is collection of the pre-payment tokens for a service, i.e. the delivery of letters? Is it concerning a commodity or a commercial activity? Is it a pastime or a profession? Is it a hobby for the youth or is it a serious recreational pastime for the matured? Is it History or is it a research subject? Is it the world itself or a window to the world of culture and humanity? Is it a specialised trade or a new investment avenue for the investors? After all what is it? How can Philately be explained and defined properly? How should this great hobby be presented before others including the new-comers? Let us ponder over it once again.
Philately is a Serious Study. Philately is not just collecting stamps; it envisages a serious & deep study of the subject. Look at the Thematic Collections, how deep and far they go! The depth of study for the collection's subject is always commendable in awarded collections. In specialized or period collections it is more focused. Technical aspects of the specialized philatelic studies can match any technology expert's knowledge, in cases. paper quality, ink variety, printing processes and other similar aspects are treated very carefully in these collections.
Philately is a Niche' Investment Avenue. Of late, Philately has started to be recognized as a specialized investment avenue too. Investment advisors are actively suggesting additional investments in to it, with a view to diversify the portfolios of the Big Investors. Prices of classical stamps have been rising fast & constantly over last decades. Gandhi set of 1948, which I myself bought for Rs 100/- in late seventies is being quoted for Rs 45,000/- now. The recent example is of the My Stamp Sheetlets issued at the Indipex 2011 in February 2011. This set of 17 sheetlets is being quoted for Rs 20,000/- against the issue value of Rs 2,550/- . Stamps have proved a good investment if made judiciously.
Now what can we extract from all the above discussion? After all what is philately? Which word can explain all its traits?
After going through a number of dictionaries and thesauruses I fail to find a word which can define the Philately with all its qualities, except the word Philately itself !
So, what now? We surrender. Let the Philately be Philately. Nothing can explain it, but only our pure love & respect for this great hobby. Come; let us re-devote ourselves for it, for it has given us major portion of all our happiness & enjoyments. AMEN.
As usual, let us conclude with happy notes once again. Blessed by the good wishes of our learned readership the “Year Book of Indian Philately” has won a number of more awards. It started the year with a 'Bronze' at the 'INDIPEX 2011' at New Delhi in February 2011, followed by a 'Silver Bronze' at the 'NIPPON 2011' at Yokohama in Japan in August 2011 and a ‘Bronze’ at 'CHINA 2011' at Wuxi in China in November 2011. At home it has won a 'Silver' at the 'SINE 2011' at New Delhi in November 2011. We have surprisingly discovered that the Year Book has won a medal at every competitive exhibition, it has participated in!! We are reproducing here-in-after the score card of the Year Book of Indian Philately for an instant view. Is not this a delighting news? But this imposes a new set of duties too. We have to commit ourselves to higher standards to maintain this record, and…… WE DO.
You can expect a better outcome every next time. We are committed to this.
We trust to have the usual whole hearted support of our learned readership, all the ways; all the times.
Thanks.
Madan Middha
Editor
Fiscals of Jamkhandi State – A study
- Col Jayant Dutta and Dr Anjali Dutta
Published by The Army Philatelic Society, Mumbai
Jamkhandi State was one of the princely states of British India. Its capital was at Jamakhandi. It was administered as part of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. all fiscal stamps and stamp papers of this state are rare and never found in mint condition.This Monograph by Col Jayanta Dutta and Dr Anjali Dutta gives detailed study of stamp papers and stamps of Jamkhandi State. This Monograph is very informative and useful for those collecting Fiscals.
Journal of The Army Philatelic Society
Chief Editor – Col Jayanta Dutta
The newsletter contains interesting articles on Thematic Philately.This edition contains special articles on Horses, Rhododendron and Maximaphily .
For above publications Please contact Col Jayanta Dutta at email : doctorjayanta2009@gmail.com
ITS Stamp News
A complete newsletter on Thematic Philately
Editor – Suraj Jaitly
This issue contains specilalized articles on Thematic Philately by Dr Avinash Jagtap. Dr SK Agarwal and Pradeep Kumar Malik with regular fetures of the magazine.
For newsletter Contact : Suraj Jaitly Mobile: +91 98728 51244 email : indianthematicsociety@gmail.com
European football championship stamp from Hungary
Magyar Post issued a postage stamp to commemorate Euro 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is the 14th European Championship for national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament is being hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012.
On the left side of this stamp, based on a design by the graphic artist Attila Elekes, are pictogram-like depictions of typical moves in football, and on the right side there is a football decorated with the national colours of the organising countries with a map of Europe in the background.
Club News
SPECIAL COVER on Jainism issued at Agra
- Sudhir Jain – Satna (MP)
On the occasion of 24 Jinalaya Pratishtha Mahotsava, Jain Dadabadi, a special cover was released at Agra (U.P.) on 18th June 2012. I am exhibiting here image of such cover and a
newspaper cutting of the release function.
" ITS Stamp News "
New issue no.58 June 2012 of "ITS Stamp News", has been released and despatched to its regular subscribers. This issue is having special articles with regular features.
For more information contact :
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June 26 is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1987, this day serves as a reminder of the goals agreed to by Member States of creating an international society free of drug abuse.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) selects themes for the International Day and launches campaigns to raise awareness about the global drug problem. Health is the ongoing theme of the world drug campaign. This year’s theme is “Global Action for Healthy Communities without Drugs ”.
UNESCO – World Heritage Sites
(Part – 2)
Check List for the Stamps issued worldwide in 2011 related to the theme of ‘UNESCO - World Heritage
Six Scandinavian sites (United Nations): Every year UNPA (United Nations Postal Authority) issues a set of stamps on World Heritage Sites. In 2011 a set of six stamps was issued on six different Scandinavian World Heritage properties, namely – ‘Surtsey Volcanic Island (Iceland)’; ‘Drottningholm Castle (Sweden)’; ‘Suomenlinna Fort (Finland)’; ‘Kronborg Castle (Denmark)’; ‘Urnes Stave Church (Norway)’ and ‘Struve Geodetic Arc (a trans boundary World Heritage property in Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine)’.
Struve Geodetic Arc: Besides United Nations, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden issued One Souvenir Sheet each on ‘Struve Geodetic Arc’ in May 2011.
Roma Capitale (Italy): Italian Postal Authority, every year since 2007, issues a stamp of the face value of 60 Eurocents to commemorate its capital Rome. On the stamp issued in 2011 panoramic view of the ‘Historic centre of Rome’ is depicted.
Laurasilva of Madeira (Portugal): This Souvenir Sheet of Portugal was released as Europa 2011 depicted beautiful landscape of ‘Laurasilva of Madeira’, a World natural Heritage property.
Beloveshkaya Pushcha (Belarus): The Belarus Stamp for Europa 2011 was issued on ‘Beloveshkaya Pushcha’, a World natural Heritage property.
Bialoweza Forest (Poland): The Poland Stamp for Europa 2011 was issued on ‘Bialoweza Forest’, a World natural Heritage property.
Palacio Postal (Mexico): A stamp on Postal Headquarter Building of Mexico City was released in May 2011. This building is a part of various monuments enlisted in UNESCO World Heritage list as ‘Historic Centre of Mexico and Xochimilco’.
Russia – Montenegro joint issue: On Russia – Montenegro joint issue the Kazan Cathedral of Saint Petersburg is depicted. This Cathedral included along with various other monuments of Saint Petersburg as World Heritage properties of ‘Group of Monuments at Saint Petersburg’.
JUNE 2011:
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (Republic of Korea): Republic of Korea issued a set of two stamps on World Heritage property of ‘Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty’.
Club News
Indonesia 2012 - WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP
