Sharjah 2024 Stamp Exhibition : Indian Winners

 

SHARJAH 2024

20-24 November 2024

Indian Winners

Heartiest Congratulations !

New Special Covers

 

18 November 2024 : Him Academy Public School, Hamirpur (H.P.)

- Smriti Rana, Shimla

Special Cover released on Silver Jubilee Year of  St. Paul School, Rajkot

Postmaster General of the Rajkot region, Shri Krishna Kumar Yadav released a special cover and cancellation on November 12, on the Silver Jubilee year of St.Paul School, Rajkot. On this occasion, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Rajkot DivisionShri S. K. Bunkar, Principal of St. Paul’s SchoolFather James, Senior Postmaster Shri AbhijeetSinh, and former Principal of St. Mary's School Father Binoy were also present.

Special covers released  during Jammupex 2024, 13-14 Nov, Jammu

13 November 2024 : GGM Science College, Jammu

13 November 204 :Amar Mahal, Jammu 

14 November 2024 : Shri Ranbir Model Higher Secondary  School, Jammu

Source : Philately Promoters WA group

Recent Special Covers from Shimla

19 October 2024 : Bishop Cotton School, Shimla

10 October 2024 :Suttie Letter Box at State Museum Shimla

11 October 204 : Republic Day Parde by Postman Staff of HP Postal Circle

- Smriti Rana, Shimla

New Indian Stamps

Acharya Shantisagar Muni Maharaj 

Date of Issue : 13 November 2024

100 Years of Hindustan Times

Date if Issue : 16 November 2024

Sickle Cell Eradication -2047

Date of Issue : 15 November 2024

Postcards rejected by Ahmedabad Post office - 2

 

Postcards rejected by Ahmedabad Post Offices -2

In response to my last blog post some readers have sent comments which I am sharing here..

 

Mr. Naresh Agrawal, Bilaspur (C.G.)

1. All the postcards were sent back to Mr Parikh, without any remark why  were the cards returned as all the postcards had proper postage  required for International Postcard.

Opinion : Any postal piece if not delivered and sent back should have suitable remarks on it either by the postman or the delivery clerk. However, if the  post office where the letter has been posted does not forward the mail piece and returns it, it should have reasons like insufficient postage, or improper addresses of both sender and addressee, in case of international mail or suspected mail piece, improper closure of envelop, bad condition etc.  and should be given on the mail piece before return. 

But normally except for improper insufficient addressing rest of the deficiencies are taken care by the post office.

However, in this case nothing was deficient, then there seems no reason for refusal to forward by post office. Else proper reason for the non-carriage and return should have been given/written on the mail piece.

Apparently if appears to be malfunctioning of post office, lack of knowledge of postal staff and also their irresponsible behaviour.

With mobile in hand, before return, at least   local post office can discuss the matter with sender, if it is written in sender's address.

 2.He received back the postcards on which he had fixed his address labels, but many postcards did not reach destination, on which his address labels were not fixed.

Opinion : 

Any letter cannot be delivered to addressee, if his/her  address  given is insufficient, improper and wrong and is untraceable by RLO/DLO. And so is in case of delivering back the undelivered the mail piece to the sender.

 Kasinath R. – Tanjore

Many postcrossers face different issues at different places. For me, outgoing postcards reach safe with Rs. 15 postage, but incoming cards are getting lost . The postage issue in Ahmedabad GPO / foreign post / customs at airport is mainly untrained staff. PMG / CPMG should issue circular about Airmail Card Tarriff. Postcrosser can complain to PMG / CPMG via letter or official twitter handle regarding this issue.

Hemang - Rajkot, Gujarat

I have also faced a delayed mailing and no awareness about postage by India Post staff mostly by Ahmedabad post office staff as all the mails from Gujarat pass through Ahmedabad Foreign Post office, mostly they get leakage of revenue Postmark from there.

 

 

Postcards with remarks : " Return to Sender : Leakage of Revenue "

 

So, my cards don't have return address, I had used proper 15rs postage on cards, and they were posted but they got leakage of revenue Postmark and still got delivered to Malaysia, Australia and many other countries, over 3 months Travel time!! So maybe they were sent via sea mail I guess!

 Jeevan Jyoti- Dehradun

I also have an interesting experience which I wish to share here….

1.    Recently, I sent Picture post cards for international posting with Rs15 + Rs10 extra postage to a nearby small post office through a person who posts my letters usually. The booking clerk said ‘Put them in an envelope with proper postage.” It means the staff is not aware that Picture postcards can also be posted to any country in the world.

2.   The next day I sent Those postcards to another post Office through a person. The booking clerk asked him to affix Rs 30 Stamp as it is the rate for international airmail. The person called me and told about this, Then I talked to the booking clerk over phone and told her to confirm the postage from the website of India Post that Rs 15 postage is for International Postcards and Rs 30 postage is for International airmail (upto 20gms), Then she immediately agreed and took the postcards for posting.

 Conclusion

From the above comments and my own experience, I conclude that Postal staff in most of the post offices of India is not aware of International Posting of Postcards. However they very well know about the International posting of letter which requires a postage of Rs 30 (upto 20 gms), But still it is confusing if we see India Post website. As some post offices ask to put Rs 25 stamp and some Rs 30 But as per website : Rs 25 + 18% GST it becomes Rs 25 + Rs.4.50 = Rs 29.50. But who puts this postage ??? Either people put Rs 25 or Rs 30 for an international letter (wt. upto 20gms).

And in case of speed Post, the Post Office staff never makes mistake as it is to be calculated as per weight and destination. 

India Post must make clear the rate for an Int. Letter upto 20gms. Onthe website it is not clear.

https://www.indiapost.gov.in/MBE/Pages/Content/International-Letter.aspx

 

Postcards rejected by Ahmedabad Post Offices

 

Postcards rejected by Ahmedabad Post Offices

 

I am sharing here some postcards and covers shared by Mr Shrikant Parikh an active post crosser. from Ahmedabad.  These postcards and envelopes were sent by him to overseas postcrossers. The standard airmail rate from India to any country for the International Postcard is Rs 15. But he put stamps of Rs 25 for the postage on the postcards. It is surprising to note that the Post office rejected the postcards and send them back to the sender. It happened in 2 post offices ( GPO Ahmedabad and Navrangpura of Ahmedabad. But it is interesting to note that some of the  postcards  which were rejected by Ahmedabad post offices, were recently reposted  from Dehradun and the postcards reached their destinations.

   It seems that the staff appointed at these post offices is untrained and not aware of the international mail. The higher authorities of India Post must look into this matter and take proper action.

The following points are to be noted regarding these rejected Post cards and covers :

1.    All the postcards were sent back to Mr Parikh, without any remark why  were the cards returned as all the postcards had proper postage  required for International Postcard.

 2.     He received back the postcards on which he had fixed his address labels, but many postcards did not reach destination, on which his address labels were not fixed.

In our country there are many postcrossers in different cities and send covers and postcards to philatelists all over the world. But never faced such problem.

Recent District Level Exhibitions

 

KALAHANDIPEX - 2024

Special Cover 

9 November 2024 : Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose : Bhawanipatna

Picture Postcard : KALAHANDIPEX 2024 : Special Cancellation

- Dr Bibhudutta Mishra, Bhubaneswar

PHILADELHIE'24 Stamp Exhibition

Special Cancellations

New Postage stamp released

Vadtaldham Bicentenary Festival 

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Vadtal Temple, a special stamp was released to honor its pivotal role in the Shree Swaminarayan Sampradaya. The temple serves as the spiritual capital of the Shree Swaminarayan Sampradaya, which has spread across the world today. This temple was built on the command of Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan by Sadguru Shree Brahmanand Swami and Sadguru Shree Aksharanand Swami. The temple is built in a lotus shape, symbolizing the spirit of harmony among all religions. It includes depictions of past avatars of gods and goddesses.

The stamp was released at Vadtal, district Kheda, Gujarat on 09.11.2024 in presence of the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel, Acharya Maharaj 1008 Shri Rakeshprasad Ji, Dr Shri Santvallabhswami Chief Executive Kothari of Vadtladham Mandir, Postmaster General, Vadodara, Shri Dineshkumar Sharma along with other Pujya Swamishri.

- Philately Promoters whatsapp group

Dhai Akhar : Celebrate the Art of Writing

On 9 November 24 an event on Dhai Akhar was organised at Bengaluru.In which an all women bike rally was flagged off from GPO Bengaluru. Afterwards a postcard writing session on Sandesh to Scindia was undertaken by students of Rashtriya Military school Bengaluru.

To commemorate the event four picture postcards created by Postcrossing welfare society of India were released by CPMG Karnataka circle Shri S Rajendra Kumar, Ms Disha Pannu IPoS (team leader, Bike rally) and Col akhil kumar, President of PSOI.

- Col. Akhil Kumar , Bangalore