24 December 2019

INPEX 2019 National Stamp Show Award List






INPEX 2019 National Stamp Award List is available at followinglink :



Praggya Kothari won National Championship Award at INPEX 2019


Awards given to Stamp design competition winners




Glimpses of some prize winners


Anand Kakad

Ajit Kumar Dash, Bhubaneshwar


Jeevan Jyoti, Dehradun


Raj Preet Singh Saluja, Kanpur


Dr KS Mohan, Thrissur


Major (Dr) Ritu Kalra , Shimla


Mohanachandran Nair, Trivandrum


Binod Jain, Guwhati


Ramu M. Srinivasa, Bangalore


Anil Reddy, Chennai





19 December 2019

INPEX 2019 National Stamp show Day 2 updates









19.12.2019
Thursday
10:30 to 11:00
Welcome to Guest of Honour
Release of Books :
  1. INPEX 2019 Souvenir 
  2. "Ikanni Tales – A Study of the One Anna Lithographed Label of 1854-55" by Mr. Gautam Rohatgi
Event Dias
11:00 to 13:00
Seminars / Presentations:
  1. 11:00 to 12:15 – Indian Mails by Express and Airmail by Transpacific Route 1940-41 by Mr. Max Smith 
  2. 12:15 to 13:00 - The 1948 Air-India International Postage Stamp Issue. A unique event in world philately by Mr. Piyush Khaitan
Seminar Hall 2
14:00 to 17:00
Seminars / Presentations:
  1. 14:00 to 14:45 - Some of my Favourite Indian States Items by Mr. Sandeep Jaiswal 
  2. 14:45 to 15:30 - India 1854 Two Annas Stamps Printed on ONE ANA Watermark by Mr. Markand Dave 
  3. 15:30 to 16:15 - Indian Philatelic Research: Its Resources and Tools by Mr. Madhukar Jhingan 
  4. 16:15 to 17:00 - Exhibiting Social & Postal History of a Town. Cawnpore: A Case Study by Mr. Aditya Asthana
Seminar Hall 2
18:00 onwards
Auction 1 – Phil Auctions
(Mr. Ashish Talwar)

Visit https://www.inpex2019.com /programme.html for full details.”

Meet the 88-year-old queen of Indian philately


The cheese toast and coffee were on side tables. Spread across the dining table, at Damayanti Pittie’s Malabar Hill flat in Mumbai, was her award-winning collection of pre-independence ink and hand-stamps.
Pittie, 88, is the president of the Philatelic Congress of India (PCI). We met earlier this week amid her preparations to host the biggest philately event in recent Indian history: the Indian National Philatelic Exhibition (Inpex), which will be held from 18-22 December at Mumbai’s World Trade Centre.
While the exhibition is expected to have over 250 contestants, Pittie cannot participate. “I already won the national Grand Prix in 2000," she says. “I might show in the non-competitive section but we will have to see if there’s space...." Later, I procure a list of the 34 international exhibitions she has been invited to, from Germany to Malaysia, Korea and Australia. She has won prizes in most of them.


Release of Embroideries of India Stamps

Today a set of 12 commemorative stamps featuring embroideries of India were releaesed by India Post at the venue of INPEX 2019







Today's Special cancellation



Image courtesy - Sudhir Jain



More pics of today's release.....




Special Awards and Trophies 

Image Courtesy : Ajit Kumar Dash - EIPA


Event Dias

18 December 2019

INPEX 2019 National Stamp Show updates









INPEX 2019, National Stamp Show  Starts today at Mumbai. The exhibition was inaugurated by Mrs Rajshree Birla.


The following books were released as a part of the inauguration function
1. Encyclopedia of Early Indian Cancellations and Postmarks 1852-1900" by Mr. Kishore Chandak & Mr. P.G. Bhargave
2."Indian Stamp Booklets" by Mr. Madhukar Deogawanka

3. "Gems of India" 1st Edition - Published by Philatelic Congress of India




















Image Courtesy - Ajit Kumar Dash - EIPA, INPEX National Philatelic Stamp Show

INPEX 2019 begins today....










Day 1


18.12.2019
​Wednesday
10:30
Opening of Exhibition
Event Dias
 
11:00 to 11:30
​Release of Book:
  1. "Encyclopaedia of Early Indian Cancellations and Postmarks 1852-1900" by Mr. Kishore Chandak & Mr. P.G. Bhargave
  2. "Indian Stamp Booklets" by Mr. Madhukar Deogawanka 
  3. "Gems of India" 1st Edition - Published by Philatelic Congress of India
Event Dias
 
14:00 to 17:00
Youth Programme
​Seminar Hall 2

14 December 2019

New stamps and postmarks from Korea




Stamps on Korea Science Technology





Dec.27 : 2019

   1) Lithium ion Battery
   2) Nuclear Plant Design/Construction
   3) Communications Satellite Uribyul
   4) DRAM Semiconductor
   5) Vaccine
   6) Ship Building
   7) Steel Manufacturing
   8) Tongil Rice




New Postmarks

1. Nov.27 : Falconry 
2. Dec.02 : New Year (Rat)
3. Dec.04 : Tourism Society Exhibition 








Courtsy - Wolfgang Beyer, Germany

Club News






Indian philatelist Markand Dave FRPSL meets Queen of England

Opening ceremony of  new building of The Royal Philatelic Society, London



Yes, if you collect stamps you can have a chance to meet Queen Markand Dave told TOI.

Markand said, " King of Hobbies and Hoby of Kings, this slogan became popular when King George V started collecting stamps."

People asks Markand that how did you start stamp collection? and he replies with a big smile on his face that its in my blood!



My father was a stamp collector and he started his collection without pocket money, he used to stop at the gate of the post office when the postman deaprts for mail delivery in his area and politely asks the postman, "do you have any mails with Foreign stamps?" and then he used to walk with postman, once the letter is delivered then he asks the recipient "Can I have that stamps please?" and that is how passionate and serious collector Markand's father Dipak Bhai was in his childhood. 



Markand took it forward and became member of Gujarat Philatelist's Association in 2005 and now he is serving as President. He is also serving on editorial board of Philatelic Congress of India and as a Governing Council Member of Philatelic Traders Society in England, also member of American Philatelic Society.

In year 2009 he joined the prestigious and world famous philatelic organisation The Royal Philatelic Society London, in 2013 He was appointed as a representative of India for the society with all the promotional work he was doing for society and in 2014 he was awarded with the Fellowship of the society and became youngest fellow in the world, in 2018 he was awarded with Society's London Medal for his out standing and committed work for the society he did to promote philately on a large scale in India with organizing many important meetings, receptions and Philatelic Seminars.

Markand has formed stamp collections on various subjects and exhibited his collections in countries lime USA,UK,UAE,South Africa,Hong Kong,Czech Republic. Very recently in September and this year in February he was awarded with Gold Medal for his stamp collection of The 1929 Air Mail Stamps of India.  In recent Aeropex 2019 he won Gold Medal for his 1929 Air mail stamps exhibit. This exhibition  celebrated  the centenary of the epic England to Australia flight of Sir Ross & Keith Smith in 1919.