My recent Covers,,,,

 

Cover from Algeria

Ouari Khemissi, Setif Algeria 

 

Andrzej Panachida, Poznan, Poland

 Covers from Madurai, India

C. Rajamanickam, Madurai ( Tamil Nadu) India

Cover from Paris

Jean Piere Maleret , Paris – France

 

Dear Friends, Thanks to all of you for nice covers. Readers are requested to send email before sending cover. It is not possible to reciprocate each and every cover.Prior communication will be nice !!

Club News

Philatelic Exhibition on Monuments by ASI…

 

Archeological Survey of India (ASI) is organising a Stamp Exhibition from 19 May to 17 July 2012 on Indian Monuments, Museums, Paintings and other historical items on philately. The Subject of the Exhibit may include Indian Cultural Heritage, Monuments, Museums, Coins, Antiquities and other related stamp and material telling a story about India and its culture. This exhibition will be a part of 150 years of ASI in India. The venue for the exhibition is Red Fort New Delhi and will be there for 2 months. It will be inaugurated by the Minister on 158h May 2012. About 20 frames by Indian Philatelists on invitation will be exhibited in this exhibition.

For details kindly contact Mr Ajay Mittal  - Ajay Kumar Mittal    Mobile : 9811032311, 9311332311

Email : ajay@kshitiz.com ajaymittal1957@gmail.com

New metered cancellation with code from India Post

 

 

: Sandeep Chaurasia - Gorakhpur

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May Day…

Today is 1st May which is celebrated all over the world as May Day.International Workers' Day  is a celebration of the international labour movement and left-wing movements. It commonly sees organized street demonstrations and marches by working people and their labour unions throughout most of the world. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries. It is also celebrated unofficially in many other countries.

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Club News

New special Covers on Jainism..

Shri Dadabari Pratishtha Mahotsav

 

 

27 April 2012 – Patna

For Covers : contact Pradip Jain email : philapradip@gmail.com

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April Fool’s Day…

April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries in the Northern Hemisphere on April 1 every year. In the Southern Hemisphere it is celebrated six months later, on October 1. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday in any country, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of jokes and foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good-humoured or otherwise funny jokes, hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.

In France and Italy children (and adults, when appropriate) traditionally tack paper fish on each other's back as a trick and shout "april fish!" in their local language ("poisson d'avril!" and "pesce d'aprile!" in French and Italian respectively).

The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration of January 1 as New Year's Day in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlier references.

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APRIL FOOL’s DAY in PHILATELY

© Dr.Satyendra Kumar Agarwal

April Fool's Day is a "for-fun-only" observance. Practical jokes are a common practice on this Day. Some believe it sort of evolved simultaneously in several cultures at the same time, from celebrations involving the first day of spring.

American April Fool’s Day postcard prepared by Geo. W. Parker Art Co. of Minneapolis

Sometimes, elaborate practical jokes are played on friends or relatives that last the entire day.

The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. Prior to that year, the New Year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25 and culminating on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1.

Though in general sense the First April is a day for practical jokes but for philately it gave many first. Few countries chosen this day to start a new postal service and some to close down. This day also witnessed first stamp issue of few postal administrations. Illustrated Postal stationeries also brought out commemorating this special day.

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Salute to the heroes of India …

 

 

On 23 March 1931, Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was hanged along with Rajguru, and Sukhdev. To commemorate this day Gorakhpur Postal Division issued a special cancellation “ homage to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev.

Bhagat Singh : (28 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian nationalist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. He is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the word Shaheed means "martyr". Read More….

: Ashwani Dubey – Gorakhpur

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Coin

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International women’s Day ….

 

 

 

International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working    Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

2012 Theme: CONNECTING GIRLS, INSPIRING FUTURES

If every International Women's Day event held in 2012 includes girls in some way, then thousands of minds will be inspired globally.

Each year around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Thousands of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women.

Organisations, governments, charities and women's groups around the world choose different themes each year that reflect global and local gender issues.

"Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures" is the 2012 theme of the

www.internationalwomensday.com  website and this has been widely used by hundreds of organisations including schools, universities, governments, women’s groups and the private sector. Each year the United Nations declares an overall International Women's Day theme. Their 2012 theme is “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty”. Many organisations develop their own themes that are more relevant to their local contexts. For example, the European Parliament's 2012 theme is "Equal pay for work of equal value".

Poster for Women's Day, March 8, 1914

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New stamps on Railways from Taiwan

 

 

 

Date of Issue : 12 November 2011

Chunghwa Post ( Taiwan Post )  issued a set of five stamps on railway branch lines. These stamps are  printed in the format of a vertical se-tenant .

 

11.11.11 covers

 

Received these nice 11.11.11 Covers created by Prof VS Yalvigi, Bangalore

Special Covers : SURPEX 2011

 

: Prashant Pandya. Vadodara

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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).

Dealers package: Rs 4000 per PERSON for 2 days inclusive of Food and room rent. (Twin Sharing Basis).

Co-ordinator : Mr. Shanti Swarup Rath, e-mail – sswaruprath@gmail.com Cell: 09437034621

Dr. Bibhudatta Mishra, e-mail – bhanubibhu@gmail.com Cell: 09437282638

Interested Dealers are requested to contact the coordinators either by Phone or e-mail and submit the following details.

Name _____________________

Address____________________

Mobile Number______________

E-mail ID ___________________

Mode of Payment: Either by Demand Draft or Payable at par Cheque or in any other mode with prior discussion with the coordinators.

11.11.11 Covers

Just received  some more Covers of 11.11.11 from my friends. Thanks to all of you and making this date very special !!

Ajay Agarwal, Akola

 

Arvind Mullick, Jabalpur

Naresh Agarwal, Bilaspur (CG)

Jyothi Priya, Mandya ( Karnataka)

 

Stamp Sathi , Bhavnagar - Gujarat

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