Stamp Exhibition on Railways..

As a part of celebration of 150 Years of arrival of train at Vadodara (1861-2011) a non competitive philatelic exhibition on theme of 'Railways' will be organised by Vadodara Division of Western Railway at Railway Auditorium, Pratapnagar, Vadodara from 11th Jan. 2011 to 13th Jan 2011.

Philatelists collecting on 'Railway' theme may contact Prashant Pandya (+919879571179) for exhibiting their collection. Email : edesk@prashantpandya.com

A special cover and cancellation will also be released on 11.01.2011 to mark '150 Years of arrival of train at Vadodara (1861-2011)'.

 

 

 

Our Readers write…

Like Every Year today I spend the day in the midst of Blind student of School & Colleges and making this day as their Annual Day.

- PRADIP JAIN, Member : PTS, A.I.E.P., APS POST BOX 128, MITHAPUR, PATNA 800 001 (INDIA), PH: 0091-612-2215929, FAX: 0091-612-2238010, EMAIL: philapradip@gmail.com

New Stamps from India….

 

Crafts Museum

Date of Issue : 21 December 2010

: Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur

Stamp on Braille from Sri Lanka

Date of Issue –15 October 2010

: Pradip Jain - Patna

Indian Soldier commemorated on Cyprus Stamp

 

General Thimayya (Timmy) Padma Bhushan, DSO, was a distinguished soldier of the Indian Army who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961 in the crucial years leading up to the conflict with China in 1962. After the Korean War, Thimayya headed a United Nations unit dealing with the repatriation of prisoners of war. After his retirement from the Indian Army, he went on to command the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus. While in Cyprus, he died of a heart attack, in 1965. The Republic of Cyprus, in addition to this stamp, issued on 6th June 1966, honored him by renaming an avenue of the city of Larnaca after him. In India, the street perpendicular to East Street (a road parallel to MG road in Pune),the Richmond Road in Bangalore, were renamed as Gen Thimayya Road, in his memory.

:  Kenneth Sequeira - Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Stamps on Five Senses & Braille

 

 

Date of Issue - 2 October 2009

Hi ! Here are some very nice stamps issued by Portugal which feature the five senses. These stamps show the most innovative idea of the designer and Portugal Post that resulted in  this wonderful issue. The stamps issued on five senses are not common.So this issue is very innovative in design and idea both. My thanks to Mr Sundar L Bansal of New Delhi for today’s Post. The sixth stamp featuring Louis Braille celebrates 200th Anniversary of the Birth Louis Braill. The other five stamps reveal our five senses smell, touch, taste, vision and hearing.This is all for this Post…Till Next Post…Have a Nice Time !

 

 

 

The brochure with Five senses

 

Senses

This issue – consisting of five stamps and a block with a sixth stamp – is a consequence of a proposal made by the Universal Postal Union to celebrate the birth bicentenary of Louis Braille (1809-1852), the inventor of a system that combines embossed dots and which is applied to reading, writing, calculation and music for the blind.

On the block, produced in cooperation with the Portuguese Association for the Blind and Partially Sighted (Associação de Cegos e Amblíopes de Portugal – ACAPO), all the information appears repeated in Braille characters and on the limited space of the stamp, the word Braille can also be read in both types of characters. The remaining stamps of this issue are dedicated to each of the five senses, allowing for experiencing real physical interaction: the touch feels the embossed ink coming out of the tube; the smell receives the aroma of the cup of coffee; the sight detects holographic images on the spectacle lenses that change according to the position of the stamp; the taste identifies the flavor of vanilla on the glue of the stamp that shows an ice-cream; the ear is sensitive to the noise made by the file when you rub its rough surface.

Made up of different nerve cells that capture variations and respond to stimuli, according to present science the sense organs comprise not only the classical five senses described by the ancient but other senses as well, such as cold and heat, balance and pain, contact and pressure. However, it is not the aim of this issue to underline theoretical statements, but rather to contribute to modernity in communication. Thus, thanks to improved technology in graphical arts, a set of elements, which is usually absent in common stamps, has been incorporated in this collection, becoming a differentiating fact in this emission and imparting an innovative character to stamps in the landscape of contemporaneous philately.

Courtesy –  Portugal Post CTT

New Stamp on Braille

Date of Issue – 4 December 2009

Hi ! Here is a new stamp on Louis Braille by Slovakia issued on 4 December 2009 to commemorate 200 years of his Birth. The design of the stamp is very exclusive and is one of the most beautiful designs of this year’s Braille stamps. Its colorful with special Tab. This stamp will become favourite of all those collecting on Braille. A great appreciation for the designer of this stamp, Mr Ľubomír Paľo . In Club news, some news from our readers.This is all for Today !……Till Next Post…Have a Nice Time !..

Louis Braille

It is an exciting experience to run your fingers over a piece of paper that informs in detail. That’s what blind and visually-impaired people around the world are able to do thanks to Louis Braille, the inventor of the ingenious system used by blind people to read and write. At the age of sixteen (in 1825) he developed a system of characters with six raised dots which can be variously combined to represent the whole alphabet. The invention represented a real breakthrough on the path of knowledge, education, and self-assertion of millions of blind and visually-impaired across the world.

Louis Braille was born on 4 January 1809 in Coupvray, France, to the family of a harness maker. He was the youngest of four children. When he was just over three years old, he unfortunately lost his sight while playing in his father’s workshop. Louis Braille died on 6 January 1852 in Paris.

As a sign of the French society’s gratitude, his ashes were deposited in the Panthéon in Paris, a place of last repose for the greatest men and women of France. Several years ago, the Society of Friends of Louis Braille turned his birth house in Coupvray, located about 35 km from Paris, into a museum.

Courtesy – Postal Philatelic service, Slovakia

Club News

Hobby Festival in Delhi

The Hobby festival is the first of its kind to be organized in the Christmas break of December 2009. Stamps Coins and Banknotes will be on display for two days at the festival. On display there shall be more than 100 frames of quality stamp collections on various themes, more than 40 frames of coins and banknotes. No entry fee for exhibitors.

Closing date for exhibitors: 23^rd December 2009

Last date for article for souvenir: 22^nd December 2009

An article for the souvenir is mandatory for exhibitors.

Inauguration on 26^th December 2009 at 9.30 am

Exhibition closes at 5.30 on 27^th December 2009

Distribution of Certificate of Participation at 6.00 pm on 27^th December 2009

For details contact: 9810241363

Details of the Exhibition

Date : 26^th and 27^th December 2009 (Saturday & Sunday)

Venue : Auditorium, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya

Time : 1000 hrs to 1800 hrs (both days)

Display : Twenty five collector’s material with be on display

Coins: British India – copper and silver coins, Indian States, Mughal period coinage, Republic India etc,

Banknotes: British period, Independent India, Polymer banknotes, worldwide and thematic

Stamps: British India, India Republic, thematics and postal stationery.

Special Pmk : Two special postmarks on both the days of the exhibition

Sale counter : India Post (stamps and first day covers)

: Reserve Bank of India (new coins and banknotes)

: Army Postal Service (APS Special Covers)

: Stamp Dealers for sale of stamps and coins

- Vijay Seth, Chairman - Organizing Committee

New Blog on Gandhi

My name is Ketan Patel and I am a newbie in Gandhi Philatelic collection. Recently I joined with Maulik Thakkar who started this blog on Gandhi. Just click to view http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/

- Ketan Patel.Fremont,CA,USA

News from Gorakhpur

Philatelists from Gorakhpur making request to India Post to issue a stamp on Woman farmer. Mr Ashwani Dubey has sent the image of proposed stamp.

New stamp on Louis Braille

Date of Issue - 4 November 2009

Hi ! Here is the latest stamp issued by Vatican City on 4th November in honour of Louis Braille to celebrate his 200 Birth Anniversay .The stamp features a portrait of Braille and his system's raised dots that spell out Braille, Vatican City State and the price. The French creator of the writing and reading system for the blind, was born in France in 1809 and lost his sight at an early age. He then developed a reading and writing system based on patterns of raised dots that allow blind people to recognize the alphabet with the tips of their fingers.The Vatican post office has issued it's first ever Braille stamp to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille. I have written about other stamps issued earlier this year in my previous Posts. This stamp will be a new addition in the collection of those collecting worldwide stamps on Louis Braille. This is all for Today....Till Next Post....Have a Great Time !

Louis Braille

Two hundred years ago in Coupvray, near Paris, Louis Braille was born. At the age of four he became blind after an accident. Despite this physical challenge, at the age of ten he started going to school. Given that he could not attend an ordinary school, he was accepted at the Institution des Jeunes Aveugles (Institute for the Blind in Paris) where the Hauy method for teaching the blind was used, a system which did not allow for writing. At the age of only 18, Braille became a teacher at the Institute. Two years later he developed a simpler and more intuitive learning method compared to the Hauy method. This new method included a system for writing using a combination of six raised dots representing every letter of the alphabet. Later he expanded the system to include musical notation with a method of translating the symbols into musical notes. Two years after his death France adopted his system, and at the World Congress of Education for the Blind held in Paris in 1878 it was declared a universal method.

Cover from Poland

Thanks to Andrzej

World Post Day....

World Post Day

Hi ! Today is World Post Day ! Greetings to all philatelists and Postal Staff of every corner of the world. I also visited Kullu Head Post office today and found that it was well decorated in the global celebration of this Special Day ! It is a special day for all as the Postal Services have made our life easier. Let's all celebrate this Day ! Till Next Post.....Have a Nice Time !

World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. Since then, countries across the world participate annually in the celebrations. The Postal Department in many countries use the event to introduce or promote new postal products and services.

In most countries philatelic exhibitions are organized during this period and special stamps and date cancellation marks are issued on 9 October. Other activities include the display of World Post Day posters in post offices and other public places; open days at post offices, mail centres and postal museums; the holding of conferences, seminars and workshops; as well as cultural, sport and other recreation activities.

Recent Special Cover released

World Sight Day - 8 October 2009

This special cover was issued by Karnatka Postal Circle on 8 October 2009 to commemorate World Sight Day. For more details Lion Ajoy may be contacted email lionajoy@yahoo.com

New Stamp on Braille by San Marino

Date of Issue - 16 June 2009

Hi ! Here is the most recent stamp featuring Braille issued by San Marino on 16 June 2009. The Republic of San Marino remembers Louis Braille on the 200th anniversary of his birth, with a philatelic issue of € 1,50, where the image turns into a unique chromatic game between the artistically coloured inscription BRAILLE and the raised dots of the same word. This stamp is very unique as compared to the earlier issues by other countries. Louis Braille is the most popular personality with the stamp collectors this year. Hope the readers would like this stamp very much. This is all for today !.....Till Next Post .....Have a Nice Time !....

200th Anniversary of Louis Braille's Birth

It was the year 1812 when a three-year-old French boy, Louis Braille (Coupvray, 4th January 1809 – Paris, 6th January 1852), injured his left eye playing in his father's workshop. At the age of four he became blind. At ten, his parents sent him to the Royal Institution for Blind Youths in Paris, one of the first schools in the world for blind children, where he learnt how to read large, raised letters. Very soon he became an able organist and a teacher in the same institute. Through teaching, he came to understand the vast learning difficulties for people who couldn't rely on sight for reading or writing, leading him to devise a reading system for the blind: an alphabet based on the use of six raised dots in two columns of three dots each, enclosed in small rectangles of about 4x7 mm in size, thus forming 64 combinations, sufficient enough to represent all the letters of the alphabet, punctuation signs, and with some adroitness, numbers and mathematical symbols. The tactile alphabet which Louis Braille invented in 1829, a raised-dot system (later perfected by Foucault), has permitted all blind people to read and write independently and to communicate amongst themselves, helping to break down that social barrier which kept visually handicapped people isolated from society, once and for all. In 1952, his remains were laid to rest in the Paris Pantheon, in memory of his work for humanity.

Courtesy - AASFN

Recent Issues on Braille and Astronomy...

Date of Issue - 26 March 2009

Hi ! As we are aware that the Bicentenary of the Birth of Louis Braille is being celebrated this year. Many postal administrations have brought out stamps to commemorate Loui Braille. Here is the recent stamp issued by Kazakhstan on 26 March 2009. commemorating 200 years of the Birth of Louis Braille. Louis Braille is the favourite theme of the year 2009. Like Louis Braille, Astronomy is another popular theme of this year as 2009 is globally celbrated as International Year of Astronomy. Here are two nice issues from France and Kazakhstan. This is all in today's Post !......Till Next Post......Have a Nice Time !....

Recent Stamps on Astronomy

Kazakhstan - 3 April 2009

France - 4 May 2009

Finland - 6 May 2009

New Stamp on Louis Braille...

Andorra - Date of Issue - 26 January 2009

Hi ! Here is a new stamp on Louis Braille issued by Andorra on 26 January 2009 to celebrate Bicentenary of Birth of Louis Braille. In Club News , a special cover and pigenogramme released on a stamp exhibition held in Cuttack. The special feature of the exhibition was a pigeon mail which was sent to Commissioner of Police for invitaion. Here is the report sent by Mr. Pradeep Mohanty from Cuttack. One more nice stamp issued by Andorra on 27 March 2009 on theme "Protection of the Polar Regions and Glaciers" This is all for today !......Till Next Post.....Have a Nice Time..!

Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers

Andorra - Date of Issue - 27 March 2009

Club News

Stamp Exhibition in Cuttack

The Cuttack Club, a heritage club of the Country established in 1865.This year it observed its 144th anniversary. A philatelic exhibition was organized among its members. Mr. Pradip Mohanty, Dr. Tanmay Mohanty and Mr. Lagnajit Roy organized the exhibition. It was continued from 2nd April to 4th April 2009. Dr.Pradip Padhi and Md. Shakil, Members of Orissa Philatelic Association were also invited to display their exhibit. One special cover was released with a special cancellation. A Pigeongramme was sent to the Commssioner of Police inviting him as Guest of Honor in the function which was held on 4th April, 2009. The Exhibition was inagurated by Major General B.P. Das AVSM (rtd) and released the cover. Mr.Bimal Kishore Mohaptra, Mr.L.I.Parija and other senior members of the club were also present at the Function.

For more details about special cover contact:

Mr. Pradip Mohanty, Hon.Secretary ,Orissa Philatelic Association
Keonjhar Colony, Kanikachhak, Cuttack-753008
e-mail: oriphil@gmail.com & mohantypradip@hotmail.com Ph. 09861032965

Pigeon Post

New Braille Stamps from Cyprus and other Countries...

Date of Issue : 12 March 2009

Here is the latest stamp to be issued by Cyprus on Bicentenary of the birth of Louis Braille. One of the most beautiful stamps on Louis Braille issued so far. The bright red coloured stamp with the picture of Louis Braille and 200 written in bold with Braille Inscriptions. FDC is equally beautiful.

200 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF LOUIS BRAILE


Some more stamps on Louis Braille from other countries

Syria

Aruba

Maldova

Cover on Louis Braille from Algeria

Here is a nice cover which I just received from Algeria with the recent issue on Louis Braille. My speical thanks to Mr.Ouari Khemissi who sent this to me from Setif, Algeria. I have come across some more new issues on Louis Braille which have been issued to commemorate Bicentenary of his Birth. These new stamps are from Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Brazil. Complete list on Braille related stamps can be found on http://www.blindianastamps.com/ It's a wonderful website and it will help those who want to preapre a sole collection on Louis Braille or any other theme related with problem of the blindness. There are many other stamps given in the list which can be included to make a comprehensive collection on Louis Braille or theme related with visually imparied.

Bicentenary of birth of Louis Braille

4 January 2009

Romania

Serbia

Hungary

Brazil