New Stamps from Jersey…

 

 

Date of Issue : 3 August 2011

This issues celebrates 75 years of the National Trust for Jersey and depicts various animals, birds and locations important to the organization.

 

Conservation- 75th anniversary - National Trust for Jersey

 

 

From our Readers….

FIDE World Championship 2010 Sofia, Bulgaria

In  response to my last post on FIDE World Championship. Mr Moloy Sarkar from Kolkata shares here a nice Maxim card  with autograph of Vishwanathan Anand of the same issue. That’s really nice !  Just wonderful !!

 

Stamps from other countries related with India

Mr Kenneth Sequeira from Dubai, U A E shares hera a Souvenir sheet issued by South Africa Post  in 2003 on 10 years of Diplomatic Relations with India.

Club News

Philatelic Workshop and exhibition by Rajkot Philatelic Society

A WORKSHOP cum PHELATELIC EXHIBITION was organized by Philatelic Society of Rajkot under the auspices of INDIA POST.

A Workshop on Philately  was inaugurated by principal Smt. Sonal Shah,  on 12^th Aug.2011 at Kadavibai  Virani  High School, Rajkot, Gujarat. It was followed by digital presentation, given by  Shri. N D Prajapati  –SSP Rajkot division;   one day philatelic workshop was demonstrate by  renowned philateliest  Shri H C Mehta and   a keynote was   lecture delivered by Shri. T R Naliapara  on  Recent trends  in philately.

On 15^th Aug.2011 a philatelic exhibition – STAMPE2011 was organized. More than 100 frames of thematic collection were displayed. The collection on Wildlife of Ms Paritri was also displayed.exhibition was  inaugurated by Mrs.  Anjali Anand , Post Master General, Rajkot Region. More than 2000 school children  visited the exhibition along with print & electronic media.

- Dr. Paresh Upadhyay

Convener  of Rajkot Philatelic Society, Gujarat

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New Stamp from India

 

 

Date of Issue : 29 August 2011

Image : Mansoor Bolar , Mangalore

India Post issued a commemorative  stamp today on Dr Madhav Shrihari Aney .Dr  Aney (29 August, 1880 - 26 January, 1968) was an Indian politician. He was one of the founder of the Congress Nationalist Party. He was one of the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak apart from N C Kelkar, Kakasaheb Khadilkar and Gangadhar Deshpande.

In 1937, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly. During 1941-1943, he was a member of Governor General's Executive Council. He resigned in 1943, when the British Indian government refused to release Mahatma Gandhi, while he was on fast. He was the High Commissioner to Ceylon from 1943 to July, 1947. He joined the Constituent Assembly in 1947.

After Indian independence, Dr M S Aney was Governor of Bihar from 12 January 1948 to 14 June 1952 He was also a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1967, representing Nagpur constituency. He died on 26 January, 1968 evening, the very day he was honored with Padma Vibhushan. In 1973, he was posthumously honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for his Shritilakayashornava (1971), a Sanskrit biography of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Club News

New Blog on Permanent stamp cancellations of India

A new blog created by Nagendra Amunje features Permanent postmarks of India. It can be viewed at http://www.indianpostmarks.blogspot.com/  It is a very good reference blog for all philatelists.

From our Readers…

Mr Kennath Sequeira from Dubai shares here a nice souvenir sheet issued on a Match between Anand and Tapalov at FIDE World Chess Championship held last year in Sofia, Bulagaria. The souvenir sheet also bears the name of   Vishwanathan Anand, the greatest Indian Chess player .

Stamp dedicated to FIDE World Chess Championship – Anand - Topalov 2010 Match

                                                                                 - Kenneth Sequeira, Dubai, UAE

The World Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. The match took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 24 to May 13, 2010. In a dramatic finish, Anand won the match 6½–5½ to retain the title.

Official  FDC

Private FDC

Vishwanathan Anand Chess Champion private Max-Card

The start of the match was delayed one day due to air travel disruptions caused by the volcanic ash emissions from Eyjafjallajökull. Anand was to fly from Frankfurt to Sofia on April 16 and was stranded because of the eruption. He asked for a three day postponement, which was refused by the organisers on April 19. Anand finally reached Sofia on April 20, after a 40-hour road journey. The first game was consequently delayed by one day.

 

The World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand received a gold medal, cup and a garland. Veselin Topalov received a silver medal and a cup. They also received a paintings from Darina Yaneva’s solo exhibition "The Chess Game", which was a part of the official program of the match.

The Organizing Committee congratulated the world champion with his favorite Indian song.The prize fund of the match is 2 million EUR, of which 1.2 million are for the winner of the match, and 800 thousand EUR for the defeated player.

The postal articles (an envelope and а postage stamp) devoted to the match for the World Chess Championship "Anand-Topalov”

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