Greetings on Buddha Purnima - VESAK

 

Vesak, also known as Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima is the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar. It is the most important festival of the Buddhists and is celebrated with great enthusiasm. The exact date of Vesak is the first full moon in the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. The date varies from year to year in the Gregorian calendar but is typically in May.

Followers of Buddhism have been celebrating Buddhist festivals for centuries, but the decision to celebrate this day formally was only taken at the first conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists held in Sri Lanka in 1950. Although Buddhists regard every full moon as sacred, the moon of the month of Vaisakh has special significance because on this day the Buddha was born, attained enlightenment (nirvana), and attained parinirvana (nirvana-after-death of the body) when he died.

New Special Cover on Jainism theme

 Jain Vishwa Bharti

SPECIAL COVER ON JAIN VISHVA BHARTI ISSUED TODAY AT INDORE

 On the occasion of Golden Jubilee of Jain Vishva Bharti, a special cover has been issued at Indore on 21st May 2021. India Post has provided a special cancellation on the same.

Image of renowned Jain saint Ganacharya Aacharya Tulasi, administrative building and logo of Jain Vishva Bharti are depicted on the special cover. Various projects of Jain Vishva Bharti like Preksha Dhyan, Literature publication, Education, Medical help, Distance learning, Social service are also included in the design of special cover.

Concept and design of this cover has been developed by senior Philatelist of Indore Dr. Ravindra Pahalwan and Mr. Rajesh Kothari. Cover is available at Indore Philatelic Bureau @ 10/- plus 5/- cost of stamp.

- Sudhir Jain, Satna (MP) email : mrsudhirjain@yahoo.com

Finnish Postcard 150 Years

150 Years of Postcards in Finland

Date of Issue : 28 April 2021

Here is a beautiful set of stamps in form of stamp booklet issued by Finnish Post on 150 years of Postcards in Finland. The stamps feature first official postcard and postcards with different themes. The design of the FDC is wonderful in the shape and design of a postcard. The designer of the stamps and First Day cover needs high appreciation for these beautiful and thoughtful exquisite deigns. The designs of Finnish stamps and First day covers  are one of the finest designs in the world. These are always unique  !

Postcard 150 Years

Postcards have relayed the messages and feelings of Finns for 150 years. Susanna Rumpu and Ari Lakaniemi have summarized the history of postcards in a stamp booklet that presents six postcards from different times. The stamps feature one of Finland’s first official postcards from 1871 as well as a postcard featuring the Finnish flag and a farmer, a military postcard from the war years, a fairytale-themed postcard illustrated by Rudolf Koivu and a landscape postcard showing Porvoo. The Postcard 150 Years stamp booklet contains six different domestic no-value indicator stamp designs.

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SPECIAL COVER ON JAIN VISHVA BHARTI ON 21ST MAY 2021

- Sudhir Jain

On the occasion of Golden Jubilee of Jain Vishva Bharti, a special cover is being issued at Indore on 21st May 2021. India Post will provide a special cancellation on the same.

Image of renowned Jain saint Ganacharya Aacharya Tulasi, administrative building and logo of Jain Vishva Bharti will be depicted on the special cover. Various projects of Jain Vishva Bharti like Preksha Dhyan, Literature publication, Education, Medical help, Distance learning, Social service are also included in the design of special cover.

Concept and design of this cover has been developed by senior Philatelist of Indore Dr. Ravindra Pahalwan and Mr. Rajesh Kothari. Cover will be available at Indore Philatelic Bureau @ 10/- plus 5/- cost of stamp.

New Special Covers

 100 years of Satyajit Ray : 3 May 2021: Kolkata: design by Shri Dipok Dey

Kanchipuram Silk : 12 May 2021: Kanchipuram 

Special cancellation : Ram Navmi : 21 April Allahabad

Image Courtesy : Dipok Dey, Prayag Philatelic Society

On Mother's Day - I Cannot Remember My Mother..... by Tagore

 On Mother's Day

Most beautiful poem by Rabindranath Tagore

I cannot remember my mother
only sometimes in the midst of my play
a tune seems to hover over my playthings,
the tune of some song that she used to
hum while rocking my cradle.

I cannot remember my mother
but when in the early autumn morning
the smell of the shiuli flowers floats in the air
the scent of the morning service in the temple
comes to me as the scent of my mother.

I cannot remember my mother
only when from my bedroom window I send
my eyes into the blue of the distant sky,
I feel that the stillness of
my mother's gaze on my face
has spread all over the sky.

By Rabindranath Tagore and translated by Sishu Bholanath

Rabindranath Tagore born 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941; was  poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" of Gitanjali, he became in 1913 the first non-European as well as the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. He is sometimes referred to as "the Bard of Bengal".  

First ever Philatelic Exhibition on "Rabindranath Tagore" out side India

First ever Philatelic Exhibition on "Rabindranath Tagore" out side India was held at Cairo, Egypt in July 2011, as part of the year long celebrations to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. 

The exhibition was organised by the Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture (MACIC), Embassy of India, Cairo in cooperation with the Foreign Cultural Relations Sector and the Fine Arts Sector of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture.  

The exhibition curated by me in Cairo at the invitation of the Kolkata chapter of ICCR was inaugurated by the H. E. Dr Emad Abou Ghazi, the Egyptian Minister of Culture with pomp and grandeur. Exhibits were made from the collection of Mr. Moloy Sarkar besides me. Mr Gopal Biswas of our group also lent his valuable and rare items for the exhibition.

Given here some Print Media Coverage and the facsimile of the bookmark presented to all the visitors.

- Sekhar Chakrabarty : email : sekhar.chakrabarti@gmail.com 

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 Rainbow Stamp News May 2021

Dear Reader,

I am Pleased to release May 2021 issue of Rainbow Stamp News. It is available on following link : 

http://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.com/2021/05/rainbow-may-2021.html

National Winners of International Letter writing Competition

 

The National level Winners of 2020 International Letter Writing Competition for young people organized by UPU

Visit  : Detailed Result with entries

CapeTown 2022 International Stamp Exhibition Update

CAPE TOWN 2021 Philatelic Exhibition  ( Update)

The Cape Town 2021 Exhibition has been postponed. The new dates will be 8th – 12th November 2022.

An amended IREX will be published on the Website indicating submission dates as follows:

The date that Entry forms must be received by the National Commissioners will be no later than 15 May 2022.

Notification of Acceptance; receipt of First page and Literature Entries:

•           Notification of application acceptance or non-acceptance by the Organisers, together with the number of frames allocated to each accepted exhibit, will be sent to the National Commissioners before 30 June 2022.

•           National Commissioners should confirm entries accepted by no later than 15 July 2022.

The entrant may revise the introductory sheet on receiving notification of acceptance, but the class or concept of the exhibit may not be changed. Although every effort will be made to send revised pages to the jury prior to the show, only those received prior to 15 August 2022 can be guaranteed to be circulated.

•           Last date for receipt of Literature exhibits  1 October 2022

Visit : CapeTown  2022  International Philatelic Exhibition

Mr. Shakil Ahmed is Indian National Commissioner for the Cape Town 2021, FIP Specialized World Stamp Exhibition to be held at Cape Town, South Africa from 8 to 12 November, 2022.Exhibition Classes: Traditional, Postal History, Aerophilately, Postal Stationery, Revenue, Thematic, Open, Modern Philately, One Frame, Philatelic Literature and Picture Postcards only)

Shakil Ahmed : Email: ahmedshakil99@gmail.com : (M) +91-9437225760 / +91-7008025663