Postcrossing

 

Date of Issue : 13 September 2022

In an increasingly digital world, there are still lots of people out there who like to get “snail mail”. The project was started as a private hobby by a student in Portugal in 2005 but was soon opened to the general public. In 2008, Postcrossing reached the milestone of 1,000,000 postcards received; by January 2021, 60 million had been received. Luxembourg also has an ardent postcrossing Community. Luxembourg Post issued a stamp on 13 September 2022 to commemorate the hobby of  Postcrossing.

Recent Special Covers from Tamilnadu

Centenary Celebrations of Indian Red Cross Society

The Mission of the Indian Red Cross Society is to inspire, encourage and initiate at all times all forms of humanitarian activities so that human suffering can be minimized and even prevented and thus contribute to creating more congenial climate for peace.Indian Red Cross Society Tamil Nadu Branch is celebrating its Centenary (1920-2020) in India.

The Special Cover was released to commemorate the occasion of Centenary Celebration of the Indian Red Cross Society¬Tamil Nadu Branch on 28th January 2020.

Clubfest - First festival of Philatelic Clubs in Chennai

Aimed at promoting Philately, the King of Hobbies, Permanent Philatelic Exhibition was inaugurated at the Philatelic Bureau of Anna Road Head Post Office on 15.08.2017 where exhibits on different themes are displayed. Philatelic Workshops were conducted at Schools to help them open Philatelic Clubs and Philatelic Deposit Accounts. There are 160 Philatelic Clubs in Chennai. With a view to encourage the budding Philatelists, CLUBFEST 2020 is organized at Anna Road Philatelic Bureau @ Chennai, for a period of one month from 12.02.2020. During this Philatelic Festival, the members of Philatelic Clubs will get an opportunity to showcase their philatelic talents.

This Special Cover and Cancellation was released on 12th February, 2020, to mark the inauguration of CLUBFEST 2020.

-Suresh R., Bengaluru

First Crossword Puzzle on stamp..

 

Date of Issue : 9 October 2013

Monaco post issued a stamp to commemorate the centenary of the first crossword puzzle. Crossword Puzzle is a favourite pastime of many . Most  of the people might have tried it at least once in a life time.

It was Arthur Albert Wynne, a British journalist specializing in puzzles, who had the idea of including the black squares in traditional word squares and adding definitions. When the English newspapers turned down his puzzle, he sent the proposal to an American newspaper. The first crossword was published on 21^st December 1913 in the New York World’s Sunday supplement, Fun and met with immediate success.

A crossword is a word puzzle that normally takes the form of a square or a rectangular grid of white and black shaded squares. The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving clues which lead to the answers. In languages that are written left-to-right, the answer words and phrases are placed in the grid from left to right and from top to bottom. The shaded squares are used to separate the words or phrases.

Club News

New Special Cover

Army Cover to mark Diamond Jubilee of Air Force Station Begumpet - 8th Oct. 2013.

 

 

Army Postal Service issued Army Cover to mark Diamond Jubilee of Air Force Station Begumpet (1951-2011) on 8th October 2013.

History of Begumpet Airport dates back to the early 30s when the Hyderabad Aero Club was formed and it became the airfield for Nizam of Hyderabad's aircraft. The airport was further developed with the provision of a proper airport terminal building in 1937. During the Second World War, the flying club was taken over by the RAF for its training purposes and No.1 Elementary Flying Training School was soon established. In Oct 1951, No.1 Air Force Academy moved to Begumpet from Ambala and flying training commenced under the Indian Air Force Management once again. In 1956, the AFA, now re designated as Air Force College moved out of Begumpet, and the station was named "Air Force Station, Hyderabad".

Courtesy : Indian Philately Digest

In Postal Week, stamp to be released on Philately Day

Express News Service : Chandigarh, Thu Oct 10 2013, 01:30 hrs

The Department of Posts will celebrate the National Postal Week from October 9-15, starting with World Postal Day on October 9. The department has decided to conduct various programmes and workshops in connection with the postal week.

On the first day, the General Post Office (GPO) in Sector 17 organised an awareness camp for the customers, who were told about the role Indian postal services played and the economic development resulting through it.

Events for October 10 will start with the Savings Day, where public would be made aware of the benefits of postal saving schemes. This will be followed by Mail Day on October 11, where GPO's will make arrangements for visits from different city schools to encourage them to write letters to their dear ones.

Senior Post Master General of the GPO in Sector 17, Narinder Kumar said, "The purpose of celebrating the National Week with the public is to make them aware about the postal services."

Philately Day will be observed on October 12 when the department will release a new stamp with a picture of Gandhi outlined on it. The president and other members of the Philately club will be invited to give a lecture to the students explaining the hobby of philately. Also, various quiz competitions on Philately will be held on the occasion.

On October 14, Business Development Day will be celebrated with the department holding workshops for the business community.

The Postal Life Insurance Day will be celebrated on the last of the National Postal week.

:    The Indian Express

Leisure after school..

 

 

Hi !

Here I wish to share with my Readers a wonderful magazine for children “ After School ”. Fortunately the editor has published my article on “stamp collecting ” for the tiny tots. I thank the editor Ms Rashmi Luthra for introducing young children with the wonderful hobby of stamps !! If young children take up this hobby,they will not only enjoy it but they can increase their mental level by knowing a lot through a variety of subjects featured on these tiny pieces of paper !! Stamps are little ambassadors of a nation which cover all important features of a country and one can know a country through its beautiful stamps..Isn’t it wonderful and true !!

Young Readers of this blog may contact the editor to subscribe this nice magazine at :

email :  jaidityapublications@gmail.com 

Website : www.afterschoolmagazine.com

Jaiditya Publications
After School ,C-7/10 Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-110057

Ph.: +91-11-26141445  &  +91-9810003633

  

 

Hobbies of the Children on stamps…

 

Date of Issue : 19 November 2012

Hi !

Here is a wonderful set of stamps issued by Malaysia Post. The stamps feature common hobbies of the children. The stamps are so beautiful to be liked by all especially the kids !! These  lovely  stamps take you  down memory lane making you nostalgic to your own fantastic childhood days when you tried one of these hobbies….

This is all for Today..Till Next Post ….Have a Great Time !!

Pos Malaysia has launched a series of stamps called Children's Hobbies. This stamp series features the Malaysian cartoon superhero, "BoBoiBoy".

 

The stamps come in three sheets, with two different stamp designs on each sheet. Each design features different hobbies: playing soccer, fishing, playing music, photography, collecting stamps, baking cookies.

The miniature sheet shows BoBoiBoy and his friends all together.

 

Club News

2013 International letter-writing competition for young people

 

 

"Write someone a letter explaining why water is a precious resource"

The 2013 theme ties in with the International Decade for Action "Water for Life" 2005–2015.

Water serves a multitude of different purposes, and it is vital that we preserve this precious natural resource. Access to water is essential to ensuring the health and well-being of humans and the protection of nature.

The United Nations recently announced that the world had achieved the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water. Eighty-nine percent of the world population, or 6.1 billion people, now has access to an improved drinking water source. But 11% still does not.

Participation

• Young people up to the age of 15 years may take part in the competition.

• The UPU International Bureau (IB) cannot accept entries sent directly by schools or private individuals.

• The organizers designated by member countries must respect the competition's organizational principles, which specify that they are solely responsible for organizing the national stage of the competition and therefore must provide all the parties concerned with their own contact details and not those of the IB.

• The organizers should select their country's best composition (one composition per country or territory only) and send it to the IB no later than 30 April.

Submission of applications

All entries must be submitted by post, by e-mail or by fax to: +41 31 350 37 11.

All entries must include:

• the composition (typed) in either Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish. If the original is handwritten, the organizer should type up the text on a computer and submit the original with a translation into English, French or Spanish (as preferred) of the original composition if it has been written in a language other than those mentioned above.

• a cover letter from the organizing body.

• a duly completed entry form, including the contact details of the candidate and the national competition coordinator; this form is available opposite to download.

• a good quality digital photograph of the candidate, preferably in JPEG format (at least 300 dpi).

Presentation and content of entries

• The compositions submitted must be recent, unpublished letters.

• Compositions must be presented in the form of a letter ("Dear ……..", include the address of both the addressee and the sender, and end with a signature).

• Entries must strictly respect the set theme.

• Entries must strictly adhere to the number of words permitted in the original language (between 500 and 800).

Organizational principles

Each member country organizes a letter-writing competition for young people in its territory as suits it best, but preferably with the help of the national education authorities, and selects the best entry. The best entry is chosen in accordance with the general rules of the competition.

Participating member countries must send their best entry to the IB, together with all the required documents, to the IB by no later than 30 April.

Jury's decision and announcement of results

The IB will designate a jury responsible for assessing the letters selected. This jury will choose the best three entries, the authors of which will each receive a medal, and may also select up to five other entries, whose authors will receive a special mention.
The IB will inform the countries concerned of the results by letter.

Prizes

The first three international winners will receive medals (gold for the first, silver for the second and bronze for the third) struck by the IB, as well as a certificate and other prizes offered by the UPU.
Member countries may also award additional prizes to their international prize-winners, at their discretion.
It is recommended that the prize-giving ceremonies be held on 9 October, the anniversary of the foundation of the UPU, to form part of the activities connected with World Post Day.

Results

The IB will communicate the names of the prize-winners by letter as soon as it receives the results from the jury, in principle no later than early September of the competition year.

Visit : Universal Postal Union

Note : For more details Please contact Postmaster of  the  Head Post Office of your city.