Happy Independence Day

 

Happy 80th Independence Day !

Greetings to every Indian living in differnt corners of the world on the auspicios occasion of 80th Independence Day of our country !

Proud to be born in a land of courage and culture.

Jai Hind !

International Mountain Day

 

11 December 2025 : International Mountain Day

Karnataka Postal circle issued a special cancellationnto commemorate International Mountain Day.

International Mountain Day (IMD) is observed annually on December 11th to highlight the importance of mountains for life, promote sustainable mountain development, and raise awareness about threats like climate change and overexploitation. Established by the UN General Assembly after the 2002 International Year of Mountains, it encourages actions for mountain communities and environments, focusing on water, biodiversity, culture, and livelihoods.

- Praveen Shastry : Bangalore

World Food Day

16 October 2025 - World Food Day

 

Karnataka Postal Circle issued on 16th October 2025  a picture postcard and special cancellation on World Food Day.

- Praveen Shastry, Bangalore

New Picture Postcard and Special Cancellation

 

23 September 2025 : Internationa; Day of Sign Languages

New Picture Post Card and special cancellation released on 23 September 2025  by Philatelic Bureau Raipur Chhattisgarh on International Day of Sign languages.

-Capt. Vijay Wadhwa , Raipur (C. G.)

Club News

 

AMSI 4th Monthly Zoom Meeting - 22nd August 2025

Zoom Meeting Link: https://tinyurl.com/AMSIzoommeeting

Meeting ID: 921 3527 4549

Passcode: 125235

- Dharmdev Maurya

Indian Winners at Gass 2025

M.Lokeswara Rao - Capt.Vijay Wadhwa

 

In GASS 2025 Great American Stamp Show 2025, Mr M.Lokeswara Rao received Large Vermeil medal  for his article “Great Barrier Reef on Stamps” published in American Topical Association Magazine Topical Time November- December 2024 issue and got  Silver medal for his book” Ramayana on Stamps”.

Capt. Vijay Wadhwa won 3 medals, Large Silver, Silver and  Silver-Bronze for 3 of his books. 

Visit : https://stamps.org/events/great-american-stamp-show to see the GASS 2025 palmares.

New Pictorial Cancellation

World Photography Day

19 August 2025, Raipur

New Picture Postcards from Karnataka Circle

19 August 2025 : World Humnitarian Day :Bangalore

12 August 2025 : International Youth Day : Bangalore

World Photography Day

A Picture Postcard with Cachet released by Raipur Philatelic Bureau Chhattisgarh Postal Circle of India Post on 19th August 2025.

Image courtesy : Capt. Vijay Wadhwa- Raipur & Praveen Shastry - Bangalore

New Special Cancellations

Congrats to the 1st Indian to win the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 : 29 July 2025: Raipur

  

The Women's Chess World Cup 2025 was a 107-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Batumi, Georgia from 5 July to 29 July 2025. It was the third edition of the Women's Chess World Cup. The winner IM Divya Deshmukh, runner-up Koneru Humpy, and third-place finisher Tan Zhongyi qualified for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026.

Divya Deshmukh, the winner of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup

International Tiger Day : 29 July 2025 : Raipur

- Capt. Vijay Wadhwa , Raipur (C.G.)

New Pictorial Cancellation and Picture Postcard

23 July 2025 :  National Broadcasting Day

A special cancellation was released by Raipur Philatelic Bureau Chhattisgarh Circle on 23 July 2025 to celebrate National Broadcasting Day. A picture post card was also released on this occasion.

- Capt. Vijay Wadhwa - Raipur (C.G.)

New Special Cancellation : AXIOM 4

 

AXIOM Mission 4 : Sucessful Return : 15 July 2025 : Raipur (C.G.)

On successful return of Group Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla from ISS, a special cancellation and one Picture Postcard  was released yesterday 15 July 205  by Chhattisgarh Postal  Circle, Raipur.

'Earth welcomes its explorers AXIOM 4 returns with Pride'

-Capt. Vijay Wadhwa - Raipur (C.G.)

My recent cover

Special Cancellation : 21 June :World Music Day : Trivandrum

Thanks to Mr P. Mohanachandran Nair-Trivandrum

National Doctor's Day

 

1 July 2025 : National Doctor's Day

Special Cancellation issued by  Kerala Postal Circle on National Doctor's Day.

Image courtesy : Mohanachandran Nair, Trivandrum

National Doctor's Day

Date of Issue :1 July 1982

National Doctor’s Day 2025: Observed on July 1, the day honours doctors in India for their dedication and sacrifice ,Doctor's Day in India was established in 1991 by the Government of India to honour Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, an esteemed physician and a pioneer in public healthcare. Dr Roy, who also served as the second chief minister of West Bengal and was awarded the Bharat Ratna, was born on July 1, 1882, and passed away on the same day in 1962.

New Pictorial Cancellations

 

26 June 2025 : International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking : Bengaluru

Source : Pan India Postal Pictorial Place Cancellations

26 June 2025 : International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking : Bhavnagar

25 June 2025 : Axiom Mission  4 : Raipur (C.G.)

 Raipur Philatelic Bureau Chhattisgarh,   released a pictorial cancellation on 25 June 2025 on AXIOM MISIION-4 To International Space Station.

-Capt. Vijay Wadhwa - Raipur (C.G.)

Axiom Mission 4

The Ax-4 mission will “realize the return” to human spaceflight for India, Poland, and Hungary, with each nation’s first government-sponsored flight in more than 40 years. While Ax-4 marks these countries' second human spaceflight mission in history, it will be the first time all three nations will execute a mission on board the International Space Station. This historic mission underscores how Axiom Space is redefining the pathway to low-Earth orbit and elevating national space programs globally.

New Stamp , Special Cancellations and Picture Postcards

11th International Day of Yoga

Date of Issue : 21 June 2025

22 June 2025 : Say No To Drugs Say Yes to Life : Mumbai

 21June 2025 : 11th International Day of Yoga : Bhubaneshwar

21 June 2025 :11th International Day of Yoga : Kolkata

21June : World Music Day : Bengaluru

21 June 2025 : World Music Day : Bengaluru

21 June  2025 : World Music Day : Thiruvanathapuram

Summer Solstice Day + World Motorcycle Day. Carried card. released at Raipur Philatelic Bureau Chhattisgarh.

Courtesy : EIPA, PAN India Postal Pictorial Cancellations, MOhanaChandran Nair - Trivandrum, Capt Vijay Wadhwa - Raipur (C.G.)