New Book on Coins of India..

 

Book Review :

COINS OF INDIA 

Specialized Study with Current Prices (1835 - 2012)

 

A new book  Coins of India by Prof VK Gupta, Neha Gupta and Varun Nischal  was recently released  at New Delhi. This book is first of its kind on Indian Coins, published in India.

The book has following main chapters, giving detailed description with fine illustrations.:

1. East India Company

2. British Empire Coins

3. Republic Coins

4. Commemorative Coins

5. Proof and UNC Sets

The technical details of each coin : Year of issue., Rarity, Mintage, Size, valuation ( Fine, V. Fine and UNC ) are given with remarks for each type.

 

The book contains 344 pages, nearly 4,000 listings with current average market prices (Which is a unique feature), over 770 images, 4 appendices, bibliography and index.The book is highly useful for coin collectors. The printing of the  book is very fine so all the illustrations given in the book are of high quality. It is a complete reference book for the lovers  of old and new coins. The book is very useful and recommended for all coin collectors .

The book is priced 1,600/-, $60.  Readers may contact Prof VK Gupta for the book .

Authors : Prof VK Gupta, Neha Gupta and Varun Nishchal

Published By
Prof.(Dr.)Vijay Kumar Gupta
140, S.F.S.Flats,Ashok Vihar, Phase-4.
Delhi-110052.India
Mob:+91-9810955593,Ph:+91-11-27305000,+91-11- 27302506
Email: profvkg@gmail.com  , profvkg@yahoo.co.in

Other Books by Prof. (Dr.) V. K. Gupta

     

• Conservation Restoration and Philatelic Chemistry : Be Awakened my F.I.P., ( Fédération Internationale de Philatélie) pp. 208, Index. Genuine Leather Bound Rs 3, 600/-. Hardbound Rs. 1,500. (A dot yourself book for conducting workshops).

• Kautilīya Arthaśastra. A Legal,Critical and Analytical Study. Pp.474,Index.Hardbound.Rs1,250.

• Thematic Philately. pp. 192. Index. Hard Bound Rs 250. (Out of Print)

• Gwalior Postal History and Stamps (1837-1950). pp.210, Index.Genuine leather bound.Rs300(Out of Print)

Club News

3rd National Numismatic Exhibition - Hyderabad

18th May 2012 to 20th May 2012

Friday to Sunday

Venue

Maruti Gardens Convention Center

No. 11-4-669/1, Beside Om International Hotel, Lakdi Ka Pool, Hyderabad.

(The venue is approx 1.5 KM from Nampalli (Hyderabad) Railway Station).

Organizer

Marudhar Arts

114 (F6), 1st Floor, 120, Pamadi Chambers, Dr. D. V. G. Road, Basavangudi (Gandhi Bazar),Bangalore 560 004 (INDIA)

Phone +91-80-6532-9800, Mobile +-91-0-9243145999 Fax +91-80-2661-9800

email:- info@maruphilaque.com

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New Europa 2012 stamps …..

 

Europa 2012 : Visit ….

Romania

Date of Issue : 6 April 2012

     

Hi

Here are some recent nice stamps on Europa 2012 theme…

Romania Post will issue two magnificent stamps on Europa 2012 theme today . The stamps are so  colorful and beautiful in design that any collector would like to have them. Another nice set on Europa 2012 theme “ Visit ” was  issued by Bulgaria Post on April 4 .

In club News read about a new book to be released soon on Crash  Mail of the Hindenburg… This is all for today….Till Next Post Have a Nice Time !!

Bulgaria

Date of Issue : 4 April 2012

View all  Europa stamps

Club News

New Book on Crash mail of the Hindenburg

 

75 years ago, on May 6, 1937, airship LZ-129 Hindenburg crashed at Lakehurst, NJ. The cause of the crash is not yet finally determined. And many questions are still unanswered in connection with the mail onboard: Of the 17,500 mail articles onboard, only 357 were officially recovered.

In April 2012, a new book is due dealing exclusively with the crash mail of the Hindenburg. And most of the open questions will be answered. The book is titled "LZ-129 Hindenburg, Zeppelin Crash Mail", author and editor is Dieter Leder. The book will be published in A4 size  and in English language. The volume will be about 300 pages with over 300 illustrations, the book is hardbound and in full color.

"Am enjoying a nice crossing". Card written by passenger Burtis Dolan.

The first two chapters are dealing with the pre-crash mail dispatch at Frankfurt Auslandsstelle (foreign section) and Luftpoststelle (airmail section). Chapter three is dealing with the operation of the onboard post office. Chapter four is dealing with the American eastbound mail dispatch. And then comes the crash....

The book will be available end of April 2012/early May 2012 .
- ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP members will receive a 20% discount on the regular book price and the pre-sale price is only Euro 95. (This is Euro 80 for the book and Euro 15 for shipping and handling the 2 kilograms/71 ounces heavy book). The Euro 95 includes shipping and handling.

Pre-sale orders must be paid in full at the time of order. Fastest and easiest way is to pay through paypal (send funds to zpj@arcor.de ), cash is accepted as well as cheques (make them out to Dieter Leder and send them to: Dieter Leder, Seepromenade 6, 88709 Meersburg, Germany).

For more details , please email at :  zpj@arcor.de

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Love stamps from USA..

 

Valentine’s Day stamps from USPS

US Postal Service has issued a number of beautiful stamps for Valentine’s Day. All the 34 issues can be view at :

USPS on Love Stamps… 

 

: Dr Hemant Kulkarni, Milwaukee – USA

Radio Story about postage stamp design

 

Julie Shapiro, Artistic Director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival, produced this episode. Julie spoke with Terry McCaffrey, the retired manager of stamp development for the USPS Stamp Services Office, and Ethel Kessler, an Art Director who’s been working with Stamp Services for over 15 years.Just listen !! Click following link !!

http://99percentinvisible.org/

Book Review

A new book by Mr Praful Thakkar "Glimpses of Indian Autographs" is a wonderful book. It is a specialized book for autograph lovers.

It gives the glimpses of autographs of eminent Indian personalities of various fields. The book contains around 600 autographs in 8 major groups which are further divided in 42 different categories. In each category about 13 autographs, along with the photographs of the celebrities, are presented. The effort in the book is made to project glimpses of different themes under which autograph collection can be made.

The autographs of Indian personalities are classified thematically into autographs of Presidents, Bharat Ratna, Music Maestros, Cricket Players,World’s Top models etc .The book gives some rare autographs of Indian Princely Rulers along with their Coat of Arms. The book also gives a separate chapter to foreign personalities.

An alphabetically arranged index with details of celebrities is given at the end of the book to help the reader to find the location of particular autograph.The book gives a special section on ‘Association of Philately with the Autographs’.  A special chapter is added in the book which depicts the Autographs in the design of Indian Postal Stamps. Another chapter depicts original autographs, on the First Day Covers, of personalities, related or associated with celebrities whose stamps are issued.

It is a complete book for autograph collectors as well as a delight to people of all ages and tastes. In fact this book is a feast to everyone’s eyes and an asset for the possessor. All would love to read it and it is an essential book for libraries, schools and colleges and a collectible item for book and autograph lovers !! I would recommend this wonderful book to one and all !! The book is hardbound with beautiful design layout and high quality printing.

Price Rs 1500 US $ 50 It is available at following address :

Rekha P. Thakkar',

34, Janvishram Society,Behind Sahjanand College, Ambawadi,, Ahmedabad 380015

email: thakkar34@yahoo.co.in or pkthakkar@yahoo.com

Praful Thakkar, the renowned philatelist of Gujarat is Limca Book Record Holder in 2009 for Autographs & Canteen Tokens and  is a collector of autographs, stamps, First Day Covers (FDCs), coins, medals, tokens, badges , badge plates etc. and many more collectibles of India since last more than 45 years. He has written several books on these subjects of Hobbies. Mr Praful Thakkar may be contacted at e mail : pkthakkar@yahoo.com

This is one of the most beautiful souvenirs  of stamp exhibitions I have seen so far….Many thanks to  South India Philatelists’ Association and members of SIPEX 2012 for bringing out such a nice souvenir with comprehensive articles on a variety of subjects. – Jeevan Jyoti

SIPEX 2011 Souvenir : Review by - Naresh Agarwal

The souvenir released on occasion of SIPEX2011, a National Level Philatelic Exhibition published by South India Philatelists’ Association, Chennai is a collection and depiction of journey to the said show through well labeled pictures, nice graphics, views of the philatelic material issued. Journey through different facets of philately through various high quality and informative articles through the train and track of well printed, colorful, glossy paper of most appropriate size bound nicely in to a book form. The book is truly a souvenir for possessor as it gives glimpse of the SIPEX2011,the messages given by various persons, the articles on various aspects of philately written by various eminent and upcoming writers which have been found to be very informative. The well wishers of the show who contributed in form of advertisement have also been honored by giving such colorful space and well designed and placed advertisements. The editor has toiled hard to give an attractive shape to the contents by giving nice presentation, selection and skilled composing

In the article section, although all the articles have given nice impression but truly out of the assemblage of these 17 nos. articles covering different aspects of philately; article by C.G.Bhasker on “Czeslaw Slania,the Master Engraver”, & the one titled “Changing Face of Postal Stationery” by S.Balasundaram appealed me the most as those have a touch of extensive and fine research.

The attractive front and last pages themselves depict and declare the high standard of souvenir. I rate this souvenir much higher than the one issued during INDEPEX2011,a world exhibition held in India.

The book has fulfilled all of its objectives, covered all aspects and shown every necessary element. This souvenir is recommended to all to be preserved not only as a souvenir but an asset for the upcoming readers as the articles have been found very genuine, interesting and informative.

The copies of souvenir are available with the office of South India Philatelists’ Association.Intrested readers may contact at  e mail : sipagold@gmail.com

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Glimpses of Indian Autographs..

Glimpses of Indian Autographs by Praful Thakkar

On the inaugural day of GUJPEX 2011, on  23rd December , a  book written by our member and noted philatelist of Ahmedabad Mr Praful Thakkar,  "Glimpses of Indian Autographs" was released by H E the Governor of Gujarat Dr Kamla Beniwal. It is a wonderful book for the lovers of Autograph collectors. The book also gives a special section on ‘Association of Philately with the Autographs’.  A special chapter is added in the book which depicts the Autographs in the design of Indian Postal Stamps. Another chapter depicts original autographs, on the First Day Covers, of personalities, related or associated with celebrities whose stamps are issued.

  Praful Thakkar is Limca Book Record Holder in 2009 for Autographs & Canteen Tokens and  is a collector of autographs, stamps, First Day Covers (FDCs), coins, medals, tokens, badges , badge plates etc. and many more collectibles of India since last more than 45 years. He has written several books on these subjects of Hobbies.

For numismatic collectors, he has authored Collector's Guide to Indian Canteen Tokens, Collector's Guide to Membership Badges of Turf & Race Clubs of India, Collector's Guide to Chronologies of Sultans, Rulers & Colonial Heads of India and Chapras: Collector's Guide to Belt Buckles, Badges and Badge Plates of India.

For philatelic collectors, he has written Collector's Guide to Covers & Folders of India 1947-1964 - Official & Private. Through this book, he has tried to give a dimension to Philatelic facet of early classic period by cataloging Official FDCs, Private FDCs and Folders of this time.

His three websites a) Indian Autograph Gallery b) World Autograph Gallery and c)Indian Numismatics have made landmarks in their respective hobby fields of Numismatics and Autograph collection as they present rich Indian heritage.

He developed the hobby of collecting Art, Autographs and Numismatic objects in his own way. He believes that hobbies are ‘Pleasure for you & Treasure for Family’ and a way to 'Share the Knowledge & Spread the Knowledge'. In true spirit of practicing his life's motto, he has created the websites and written books that will be helpful for aspiring hobbyists.

Mr Praful Thakkar may be contacted at email :  pkthakkar@yahoo.com 

"Glimpses of Indian Autographs" released by H E the Governor of Gujarat Dr Kamla Beniwal on the inaugrual day of GUJPEX 2011

Glimpses of Indian Autographs

1. This is a book that gives glimpses of the autographs of eminent Indian personalities of various fields. The book contains around 600 autographs in 8 major groups which are further divided in 42 different categories. In each category about 13 autographs, along with the photographs of the celebrities, are presented. The effort in the book is made to project glimpses of different themes under which autograph collection can be made..

2. Here one can find the autographs and photographs of Indian personalities classified thematically. This means that the autographs of Presidents & Prime Ministers of India, Indian National Leaders & Freedom Fighters, Recipients of Bharat Ratna, Magsaysay & Dada Saheb Phalke awards, Governors & Chief Ministers of different Indian States, Saints & Spiritual Masters, Indian Film Stars & Personalities, Indian Cricket Captains & Cricketers, Indian Music Maestros, Indian Painter-Artists, Indian Nobel Laureates, Indian Miss Universe / World, Indian Businessmen / Industrialists, Rulers of Indian Princely States etc. are presented here subject wise.

4. A special feature in this book is an effort to associate Philately with the autographs. A special chapter is added which depicts the Autographs in the design of Indian Postal Stamps. Another chapter depicts original autographs, on the First Day Covers, of personalities, related or associated with celebrities whose stamps are issued.

5. A very interesting feature of the book is to present some autographs of Indian Princely Rulers. In India more than 580 Princely States were there. They were ruled by the Kings. The States had their own Coat-of-Arms as their Royal Symbols. Here in this book an effort is made to put some Rulers’ autographs along with their Royal Coat-of-Arms. This will reflect one facet of our Indian history.

6. Another interesting feature is of ‘Art in Autographs’. In this category one can find autographs of personalities who give their autographs with some artistic touch. Similarly, in the category of autographs of ‘Painters & Artists’ one can see the small painting done by famous Painters while giving their autographs.

7. In a special and separate category of ‘Autograph variety of same celebrity’, different autographs of the celebrity, in different styles and in the same language or different languages, are given.

9. This book is meant to project the autographs of Indian celebrities. However, as an exception, one chapter is added for the foreign personalities who are very much known to the people of India.

10 In this era of Internet, chapter of Useful Links and books will be useful to all collectors and readers. Here URLs of some interesting websites created by individuals/organizations and names and addresses of some useful books are given. The collectors may make appropriate use of this information.

11. At the end, an alphabetically arranged Index with basic details and information about the celebrity is given. This will help the reader not only to find the location of a particular autograph but also provide some useful information about the celebrity. Thus this chapter of Index is highly educative and informative. The information shown here mainly presents the achievements, awards and honors received by respective celebrities.

 

More information about  "Glimpses of Indian Autographs" can be viewed on the Home Page of www.indianautographs.com

Video clipping of the book release can be viewed on You tube on following URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcF4tx7MCug&feature=youtu.be

Club News

From our Readers…

INDIA POST 2012 CALENDAR – SCULPTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA 

In an innovative gesture the Department of Posts had brought out India Post year 2010 calendar on the set of its highly popular 'Dasavatar' stamps based  on Jayadev's 12th century epic 'Geetagovinda'. The Calendar was widely appreciated and carried favorable media coverage. Enthused with the response, Department of Posts next year followed with the Calendar on the theme of ‘Buddha’.Taking this initiative forward Department of Posts has now released India Post 2012 Calendar based on the theme of sculptural heritage of India.

: Deepak Modi

UPHILEX – 2011

Mr Ashwani Dubey of Gorakhpur shares here a copy of letter to CPMG, UP regarding unsatisfactory results of UPHILEX 2011. A certificate received by him on which whitener is used to correct the name. The participant should have been given a new certificate with correct name .

 

The certificate received by Ashwani Dubey at UPHILEX 2011. The name has been corrected with whitener.

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