Books on Philately

 

 

     

Hi ! I am giving here the list of books on Philately, compiled by Dr Bibhudutta Mishra, Bhubaneshwar. Readers may send the names of books which have not been mentioned in the list . It will be included in the list and re published on the blog.

 

List of Indian Books on Philately

Sl. No	Name of Books	Author	Publisher	Year of Publication	Price Rs & Lang.
1	The Post Office of India	Ananda Gopal Sen		1875
2	Postal History & Practice	I G J Hamilton		1910
3	Early Indian Cancellations	Jal Cooper		1948, facsimile reprint, 1995
4	India Used Abroad.	Jal COOPER		1950 100pp.
5	Story of the Indian Post Office	Mulk Raj Anand		1955
6	Post Card Catalogue of India and Indian States 1879 - 1979	Madhukar Jhingan		1979
7	Army Post Office & Philately (A Selection of Philatelic Articles)	Brig D S Virk		1980
8	Hyderabad Philatelic History	M A Nayeem		1980
9	Gwalior	Prof V K Gupta		1980
10	Essays on Postal History	several authors		1980
11	From the Diary of Stephen Smith	D N Jatia		1980
12	Indian Army Post Offices in Second World War	Brig D S Virk		1982
13	Slogans and Special Postmarks of India 1875-1947	Ashok Kumar Bayanwala		1982
14	India used Abroad	Vispi S Dastur		1982
15	Postal Censorship in India	Brig D S Virk		1983
16	Postal History of Zemindari Dawk	M L Majumdar		1984
17	Madras GPO Earlier Postal History of Madras Presidency	M M Inamdar		1986
18	Bombay GPO Earlier Postal History of Bombay Presidency	M M Inamdar		1986
19	Local Postal Service of Thikana Khetri (Jaipur State) and Its Fiscals	O P Bhatnagar		1988
20	Postal History of Indian Campaigns :Sikkim - Tibet 1903 -1908	Brig D S Virk et el.		1989
21	A Study of East India Half Anna Stamp	Dr A Y Kantharia		1989
22	Bibliography - Indian Philately			1989
23	Ajmer Postal History	J M Dhor & T C Ranjan		1989
24	Registration Receipts & Acknowledgment Forms of Indian Post Office	Col. L G Shenoi		1989
25	Imperial Post Offices of British India	M L Majumdar	2 volumes	1990
26	Philately	S.P.Chatterjee	NCERT, New Delhi	1990 94 pages	26.50 (English)
27	Indian Postal History 1873 - 1923	Brig. D S Virk		1991
28	Postal History of Indian Campaigns :China Expeditionary Force 1900 -1923	Brig D S Virk et el.		1992
29	Early History and Growth of Postal System in India	M L Majumdar		1995
30	Philately for the young	Mathew Varki	Children’s BookTrust, New Delhi	1996 100 pages	50.00 (English)
31	Indian Telegraphs 1851 - 1914 Philatelic & Operational History	I Patel & D Desai		1996
32	Conservation, restoration and Philatelic Chemistry	Prof V K Gupta		1997 208 pages	1500.00
33	Classics of India	G B Pai		1997
34	The Scinde Dawks & Lithographs of India	D E Wadia		1997
35	Stamps of Indian Native States	P M Medhora		1997
36	Thematic Philately	Prof V K Gupta		192 pages	250.00
37	Calcutta GPO	M L Majumdar		1998
38	Indian Airgraphs	Manohar Lal		1999
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40	Brahmini Dawk: History of Postal Communication in Mewar	R K Sarawagi & M Deogawanka		1999
41	Sorath Stamps & Postal History	R A Malaviya		1999
42	Collecting Stamps	Balchand and Jaya Pai	Children's Book Trust, New Delhi, India	1999	20.00
43	India's Bi-colored Four Annas 1854	D N Jatia		2000
44	How to collect stamp	A.S.Mittal	Adarsha Prakashan, Jaipur	2000	25.00 (English)
45	A Brief History of the Army Postal Service Corps,	Brig S K Sen		2002
46	An Approach to History of Post Office in India and Other Essays	Shivnath		2002
47	Hand Book of Philately	Secretary, Dept. of Post, Govt. of India	Dept. of Post	2003 60 pages	16.00 (English)
48	Dakatikata Sangraha Kaise Karein	A.S.Mittal	Adarsha Prakashan, Jaipur	2004	20.00 (Hindi)
49	Milepost	West Bengal Circle India Post		2005
50	Stamp collecting today	Sangeeta Devgawanka	Vasundhara Publication, Kolkatta	2005 73 pages	96.00 (English)
51	Gandhi Handbook	Manik Jain & Mrinal Kanti Ray		2006
52	Window to Philately	B.Padmini	Sura Books Pvt. Ltd., Chennai	2007 124 pages	70.00 (English)
53	Stamp Quizzes-A handbook of Philatelic Trivia & Quizzes	Anil Dhir	Amadeus Press, Bhubaneswar	2007 244 pages	300/- (English)
54	Nature through Postage Stamps	Dept. Of Post New Delhi		2007	175.00
55	Indian Freedom Struggle through Postage Stamps	Dept. Of Post		2007	500.00
56	Stamps of India -Gandhi	Dept. Of Post		2007	200.00
57	Discover India through Philately	Dept. Of Post		2007	600.00
58	1857 – Through India Postage Stamps	Dept. Of Post		2007	400.00
59	India Post-A journey through ages	Aravinda Kumar Singh Translated- Shailendra Das	National Book Trust, New Delhi 978-81-237-5592-2	2009 485 pages	150/- (English)
60	Uttarakhand - A Philatelic Journey	Abhai Mishra & Rajesh Varma		2009
61	India's Freedom Struggle Through India Postage Stamps	Vishnu S Saksena
62	Famous stamps-The romance of rarities	Anil Dhir	Amadeus Press, Bhubaneswar	2011 192 pages	200.00 (English)
63	Dakatikata Sangraha	Bibhudatta Mishra & Shanti swarup Rath	Grantha Mandir, Cuttack	2011 130 pages	80.00 (Oriya)
64	My rainbow of Philatelic Articles	Dr Satyandra Kumar Aggarwal	Phila gold Publication	2011 150 pages	1200.00
65	Anche Janapad	Mr M.R.Pravakar	Karnatak	2012	150.00
66	Know Your Stamps	D.Chakravarthy	Chakravarthy, 1-C Gayathri Apartments, 302 James Long Sarani, PO Jokha,   WB 743512, India
67.	A Guide to Modern Indian Postal Stationery, 1947-2003	Prashant Pandya	Vadodara		Rs 400 US $ 20.00

- Dr Bibhudatta Mishra – Bhubaneshwar

Blog : http://fishstamplover.blogspot.in/

Club News

Guinness Records to  Daniel Monteiro

Brahmavar: Daniel Monteiro, Office Asst. of St. Mary’s Syrian College here has secured ‘Guinness World Records’ for his largest collection of stamps featuring birds. His total collection consists of 4911 stamps from 263 countries. The old record was in the name of Mr. Paul-Erwin Oswald of Germany.

Mr.Daniel made an attempt for this record by organizing a major philatelic exhibition Birdpex-2011’ on 7^th and 8^th December 2011 at S.M.S. community hall, Brahmavar. More than 6000 people including VIPS, Juries, stamp collectors participated in this event.

Daniel began the hobby of collecting stamps at the age of 11 (year 1973). In the Primary School, when a teacher encouraged Daniel and his other classmates to develop any one of the hobbies, the collection of stamps attracted Daniel. He began by collecting stamps of all types and then went on to specialize in water birds, which aroused his interest in them so much. Since his house is surrounded by a river and a lake with variety of water birds, he took special interest in them.

Later he also took to ornithological studies, Bird watching and Environment protection activities. The awards, distinctions and recognitions he won are numerous, 10 international level from Belgium, Austria, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok , Korea, Indonesia, China and India, 21 national level and 13 state level and from 31 prestigious institutions in Karnataka State, including All India Sahitya Convention Award, District Rajyaotsava Award, Vishveshvarayya Award, Ambedkar award, Extraordinary Personality of Konkani Award.

Daniel’s another noteworthy achievement was his entry into the ‘Limca Book of Records’ a due recognition for his rare collection of ducks stamps and also three records in ‘India Book Of Records’ for largest collection of ducks stamps, largest collection of birds stamps and one man largest exhibition, Birdpex-2011.

He is also a member of all the recognized Philatelic Associations in India. He has, on his own initiative, organized 163 exhibitions on Philately and 31 workshops on environment and philately till date, and also actively involved himself in creating an awareness about wild life and the need to protect the environment. He has presented papers on birds and stamps at seminars held, even at the national level. Mr. Daniel Monteiro loves to talk to children about birds and stamps, and this he does by organizing workshops, exhibitions and competitions for school children and college students.

Daniel Monteiro  may be contacted at email : danielbvr@yahoo.com

 

 

CRICKET WORLD CUP - A STAMP COLLECTION

COLLECTOR'S BOOK

This book is a journey into the history of World Cup cricket. It begins with a brief introduction of the World Cup Cricket starting from first world Cup played in 1975 to the recently concluded one in 2011. The book then covers cricketing history of 9 Test playing Nations and participating nations in 2011 Cricket world cup. Finally book journeys into the world of cricket memorabilia like stamps, special covers, coins, medals, cricket bats, cricket kits etc.

Housed in this informative album, the collection of 10 postal sheets featuring 9 test playing nations and captains of world cup teams issued during world cup 2011 by postal departments of Caribbean island nations - St. Kitts, Nevis and St. Vincent.

Price : INR - 2,499.00  For more details contact :

Pradip Jain, POST BOX 128, MITHAPUR, PATNA 800 001 (INDIA)

PH:   0091-612-2215929, FAX: 0091-612-2238010

Mobile : 0091-93341 32162, EMAIL: philapradip@gmail.com

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Tributes to the greatest Indian Poet - Tagore

 

 

Pride of India

 

7 May – Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

Today is Birth Anniversary of  Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. This post is a tribute to the greatest poet of all time and  Pride of India . The post is dedicated to all those who love and admire the works of Tagore !!  Tagore has been honoured on postage stamps issued  by many postal administrations of the world .

    

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali mystic, Brahmo poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.

 

The government of Sri Lanka released on May 7 2011, a postal stamp  on Rabindranath Tagore, on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary celebrations.

A Pirali Brahmin from Calcutta Tagore first wrote poems at the age of eight. At the age of sixteen, he published his first substantial poetry under the pseudonym Bhanushingho ("Sun Lion") and wrote his first short stories and dramas in 1877. In later life Tagore protested strongly against the British Raj and gave his support to the Indian Independence Movement. Tagore's life work endures, in the form of his poetry and the institution he founded, Visva-Bharati University.

Tagore wrote novels, short stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays on political and personal topics. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are among his best-known works. His verse, short stories, and novels, which often exhibited rhythmic lyricism, colloquial language, meditative naturalism, and philosophical contemplation, received worldwide acclaim.

Tagore was also a cultural reformer and polymath who modernised Bengali art by rejecting strictures binding it to classical Indian forms. Two songs from his canon are now the national anthems of Bangladesh and India: the Amar Shonar Bangla and the Jana Gana Mana respectively.

 

 

Farewell My Friend...

 

Farewell My Friend
It was beautiful as long as it lasted
The journey of my life.
I have no regrets whatsoever
save the pain I'll leave behind.
Those dear hearts who love and care...
And the strings pulling at the heart and soul...
The strong arms that held me up
When my own strength let me down.
At every turning of my life I came across good friends,
Friends who stood by me,
Even when the time raced me by.
Farewell, farewell my friends
I smile and bid you goodbye.
No, shed no tears for I need them not
All I need is your smile.
If you feel sad do think of me
for that's what I'll like when you live in the hearts
of those you love, remember then
you never die.

~ Rabindranath Tagore

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Dracula on stamps…

 

Death Centenary of  Bram Stoker who wrote famous horror novel “ Dracula”

Date of Issue : 19 April 2012

On 19 April, 2012 An Post issued commemorative stamps to mark the centenary of the death of Bram Stoker. Bram Stoker, born Abraham Stoker on 8 November, 1847 in Clontarf, Dublin, is best remembered for his classic Gothic horror novel, Dracula, first published in 1897.

In 1870, Stoker graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, whereupon he took up a civil service post in Dublin Castle. Unsurprisingly perhaps, Stoker discovered the civil service wasn’t his cup of tea, so to speak. So, in his spare time, he turned to being a drama critic for the Dublin Evening Mail and also started to develop stories and articles for publication. That said, he rose through the ranks of the civil service, and had his first book published, Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland.

He first met Henry Irving when the renowned actor, who was on a visit to Dublin, thanked him for his glowing review of his production of Hamlet. Their friendship developed to the point where, in 1878, Irving suggested Stoker decamp Dublin and join him in London as manager of the Lyceum Theatre. During his managerial tenure at the Lyceum Theatre, Stoker finally took to writing on a regular basis.

In 1897 Dracula was published. The book, which netted him very little in terms of income during his lifetime, has been the inspiration for hundreds of films and a flourishing tourism industry in both Transylvania and the English seaside town of Whitby, the first landfall for Count Dracula in his search for fresh victims of vampirism.

In later life, Stoker suffered from a succession of strokes, and died on 20 April, 1912 at the age of 64.

To commemorate the centenary of his death, An Post has issued  two graphically arresting stamps designed by David Rooney, and depicting Stoker’s most famous, and enduring, creation.

In addition, a fearful mini sheet  and two dramatic First Day Covers are also available.

Products available with this issue:

Centenary of the death of Bram Stoker 55c Se-tenant Stamps (120755ST) €1.10

Centenary of the death of Bram Stoker 55c Sheetlet (120755STS8) €8.80

Centenary of the death of Bram Stoker Minisheet (1207MS) €1.10

Centenary of the death of Bram Stoker FDC Minisheet (1207FDCMS) €2.10

Centenary of the death of Bram Stoker FDC (1207FDC) €2.10

Orders and/or enquiries relating to this release or indeed any aspect of the Philatelic Business should be sent to:

Philatelic Bureau, Order Department P.O. Box 1991, G.P.O., Dublin 1, Ireland

Philat Telephone: 00 353 1 705 7400  Fax: 00 353 1 705 7289

Internet: www.irishstamps.ie

: Prashant Pandya – Vadodara

 

The cover of the first edition of Daracula

Publication date : 26 May 1897

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham van Helsing.

Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. The novel touches on themes such as the role of women in Victorian culture, sexual conventions, immigration, colonialism, and post-colonialism. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations.

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Tributes to Firaq Gorakhpuri

 

Today is death anniversary of great Urdu poet of India Firaq Gorakhpuri (28 August 1896 – 3 March 1982). His real name was Raghpati Sahay.He was born in 1896, in Gorakhpur.  Firaq had a taste of Urdu poetry at very tender age. He started writing poetry in Urdu in teens and developed his own niche in an era that was marked by the likes of Sahir, Iqbal, Faiz and Kaifi Azmi.

He was selected for the Provincial Civil Service (P.C.S.) and the Indian Civil Service (I.C.S.), but he resigned to follow Mahatma Gandhi's Non-cooperation movement, for which he went to jail. Later, he joined Allahabad University as a lecturer in English literature. It was there that he wrote most of his Urdu poetry, including his magnum opus Gul-e-Naghma which earned him the highest literary award of India, the Jnanpith Award, and also the 1960 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu. During his life, he was given the positions of Research Professor at the University Grants Commission and Producer Emeritus by All India Radio. After a long illness, he died on March 3, 1982, in New Delhi.

As a distinguished poet, Firaq Gorakhpuri was well-versed in all traditional metrical forms such as ghazal, nazm, rubaai and qat'aa. He was a prolific writer, having written more than a dozen volumes of Urdu poetry, a half dozen of Urdu prose, several volumes on literary themes in Hindi, as well as four volumes of English prose on literary and cultural subjects.

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Indian Themes on foreign stamps…

 

Mirza Ghalib

He was a classical Urdu and Persian poet from India during British colonial rule. Known as the last great poet of the Mughal Era. He wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered, in South Asia, to be one of the most popular and influential poets of the Urdu language. Ghalib today remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also amongst diaspora communities around the world.

He was given the following titles of Dabir-ul-Mulq , Najm-ud-daula & 'Mirza Nosha' . He was also an important courtier of the royal court of the Emperor. Ghalib is still very popular today, and his poetry is well known. Many singers from all over South Asia have sung many of his ghazals. Indian Cinema has paid a tribute to the legendary poet through a film  named Mirza Ghalib (1954). Pakistani Cinema has also paid tribute through another film also named Mirza Ghalib. India & Pakistan (overprint Bangladesh) have released stamps honoring Ghalib.

: Kenneth Sequeira - Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

 

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New stamps from Poland

200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ZYGMUNT KRASIŃSKI

 

To be issued on 19 February 2012

Count Napoleon Stanisław Adam Ludwig Zygmunt Krasiński Paris, France, 19 February 1812 – 23 February 1859, Paris, France), a Polish count, is traditionally ranked with Mickiewicz and Słowacki as one of Poland's Three National Bards — the trio of great Romantic poets who influenced national consciousness during the period of Poland's political bondage.

He is best known for his philosophical Messianist ideas. His drama, Nie-boska Komedia (The Un-Divine Comedy, 1835), portrays the tragedy of an old-world aristocracy defeated by a new order of communism and democracy, and is a poetic prophecy of class conflict and of Russia's October Revolution  and his drama, Irydion (1836), deals, in the context of Christian ethics, with the struggle of a subjugated nation against its oppressor.

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70th ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL ARMY

To be issued on 14 February 2012

Club News

BRPEX-2012 : Stamp exhibition in Bareilly (UP)

Today BRPEX-2012, District level Philatelic Exhibition started at Bareilly from 9th to 11 Feb 2012, with 100 frames. Mr. Dinesh Sharma of Lucknow is a member of Jury.

2nd National Numismatic Exhibition - 2012

The exhibition  will be held on 17th, 18th & 19th February 2012

Entry for Public will be open at 10:00 a.m on all the 3 days.

The President Convention Center, The Bell Hotel #88, Next to City Railway Station,

Opposite to Majestic Bus Station, Bangalore - 560023

Entry for the Exhibition cum Fair of Coins, Bank Notes & Stamps is absolutely Free.

For more information like Exhibits, Floor Layout, Dealers Stall Rent, Accommodations information, please visit www.marudhararts.com.

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200th Birth Anniversary of Charles Dickens..

 

      

To be issued on 19 June 2012 by Royal Mail

 

Today (7th February 2012 ) is 200th birth anniversary of great novelist Charles Dickens. In celebration  of the life and works of Charles Dickens, the Royal Mail today revealed a sneak preview of two stamps – officially launching in June – to celebrate the bicentenary of the novelist’s birth.

The two stamps feature illustrations from his first novel, The Pickwick Papers (originally serialised and entitled The Posthumous Papers of Pickwick) and his 1838 novel, Nicholas Nickleby.

The character of Mr Pickwick forms a set of six stamps featuring original illustrations adapted from Character Sketches from Charles Dickens, by Joseph Clayton Clarke  and originally published around 1890.

The Nicholas Nickleby stamp will be part of a special Miniature Sheet of four stamps of illustrations by Hablot Knight Brown, (known as Phiz ), who illustrated ten books by the author.

The full set of ten new stamps will be issued on 19 June and will feature iconic characters from some of his most famous novels, including Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and A Tale of Two Cities.

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth on February 7, 1812. In 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, they had ten children.At the age of nine his family were imprisoned in Marshalsea Debtor’s Prison in Southwark for his father’s debts, while Dickens went to work in a blacking factory. He later used the prison as one of the settings for Little Dorrit. His first novel The Pickwick Papers was published in 1836.

In 1837 Catharine’s 17-year-old sister Mary died in Dickens’s arms becoming the inspiration for the death of Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop.On June 9, 1865, Dickens survived the Staplehurst rail crash. The First Class carriage he was travelling in was the only one of seven not to plunge off the bridge. Dickens helped to tend the wounded and used his experience later in the ghost story The Signalman.

His final unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood was published after his death. The identity of the murderer was never revealed. Dickens was interred at Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey, despite his wish to be buried at Rochester Cathedral

His best-selling novel, A Tale of Two Cities has sold over 200 million copies. Between 1992 and 2003 Dickens was featured on the reverse of the Bank of England £10 note together with a scene from The Pickwick Papers. Dickens’ most autobiographical work was also his favourite – David Copperfield.

Such was the interest generated by the serialisation of his work, a huge crowd gathered at the dock in Boston to await the ship that carried chapter 71 of Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop. The only person said to be able to predict the conclusion of Dickens’ complex plots was the American author and poet Edgar Allan Poe.

Dickens is regarded as the most ‘adapted’ author of all time, all of his novels have been adapted for the cinema or television and in addition to modern versions, around 100 silent films were made – a third of which still exist.

Between 1992 and 2003 Dickens was featured on the reverse of the Bank of England £10 note together with a scene from The Pickwick Papers.

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Indian theme on foreign stamps……

 

Amir Khusrau

Ameer Khusrau was an Indian musician, scholar and poet.  He is regarded as the "father of qawwali"  He is also credited with enriching Hindustani classical music by introducing Persian and Arabic elements in it, and was the originator of the khayal and tarana styles of music. The invention of the tabla is also traditionally attributed to him. His contribution to the development of the ghazal hitherto little used in India, is particularly significant.

He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent during the 12th century. A Sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, he was not only a notable poet but also a prolific and seminal musician. He wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi.

He also spoke Arabic and Sanskrit. His poetry is still sung today at Sufi shrines throughout India & Pakistan

Khusrau was a prolific classical poet associated with the royal courts of more than seven rulers of the Delhi Sultanate. He is popular in much of North India and Pakistan, because of many playful riddles, songs and legends attributed to him. Through his enormous literary output and the legendary folk personality, Khusrow represents one of the first (recorded) Indian personages with a true multi-cultural or pluralistic identity.

Ameer Khusrau

 

Date of Issue : 24 October 1975

India & Pakistan released stamps in 1975 to honour his 700th anniversary.

- Kenneth Sequeira

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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