New Stamps on Girl Guides

Hong Kong Girl Guides, established in 1916, has been committed to helping local girls and young women to achieve balanced and all-round development and empowering them to become responsible global citizens through various training activities.

To celebrate the centenary of this Association Hong Kong Post introduced four inspiring and well-designed stamps incorporating badges of four training areas (i.e. Service, Character, Fitness and Skill) in the background. The stamps also illustrate the development of Hong Kong Girl Guides by featuring their uniforms from different periods.

$1.70 – The stamp features the current Hong Kong Girl Guide uniform, with the “First Aid Badge”, “AIDS Knowledge Badge”, “Environmental Protection Badge” and “Community Health Badge” as the background. A Promise Badge, the emblem of the Association, is pinned on the scarf of the uniform. A stylised version of the Chinese character “Gwong”, meaning the first light, is incorporated at the centre of the emblem to symbolise the spirit of the Girl Guide Movement: guiding people onto the bright path.

$2.90 – The stamp depicts the uniform of the Brownies in the 1970s. The interest badges “Against Corruption”, “Book Lover”, “Friendship” and “Thrift” are showcased in the stamp background. Each Brownie Pack has its own name. The oldest current Brownie Pack in Hong Kong is the “1st Island Pack”.

$3.70 – The stamp showcases the Sea Rangers’ uniform from the 1940s to 1970s. The stamp background is decorated with the “Orienteering Badge”, “Country Walking Badge”, “Basic Survival Badge” and “Star Gazing Badge”. The Ranger training is based on a “self-governing and self-programming” principle. They have more flexibility in deciding the context of meetings, group activities and the personal training programme.

$5 – The stamp portrays the Brownies’ uniform for the Chinese from the 1920s to 1930s. The “Artist Badge”, “Signaller Badge”, “Craft Badge” and “Knotter Badge” are featured in the background. The then Brownies’ uniform was in distinctive Chinese style.

This set of four commemorative stamps exquisitely depicts Hong Kong Girl Guide uniforms from different eras on a light yellow background. The perforation of the stamps in the souvenir sheet, which delineates the emblem of the Association, is unique in design.

Club News

New Special Cover from Kerala

Muziris An ancient port town

27 February 2016

New Stamp Bulletin from Trivandrum..

Ananthpuri Stamp Bulletin 

Editor - Mohanachandran Nair

Anathapuri Philatelic Association, Thiruvanthapuram is going to complete 4 years this month.  Today during the monthly meeting club's FIRST E-MAGAZINE , Stamp bulletin Called "ANANTAPURI STAMP BULLETIN"  was released.

To subscribe please contact  : Ananthapuri Philatelic Association : email :

apa.tvpm@gmail.com

Rainbow Stamp News November 2015

 

Hi !

I Have just uploaded November 2015 Issue of Rainbow Stamp News on Blog. It is available on following links. This issue gives detailed report of UTTARPEX 2015, recently concluded at Lucknow.

http://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.in/2015/11/rainbow-november-2015.html

http://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.in/  ( Indian Readers )

http://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.com/  ( Overseas Readers )

Recent Philatelic Journals

 

VADOPHIL  - Quarterly News Bulletin of Baroda Philatelic Society  Jan – Apr 2015

Edited by Prashant Pandya & Timir Shah

email : edesk@prashantpandya.com

 

 

 

Journal of The Army Philatelic Society Vol 13 No. 1 & 2 (2015)

Edited by Col Jayanta Durtta and Dr Anjali Dutta

email : doctorjayanta2009@gmail.com

 

Rainbow Stamp News :  June 2015 

Edited by Jeevan Jyoti : email : j.jyoti9@gmail.com

ITS Stamp News – Stamp Journal of Indian Thematic Society - April – June 2015

Edited by Suraj Jaitly email : indianthematicsociety@gmail.com

 

 

Stamps Today (January - February 2015)

Edited by Vijay Seth - email : stampstodayindia@gmail.com

 

 

Old Toys – Europa2015 Theme

 

 

Date of Issue : 8 May 2015

I am sharing here few stamps to be released by European Countries in 2015 on “old traditional” Toys. The theme of Europa 2015 is old Toys. Europa stamps will feature popular traditional old toys of the respective countries.  Stamp from Aland features  “Monkey with drum”. This toy was very popular few decades ago all over the world . Pulling toys were also favorites of little children and will be featured on stamps from Denmark. Building Blocks have  always been  very popular among children and these will appear on stamps from Denmark.

Denmark

Date of Issue : 2 January 2015

Finland

Date of Issue : 4 May 2015

Iceland

Date of Issue : 30th April 2015

View : Complete list of Europa 2015 stamps

Toys

The meaning of toys as we know it today being exclusively playthings for children was not commonly used until the nineteenth century. Before then and even into the early 1800’s the word toy was used to describe anything from an adult bauble of little or no value to a very expensive miniature (like handcrafted pieces of silver furniture handmade by the best craftsmen). The word toy comes from an old English world meaning tool.

Ancient toys from excavations of Egyptian ruins show that children had a variety: painted wood balls or glazed papyrus and reeds; spinning tops of wood, papyrus, or stone; pull toys and dolls crafts of wood, ivory, gold, bronze and clay. Some wooden animals had moveable parts, like the jaws of tigers and crocodiles.

Both in Greek and Roman times there were lots of different children’s playthings. They played with clay spinning tops (some propelled with a piece of thread on the end of a stick), balls, terracotta animals and dolls with moving arms and legs, baby toys including animal shaped rattles. Roman children had dolls, wooden toy hoops, spinning tops, drums, draughts, and wooden animals.  Children's games like naughts and crosses, knucklebones and blind man's bluff existed. Wood horses for both these eras were also favourites, including models of the Trojan horse. Many in this period were designed to develop physical fitness. Some, like the hoop, were used by both children and adults. Kites were another old plaything enjoyed by young and old. The Chinese, who invented kites over 3000 years ago, developed many variations and also used them to send signals. The Chinese or Japanese invented the whipped top at an early date. These became so popular and all different types spread throughout Asia and the Middle East. In the English 1500’s toys were popular. For example a Tudor Christmas was a special celebration full of fun and also pomp. The celebrations took place in halls and a Lord of Misrule rode in on a hobby horse, Mummers were actors, Jesters kept everyone happy and Merrymakers (ordinary people) wore costumes and heads of strange monsters! The musicians would have played with pipes, drums, lutes and whistles from a gallery.

As long as toys have existed they have reflected the cultures that produced them. They reflect popular styles of clothing, activities, occupations, social standards and conditions. For example boats, wheeled vehicles and planes of transportation all show the styles of the period in which they were made. Doll makers and craft toys often reflect period styles and clothing.

The Europa 2015 stamps will feature old traditional toys .

Club News

"ITS Stamp News"and completes 17 years of publication

The Indian Thematic Society has issued a new issue no.68 December 2014 of its quarterly magazine "ITS Stamp News" ( Editor – Suraj Jaitly ) and completed 17 years of its regular publication without any break or combined issue. Many many congratulations to Mr Suraj Jaitly.The issue has been despatched to its regular subscribers if you are not its subscriber Please contact :

Suraj Jaitly  email :   indianthematicsociety@gmail.com

Mobile: +91 98728 51244
MIG # 3464, Phase Two, Dugri Road, Ludhiana - 141 013 INDIA

Press Clippings

Finding music in stamps and coins

Gandikota Sriramarao has 250 coins and 93 musical currency notes, apart from over 4,000 stamps from around the world, collected over 24 years. Photo: R. Ravindran – The Hindu

There is music in these postage stamps. They are not just pieces of paper with images on them but contain music that you can listen to,’ says retired Commander Gandikota Sriramarao, as he shows off his collection of gramophone record/CD/DVD stamps from Bhutan and North Korea that can actually be played.

The Visakhapatnam-based philatelist is exhibiting his collection of currency notes, coins and pictorial cancellations related to music at the Tag Listening and Viewing Archives at The Music Academy.

An avid interest in music and singing led Mr. Sriramarao to learn music after he retired from the Indian Navy.

“Collecting stamps, coins and currency have been my passion from childhood. But when I started learning music, I decided to collect things connected to music. I have been doing it for 24 years now and have 250 coins and 93 musical currency notes apart from over 4,000 stamps from around the world,” says the 74-year-old who spends half his pension on this.

A walking encyclopaedia on stamps and currency, he says, “There are 76 musical post offices in 13 countries. They are named after musicians.”

At the exhibition, open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. till Saturday, one can see coins shaped like guitars and those embedded with Swarovski crystals, or even gold and silver.

Mr. Sriramarao’s wife, Ramalakshmi Gandikota, herself a musician, and son Vijai Gandikota too share his passion for stamps and are at hand to explain the significance of the collection to visitors at the exhibition.

The Hindu  - 17 December 2014

- Mahesh Parekh - Chennai

CG International Philatelic Promotion Award

 

 

Presented by
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

Organised by

Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG,
Steinbeisstr. 6+8, D-74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen - Germany, Tel +49 (0)7142-789400; Fax +49 (0)7142-789410; www.cg-award.com

Conditions of participation
All working groups, societies, clubs, associations, or publishers of philatelic magazines or newsletters publishing a periodical (at least once per ­calendar year) are entitled to participate.
Periodicals submitted must be periodicals published between September 1st, 2013 and August 31st, 2014 to qualify.

Closing date
for entries is September 15th, 2014.

Registration and Submission

To register please fill out the application form (www.cg-award.com ; also available in printed form from the organizing committee) and submit 4 copies of one periodical published after August 31st, 2013 to the organizing committee. We ­accept submissions in all languages, however an adequate English, German or French trans­lation must be provided for publications in other ­languages. Application forms have to be filled out in German or English.

For details visit :   www.cg-award.com

Dear Philatelic Friends,

Why not submit your philatelic publication as an entry for an international competition? This year, the lucrative CG International Philatelic Promotion Award will be given for the second time.

Auction House Christoph Gärtner is best known for the large international auctions we have been holding three to four times annually since 2006. Today, we would like to introduce you to another aspect of our commitment to philately: the CG International Philatelic Promotion Award, initiated and funded by Auction House Christoph Gärtner.

The award got great interest from all around the world in its highly successful first year, 2013. This fortified us in our belief that there is a strong interest in promoting philatelic research and the preservation of philatelic knowledge.

Research should never come to a halt, and therefore we encourage you to continue your commitment to philately. With this letter I would like to invite you personally to participate in this competition to present your own fascinating philatelic research to a wide audience as well as an international judging panel. This is a chance not only to compete, but also to learn from your fellow collectors’ submissions.

The competition is open to all philatelic groups, clubs, associations, societies and publishers of philatelic magazines and newsletters publishing a periodical anywhere in the world. In the competition, print media, digital media and the promotion of young talent/public relations shall be considered as a whole. The judging panel is independent in their deliberations and decisions and Auction House Christoph Gärtner is not involved in the assessment process.

Entries for this year’s award must be received by September 15^th, 2014.

www.cg-award.com

Sincerely yours,

Yours,
Christoph Gärtner & team

News Courtesy : Abhai Mishra - Dehradun

Flying high…

 

 

Date of Issue : 11 July 2014

Jersey Post  issued a set of six stamps and a Souvenir Sheetlet on  11th July in celebration of the Red Arrows’ 50th display season. 

The stamps feature dynamic photographs from the Red Arrows’ incredible displays, including four images captured by local photographer Andy Le Gresley during the 2012 Jersey Air Display and two images supplied by the Red Arrows official photographers.

Acknowledged as one of the world’s premier aerobatic teams, the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, is the public face of the Royal Air Force acting as ambassadors of Great Britain. In addition to demonstrating the professional excellence of the Royal Air Force and its skilled, well-trained people, the Red Arrows support wider British interests overseas, as well as helping more than 500 charities every year.

Since the team’s creation in 1965, the Red Arrows have flown over 4,000 displays in 52 countries, including the Channel Islands every September as part of the Battle of Britain week. For 2014, a new tailfin design has been unveiled to celebrate the Red Arrows 50^thdisplay season. In the shape of a Union flag, the striking new tail design reflects the Best of British and is the most significant change to the look of the famous aircraft in its history.

Club News

Stamps Today, a bimonthly Stamp and Coin magazine edited and published by Mr Vijay Seth. May - June 2014 issue carries news and informative article on philately. To subscribe please contact at email : stampstodayindia@gmail.com

New stamps from Singapore..

 

Date of Issue : 18 July 2014

Here are new stamps from Singapore featuring images of four landmarks: The Main Jetty (2nd local), Chek Jawa (S$0.65), the Wayang Stage (S$0.80) and a Quarry (S$1.10).The Islands of Singapore stamps were launched by SingPost and the National Heritage Board on 18th July.

New stamp from Indonesia

65th Founding Anniversary of Kapatagan

Kapatagan was formerly a part of Kolambugan, it existed as municipal district from 1939 to 1948. Kapatagan later became a larger municipality July 5, 1949 by Virtue of Executive Order No. 273.

The town’s name was derived from the Visayan word patag meaning “plain” or valley. Kapatagan is a municipality in the Phipippined province Lanao Del Norte in Region X Northern Mindanao which belongs to the Mindanao group of islands.

Administratively, the Municipality of Kapatagan is subdivided into 33 barangays. One barangay seats at the center of the city, whereas, the other 32 barangays are in the outlying areas. Some of them are even several kilometers away from the center of the Municipality.

Cathedral Falls that is depicted on a stamp is commonly called as Cathedral falls, is located 2 kilometers away from Barangay Poblacionand is accessible by all types of vehicles since the road leading to this majestic falls. Cathedral Falls is so-called due to its majestic formation of rocks resembling designs of a famous cathedral, through which the cascading water from upstream Barangay Kidalos is flowing.

Club News

Latest issue of Vadophil (Issue no. 139) , Quarterly Newsletter of Baroda Philatelic Society, Vadodara edited by Mr Prashant Pandya has been released.

Visit http://www.indianphilately.net/ipperiodicals.html to read the newsletter.

To subscribe the newsletter please contact : info@vadophil.org

Tentative Issue Calendar of stamps for July to November 2014 declared by India Post

1. Liver Transplantation in India - July/August 2014
2. Musicians of India - (i) Ravi Shankar, (ii) Bhimsen Joshi, (iii) D. K. Pattammal, (iv) Gangubai Hangal, (v) Kumar Gandharva, (vi) Vilayat Khan (vii) Mallikarjun Mansur (viii) Ali Akbar Khan - August, 2014
3. Gaiety Theatre Complex, Shimla - August, 2014
4. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan - September, 2014
5. UTI - October/November, 2014

The date of issue has not been declared for these issues.

News from Bangalore

Recently at Carniball philately exhibition,Bangalore  about more than 200  students from Shiksha Sagar High School KEB layout Sanjaynagar Bangalore  visited and taken part in various activities.

 

: Sreejesh Krishnan – Trivandrum , Jagannath Mani - Bangalore 

 

World Flower Show

 

Date of Issue : 12 June 2014

Here is a beautiful se-tenant pair of stamps issued by An Poat ( Ireland ) featuring orchid to  commemorate World Flower Show .

On June 12, 2014, An Post issued two new stamps to celebrate the first year Ireland will host the World Flower Show.

For five days in June, the Royal Dublin Society will host the World Association of Flower Arrangers (WAFA) World Flower Show 2014. This is a major event in the international floriculture calendar and an important festival with participants from all 31 member countries including North and South America, South Africa, The Far East, Australia, New Zealand and from all over Europe.

Events include a Flower Arranger’s Conference with over 1,200 participants and The World Flower Show, an exhibition of flower arrangements that will be open to the public. This exhibition will showcase the beautiful and extravagant creations of flower arrangers from all over the world and the RDS is expected to attract over 10,000 visitors per day from all over the world.

The World Flower Show is a triennial event and 2014 is the first year Ireland has been invited to host the event. The theme for the show is ‘A Floral Odyssey’. During the show, the Royal Dublin Society’s Convention Complex will be transformed into a haven of beauty filled with spectacular competitive floral exhibits. Creativity and innovation from floral artists will be to the fore while Irish and International floral demonstrators and lecturers will take visitors on magical tours.

There will be organized tours of the gardens and scenery of Dublin and the surrounding counties and everything culminates in a gala banquet on the final night.

The two stamps were designed by Atelier David Smith to mark World Flower Show 2014 in Dublin. They are very intriguing stamps and show details from a photograph of an orchid. The actual orchid featured here is of the genus Phalaenopsis and is native to South East Asia,but has become a very common house plant in Ireland. It was photographed using X-ray techniques to reveal the varying hues and details in the petals.

New Special Cover 

 

HARITHSREE 2014

A special Cover  HARRTHASREE 2014 was released on World Environment Day in Kottayam, Krerala.The Government of Kerala has envisaged a new programme - "Participatory Environment Action Programme ( PEAP) " on World Environment Day, 5th June 2014, a component of PEAP - HARITHASREE -  a participatory programme for increasing greenery enriching biodiversity and improving ecosystem will be launched by Kerala Forests and  wildlife  Department.  HARITHASREE is founded on the philosophy  - " Oru Manushaynu Oru Maram".  Each citizen is encouraged to plant, nurture and protect one seedling. 

- Sreejesh Krishnan – Trivandrum

Club News

Recent  Philatelic Newsletters

ITS Stamp News

Indian Thematic  Society has issued a new issue no.66 June 2014 of its quarterly magazine "ITS Stamp News". To subscribe tha magazine please contact Suraj Jaitly email : indianthematicsociety@gmail.com

Indian Thematic Society : http://indianthematicstamps.webs.com/

ITS Stamp News :  http://itsstampnews.blogspot.com/

GPA News

June 2014 Edition (Issue 24) of GPA News from Gujarat Philatelists' Association has been released.. Please Click Here to Read GPA NEWS Online  To subscribe the Newsletter please contact : Gujarat Philatelists' Association  email :  gpanews@gujaratphilately.com

New Europa 2014 stamps

 

Date of Issue : 7 May 2014

Here are new stamps on Europa 2014 theme from Monaco, Cyprus (Turkish Post) and Germany.This year, the theme of the Europa best stamp competition is “ National Music Instruments”. The mandolin ( featured on Monaco stamp) plays an essential role in Monegasque traditions. It accompanies the dancing of the folk group, La Palladienne de Monaco.

Cyprus (Turkish Post)

 

Date of Issue: 23 May 2014

Germany

Date of Issue: 8 May 2014

Club News

Latest issue of  'Vadophil' (No. 138)  newsletter of Baroda Philatelic Society, edited by Mr Prashant Pandya has been released. It is available at :  http://vadophil.org/Vadophil138.pdf

 

New Stamp from India

 

 

Date of Issue : 14 January 2014

Image courtesy : Mansoor B. - Mangalore

India Post released its first stamp of the year 2014 on 14th January to  commemorate 50 years of Food Corporation of India.

Food Corporation of India was set up on 14 January 1965 having its first District Office at Thanjavur - rice bowl of Tamil Nadu - and headquarters at Chennai under the Food Corporations Act 1964 to implement the following objectives of the National Food Policy :

1. Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers
2. Distribution of foodgrains throughout the country for Public Distribution System
3. Maintaining satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of food grains to ensure National Food Security
4. Regulate market price to provide foodgrains to consumers at a reliable price 

It is one of the largest corporations in India and probably the largest supply chain management in Asia (Second in world ) . It operates through 5 zonal offices and 24 regional offices. Each year, the Food Corporation of India purchases roughly 15-20 per cent of India's wheat output and 12-15 per cent of its rice output. The purchases are made from the farmers at the rates declared by the Govt. of India. This rate is called as MSP (Minimum support Price). There is no limit for procurement in terms of volume, any quantity can be procured by FCI provided the stock satisfies FAQ (Fair Average Quality) specifications with respect to FCI.

 

Club News

Recent Philatelic Newsletters..

Vadophil

Latest issue of Vadophil (136-137) Newsletter  of Baroda Philatelic Society edited by Mr Prashant Pandy   is released now. Visit http://www.indianphilately.net/ipperiodicals.html for more details. You can download it from the link http://vadophil.org/Vadophil_136_137.pdf

 

GPA News

 

GPA News from Gujarat Philatelists' Association  has been released .Please Click Here to Read GPA NEWS Online for the Month of December 2013 in Flash Version or, Please Click Here to Read GPA News in PDF version. Click or Copy and Paste following URL in your browser to Download it : http://goo.gl/8RL0vZ

 Picture Postcards from Karnataka Postal Circle

Karnataka Postal Circle has brought out set of 15 Postcards . The Postcards feature images of some MS,  Buddha, Gandhi, Temple, handicraft etc.  The cost of each card is Rs.3/- and the size of post card is  4x6 . The cards can be obtained from all  Philatelic Bureaus and Head Post office Post Offices of Karnataka Postal Circle.