Celebrating 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

AHIMSAPEX - 2019

2-4 October 2019, Lucknow

Ahimsapex 2019 was inaugrated today at Lucknow GPO by CPMG UP Sri.Kauslendra Kumar Sinha. During the function Sri. K.K.yadaw Director Postal Services, Sri.R.P.Singh DG,UPP,Sri. Alok Ojha SSPO were present. Two special Covers were released on the occasion.

- Sandeep Chaurasia from Lucknow

New issue by India Post

!50th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

Date of Issue : 2 October 2019

Exhibitions organized all over the country with the release of special covers 

Allahabad

New Delhi

Cuttack

Dehradun 

: Mukesh Mittal , Dehradun

Special Covers released today

Cover from Dehradun

Coutesy - Abhai Mishra

Image Courtesy : Prayag Philatelic Society, EIPA & Deccan Philatelic Society SIPA WhatsApp Groups

Happy Teacher's Day !

Teacher's Day is observed on 5 September in India every year to mark the importance of teachers's in our lives and to honour Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. 

Teacher's Day commemorates the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was a scholar, recipient of Bharat Ratna, first Vice President and second President of independent India. He was born on 5 September, 1888. He was a grand advocate of edification, and was the distinguished envoy, academician, and India’s President, above all a great Teacher.

In Philippines national teachers celebration is one month long celebration that starts from 5th september.Philippine Postal Corporation issues a special commemorative   stamp in this month to revitalize the image of teacher and to spread a respect for the teaching preofession in the Philippine Society.

Stamps on Teacher's Day from some other countries

Earth Day

22 April - Earth Day

Earth Day 2019: Protect Our Species

2019 theme for Earth Day, to protect threatened and endangered species.

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day now includes events in more than 193 countries, which are coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network.

In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-infirst held on April 22, 1970. 

Tributes to Father of Nation

Martyrs' Day 2019: Remembering Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation and the hero of India's independence, died on this day, that is January 30, back in 1948. On January 30 today, India  marks the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi as Martyrs' Day, credited significantly for uniting several streams in India's freedom movement with non-violence.Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led India to freedom from the oppressive British colonial rule, was assassinated on January 30, 1948 at the age of 78.

A special Cover was released today by Karnataka Postal Circle at Bidar on Leprosy Awareness Campaign.

Courtesy - Jagannath Mani, Bangalore : Philately Promoters WA Group

A Special Holographic Cover on 71st Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi is  issued as part of 150th Birth Anniversary Year celebrations . It is released today in Kolkata in Limited numbers of 150 pieces only.

This is first of its kind in India on an  Round Shaped Envelope with digital printing on both side with Special Holographic Effect on the Face with India's first round shaped stamp of Gandhiji.Only 150 covers has been made with Rs.5 Round Stamp of Mahatma Gandhi. 

Courtesy - Atish Jain : Philatelic Exhibitions WA Group

New stamps from India

14 November - Children's Day

Theme - Communal Harmony

Date of Issue : 14 November 2018

3rd Battalion The Rajputana Rifles

Date of issue : 3 November 2018

New Pictorial Cancellation from Croatia

Croatia Post will issue a two new pictorial cancellations on 5th and 7th December 2018 featuring birds and light houses from Croatia.

: Wolfgang Beyer- Germany

Press Clippings

Indian Express, Mumbai Edition 5 November 18 

Contributed By : M. Mahadev - Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

The Knotted Gun - Non Violence Sculpture

Date of Issue: 2 October 2018

In recognition of this year’s International Day of Non-Violence, the United Nations Postal Administration  issued three new definitive stamps featuring images of the Knotted Gun sculpture, officially known as the Non-Violence sculpture.  

The General Assembly, in June 2007, decided to observe the International Day of Non-Violence on 2 October, which is also the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence.

The Non-Violence sculpture was created in 1980 by the Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd as a tribute to John Lennon. It has become a symbol for peace and non-violence, with more than 30 sculptures placed in strategic locations worldwide, including the UN Headquarters in New York, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, and the Peace Park in Beijing.

The artwork for the 1¢ definitive stamp is an engraving by Martin Mörck of Norway. The € 0,90 and € 2,30 definitive stamps are painted knotted gun sculptures which are part of the Non-Violence Art Project.

The € 0,90 stamp features artwork by Swedish environmental explorer, Johan Ernst Nilson.

The € 2,30 stamp features artwork by English musician, song writer and actor, Ringo Starr of the band The Beatles. 

The Non-Violence sculpture is used as a symbol by the Non-Violence Project Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting peace and social change through education, to inspire, motivate and engage young people to understand how to solve conflicts peacefully.

To quote Mahatma Gandhi: “Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.”