New Stamp from India..

 

 

 Date of Issue : 23 December 2011

Today India Post issued a commemorative postage stamp on 100 years of King George Medical College Lucknow. The King George Medical College, Lucknow, established in 1911, has been a frontrunner among medical education institutions in the country, By an act passed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on the 16th September 2002, the college was transferred under a new university  Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University.

KGMC ( Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University) , Lucknow

 

Release of Postage stamp marking 100 years of the university by His Excellence Shri B.L Joshi, Honourable Governor of UP

King George Medical College, Lucknow – Centenary Year

: Mansoor Bolar, Mangalore

 

New Special Cover from Gujarat

Rajpex – 2011, Rajkot

: Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur

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Roses above Prague..

 

 

Date of Issue : 27 October 2011

Czech Republic post issued a postage stamp featuring Roses on 27 Oct 2011. The stamps have an additional coupon with architectural design. The presentation of Roses on the stamp is extraordinary . It’s a wonderful stamp for Rose Theme collectors. The stamp identified with the letter E  ( as shown on above stamp) corresponding to the price of priority Ordinary Item up to 20 grams, international service - European countries, (current price according to the Price List of Basic Postal Services: CZK 20).

Print sheets

9 stamps + 12 coupons
Part of the volume is printed with empty coupons for additional prints ordered by customers.

The stamp, inspired by Seifert's verses about Prague, is a symbol of his most beloved flower, the rose, and his most beloved city, Prague.

The graphic composition is centered around the astronomical tower of the Clementinum with the statue of Atlant, with the Church of Our Lady before Týn and other historical dominants of Prague in the background.

The coupon in the right-hand border is decorated with an architectural detail; the other 11 coupons designed for the day of issue bear tiny motifs based on the stamp artwork.
Originally issued in 2003 with a CZK 6.40 face value, the stamp is now coming with redesigned colours and face value replaced with a letter. 

Club News

Eastern India Philatelists’ Association organized a philatelic workshop in Mother Public School, Bhubaneshwar on 17th December 2011. This workshop is a part of 1st Odisha Stamp Mela 2012 to be held at Bhubneshwar on 7 & 8 January 2012 .  The workshop was conducted by eminent  members of EIPA, Mr SS Rath, Mr Anil Dhir, Dr Bibbhudatta Mishra and Mr Shakil Ahmed. A stamp design competition, Philatelic Quiz and written quiz competition was also organized . A large number of students from different schools of Bhubneshwar participated in different competitions.

ODISHA STAMP MELA – 2012

A gala Stamp and Stationery Mela is going to be organized at Bhubaneswar, Odisha for the 1^st time by Eastern India Philatelists’ Association, Bhubaneshwar.

Date : 7 - 8^th January 2012.

Venue : Hotel Keshari, Master Canteen Square, (Near Bhubaneswar Railway Station).

Co-ordinator : Mr. Shanti Swarup Rath, e-mail – sswaruprath@gmail.com Cell: 09437034621 Dr. Bibhudatta Mishra, e-mail –  bhanubibhu68@gmail.com   Cell: 09437282638 

Associates:

Utkal Philatelists and Numismatic Association, Cuttack

Orissa Philatelic Association, Cuttack

Department of Post, Orissa Circle, Government of India

School Partner: Mother’s Public School, Near Unit-1 Market, Bhubaneswar

Mrs Poly Pattanaik, Principal, Mother’s Public School speaking to the students

Introduction by Mother’s Public school teacher

Students from 7 Bhubaneswar school participated in the competition

Dr B.Mishra  explaining  exhibit preparation

Quiz competition conducted by Anil Dhir, Shakil Ahmed &  Manoj Mohapatra

    

Students participating in stamp design and written GK competition 

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New Special Covers…

 

VAIGAIPEX – 2011 , Madurai

The above postmark of 29.11.2011 shows Golden Lotus Pond at Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai.

Date of Issue : 29 .11.2011

 

The above  postmark of 28.11.2011 shows temple tank (theppakulam) of Mariamman Temple at Vandiyur, Madurai.

Date of  Issue : 28.11.2011

 

:Kasinath R  http://shipthemegallery.blogspot.com/

: Radha Ramlingam, Thiruannamalai

                                          

Special Covers – Chinar 2011, Srinagar

 

: Hemant Jain, Mandla (MP)

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Flag stamp with unique design..

 

Date of Issue : 10 November 2011

 

Hi ! I just came across a wonderful stamp issued by Spanish Post featuring flags of Spain and Russia. On the very first look it appears to be keyboard of Piano but actually  this stamp is a design by Lucinda Morrissey in which the vertical stripes of both the Spanish and Russian flags entwine: red and white in the first strip, yellow and blue in the second one and red in the final strip. This is perhaps the rare design featuring flags of two countries. The designer of the stamp needs great appreciation for designing such a unique stamp with great skill  to show close relationship of the two countries. This stamp is a very special collective item for those collecting stamps on flags.

2011 Year of Spain in Russia and Russia in Spain

The year 2011 has been officially declared as the Year of Spain in Russia and Russia in Spain and philately joins this event by issuing a commemorative stamp.

The idea of the Dual Year 2011 Spain-Russia came at the initiative of the Heads of Government of both countries during the International Conference held in the Russian city of Yaroslavl in September 2009.

The aim of the initiative is to implement an extensive programme of educational, cultural, scientific and economic projects during 2011 in order to give Spanish-Russian relationships a qualitative boost in terms of future perspectives.

The Dual Year has been an important step in the Russian-Spanish relationship and the rapprochement between the two countries. Activities scheduled include forums between universities, ballet and music festivals, the temporary exchange of masterpieces from the Prado Museum (Madrid) and the Hermitage (St. Petersburg), and the establishment of channels of communication in business to improve contacts between the various sectors and facilitate investment and trade.

New Special Cover

100 Years of Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore

 

 

Date of Issue : 26 November 2011 

 

: Ashwani Dubey – Gorakhpur dubey_ashwani77@yahoo.co.in

 

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Stamps for exchange

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New themes for US 2012 stamps….

 

 

US Postal Service will issue stamps on Dance, Literature and Nature in 2012.  Three new U.S. stamp subjects were unveiled by the U.S. Postal Service in early August. These are: Innovative Choreographers, O. Henry and Earthscapes.

In 2012, USPS will pay tribute to Isadora Duncan, Jose Limon, Katherine Dunham, and Bob Fosse. Designed to look like posters advertising a performance, the stamp art captures the luminosity and mystery of a live dance performance.

USPS will also commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of O. Henry with a stamp in its Literary Arts series. The short stories of O. Henry are beloved for their irony and skillful unfolding of plot; often, they end with a surprise twist. This prolific author wrote nearly 300 tales, most in the final eight years of his life. By the time of his death, he was the most widely read storyteller in America and was internationally admired.

Finally, the Earthscapes issuance offers stamp customers an opportunity to see the world in a new way. The stamp pane presents examples of three categories of earthscapes: natural, agricultural, and urban. The photographs were all created high above the planet's surface, either snapped by "eyes in the sky" - satellites orbiting the Earth - or carefully composed by photographers in aircraft.

Club News

From our Readers…

Mr Sanjiv Jain of Dehradun  has prepared Maxim Cards on recent stamps issued on Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Note :  For these  Max cards New Delhi is the most appropriate place for cancellation.

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New Stamps from India..

 

 

Dare of Issue : 5 August 2011

 

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil releasing the Commemorative Postage Stamp on ‘Rashtrapati Bhavan’, in New Delhi on August 05, 2011. The Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Communications and Information Technology, Shri Kapil Sibal and Dr. Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat are also seen.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan or The Official Residence of the Head of the State is the official residence of the President of India, located at Raisina hill in New Delhi. Until 1950 it was known as "Viceroy's House" and served as the residence of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India.

The splendour of the Rashtrapati Bhavan is multi-dimensional. It is a vast mansion and its architecture is breathtaking.  Its architect was Edwin Landseer Lutyens.

The decision to build a residence in New Delhi for the British Viceroy was taken after it was decided in the Delhi Durbar of 1911 that the capital of India would be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the same year.This vast mansion has got four floors and 340 rooms,with a floor area of 200, 000 square feet .The most prominent and distinguishing aspect of Rashtrapati Bhavan is its dome which is superimposed on its structure. It is visible from a distance and the most eye-catching round roof with a circular base in the heart of Delhi.

The striking  feature of the architecture of the Rashtrapati Bhavan is the use of Indian temple bells in its pillars. It is well known that the temple bells constitute part and parcel of our composite culture, particularly that of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions. Blending these bells with the Hellenic style architecture is a fine example of the fusion of Indian and European designs. Such bells are conspicuous in their absence in the North Block, South Block and in Parliament House. It is interesting to note that the ideas to adopt such bells in the pillars of Rashtrapati Bhavan came from a Jain temple at Moodabidri in Karnataka.

The main entrance to Rashtrapati Bhavan is known as Gate 35, and is located on Prakash Vir Shastri Avenue, renamed from North Avenue during November 2002, as a memorial to the politician of the namesake who served here during his tenure as a Member of Parliament for the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The Mughal Gardens

The Mughal Gardens situated at the back of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, incorporates both Mughal and English landscaping styles. It displays numerous types of flowers and is open to public in February every year.

 

FDC Image source : Atul Jain, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)

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