Israel Memorial Day…

 

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Here is a beautiful stamp to be issued by Israel Post in April 2012 to mark Israel Memorial Day 2012. The stamp is beautifully designed to express the tributes to those heroes who lost their life in the War Independence. This is a very special way to remember the heroes of the war and console the bereaved families !! The design of the stamp features a child and  a red balloon in the sky with a special tab of Israel Post ! On the right side of Tab  is the Coat of Arms of the Israeli Defense Army on Israeli flag .

Israel Memorial Day 2012

The letter card, cover and stamp – all of which are special and unique to Memorial Day –constitute the basis of a sensitive, original and extraordinary tradition that came into being following the War of Independence. Since Memorial Day 1952, a long line of Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers of Defense have signed personal letters to bereaved families of the fallen and Israel's premier artists take part in designing the covers and stamps for this commemorative day. Thus, from year to year, an unprecedented tradition has formed which, over time, has become one of the most recognized and extraordinary ambassadors of Israel's commemorative culture.

The graphic design of the Memorial Day stamps has been expressed over the years symbolically and through monuments. The design of this stamp reflects the words of the song "Mi Shechalam" (He Who Dreamt).

Lyrics: Didi Menusi, Music: Yochanan Zarai.

A thousand flowers shall yet flower in and between the fields And shall bear witness that they are  remembered always !.

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Fancy number on Indian currency Note of Rs 1000

From OAE 000001 1 to  OAE 000010

: : Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur

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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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Tributes to young achiever !!

 

 

Date of Issue : 2 February 2012

Pakistan Post issued a postage stamp on Arfa Karim, Pakistan’s most talented young girl and World’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional on 2nd February, her 17th birth anniversary . Her extraordinary contribution in the field of IT will be a role model for the younger generation. Arfa Karim became Microsoft-certified Professional at the age of nine in 2004 and had a science park in Lahore named after her. Arfa Karim was invited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft headquarters in the United States when she was only 10-year-old. This Post is a tribute to the young achiever of Pakistan !!

 

Arfa Karim, the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on January 14 at the age of only sixteen. She suffered an epileptic seizure in December 2011, which affected her brain and heart. She suffered for 26 days at the CMH before she lost her life to the condition. She was born in 1995.

In August 2005, Arfa was honoured by the government of Pakistan with the Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of Science and Technology. In 2006, she also participated in Microsoft keynote session in the Tech-Ed Developers Conference held in Barcelona. The theme of the conference was “Get ahead of the game”.

She also received the Salaam Pakistan Youth Award  in 2005 set up by Pakistan's only Nobel laureate Dr Abdul Salam. She was also the recipient of the Presidential Award for Pride of Performance.

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World pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on Martyrs Day !!

 

 

  

Today is 64th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Nation pays homage to the father of the nation with prayer meetings and floral tributes on his 64th death anniversary observed as Martyrs’ Day.

It was on Jan 30, 1948 that Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. A two-minutes silence in memory of the Father of the Nation and other martyrs is observed throughout the country at 11 a.m. Gandhi, who was assassinated on Jan 30, 1948, three months past his 78th birthday.  His death anniversary happens to be observed as Martyrs’ Day in India.

 

 

 

: Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur

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Rainbow  Stamp News completes 4 years of publication

 

Hi ! I have just posted December 2011 issue No. 48 on Blog. With this issue Rainbow stamp News completes 4 years of publication and enters the fifth year.

Click following link to view this special issue !!

http://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

Tributes to Legendary actor of Indian Cinema –Dev Anand

Dev Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011),was an Indian film actor, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 for his contribution to Indian cinema. His career spanned more than 65 years.One of his most popular films was Guide, based on a novel by celebrated Indian writer RK Narayan. Dev Anand died on 3 December 2011 in London of a heart attack.

He was known as the Adonis of Indian cinema for his good looks and the ease with which he played romantic roles.His films included Guide, Paying Guest and Jewel Thief. He continued to direct almost until his death, releasing his last film, Chargesheet, in September.

Over the course of his 65-year career, which began in 1946, Anand became one of India's iconic actor-directors.

Tributes to the hero of the Millenium !!

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Philatelic Tributes to great leaders …

 

 

19 November - Birth Anniversary of Mrs Indira Gandhi

Today is Birth Anniversary of late Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi. Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was a great Indian politician who served as prime minister of India for three consecutive terms (1966–77) and a fourth term (1980–84). She was the second female to hold the office of prime minister (after Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka) and she remains as the world's second longest serving female Prime Minister .

Philatelic Tributes to Indira Gandhi

On the  Birth Anniversary of Mrs Indira Gandhi, Vipan Kumar of Chandigarh shares here some Maxim Cards prepared by him   !!

 

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China opens first 'space post office'….

 

 

Hi ! Today is eid ul zuha  ! Greetings to all on this festive occasion. Here is an interesting news about Space Post office, set up by China Post…just read this special news…Today is also the birth anniversary of madam Curie. Philatelic Tributes to the great scientist, Madam  Curie !! More news for coin collectors……This is all for  today… Have a nice time !!

Space Post Office

In this era of Facebook, email, Twitter and other social media, getting a postcard from someone's travels has a certain appeal.China's mail service looks to be taking that tourist postcard to a whole new level.

To celebrate  docking of the Shenzhou-8 unmanned spacecraft with space lab module Tiangong-1, China's post authority has opened a new branch office outside the country and out of this world -- 343 kilometers above the Earth, to be exact.

Opening for business on the same day, the China Post Space Office has two venues -- one on-the-ground base inside the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center (BACCC) and one "virtual office" aboard the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft. There is also a new designated post code -- 901001.

China Post Group’s general manager Li Guohua told China Daily the post office will be able to deliver mail from the public to astronauts in future. The office will also issue postal souvenirs, such as stamps and envelopes that depict China's major space program events.

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Today is Birth Anniversary of Marie Curie

 

Marie Skłodowska Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934)

The United Nations  proclaimed 2011 the International Year of Chemistry. To commemorate this event the French Post  issued a stamp dedicated to  Marie Curie.

Marie Curie : Polish - French physicist–chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris.

Stamps issued this year for International Year Chemistry featuring Marie Curie

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Philatelic Numismatic & Heritage Fair at Indore

 

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China –2011 : International Stamp Exhibition

 

 

Date of issue: 11 November 2011

 

China 2011 International Stamp Exhibition,taking place in the picturesque city of Wuxi, China 2011 - the 27th Asian International Stamp Exhibition will bring collectors together from around the world.New Zealand Post will issue an exhibition miniature sheet and exhibition souvenir cover to commemorate the event. The specially shaped miniature sheet incorporates three 2011 Round Kiwi stamps set alongside China’s national treasure – the giant panda.

China 2011 is the third FIAP international stamp exhibition to be held in China since the two successful exhibitions in 1996 and 2003. It will take place from 11 to 15 November 2011 and aims to promote the development of philately throughout Asia.

The exhibition souvenir cover beautifully depicts Wuxi’s Lake Taihu, which is China's third-largest body of fresh water.

 

The exhibition is being held under the patronage of the Federation of Inter-Asian Philately and with recognition from the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie. 31 countries and regions will be participating in what will be one of the largest events on the 2011philatelic calendar.

More than 250,000 international visitors are expected to visit the city of Wuxi to attend China 2011. Wuxi lies on the southern border of Jiangsu Province, about 128 kilometres northwest of Shanghai.

China Post Group has issued two commemorative stamps and a sheetlet to celebrate the opening of the "27th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition" .The stamps illustrate a flat side pot, a Fu figure. The sheetlet depicts landscape of a Chinese fishing village in fall.

 

   

Exhibition Date: November 11 – 15, 2011, will run for five days.

National Commissioner from India  : Dr RS Gandhi, Patna Email : gandhipatna@yahoo.com

Venue : Taihu International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Organizers: the State Post Bureau, Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, the China Post Group Corporation, China National Philatelic Federation.

Website : China 2011

 

Tributes

Remembering the golden voice of Bhupen Hazarika……

 

 

Dil hoom hoom kare…..The golden voice of Bhupen Hazarika is silent now

Bhupen Hazarika, known for his haunting, resounding melodies like "Dil hoom hoom kare" and "Ganga behti ho kyon" is no more but his songs will always be with music lovers. He was one of my favorite singers…Just wish to share here his most melodious song of Rudali….and some other songs I like most….This post is tribute  the great singer….

Ganga……

 

A Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner, Hazarika's lyrics and voice lent a special flavour to several Bollywood songs and put the spotlight on music from Assam.Noted for his clear diction and voice, he sang his first song "Biswa nijoy nojowan" for Assamese film "Indramalati" when he was just 12.Later on, he sang soulful songs in Assamese, Bengali and Hindi.

 

Dole He Dola is Bhupen Hazarika’s most famous and popular song…..

Bhupen Hazarika was a  multifaceted genius, a poet, music composer, singer, actor, journalist, author and film-maker of the very highest repute. He was born in 1926, in Sadiya, Assam. An extremely academically prolific person,  did his Inter (Arts) in Guwahati in 1942, and went on to Banaras Hindu University to complete his B. A. in 1944 and his M. A. in Political Science in 1946. Soon after, he left for New York, USA where he lived for five years and received his doctorate (PhD) in Mass Communication from Columbia University. He also received the Lisle Fellowship from Chicago University, USA to study the use of educational project development through cinema.

Awards

• Award for the Best Regional Film (Chameli Memsaab; Music by Bhupen Hazarika) in the 23rd National Film Awards (1975)
• Padma Bhushan (2001)
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992)
• Asom Ratna (2009)
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2009)
• Conferred as the first Indian Music Director for best music Internationally for the film Rudaali at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival at Japan in 1993.
• All India Critic Association Award for best performing folk artist (1979)

In February 2009, the All Assam Students Union erected a life size statue of Hazarika on the banks of Dighaliphukuhuri lake in Guwahati.

Asom Ratna conferred on Bhupen Hazarika

 

Source : http://bhupenhazarika-news.blogspot.com

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