INDIPEX 2011 - Award List

Award List - INDIPEX 2011

The long awaited complete Award list of INDIPEX 2011 has been published by Stamps of India and it can be viewed at following link :

http://www.stampsofindia.com/Indipex2011-Awards.htm

Indian participation in INDIPEX 2011 …Results

 

The Award list of INDIPEX 2011 is still not available   on website of INDIPEX 2011. Here is the list of Indian participants, sent by our distinguished member Mr Jagannath Mani with kind courtesy from INDIPEX 2011 Show Daily edited by Mr Vijay Seth & Mr Pulak Gupta and published by Stamps Today. All seven day issues in PDF with full news of INDIPEX 2011 can be obtained by sending a request to email : indipex2011showdaily@gmail.com

 

Courtesy : INDIPEX 2011 Show Daily

Club News

Hi ! I am back to my Blog after a short break as I was on Vacation after visiting INDIPEX 2011 and just returned. I received lot of mails and news from the readers and I am sharing here some news and will give more news in the coming days.......Till Next Post ...Have a Great Time !!

JAINISM PHILATELY GROUP FORMED DURING INDIPEX 2011

TWO SPECIAL COVERS RELEASED

During the World Philatelic Exhibition INDIPEX 2011, a meeting of Philatelists collecting Jainism and allied themes was organised on 15th Feb. 2011 at the main exhibition Hall No. 11. 43 stamp collectors from all over India attended this meeting who collects stamps on Jainism, Non-violence, Peace, Vegetarianism etc. Meeting was started with Navkar Mantra prayer by Geetaben VeenubhAi bhavishi of Akola.

Senior Philatelists like Mr. Pradip Jain Patna (Member INDIPEX Organising Committee), Mr. Jatan Mal Dhor Jaipur (Member Philatelic Advisory committee, Govt. of India), Mr. Ajeet Jain Kolkata, Mr. Nemichand Chopra Bikaner and Maj. Gen. A. R. A. Shah Addl. D.G. Army Postal Services were on the dais and given their valuable suggestions.

Mr. Deepak Modi Jalna, wellknown Philatelist running Mobile Philately given welcome speech and Dr. Pradip Jain Balod described the aim of holding this meeting. All the Philatelists formed an association of the collectors of Jainism and allied themes titles as “JAINISM PHILATELY GROUP”. Following office bearers have been elected unanimously –

Mr. Sudhir Jain (Satna, M.P.) – National Chairman

Dr. Pradip Jain (Balod, C.G.) – Vice Chairman

Mr. Pramod Kumar Jain (Pondicherry) – Vice Chairman

Mr. Deepak Modi (Jalna Maharashtra) – General Secretary

It has been decided that every State will have a State Representative in the National body. Some of the names announced for the State Representative were Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jain Patna (Bihar), Mr. Ajeet Jain Kolkata (W.B.), Mr. Vikas Jain Ajmer (Rajsthan), Mr. Atul Jain Bilaspur (C.G.), Mr. Sanjeev Jain Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Mr. Yogendra Kumar Jain (U.P.), Mr. Hemant Kumar Jain Mandla (M.P.), Mr. Vijay Shah Bhavnagar (Gujrat), Mr. Chhganraj Jain Bellary (Karnataka). Philatelists of other States collecting above themes will be added shortly. Those philatelists who wants to join this group can contact the above mentioned office bearers at sudhirjain@unistar.co.in or jain_pradeep2000@yahoo.com for details.

Two beautiful multicolored special covers have also been issued on this occasion. Mr. Pramod Kumar Jain of Pondicherry (9894252549) designed these covers. These covers attracted the visitors of INDIPEX and huge demand was there for these covers.

It was resolved that a strong persuasion should be made for issuance of a commemorative stamp on Aacharya Gyansagar Ji Maharaj and Shrimad Rajchandra Ji Maharaj. As presently there are four Jain members in the Philatelic Advisory Committee of Govt. of India, it will be easy to pursue the same. All the members congratulated to Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jain for his Jainism exhibit displayed in the INDIPEX 2011.

Chairman elect Mr. Sudhir Jain assured that this Group will spread the massage of Jainism, Non-violence, Peace, Harmony, Vegetarianism through Philately. Meeting was concluded with the condolences to the senior Philatelists of Jainism Late Naresh Kumar Jain (Patna), Late Gaurav Dalal (Ahmedabad) and Late M.L. Bafna (Jodhpur).

INDIPEX DAILY

Mr Vijay Seth and Mr Pulak Gupta had brought out Special Color News Daily  “ INDIPEX 2011 Show Daily “ for all seven days of INDIPEX. IF any one has missed any of the the issues, may contact Mr Vijay Seth for its PDF copy at e – mail :   indipex2011showdaily@gmail.com  or   vijay_hseth@yahoo.co.in 

INDIPEX 2011 Cancellations

Cancellations provided during INDIPEX 2011

: Udai Kumar Saxena,Gurgaon

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Centenary Celebrations of World's First Airmail 18th Feb. 2011 - 2012

Hundred years ago, an important event took place in India and history was written. Around 5pm on February 18, 1911, French pilot Henri Pequet loaded a sack of 6,500 cards and letters on a two-seater bi-plane stationed at a polo field in Allahabad and soared into the evening sky. The flight to Naini lasted barely 13 minutes; the plane flew a mere five miles. But history had been made. This was the world's first official airmail. Among the letters was one written by Motilal Nehru to his son Jawahar; some were addressed to England's King George V.

To commemorate the occasion 100 years later, India Post re-enacted that historic moment through a special flight between Allahabad and Naini on Feb 12, which also marked the beginning of Indipex 2011, the world philatelic exhibition in the Capital Out of all this glory, an eminent philatelist from Patna, Bihar Mr. Pradip Jain has made his country proud. For past 30 years he has done extensive study and research in the field of Indian Airmails . His collection "Indian Airmails Development and Operations (1911 -1942)" has received numerous accolades and awards world over. For his collection he has received 7 large gold medals in the past, once best collection award at Italia 1998 and recently Gold with Best collection award at London 2010. He has also authored a book by the same title in which he covers his entire research. This book was released by ex-President, Shri, A.P.J Abdul Kalam in the year 2003. Further, to commemorate and showcase this historical event, he has donated from his collection, a rare 1911 World First Airmail Flight cover to the Simithsonian Museum U.S.A. which is put on permanent display and is viewed by thousands of visitors.

Most importantly, in the World Philatelic Exhibition - INDIPEX 2011, held in Delhi from 12th to 18th February 2011, his collection had been invited for COURT OF HONOUR which was viewed by the President of India Shrimati Pratibha Singh Patil on 12th February 2011. This was a great moment for India because of achievements of Mr. Pradip Jain. Finally, American Airmail Society has decided to appoint him in 2010 as a member of the Aerophilatelic Hall of Fame (AHF). Taking into account his outstanding and dedicated research on Indian Air Mails, his leadership in Aerophilately in India, his volunteer work in all other aspects of philately in India and his involvement in international Aerophilately all combine to make him a most commendable member of the AHF. He has become the first Indian receive such an honour.

Special Cover on Jagannath Sadak Sagda Yatra..

The Jagannath Sadak

A journey back into time is being led by me along with a hundred other Jagannath Bhaktas from the 6^th March 2011. The expedition is being held as the “Sri Sri Jagann ath Sadak Sagada Yatra”. The journey will take around twenty days.

The Jagganath Sadak was the old pilgrim road from Calcutta to Puri. It took form sometime in late 1700’s and was the lifeline for all pilgrims who came to the Lord’s abode at Puri. It was, from 1825, known as the Orissa Trunk Road, but for the devotees who descended on this path and made the slow way to Puri, it has always been the Jagannath Sadak. The road wound its way touching Medinapore, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar before ending at Puri. The travelers covered the distances by bullock carts, hackneys, palanquins, horses and elephants, but most of them trudged on foot. This was the overland mail route too, as mail was carried to the various post offices that were established from 1803 onwards. Prominent among these were Tamluk, Kedgeree, Balasore, Soro, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Puri and Ganjam. The Government of Bengal introduced the Zamindari Dak Cess Bill in 1962 to improve the postal system prevalent in the times.

There were staging bungalows later called Dak Bungalows all along the route (some of them still exist) and this road was the lifeline for trade and communication. Even the Dak Palanquin service was in force during the period 1861-64.

The road was a well travelled one with many amenities for the pilgrims and travelers. There were Choultries, Dharamshalas, Wells, Tanks, Culverts, Bridges, Temples, Rest sheds, Ghats etc. Many remnants of these are still visible on the isolated stretches of this once grand road.

With the advent of the railways in 1892, the Jagannath Sadak fell into disuse and over the next few years was lost for ever. The railways shortened the travel time from three weeks to fourteen hours. Many stretches of the road just vanished with time, it was encroached upon by villages and some lengths now form the National Highway No 5.

This journey is being undertaken to highlight the sad plight of this once great and now forgotten road on which the pilgrims travelled to visit the gods at Puri. It is a humble attempt to revisit and revive the lost glory of Kalinga, and to relocate and retrace the road with the help of modern scientific survey equipments.

The Sadak Yatra is a purely voluntary one. It is based on research that was done by me for the last four years. I have sourced old maps, travel accounts, revenue, settlement and land records, archival material etc. from various sources in India and abroad. I have personally conducted three recce trips in the last two years and have found more then two hundred archeological remains of this road. Many more will be found during this trip. Most of what remains is in ruins, but nevertheless they still resonate with what the pilgrims underwent on their way to Puri.

The Sagada Yatra has a two fold objective, one will be the emotive and religious aspect, there will be a group of more then a hundred Jagganath Bhaktas who will wind their way thru this ancient road, spreading the message of the Lord’s all encompassing love, affection and brotherhood. There shall be two bullock carts; one carrying the holy trinity, the other shall have a huge cauldron in which water shall be collected from all the rivers, holy tanks, temple ponds, pushkarinis which lay enroute. This shall start with water collected from the Ganga at Kolkatta, and all along the way devotees will be allowed to bring water from their holy sources. We shall collect water from every river and holy tank enroute. On reaching Puri after the completion of the Yatra, this amalgamation of sacred nectars will we mixed with the waters of the Bay of Bengal in a Maha Samudra Arti which will be preformed at the revered Mahadodhi beach at Puri under the auspices of the Jagadguru Sankaracharya of Puri.

Besides the journey and the scientific cartographic, archeological, historical and geographical survey of the Sadak, many other events are being organised by us. We expect people in the thousand to participate with us in the Yatra. We will be accompanied by volunteer students from the faculties of Archeology, History, Geography and other allied departments from all the major universities of the State. They will interact with the villagers and visit the ruins that dot the terrain of the route of the Jagganath Sadak. There is a very rich oral and folk tradition history of the Sadak, and we will be recording all of it. A one hour documentary will be produced on this ancient road.

I shall be carrying 500 numbered covers in the bullock cart from Kolkatta to Puri. These will be way stamped at all the major Post Offices that fall in the way and the envelopes will be carried inside the Jagannath Temple and stamped at the Singha Dwar Post office at Puri. Two hundred covers will be given away to Philatelists on a first come basis. They will be affixed with the Jagganath Temple Rath Yatra Stamp. These will be signed covers by both me and fellow philatelist Kasinath Sahoo who too is participating in the Yatra.

A special cover on the Jagannath Sadak will be released on the completion of the Yatra.

Any philatelist who is interested in getting a cover may send me a mail on jagannathsadak@hotmail.com. We also invite philatelists who are interested to participate in the Yatra. All we can provide is basic food and accommodation. It will be tough, very tough, but it is all for a good cause.

In the name of the Lord of the Universe, Jai Jagannath.

- Anil Dhir

anildhir2k5@hotmail.com

INDIPEX 2011....

Hi ! Here are some more pics to share with you all...Just for those who could not visit INDIPEX 2011 and want to have a look of the exhibition. I attended the exhibition for two days and met with large number of philatelists and of course got a chance to meet many of those who visit my blog but never met in person. So it was really nice to meet many readers of my blog at the grand show. The show was organized sucessfully but there were some shortcomings. It would have been nice if all the covers issued at the exhibition were available at a prticular counter. A long queue was there for My stamp.....there could have been more counters.....About the results....not still available on INDIPEX Site.....I wish to specify some results here....in the Thematic Section Rose collection of Dr Satyendra Agarwal won Large Vermeil, which is the highest award in Thematics category won by Indian collector. In Tradiontional Philately Indians won Gold medals...In literature class Rainbow Stamp News was awarded Bronze & Dr SK Agarwal's book of articles won a Silver Bronze medal. Many more awards to mention ....will write after going through whole award list. I wish to write more about the exhibition.... but Time is very short and I am busy .....& will write in next Post.... Thanks to all those whom I met at the exhibition and feel extremely sorry for those friends whom I cud not contact though they were at the exhibition....as it was crowded and sometimes difficult to find ....Hope we will meet next time.....This is all for tonight....More in Next Post... Till then Have a Nice Time !

Memorable Moments

Ajay Agarwal ( Akola) with his exhibit on Scouting, Prashant Padya, J.Jyoti

Discussion with Jury

Special Covers