30 November 2016

New Christmas stamps...







Date of Issue : 13 November 2016

Here are new stamps featuring Christmas from Luxembourg Post and Lithuania Post. Luxemborg stamps depicts Santa with children. Lithuania Post issued two new beautiful stamps dedicated to Christmas and the New Year. White Lithuanian winter is memorialized in Christmas postage stamps.One item depicts rural forest landscape, while the other pictures winter in the old town of Vilnius – the capital of Lithuania. 





Club News


New Special Cover from Mumbai

A new special cover was released in Mumbai to commemorate Project 15A Stealth Destroyers on 21  November 2016.




- Kasinath R. - Tanjore


29 November 2016

Narmadapex 2016, Jabalpur






 NARMADAPEX-2016


India Post Jabalpur (M. P.) Circle organized District Level Philatelic Exhibition NARMADAPEX - 2016 at Jabalpur from 25th to 27th Nov. 2016. It was a grand success show by all means i.e. arrangements, exhibits, covers etc. under the leadership of Dr. Ajinkya Kale, S.S.P, Jabalpur Division. Main features of this exhibition were -

 Total 102 frames displayed including 38 frames of invitees.



Three beautiful special covers issued on World famous marble rocks Bhedaghat, Xavier Institute of Development Action & Studies Jabalpur, Maharaja Agrasen / Jabalpur Agrawal Sabha. 

Organized Letter Writing Competition, Painting Competition and Quiz.

 Prof. Kapil Deo Mishra, Chancellor, Jabalpur University inaugurated the exhibition and Dr. E. T. Arasau, Dy, Director, Kendriya Vidhyalaya Sangathan distributed the prizes. 

Senior Philatelists Mr. Sudhir Jain (Satna) and Mr. Arvind Khodke (Bhopal) were the Jury members.

The standard of entries was very good. Some of the notable items exhibited were - 1948 Mahatma Gandhi full set FDC and Morning Covers, Early Indian Cancellations, Pre Stamped post due covers, Early Railway Cancellations, 1935 Silver Jubillee set FDC etc.

First prize winners of different groups were -
India - Mr. Arvind Malik (India Post, Past & Present at a glance)
Thematics - Mr. Anant Sharma (Dinosaurs)
Youth - Ku. Shaifaly Shukla (Eco System Services)
One Frame - Mr. Jalaj Jain (Army Postal Services)
School Collection - St. Joseph Convent TFRI

- Sudhir Jain

27 November 2016

Glimpses of SIPA Diamond 2016 Stamp Exhibition,Chennai




SIPA Diamond 2016 National Level Stamp Exhibition was held from November 25 to 27, 2016 at St. Bede’s Centenary Auditorium, St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the South India Philatelists Association. In the exhibition about    550 frames were displayed. 














2 Special Covers were released .


SIPA Diamond 2016



500 Years of Luz Church




Critique Session








Award Ceremony

Mahesh Parekh - Best Exhibit Award with Gold Medal


Jagannath Mani









Jury Members

Shri Sunder Bahirwani, Shri Rajesh Kumar Bagri, Shri Prashant H. Pandya 

Apprentice Jury
Shri Ghouse Ali Zameer and Shri G. Natarajan, Department of Posts 

Photo courtesy - SIPA, Stamps of India,Philately Promoters' Group


Glimpses of SIPA Diamond 2016 Stamp Exhibition,Chennai




SIPA Diamond 2016 National Level Stamp Exhibition was held from November 25 to 27, 2016 at St. Bede’s Centenary Auditorium, St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the South India Philatelists Association. In the exhibition about    550 frames were displayed. 














2 Special Covers were released .

SIPA Diamond 2016


500 Years of Luz Church











Photo courtesy - SIPA, Stamps of India,Philately Promoters' Group