Heroes of the Covid Pandemic

 

To be issued on 23 March 2022

Royal Mail will issue a set of 8 stamps to commemorate the Heroes of COVID Pandemic on 23 March 2022. The postcards with the same stamp designs will also be issued.

In Spring 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Royal Mail Chief Executive, Simon Thompson launched a special stamp design competition. School children from across the UK were invited to design a postage stamp featuring their own hero or heroes of the Covid pandemic. The response was unprecedented, with surplus 600,000 children taking part.

With over a world record-breaking 600,000 entries, Royal Mail carefully selected 120 regional finalists. From this, a special panel of judges, including the Prime Minister, picked 24 regional winners. The final eight winning designs, were personally selected by HRH The Prince of Wales, with the finished stamps approved by HM The Queen.

Postcards

New Special Covers and Cancellations

 

Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccination Drive: 16 January 2021

Ecological Vision of Mahatma Gandhi : 5 December 2021

Thanks to Mr. Rahul Ganguli, Prayag Philatelic Society, Allahabad for these special Covers.

Cover & Postcard by Central India Philatelic Society

Central India Philatelic Society prepared a cover and Postcard to commemorate 125th Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on 23rd January 2021. Satna H.P.O. provided special cancellation of Parakram Diwas. 

- Sudhir Jain, Satna (MP)

COVID -19 Vaccination Drive

 Rollout of COVID Vaccination Drive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pan India Rollout of  COVID -19 vaccination drive on 16th January 2021

 Thanks to  Mr Rahul Ganguli, Prayag Philatelic Society, Allahabad, for this special cover issued by CPMG, UP Circle, Lucknow.

Stop COVID- 19

Date of Issue : 30 December 2020

On December 30, 2020 the State Committee of Information Technology and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic puts into circulation a Kyrgyz Express Post postage stamp: “Stop COVID-19 !”.

Club News

Lucknow Philatelic Society

Triennial elections to form the executive committee of the prestigious Lucknow Philatelic Society were held under the supervision of returning officer Mr K C Gupta on 17 Jan 2021. The following members were elected unopposed for the period 2021  to 2024.

Mr Ashok Kumar- President

Mr Navin Singh- Genral Secretary

Mr Kalim Athar Khan-Joint Secretary

Mr Ramesh Chandra- Treasurer

Mr Sandeep Chaurasia- Incharge Media

Col Akhil Kumar- Organisation Secretary

Covid - 19 Special Covers and Cancellations

 Cover released at Patna

- Pradip Jain, Patna

Lucknow

Allahabad

Bangalore

Pune

Jammu n Kashmir

Dehradun

Dharamshala

Shimla

Source - Ashwani Dubey- Gorakhpur, Praveen Shastry- Bangalore; Pan India Postal Pictorial Place Cancellations

New Stamps from India Post

 Salute to COVID 19 warriors

Date of Issue : 24 December 2020

17 December 2020 : Sheikh Mujibur Rahman  - Mujib 100 Years  – Rs 5

24 December 2020 : Salute to COVID19 Warriors – 4 x Rs 10

27 December 2020 : Manikchandra Vajpayee – Rs 5

New Corona Stamp on Toilet Paper by Austria Post

 

Austria postal service prints coronavirus-themed stamp on toilet paper. The stamp was inspired by the panic-buying of toilet paper when COVID-19 first hit Europe in the spring. It shows a baby elephant, a symbol which has encouraged citizens to keep their distance during the pandemic.The stamp shows a drawing of a baby elephant to indicate the 1-meter physical distancing advice used in Austria

The national delivery service said it got the idea for the three-layered stamp when hygienic products, in particular toilet paper, became a symbol for panic-buying. The splurges were sparked by lockdowns implemented to curb infections as the pandemic took hold across Europe earlier this year.

However, it took several months to turn the vision into reality due to a lack of material."Domestic toilet paper was sold out for a long time and difficult to get in the required quantities," the state-controlled mail service said in a statement, reported by news agency dpa.

Courtesy - Photograph: Leonhard Föger/Reuters

Keep your distance

The stamp shows an image of a baby elephant, which has been used in Austria to symbolize the 1-meter (3.2 feet) physical distancing advice used in the European country to avoid the spread of the novel virus.

The novelty doesn't end there, though. The stamp has the unusual value of €2.75 plus a surcharge of €2.75 ($3.25), as the mail service donates half of the price to help those who have been severely affected by the pandemic.

Global Handwashing Day

Special Cover - KTK/81/2020 - Global Handwashing : Day 15 October 2020 : Bengaluru

 

New Special cover released today at Banglore.

The First "Global Handwashing Day" was observed in 2008. Hand washing is a simple, inexpensive and effective way of preventing the spread of microorganisms. If you wash your hands with soap regularly, you and your family will be healthy. Hand washing is a life-saving measure.

There is no better time for us to change hand washing behaviour forever.
Protect yourself by proper hand washing, stay safe from COVID-19.

Special Cover - KTK/82/2020 - Mails Day - National Postal Week : 15 October 2020 : Bengaluru

Once dubbed as 'Snail Mail' has now got wings added to it. Online processing, Track and Trace, strong Road Transport Network, Airconnectivity to even Tier II and Tier III cities, Real Time delivery status update, SMS on delivery to the customers have heralded the new age Post Office. When there was a complete standstill in the entire country due to COVID-19 Lockdowns, India Post was live and kicking, carrying Mask, Sanitizers, Medicines, Ventilators, COVID-19 Testing kits crisscrossing the whole length and breadth of the country. Warriors from India Post were at the doorsteps of the needy for making cash payment when it was most needed.

We salute our warriors on this Mails Day, 15th October 2020 of the National Postal Week.

- Suresh R. - Banglore : email :   suresh.hobbies@gmail.com

     

New Special Covers

66th Wildlife Week 2020

Wildlife week: 8 October 2020 : Malleswaram 560003

Anshi National Park : 8 October 2020 : Malleshwaram

Kappatagudda Wildlife Sanctuary : 8 October 2020 Gadag City 582103

Kudremukh National Park: 8 October 2020 : Malleshwaram

Rajiv Gandhi National Park : 8 October 2020 : Molleswaram

Bannerghatta national Park : 8 October 2020 : Molleswaram

Bandipur National Park : 8 October 2020 : Molleswaram

Jagannath Mani, Bangalore

Postal Life Insurance Day : 12 October 2020 : Balangir 767001

Image Courtesy  : Orissa Philatelic Association

Special franking on "LIVE & LET LIVE" on 10-10-2020

A special Franking Cancellation has been issued at Hubli (Karnataka) with Jainism slogan "LIVE & LET LIVE" on Unique Date10-10-2020.Only 300 serial-numbered covers were printed, franked and posted. The same day they were delivered with the delivery seal.

- Sudhir Jain- Satna (MP)

On 9th October on the occasion of World Post Day and closure of Gandhi stamp exhibition a special cover dedicated to Corona Warrior from  India Post employees, was released by CPMG Mr. Gupta- MP circle. 

-OP Kedia, Indore (MP)

151st World Postcard Day celebrations

 Special Cover: 151st World Postcard Day 1-10-2020

A Special Cover was released by Karnataka Postal Circle today and 12 different postcards on toys were issued.

Image credit- Praveen Shastry, Bangalore

Postcard issued by Uttar Pradesh Circle

Image Courtesy - Prayag Philatelic Society

Special Cancellation on Covid Warriors : 'Say Namaste for Handshake'.

Rourkela Division has released a Special Cancellation today (1 October 2020) in honour of the COVID warriors. The theme is 'Say Namaste for Handshake'.

The Cancellation was released by Shri Dibyajyoti Parida, IAS, Commissioner, Rourkela Municipal Corporation in a small function also graced by Dr Sashanka Kabi Satapathy, Medical Officer, Hi-Tech COVID Hospital, Rourkela.

Courtesy - Bibhudutta Mishra, EIPA, Bhubaneshwar