Happy New Year !!

Rainbow Stamp Club wishes all a Very Happy New Year !!

Happy New Year Celebrations in Russia..

Date of Issue : 1 December 2016

Here is a beautiful stamp sheet  from Russia Post featuring New Year celebration . In Russia, the New Year is one of the most important family celebrations, and its traditions are handed down from generation to generation. The New Year has been celebrated on 1 January since 1700 by a Decree of Emperor Peter I.

The main attribute and symbol of the holiday is the Christmas tree, which is installed in all Russian cities. Various festive contests, games and competitions take place in skating rinks and stadiums.The postage stamp depicts a New Year circle dance in a skating rink.

Christmas and New Year Stamps…

 

The time has come to prepare the cards and send thousand kisses to friends or distant relatives. For this purpose, the Office des Posteset Telecommunications of New Caledonia offers, as every year, a stamp issue celebrating Christmas and New Year.

The stamp features some of the typical representatives of flora and fauna of New Caledonia: nautilus, rainbow lorikeet, emperor fish, banana, coconut, Xanthostemon and hibiscus.

Christmas stamps from Latvia

In anticipation of the Advent, Latvijas Pasts is releasing the latest stamps in the Christmas series to allow everyone to send their Christmas and New Year’s greetings in a timely manner. The Christmas stamps are also the final two stamps issued by Latvijas Pasts with dual denominations – in lats and euros; starting from 2014, stamps will be denominated only in euros.

in the stamps a little dwarf girl, hurrying to bring gifts to children over snow-covered roofs on a wooden rocking horse. The first day envelope released together with the stamps depicts Winter in a snow-covered cape, and the special cancelation features a gingerbread heart.

Acknowledgement

 

Journal of  The Army Philatelic Society edited by Col Jayanta Dutta

(email : doctorjayanta2009@gmail.com )

The journal  with beautiful layout contains informative articles on a variety of subjects.

New issues from Armenia

 

Christmas and Happy New Year

Date of Issue : 28 December 2012

Hi !

Here are some wonderful last issues from Armenia Post ! The stamps are fabulous in design covering a variety of themes !! The Europa stamp is the last issue of this year’s Europa 2012 series. I don't know why Armenia Post issued this stamp very late !! But the stamp is so beautiful !!

This is all for this morning….More in Next Post… Have a Nice Time !!

 

EUROPA 2012 : Visit

This is the last beautiful issue of EUROPA 2012 series.

Date of Issue : 27 December 2012

Flora and fauna of Armenia

       

Date of Issue : 28 December 2012

Children's philately

Date of Issue : 28 December 2012

National Gallery of Armenia

      

1. Mark Chagall ''Dacha'' 2. Rudolf Khachatryan ''Self-portrait''

Date of Issue : 27 December 2012

New stamps on Greetings..

 

Christmas and New Year Stamps from Belarus

    

Date of Issue : 20 November 2012

Merry Christmas !!  Happy New Year ! 

From Belgium

The Belgium post has issued one national and one international stamp of the same design to celebrate Christmas and New Year 2012. The stamps embody the atmosphere of Christmas and New Year with clear stellar night sky, shining snow and figures of snowmen made with garlands.

Christmas stamps from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian Post Ltd. Mostar has issued two commemorative postage stamps in separate sheets dedicated to Christmas and New Year.

Birth of the God - man the Christian world celebrates for ages. The meaning of the word Christmas as a little God in Christianity means that the God is available and accessible to every man. By the end of the 4th century, Christmas was celebrated on 6th January but then was moved to the 25th December in order to suppressed, since the Emperor Aurelius (270-275), introduced Roman feast of Natalis Solis Invicti.

Christians considered a day of the Jesus' birth as the day of the New Year. In the period of renewed Western Roman Empire almost in whole Europe the beginning of the new year was at Christmas. In 1691 Church accepted the 1st January as the New Year. Christmas and New Year's customs have been shaped through centuries under the influence of different nations and regions. They are common throughout Christian world but each region breathed something of their own and made them recognizable.

Club News

Stamp Exhibition in Berlin ( 6 December 2012  – 2 January 2013)

A philatelic exhibition  will be held under the title “DAYS OF INDIA” in Berlin from December 6^th  to January second 2013 . One pictorial cancellation featuring a CHAKIRA will be available on December 6^th 2012 at Berlin.

– Wolfgang Beyer – Germany : email : Wolfgang.Beyer1@polizei.sachsen.de

ITS Postal Auction No 59

Dear Collectors,

Indian Thematic Society has announced its “ITS Postal Auction No.59” with 130 Lots from different fields of philately at very genuine prices. You can download complete list of the same auction at :

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New Christmas stamp

 

It’s Christmas Time !!

Have Fun in these Holidays !!

Bulgaria

Date of Issue : 17 November 2011

The Bulgarian Post has issued a stamp dedicated to Christmas and New Year holidays. The stamp features a Snowman formed from the stamp's denomination.

Croatia

Christmas

Date of Issue : 3 November 2011

Motif: “The Birth of Jesus”

New Year 2012

Date of Issue : 24 November 2011

Motif: dance of falling snowflakes

 

My Recent Covers

11.11.11 Cover from USA

The sender has not written his name ….Thanks plz contact me !!

 

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New stamps on Christmas and New Year …

 

2012 - The Year of Dragon

Korea

Date of Issue: 1 December 2011 

The year of 2012 is the year of the dragon.

Dragon is the creature of legends, the dragon is described to have an immense body of a snake, the horns of a deer, the ear of a cow, scaly skin, and four legs.Since ancient times, the dragon has been associated to greatness, thus symbolizing royal authority or the throne. Almost everything associated with kings was preceded by the prefix of “yong” (dragon) such as Yongan (king’s face), Gollyongpo (king’s ceremonial attire), Yongsang (the low wooden bench on which the King sat), etc.
The dragon has been positioned as an auspicious symbol in daily life: a dream of forthcoming conception that involves a dragon led to the expectation of the baby growing up to be a great man; farmers worshipped the dragon as the god of water that governs the success of their harvest; fishermen worshipped the dragon as the Dragon King that governs the sea.

New Christmas stamps

Italy

  

Date of Issue: 19 November 2011

The Italian Post has issued two stamps dedicated to the Holy Christmas 2011.

The first stamp reproduces the painting "Madonna and Child with Pomegranate" The second stamp on the secular subject is a typical Christmas snowy landscape with reindeer standing on the night sky.

Paintings on Christmas Stamps

The Christmas 2011 stamps feature some of the most notable artistic representations of The Nativity by world famous artists.

Slovakia

 

Date of Issue: 13 December 2011

Gibraltar

Date of Issue: 7 December 2011

Belarus

Date of Issue: 11 November 2011

Christmas stamp with unique design

Uruguay

The stamp illustrates Uruguayan version of Maria, gaucho (shepherd) and baby Jesus in Christmas crib, creations by Uruguayan artisan Maria Martinez. The figures are entirely handmade: they are made of pumpkin seeds, leather, wool, seeds of the country and other raw material in their natural forms.

Christmas and New Year Stamps…

 

 

Hi ! As the festive season of Christmas and New Year  approaches, new stamps are being issued by countries round the world…Here are some wonderful stamps issued for this year’s Christmas and New Year recently !!

Russia

Date of Issue : 1 December 2011

Traditionally, the Russian Post issues a thematic stamp for the New Year. This time it depicts a red Christmas ball with snowflakes on a gray background.

In Russia, the first Christmas trees appeared as ornaments in the XIX century on roofs and fences of pubs. Following the European fashion, Russian people began decorating Christmas trees in 1860-1870-s. Only wealthy people could afford ordering toys in Europe. To buy a glass toy at the end of XIX century for the inhabitants of Russia was the same thing that to buy a car for the modern Russian citizen.

Korea Post

The Korean Post has issued a stamp commemorating the Year of the Dragon. The New Year's greetings stamps have been printed with photo storage ink since 2001. This year, the dragon's body and the pearl-white snowflakes in the stamp are also printed using photo storage ink and glow in the dark.

Being a creature of legends, the dragon is described to have an immense body of a snake, the horns of a deer, the ear of a cow, scaly skin, and four legs. Since ancient times, the dragon has been associated to greatness, thus symbolizing royal authority or the throne. In addition, the dragon has been positioned as an auspicious symbol in our everyday life: a dream of forthcoming conception that involves a dragon led to the expectation of the baby growing up to be a great man; farmers worshipped the dragon as the god of water that governs the success of their harvest; fishermen worshipped the dragon as the Dragon King that governs the sea.

Uruguay

Correo Uruguayo has issued a stamp celebrating Christmas 2011. The stamp illustrates Uruguayan version of Maria, gaucho (shepherd) and baby Jesus in Christmas crib.

Switzerland

"Chapel", "Christmas tree" and "Chalet" - three new special stamps from Swiss Post accentuate this year's Christmas mail with a festive note. A new feature of the Christmas stamps is that they are self-adhesive.

Sweden

Swedish Postal Service has issued a set of winter stamps featuring images of snowflakes taken by Libbrecht . This year's stamps for international holiday greetings depict snow crystals

Recently Libbrecht was awarded the Lennart Nilsson Award, recognizing extraordinary image-makers in science. Libbrecht has taken photographs of both natural and synthetic snowflakes, revealing stunning, unusual designs. He has published several calendars and books on snowflakes describing the art and science of snowflakes.

Capturing - or creating - the most ethereal snowflakes is a passion of Caltech physicist, Ken Libbrecht, one of the world's top experts on snowflakes and ice crystal formations. Libbrecht is also passionate about photographing snowflakes, (utilizing a custom-built photo-microscope).