13th Silviculture Conference, FRI Dehradun
A special cover was released on 24 November 2014 at Forest Research Institute (FRI) Dehradun, during the 13th Silviculture Conference (24-28 Nov. 2014) to mark the 150 years of organised Forestry in India (1864-2014). The special cover/cancellation was designed by noted philatelists Mr Abhai Mishra and Mr Rajesh Verma.
Garhwal Post - 29 November 2014
Courtesy : Abhai Mishra - Dehradun
Date of Issue : 29 November 2014
India Post released a postage stamp on Sagol Kangjei on 29th November 2014.
Courtesy – Mansoor B. - Mangalore
Sagol Kangjei ( Polo )
Sagol Kangjei is the name of the game of polo played in Manipur. Sagol means pony / horse, kang means a ball or round object, and jei is a stick used for hitting. Polo has, for time immemorial, been a game patronised by the royalty and the upper crust of society, not only in India but abroad. However in the state of Manipur, it has always been a game for the common man. It is a seven - a - side game, the players mounted on ponies.
According to a renowned Sanskrit scholar, Pandit Sharma, Manipuri polo goes back to the year 3100 B.C. Other Manipuri scholars trace the game chronologically to many centuries before Christ ( 2000 - 1500 B.C. ), while some place it around 34 A.D. According to Kangjeiron Purana, which is really the history of hockey in the state, polo was first played in Manipur, and therefore, it got the name Sagol Kangjei - sagol ( horse ) and kangjei ( hockey ).
Manipuri polo symbolises the immense cultural heritage of the state, and great efforts have been put made to raise the standard of this popular game. The prominent patrons of the game were King Kyamba and King Khagemba ( 1597-1672 A.D.), and King Chandra Kirti ( 1850 - 1886 A.D.). The latter, especially, is to be credited with popularising the sport in other parts of the world.
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Glimpses of ASSAMPEX 2014
Courtesy - Madhukar Deogawankar, Kolkata
Special Cover on Golden Jubilee of Sainik School, Goalpara, Assam released on 12th November 2014
Sainik School, Goalpara initially started its operation from a temporary campus at Goalpara town and late on in the year 1976 it was shifted to its permanent campus in Mornoi, situated 18 km from Goalpara town en route capital Guwahati. It was established on 12th November, 1964 under the Ministry of Defence. It is a residential school for boys, providing Public School Education with an aim to prepare them to join Defence Services. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. The Primary aim of the school is to prepare boys academically, physically and psychologically for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA) at Khadakvasala, Pune. The motto of this school is ‘Everything is Possible’. The idea of sainik schools were presented by the then defence minister V. K. Menon in 1961.
A Special Cover was released to mark the Golden Jubilee of Sainik School, Goalpara. The cover was released by Assam Chief Minister Shri Tarun Gogoi at the Golden Jubilee celebration function held at its School Campus, Goalpara on 12th November 2014.
Courtesy – Indian Philately Digest
Date of Issue : 28 November 2014
India Post issued India – Slovenia joint issue on 28 November 2014 to commemorate 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.The stamp of Rs 25 features Indian Child with his parents and stamp of Rs 5 depicts Slovene children. Stamp designs are based on the paintings of Sara Živković and Roshan V Anvekar.
Courtesy : Sreejesh Krishnan – Trivandrum
India Slovenia Joint Issue from Slovenia
Courtesy : Moloy Sarkar
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KOCHIPEX 2014 - District Philatelic Exhibition of Central region Kerala Postal Circle concluded on 28th November 2014.Two special covers released during the exhibition 'SAHRUDAYA' - SOCIAL WORK CENTRE : APPROVAL NO. KL-17/2014
'Sahrudaya' - Social Work Centre of Archdiocese of Ernakulam,Angamaly, completing 50 years legacy in accompanying people in development beyond all discriminations.
CENTENARIAN SHRI V. R. KRISHNA IYER : APPROVAL NO. KL-18/2014 The Centenarian Sri. Vaidyanathapuram Ramakirishna Iyer, popular as Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer born on 15-11-1915 is the former judge of Supreme Court of India. A born spokesman of law, the jurist of the jurists, a prolific writer, a fiery orator and an advocate of human rights. Even at his 100th year of age, he is actively engaged in all Socio-legal movement at his residence "Sadgamaya', a light house for the emerging generation.
Courtesy : Sreejesh Krishnan – Trivandrum
Special Cover on Centenary Celebration of the Government Model Primary School, Maragodu issued on 14th November 2014 at Madikeri.
The Government Model Primary School at Maragodu was stared in the year 1914. To commemorate 100 years of dedicated service in the field of education, a Special Cover was released at Madikeri on 14th November 2014. (Special Cover approval no. KTK/32/2014)
The cover depicts the school premises and building along with the 100 years logo with the alphabets ‘Aa” and “Aaa” in Kannada script. The special cancellation also depicts the alphabets ‘Aa” and “Aaa” in Kannada script on the pages of an open book.
Courtesy : Indian Philately Digest
Date of Issue : 6 November 2014
On the 6th November 2014, An Post issued three stamps to celebrate Christmas. This year Irish Post commissioned Vermillion Design to create three new stamps for Christmas 2014.
Two of the three new stamps feature details from stunning stained glass windows by Harry Clarke who was born in Dublin in 1889. His father ran a decorating business which specialized in a variety of mediums, including stained glass. As a result, Clarke developed an early interest in church art. Clarke showed an early talent for stained glass window design, devoting to both this discipline and to book illustration. Clarke continued to work on stained glass schemes, some of the most famous being eleven stunning windows in the Honan Chapel in Cork, installed there between the years 1915 and 1917.
The third stamp in this series, appeared in the Christmas Promotional Booklet, featuring a young girl, playing the part of an angel in a children’s Nativity play.
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Special Cover on Vadodara Chamber of Commerce & Industry (VCCI), Vadodara - 27th November 2014
On the inaugural day of VCCI Exhibition, a Special Cover was released by Shri Vineet Mathur, Postmaster General, Vadodara region on 27th November 2014 at Vadodara
G.I.D.C. Industrial Estate was established at Makarpura, Vadodara City in the mid 1960s. This gave rise to a number of small industries. Makarpura Industrial Estate Association was formed in the year 1969. As the saying goes “UNITY IS STRENGTH” and the Association’s membership stood at 100 members. In 1976, the name was changed to “Makarpura Industrial Area Association”. As the Association became more and more popular among trade and industrial circles, other industries in and around the city also started taking keen interest in the activities, and in 1981, the name was changed to “Vadodara Chamber of Commerce & Industry”. Today, the Chamber has membership of over 2000 industries in and around Vadodara and VCCI enjoys confidence and co-operation of all Associations, Industrial and Commercial in the city and regular interactions and meetings are organised to deliberate on important issues concerning the growth of Small Scale Industries.
VCCI exhibitions of industrial and allied products, in Vadodara are the best source for micro, small and medium enterprises as well as for international exhibitors, to promote their work and connect with the best businesses. So far eight exhibitions have been organized by VCCI. The 9th VCCI Exhibition of Industrial and Allied Products and Services is organized in Vadodara from 27th November to 1st December 2014 at Navlakhi Ground, Rajmahal Road, Vadodara.
Courtesy - Prashant Pandya , Vadodara
Date of Issue : 16 December 2014
Israel Post has prepared for issuing a special set of three stamps on the theme “Sundials”- the first tool that allowed people to measure the passing of time. Three beautiful and different sundials found in Israel are depicted on this stamp set. The issue is to be released on the 16th of December.
Sundials in Eretz Israel
The changing shadows cast upon the ground as the sun apparently moved across the sky have caught people’s attention since ancient times. This phenomenon was utilized in planning the sundial, the first tool that allowed people to measure the passing of time and determine the precise time for purposes of work and ritual.
The simplest type of sundial consists of a vertical rod (gnomon) that casts a shadow onto a dial marked with semicircular lines. Over time, sundials were improved and their precision was enhanced. Sundials are referenced in world literature as far back as the Bible.
The Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem
In the early 1970′s, a mobile sundial made of stone was discovered among the ruins of a grand building that was unearthed in an archeological dig in the eastern part of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem after the Six Day War and given the name “Beit Hamidot” (the measurement house). The dial was approximately 11 cms tall and the elegant etchings along its sides attest to the fact that it was a prestigious item used in a wealthy home in the 1st century.
It is a polar sundial, in which the scale of dates is affixed at a 33 degree angle to the ground, in accordance with the geographic latitude of Acre, and the top of the scale faces toward the pole. A dedication is carved into the front of the dial – “This sundial of the Al Anwar Al Ahmedi Mosque, which was dedicated by the honorable, renowned and magnificent minister Hag Ahmed Pasha Al Jezzar, who shall be rewarded by the forgiving God, is dedicated to benefitting humanity. It was built by Ibrahim Al-Faradi the Kurd in 1201 of the hijra of the prophet”.
Zoharei Chama Synagogue, Jerusalem
In 1908 a large perpendicular sundial was built on the southern wall of the Zoharei Chama synagogue on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem. It was designed and constructed by Moshe Shapira, a Jewish man from the old Yishuv who was born in the Meah She’arim neighborhood. He learned how to make sundials from Aryeh Leib Gordon,a learned educator in Jerusalem at that time, and from studying a book by the Vilna Gaon. The scale of dates is five meters in diameter and marked with lines indicating 5 minute intervals.
The pole that casts the shadow is fixed at an angle, parallel to the earth’s axis. Two reg
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Hyderabad Stamp, coin & Note Fair – 2015 postponed
The Hyderabad Stamps, Coins & Notes Fair-2015 is postponed which was proposed be held in February 2015 It was to be held at FAPCCI Federation House, Hyderabad. Executive Committee of FAPCCI has decided to renovate the Hall where this Fair was to be held, all bookings for the hall are cancelled.The Fair will be held under same terms and conditions and everything else remaining same, at the same place at a future date, details will be intimated soon.
- BK Nagpal : email : HydPhilSociety@yahoo.co.in Phone :+91 - 9885031013
Date of Issue 4 December 2014
China Post has introduced a special philatelic issue paying tribute to the beuty of Danxia. ‘Danxia’ refers to an impressive and rugged landscape shaped by weathering and erosion on continental red sandstone sedimentary beds.
The site comprises six areas in China’s southern provinces, namely Chishui from Guizhou, Taining from Fujian, Liangshan from Hunan, Danxiashan from Guangdong, Longhushan from Jiangxi and Jianglangshan from Zhejiang. The poetic and panoramic beauty of the cliffs, gorges, waters and trees in Danxia is fully depicted in this stamp issue.
China Danxia was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2010. Danxia landforms are characterised by spectacular red cliffs and a range of erosional landforms, including dramatic natural pillars, towers, ravines, valleys and waterfalls.
They are the result of endogenous forces (including tectonic uplift) and exogenous forces (including weathering and erosion) acting on continental red terrigenous sedimentary beds over the millennia. China Danxia comprises Taining in Fujian, Langshan in Hunan, Danxiashan in Guangdong, Longhushan in Jiangxi, Jianglangshan in Zhejiang and Chishui in Guizhou, each having distinctive geological features. The splendour of the Danxia landforms is beautifully presented on the stamp sheetlet for all to see.
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New stamps from India Post
1. India - Slovenia Joint issue - 28th November 2014.
2. Sagol Kangjei (The Manipuri Pony Polo) - 29th November 2014.
Stamp Booklet on Nehru’s 125th Birth Anniversary by India Post
On the occasion of the 125th Birth Anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Department of Posts brought out a collection of stamps issued on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The booklet was released on 14th November 2014. This booklet contains original stamps issued on Jawaharlal Nehru since 23.10.1985. It is priced at Rs. 1000. The booklet is designed by Nenu Gupta and is available online at Snapdeal Portal.
Courtesy : Indian Philately Digest
New pictorial cancellation from Germany
On December 29th 2014 a new pictorial cancellation will be issued in 24103 KIel. The cancellation will feature the lighthouse "Paard van Marten" in the Netherlands.
Interested philatelists my please contact: Wolfgang Beyer, Vice Chairman of the German Philatelic Collector Group ARGE ZOOLOGIE. Mail: Wolfgang.beyer1@aol.de. Postage rates:0,75 Euro AIRMAIL,2,90 Euro Registered AIRMAIL.
Date of Issue : 5 December 2014
I am pleased to share the information about a postage stamp to be issued in honour of a philatelist. Slovak Post will release a special commemorative stamp to honor one of its greatest philatelists on the 5th of December.
Severín Zrubec lived, worked and received his degree of Doctor in Laws at the Faculty of Law of the Slovak University (1948) in Bratislava. Severín Zrubec worked as a lawyer in various organisations. He held his final post at the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1968 – 1981) until 1982 when he retired. He is buried in his home place.
However, the philatelic public knows Severín Zrubec as a successful exhibitor, journalist, association member, and a member of home and foreign juries assessing exhibits. He took part in organised philately for more than fifty years. He engaged in modern view of philately as a hobby with a significant cultural and social mission. Since 1952, Severín Zrubec was a member of the Association of Slovak Philatelic Societies.
Attempts for re-establishment of the Association of Slovak Philatelists (1969) are also closely connected with his name. He held an office of the association chairman during two terms (1969 − 1979) and then continued as its vice-chairman for another two periods. His activities earned him various awards, for instance, Gold Honorary Medal of the Association of Slovak Philatelists and Laureate of the Prize of the Association of Slovak Philatelists 2000.
Severín Zrubec worked as a member of the Thematic Philately Commission of FIP (1974 - 1984) and International Jury of the Association of Slovak Philatelists (1973 − 2011), as well. His name has been written in golden letters in the Slovak and European philatelic history. The exhibit “Today Rotary Press Machines Revolve” was displayed at several tens of domestic and foreign exhibitions for twenty eight years. It was awarded four gold, seventeen gilded and seven silver medals at five world’s fairs under the patronage of FIP and twenty two international exhibitions. When finishing his exhibition activity in 1998, Severín Zrubec gifted his extensive thematic collection “Printing and Book” to the Museum of Book Culture in Trnava. However, the good man and excellent philatelist was also a poet engaged in writing for a long time. During 2003 - 2005, he published fourteen short collections of subjective lyric poetry written especially for his friends and acquaintances.
The traditional postage stamp with a coupon annually issued at the occasion of the Postage and Philately Stamp Day is impressively shaped as a trapezium with triangle coupons. It is dominated by his portrait and autograph. Zrubec’s first gold medal awarded at the World Postage Stamp Exhibition PRAGA 1962 extends over the right coupon, while a section of the emblem of the Society of St. Gabriel, he co-founded (1962), is depicted on the left one. FDC includes a postal stationery (J. Fándly, 1991 from Museum of Book Culture) issued by the Union of Slovak Philatelists and sent to his address.
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Hyderabad Stamp, coin & Note Fair – 2015 potponed
The Hyderabad Stamps, Coins & Notes Fair-2015 is postponed which was proposed be held in February 2015 It was to be held at FAPCCI Federation House, Hyderabad. Executive Committee of FAPCCI has decided to renovate the Hall where this Fair was to be held, all bookings for the hall are cancelled.The Fair will be held under same terms and conditions and everything else remaining same, at the same place at a future date, details will be intimated soon.
- BK Nagpal : email : HydPhilSociety@yahoo.co.in Phone :+91 - 9885031013
Date of Issue : 19 November 2014
Here are new stamps from Philippines featuring festival masks. These beautiful stamps could be included in Mask, culture and Tourism themes. Its a wonderful set for thematic Collectors.
In line with the celebration of the National Stamp Collecting Month, the Philippine Postal Corporation launched the colorful “Philippine Festival Masks” commemorative stamps on the 19th of November, during the fiesta celebration of the famous Higantes Festival in Angono, Rizal.
Souvenir sheet - Masskara Festival - Antonio M. Carranza Jr.
Stamp Designs:
1. Moriones Festival - Jose Antonio A. Jayme
2. Higantes Festival - Nemesio Miranda
3. Pintados Festival - Donald Tapan
Included in the Festival Masks Commemorative Stamps are four of the world’s famous festivals: The Moriones Festival in Marinduque, Higantes Festival – Angono, Rizal, the Pintados Festival -Tacloban and Masskara Festival in Bacolod City.
PHLPost printed 120,000 copies of the three Philippine Festival Masks stamps, sold at P10 each. The said stamps were produced in tactile printing technology that allows a person to touch and feel the actual texture embellished in the stamps.
The body of the traditional higantes (giants) which are made of bamboo and colorful cloth and a face made of paper mache is depicted in the “Higantes Festival Mask Stamps” designed by Nemesio Miranda.
The colorful tradition of Pintados Festival in Tacloban was depicted in Festival Mask “Pintados” stamps designed by Donald Tapan.
New Special Cover
Tribute to a Scientist – Dr Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao
A special cover was issued in Hyderabad on Birth Centenary eminent scientist Dr A S Rao. He was founderand Managing Director of ECIL.
- Sreejesh Krishnan, Trivandrum
Estonia
Date of Issue : 20 November 2014
For this year’s Christmas here are new stamps issued recently. Estonia Post introduced two Christmas stamps on the 20th of November. The items depict gorgeous Christmas decorations.
Christmas time is still the most important holiday celebrated in Estonia. For Estonians, Christmas is a mixture of the traditional, the modern, the secular, and the religious. Like in other Nordic states, Estonia’s celebration of Christmas mostly falls on Christmas Eve, however Christmas season starts in Advent with people buying Advent calendars or lighting Advent candles.
Poland
Date of issue : 14 November 2014
Polish Post has already issued its annual Christmas stamps on the 14th of November . Christmas in Poland is a major annual celebration, as in most countries of the Christian world. The observance of Christmas developed gradually over the centuries, beginning in ancient times; combining old pagan customs with the religious ones introduced after the Christianization of Poland by the Catholic Church.
Later influences include mutual permeating of local traditions and various folk cultures. Christmas trees are decorated and lit in family rooms on the day of Christmas Eve. Other trees are placed in most public areas and outside churches. Christmas is called “Boże Narodzenie” in Polish (literally ‘God’s Birth’).
Finland
Date of issue : 17 November 2014
Finnish Post issued a Santa Claus special stamp for this year’s Christmas on the 17th of November.
The Joulun taika (The Magic of Christmas) stamp's based on Antti Kurola’s impressive photograph. In the magical picture, Santa Claus is throwing snow into the air with both hands, and behind the snow-covered spruce tree forest is revealed the city of Rovaniemi. The Santa Claus stamp is a great way to show to the rest of the world where the real Father Christmas is from.
Kerala Postal Circle released a Special Cover on 19-11-2014 in connection with MALAPPURAMPEX 2014. CONOLLY'S PLOT - The oldest Teak Plantation in the world. Situated in Nilambur, Malappuram District, Kerala State. It is named after H.V. Conolly, the Malabar District Collector between 1841 and 1855 during the British Rule, who was instrumental in planting teak in the entire Nilambur area. The cancellation depicts ‘The hanging bridge’ in Conolly's plot, Nilambur on Chaliyar River. Cover approval No. KL-16/2014
Special Cover on Second Death Anniversary of Late Shri Kailashpati Mishra
A special cover on Second death anniversary of Late Shri Kailashpati Mishra wAS issued on 3rd November 2014 at Patna.
- Sreejesh Krishnan – Trivandrum
Forthcoming stamp exhibitions
Kochipex - 2014, Philatelic Exhibition at Vyttila, Kochi - 27th - 28th November 2014.
Kovaipex - 2014, Philatelic Exhibition at Coimbatore - 27th - 29th November 2014.
Silverpex - 2015, National Philatelic and Numismatic Exhibition at Kannur - 9th - 11th January 2015.
SINE, Stamps of India National Exhibition at New Delhi -Stamps of India National Exhibition on Jan 30, Jan 31, & Feb 1, 2015 at NDMC Convention Centre, Opp Jantar Mantar, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110001. For details visit stampsofindia.com
Hyderabad Stamp, Coin & Note Fair - 2015 at Hyderabad - 6th - 8th February 2015.
Swiss Post released a set of stamps dedicated to Christmas and New Year holidays. The stamps depict Santa Claus, festive delicious biscuits, advent wreath and crib. This year’s Christmas stamp series unleashes a true blaze of colour. The stamp depict the joy of the holidays sparkles like the reflection of candles on Christmas tree ornaments.
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New Special Cover
A Special Cover on New Judicial Complex of Muvattupuzha was issued at Muvattupuzha on 17th October 2014. (Special Cover approval no. KL-12/2014)
The Judicial Complex at Muvattupuzha - The Cradle of Triveni Sangamam - actually a monument, which reveals the golden reign of the Kings of Travancore, is prestigiously kept up even today – for the last 135 years.
- Sreejesh Krishnan – Thiruvananthapuram
New Meghdoot Cards
Two new Meghdoot Cards recently issued by India Post in denomination of 25 paise in the months of August and September 2014.
: Timir Shah – Vadodara
Stamps of India National Exhibition
Stamps of India National Exhibition on Jan 30, Jan 31, & Feb 1, 2015 at NDMC Convention Centre, Opp Jantar Mantar, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110001. For details visit stampsofindia.com
CHILDREN'S POSTAGE STAMPS - FABLES
Every year, almost all world postal administrations publish a special postage stamp issue named "Children's Postage Stamp". The motifs of these stamps are usually the usually the favourite children's pets, fairy tales and literature heroes, children's toys, cartoons. Children's stamps may include educational and corrective topics in animated form, i.e. drawings on certain topics that children normally learn in school: famous scientists and phenomenon that
they study, historical figures and events, sport heroes, pets and attitude to-wards them.... They are all represented in a way that is interesting and understandable to little children.
The theme of this year's Children's Postage Stamp is fable-short story in which animals behave like humans. Fables are at the same time instructive stories, narrated concisely and with great humour, and containing important life truths. Dositej Obradovic, Serbian educator and fabulist has collected and published the fables that are motifs on stamps.
Motifs on Stamps: 23 RSD- The dog and his shadow, 35 RSD - The fox and the crow, 46 RSD- The Rooster and the precious stone, 70 RSD- The turtle and the eagle.
Motifs on Envelopes: a- Two mice, b- Pig and oak
Courtesy – Dr. Avinash Jagtap, Switzerland
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New Special Cover
The Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu along with the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya released a Special Cover on Dr. A.S. Rao on his Birth Centenary Celebrations at Hyderabad on 16th November, 2014. Shri B. V. Sudhakar, Chief Postmaster General, Andhra Pradesh Postal Circle was also present on the occasion.
Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao (popularly known as A. S. Rao) (b. 1914 – d. 2003) was an eminent Indian scientist and founder of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad. Shri Rao represented India at many international conferences on scientific development including UN conferences on peaceful uses of atomic energy. He also served on the editorial and advisory boards of many scientific journals including many international journals of repute. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1960.
Special Cover on 125th Annual Conference of Akhil Bhartiya Bhargava Sabha - 15th November 2014
125th Annual Conference of Akhil Bhartiya Bhargava Sabha was held at Udaipur from 15th to 17th November 2014 at Udaipur. To mark the occasion a Special Cover was released on 15th November 2014 at Udaipur.
Courtesy : Indian Philately Digest
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