New stamps from Aland

 

Åland Scenery – Kökar and Jomala

  

Date of Issue : 28 September 2011

 

Christmas 2011

Date of Issue: 7 October 2011

Club News

Stamp on  Pujya Aacharya Jaimal Ji  to be released today by India Post

Release function of stamp of Pujya Aacharya Jaimal Ji is scheduled at Coimbatore on 25th Sept. 2011

Date  25th September 201 1 Sunday
Time :10.00am
Venue: Sarojini Nataraj Auditorium  Kikani School 43,K rishnaswamy Road
R.S Puram Coimbatore

: Sudhir Jain Satna (MP)

Chinar 2011

Jammu & Kashmir Philatelic Exhibition

September 26, 27, 28, & 29, 2011; 1000 Hrs to 1700 Hrs

Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre, Srinagar

"My Stamp" Personalized Sheetlets to be brought out during exhibition

ORDER  for
"My Stamp" Personalized Sheetlets
All 17 sheetlets are avaialble at Rs 300 each sheetlet at
Chinar 2011 Jammu & Kashmir Philatelic Exhibition
email your photo NOW to chinar2011@gmail.com
Pay by Cheque, Bank Draft or Money Order

View all 17 Sheetlets at http://www.stampsofindia.com/MyStampSheetlet.htm

For details contact :

 

J&K Postal Circle will be bringing out many Philatelic products on this occasion including following products.

(a) 8 types of Special Covers
(b) Stamp Booklets
(c) Picture Postcards
(d) Stamp Cards
(e) Maxi Cards
(f) Philatelic Book
(g) Presentation Pack for special Covers
(h) Presentation Pack for My Stamp
(i) Chinar-2011 Stamp Book
Philatelists requiring Philatelic products can send their requisition along with money to Philatelic Division Secretariat O/o Chief Postmaster General, J&K Circle, Srinagar or to The Sub Postmaster Floating Post Office, Nehru Park Srinagar-190011.

Source : Stamps of India

 

Stamps of India National Exhibition

updates

The Bulletin 1 is available for download at http://www.stampsofindia.com/sine.html The Bulletin 1 contains the Regulations for Exhibitors,State Team Leaders, and Rules for Sales Stalls, amongst other useful information.

EXTENDED DEADLINES
The notification of acceptance or non-acceptance by the SINE GHQ to all applicants will now be individually communicated to by September 26, 2011 a week later as was originally scheduled.
Consequently the last date for the payment of the fees is also being extended to October 7, 2011. The envelopes for the exhibit will be mailed by Speed Post on October 10, 2011.
All exhibits delivered by mail must reach the SINE GHQ between October 24 and November 1, 2011. The exhibits delivered personally by the exhibitor or through State Team Leaders must reach by November 2, 2011.

New Sepac stamp from Luxembourg..

 

Date of Issue : 27 September 2011

The Small European Postal Administration Cooperation (SEPAC) is an organisation that brings together Europe’s small postal administrations or operators. They are Åland, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guernsey, Iceland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco and Luxembourg.

SEPAC’s goal is to promote philately and ensure the continued use of postage stamps in the face of other means of postal franking. For the joint issue of the participating members, the theme that was chosen was the most beautiful landscapes of the different countries. P &T Luxembourg has opted for Luxembourg City’s Chemin de la Corniche for its SEPAC 2011 stamp.

Indian theme on foreign stamps

                                                   - Kenneth Sequeira

Tuvalu Post issued a souvenir sheet featuring four prominent Indian personalities during INDIPEX 2011 .

1. Amrita Sher-gil - Painter

Amrita Sher-Gil  was an eminent Indian painter, sometimes known as India's Frida Kahlo, and today considered an important woman painter of 20th century India, whose legacy stands at par with that of the Masters of Bengal Renaissance.

2. Subramanyam Chandrashekhar - Physicist

Chandrasekhar served on the University of Chicago faculty from 1937 until his death in 1995 at the age of 84. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1953.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar,  was an Indian astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars.

3. Satyajit Ray - Filmaker

Satyajit Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Numerous awards were bestowed on Ray throughout his lifetime, including 32 National Film Awards including Bharat Ratna (posthumously) and many awards at international film festivals.

4. Rabindranath Tagore – Writer

Most prolific writer of India.Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature.

Vintage Cars…

 

Date of Issue : 28 September 2011

Faroe Islands Post will issue a set of three stamps and a miniature sheet featuring vintage cars of Faroe Islands. “Vinatge Cars “ is a popular theme and many postal administrations have issued stamps on this theme. Faroe Islands Post will also issue a SEPAC 2011 stamp on the same day featuring scenery which is the theme of SEPAC issues .

Vintage cars

Each vintage car featured on  stamps has its own unique story. The black lorry was the first vehicle to arrive in the Faroe Islands in 1922. The red bus that operated between Vestmanna, Kvívík and Kollafjørður was converted from a tanker and the home-made ‘De Luxe Model’  was the first car on the island to have a cassette player and loudspeakers.

The first car on the Faroe Islands

The first car arrived on the island on 6 May 1922 when Johannes Olsen and Júst Sivertsen from Tórshavn bought a Ford TT truck from Wenzel Petersen and Vilhelm Nielsen, who had a forge in Quillingsgård in Tórshavn.

‘De Luxe Model’ built on the Faroe Islands

In the mid-1950s a home-made Faroese car drove through the streets of Tórshavn. It belonged to the Norwegian Almar Nordhaug, who built the car together with his colleagues at the barrel factory in Tórshavn. It was not unusual to convert cars in the Faroe Islands in the mid-20th century, but the car they built at the factory was unique and far ahead of its time.

Sepac 2011

Date of Issue : 28 September 2011

Special Covers

Rajasthan

AJPEX 2004  – Philately Day

: Ashwani Dubey- Gorakhpur

Vanuatu Beaches….

 

Date of Issue : 29 September 2011

Vanuatu Post will issue a beautiful set of stamps on 29 September 2011 on Tourism featuring famous beaches of Vanuatu. The stamps have special effect of sand which give a feel of sand on stamps .

Spread right through the archipelago, the beaches of this unspoilt paradise, Vanuatu are a sight to behold:

First of all there are the colours – whiter- than white sand curving around enchanting bays and stretching into turquoise, clear blue water teeming with tropical fish and colourful coral.
Secondly the scenery. Palm trees sway on the beaches while waves lap the shore, all framing volcanic islands in the distance. Then comes the local inhabitants – the hundreds of varieties of fish, the exotic bird life and the occasional turtle.

Last-but-not-least is the peace and serenity. Some of the beaches from this unspoilt land are only accessible by boat or float plane and leave the visitor with an unreal feeling of having spent time in such a pristine environment. Their footprints are the only sign of having been there but photographs help the memory long after their visit is over.

The stamp issue has a textured feel and highlights four of thousands of wonderful examples. Champagne Beach, Havana Harbour, Eratap Island and Pele Island give the viewer a taste of what to expect.

A First for Vanuatu Post

The Beach stamp issue carries a special coating to simulate the feel of real sand. The stamps are printed in four process colours and then perforated. They then receive a patterned overprint with a clear sealer followed by a coarse 30 micron non dissolving spray powder is applied.

Comic strip on stamps…

 

 

Date of Issue : 16 September 2011

The world’s first comic strip character, The Yellow Kid, appeared in the “New York World” newspaper in 1896. It was created by freelance illustrator Richard Outcault, the father of American comic strips.

Norway’s first comic strip, Knoll og Tott (The Katzenjammer Kids), was issued in book form in 1911. Norway Post is issuing four stamps to commemorate this Norwegian centenary.

The bird in the nest is a character created by John Arne Sæterøy, under the synonym Jason. His fourteen Mjau mjau (Meow, Baby!) albums contain a variety of animal characters. His drawing style is simple and his characters are usually silent with expressionless faces. However we, the readers, are not silent. We have been chuckling and laughing at comic strips for a hundred years, and we haven’t finished yet!

Hold Brillan (Hold my Glasses) is the main character in Christopher Nielsen’s latest comic strip, Bygdegutar. Julius, a country boy, likes to be called Hold Brillan because he always asks a mate to hold his glasses for him before he gets into a fight. He finds himself participating in a reality series on a tropical island, where the aim is to win the favour of Petra, a sophisticated but spirited woman. Only one Bygdegutar album has been issued so far, but more are expected.

 

Nemi is the creation of Lise Myhre. This is a humoristic comic strip about a young, black-clad goth/metal girl. Non-committally, with both scorn and self-irony, she comments on the world around her. She made her debut in Larsons gale verden in 1997, first under the name of Den svarte siden (The Black Page). The Nemi strip first appeared on a daily basis in “Dagbladet” in 1999 and has since been issued in magazine and book form in Norway and other European countries.

Pondus is drawn and written by Frode Øverli. This comic strip became known when the “Dagbladet” newspaper started publishing it in 1997. Pondus is a football supporter (Liverpool) and a walking football encyclopaedia. He loves heavy rock, is married to Beate and they have two children, Påsan and Sneipen (Frida). There is plenty of action and the list of characters is long. Close to Pondus is Jokke, his childhood friend and best mate. This strip now appears in more than 130 newspapers and the Pondus comic comes out twelve times a year.

 

New Norwegian  stamps on Music featuring popular female singers

Date of issue : 16 September 2011

Norway Post issued as et of four stamps featuring famous Norwegian singers on 16 September 2011.This beautiful set of stamps on Music depicts black n white profile pictures of the artists as well as their pictures in singing pose !! A nice set of stamps for collectors on Music theme.

Wenche Myhre (b. 1947) had her first big hit in 1962 with  Katta vår. She took part in the Norwegian heats for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 with La meg være ung. Though only third in the heats, this song was clearly the real winner and became a huge hit. Wenche Myhre soon won international acclaim. She had the honour of representing Germany in the ESC in London in 1968 and started singing with well-known Swedish entertainer Povel Ramel the same year. She has always been very popular in Norway.

 

Inger Lise Rypdal (b. 1949) started her career at Club 7 in Oslo in 1968. Her two classic songs, Romeo og Julie and Fru Johnsen, were released the same year. Both reached the top of the Norwegian hit lists and are regarded today as milestones in Norwegian pop history. In 1974 she enjoyed success with Benny Borg’s En spennende dag for Josefine, which was top of the hits for many weeks. After that she released fewer records, but did not disappear from the limelight. She has been successful on the stage, in plays and shows, and as an actress in several films.

 

Mari Boine (b. 1956) released her first album, Jaskatvuoða Maŋŋá, in 1985. Here she calls into question the Læstadian Christian movement amid which she grew up and the discrimination of the Sami minority in Norway. In 1989 she had her great breakthrough with her album Gula Gula. Her music is modern in expression and combines the use of electrical instruments with traditional elements of Sami folk music.

 

Sissel Kyrkjebø (b. 1969) won her first talent contest at the age of eleven. Three years later she took part in a children’s TV programme, Halvsju, and was soon a familiar face on the TV screen. Her great international breakthrough came in 1986, when she performed during the intermission of the Eurovision Song Contest final at the Grieg Hall in Bergen. This was followed by records, theatre and film roles and concerts. Internationally, Sissel is best known for having sung the Olympic hymn at the Olympic Games in Lillehammer in 1994, for the Christmas concerts with Plácido Domingo and José Carreras and for having participated in the "soundtrack" for the film Titanic. The music from this movie has sold 30 million copies.

School Life on new Greek stamps

 

 

 

Date of Issue : 5 September 2011

Hellenic Post issued a set of six stamps on September 5, 2011  featuring school life focusing on  Primary School Reading Books.It is a very nice set of stamps on children and education theme.

 

Recent issue updates…

Russia

Russian headdresses

Stamps feature the national headdresses of people from the Russian North.

Date of Issue : 15 September 2011

Souvenir sheet - World cultural heritage of Russia. Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent

 

Date of Stamps : 13 September 2011

Souvenir sheet depicts the fortress Naryn-Kala.

Contemporary Russian art

Postage stamps depict works of six master hands of the contemporary Russian art

Date of Issue : 12 September 2011

Ireland

Solheim Cup

On September 15, 2011, An Post issued a stamp to commemorate the Solheim Cup women's golf competition being played in Ireland. The Solheim Cup is being staged at Killeen Castle, County Meath, from September 19-25. It is the highest profile international golf event for women and is the largest women's sporting event ever to come to Ireland.

Date of Issue : 15 September 2011