New Special Cover from Himachal Pradesh

 

9 March 2025 : St. Edwards School. Shimla - 100 Years : Shimla 

- Smriti Rana, Shimla

New Special Covers

 Gandhinagar Higher Secondary School - Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

In 1942, Sri. Devudu Narasimha Sastry, Vidyasagara MPL Sastry and others started this Gandhinagar High School in Gandhinagar to impart quality education to the students of the locality. Under the stewardship of Late Prof. MPL Sastry school rose high by imparting good and value based education. The alumni includes many of our last and present State and Central Ministers, lAS, IPS, KAS, Central and State Officers. This special cover is being released to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of the school. 

 Kannada Pustaka Pradikara - Silver Jubilee Celebration

The world is witnessing information revolution that was unseen and unheard before, due to the onset of internet. Although there has been a great revolution in the means of communication, books continue to be the cheapest and fastest means to communicate and exchange experiences, thoughts, issues and knowledge. Books have been the fountainhead of knowledge, effortlessly surmounting the tests of time in transmitting the wisdom in all the directions. - K.P. Poornachandra Tejas

- Suresh R. - Bangalore

Tribute to Muni Tarun Sagar Ji Maharaj

: Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur

School Days..

Date of Issue : 17 November 2017

Here is a  beautiful set of stamps of Pro Juventure series    from Swiss Post on the theme of schooldays with a pair of motifs: Learning and playing, or blackboard and playground, that is to say Pythagoras and hopscotch. The two poles of our schooldays, the two areas in which we gather a multitude of experiences that will shape our subsequent lives. 

Acquiring knowledge and having fun: both were crucial for our development. Think back to your own childhood. What memories remain unforgettable? How did you fare back then? And how did your colleagues get on? Sure, not everyone had the same opportunities, just like today. And that’s exactly the problem that Pro Juventute is seeking to address – by creating equal opportunities for  young people. The money raised from these annual stamp issues  support projects working in this area. 

Stamp Booklet

New Special Covers

Golden Jubilee Year - SujathaHigh School, Hyderabad

Guntur Mirchi 

Undavalli Caves , Guntur

Platinum Jubilee Celebration of CSI Corely Higher Secondary School,Tambaram

C.S.I. Corely Higher Secondary School was started as Primary School by the Methodist Missionaries then it was upgraded  as a middle school in the 1941.  The school was named after a Methodist Missionary Prof. Ferrend Edward Corley who worked in Madras Christian College as a professor of history.  In the academic year 1978 - 1979 the school was upgraded as a Higher Secondary School.  By imparting holistic education, training and moulding, we help our students to be intellectually sound, morally upright, socially sensitive and spiritually perfect.

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF INNER WHEEL CLUB MADRAS - I.W.D. 323 - CHENNAI

The Barbara Kelly Home is the star project of the Inner Wheel Club of Madras.  Housing girls from single-parent homes, in its own building in Thoraipakkam, the IWC Madras completely looks after each girl's board, lodging and schooling.

- Sreejesh Krishnan, Trivandrum

150th anniversary of the Discovery of the Laws of the Heredity

 

 

Here is wonderful set of stamps from Portugal. Portugal Post has released a set of stamps to mark the 150^th anniversary of the Discovery of the Laws of the Heredity. The design of both the stamps is very nice and appealing.

Mendelian laws of inheritance are statements about the way certain characteristics are transmitted from one generation to another in an organism. The laws were derived by the Austrian monk Gregor Mendel (1822–1884) based on experiments he conducted in the period from about 1857 to 1865. For his experiments, Mendel used ordinary pea plants. Among the traits that Mendel studied were the color of a plant’s flowers, their location on the plant, the shape and color of pea pods, the shape and color of seeds, and the length of plant stems.

Mendel’s approach was to transfer pollen (which contains male sex cells) from the stamen (the male reproductive organ) of one pea plant to the pistil (female reproductive organ) of a second pea plant. As a simple example of this kind of experiment, suppose that one takes pollen from a pea plant with red flowers and uses it to fertilize a pea plant with white flowers. What Mendel wanted to know is what color the flowers would be in the offspring of these two plants.

In the second series of experiments, Mendel studied the changes that occurred in the second generation. That is, suppose two offspring of the red/white mating (“cross”) are themselves mated. What color will the flowers be in this second generation of plants? As a result of these experiments, Mendel was able to state three generalizations about the way characteristics are transmitted from one generation to the next in pea plants.

New Special Cover on Don Bosco

 

Special Cover on the occasion Bi-Centenary Birth Celebration of St. Don Bosco released on 16th August 2015

The 200th birth anniversary of St Don Bosco was celebrated at the Ravindra Bhavan, Margao on 16th August 2015 with fervour and joy. To celebrate the occasion, the Don Bosco community had organized the programme. A special cover was released on the occasion at the hands of Chief Minister of Goa Shri Laxmikant Parsekar by Postmaster General, Goa Region Shri Vinod kumar Verma (Special Cover approval no. MH/25/2015). Fr Ian Figuerado, provincial of Panjim and Konkan Region, Fr Savio Gomes, principal of Don Bosco College, Panjim; Sister Agatha, Dias vice-Province and Dias vice-Province were also present at the celebration.

St. John Bosco (b. 16 August 1815 – d. 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest of the Latin Church, educator and writer of the 19th century. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the effects of industrialization and urbanization, he dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventive System. A follower of the spirituality and philosophy of Saint Francis de Sales, Bosco dedicated his works to him when he founded the Salesians of Don Bosco, based in Turin. Together with Maria Domenica Mazzarello, he founded the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, a religious congregation of nuns dedicated to the care and education of poor girls. In 1876 Bosco founded a movement of laity, the Association of Salesian Cooperators, with the same educational mission to the poor. Don Bosco established a network of organizations and centres to carry on his work. Following his beatification in 1929, he was canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI in 1934.

Courtesy – Indian Philately Digest

Special stamp on Germans’ victory in 2014 FIFA World Cup

 

Germany's football World Cup in 2014 - an impressive success, which is also honored with a special stamp. Germany was so confident it would win the World Cup that it pre-printed a run of five million stamps commemorating its soccer victory before the final game even took place.

Just hours after Germany’s victory in Rio de Janeiro, the German Finance Ministry presented a new stamp honoring the new World Cup champions on Monday.

German Finance Ministry spokeswoman Marianne Kothe said of the decision to print the stamps in advance: “We always firmly believed in a success of the German team.”

The 60-cent stamps will go on sale nationwide on Thursday. Commemorative stamps for sporting events have a long tradition in Germany, with recent stamps marking the Olympic Games in London in 2012 and the Women’s World Cup in Germany in 2011.

In Brazil, German players celebrated their World Cup victory late into the night, ahead of their flight back to Berlin for a planned victory lap with the trophy and thousands of fans in Berlin on Tuesday morning.

200th anniversary of Danish School

A new stamp from Danish Post marks the Danish school’s 200th anniversary with familiar motifs from the school.

“2014 is an important year for the Danish school system. For 200 years, Danish children had the right and obligation to receive education. There is good reason to celebrate, and it’s a fine stamp symbol. The stamp indicates also how to communicate with each other in writing. It is a key part of our school and our community,” said Education Minister Christine Antorini. The stamps have a value of 6.5 dollars and were published on 11^th of June.

A commemorative stamp is an old tradition that elegantly ties up an anniversary that not only embraces the past, present and future. “In school we learn not just reading and arithmetic, we also learn to form communities – large and small. The stamps are helping to tell the history of Danish and thus something of what we have in common. The new school stamp is ideal if you want to send a greeting to someone who is preparing for exams, or who might need to start school after the summer, “says Morten O. Nielsen, Communications Manager at Post Denmark

 

New Special Covers..

 

175th Year of St Mary's Anglo Indian Hr. Sec. School . Chennai

Chennai Circle released a Special Cover on 175th Year of St Mary's Anglo Indian Higher. Secondary School, Chennai on 23 June 2014.

: Mahesh Parekh – Chennai : email : maheshparekhb@gmail.com

Bhagwan Mahaveera Kewal Gyan Bhumi Rijubalika Tirth

 

A special Cover was released on Bhagwan Mahaveera Kewal Gyan Bhumi Rijubalika Tirth on 25th June 2014 by approval of Jharkhand Postal Circle.

: Pradip Jain – Patna : email : philapradip@gmail.com

New Special Covers..

 

Tenzin Hospital Panthaghati, Shimla

A special cover was released on Tenzin Hospital Panthaghati Shimla during SIMPEX 2014 being held at Shimla.

Special Covers to mark India Aviation 2014 - 12th March 2014.

Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, Jointly with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry organised the 4th Edition of India Aviation 2014 from 12th - 16th March, 2014 at Begumpet Airport, Sardar Patel Road, Hyderabad. Conference on Civil Aviation sector with focus on policy issues and business aspects was held concurrent to the exhibition.

During the India Aviation 2014 exhibition, two special covers were released from Hyderabad. One cover was on Air Bus A380 at India Aviation 2014 and second cover was on 4th International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation. (Sp. Cover approval nos. AP/01/2014 & AP/O2/2014)

Special Cover to mark National launch of ATM Service by India Post - 1st March 2014.

The country’s first Post Office Savings Bank ATM was inaugurated in Chennai on 27th February 2014 by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. On 1st March 2014 two ATM were launched in New Delhi. The department will open 2,800 more such ATMs by March 2015 which is part of its core banking system (CBS) project. The initiative is part of modernisation project under which around 1.6 lakh post offices will be equipped with core banking system by 2015.

To mark the National launch of ATM service by India Post a Special Cover was released on 1st March 2014 at New Delhi.

Special Cover to mark Silver Jubilee of St. Paul Sr. Secondary Co-Ed School, Bhopal - 26th January 2014.

St. Paul School, one of the best Catholic Schools in the Arch Diocese of Bhopal, was founded in 1988 and commands a unique position in the field of education as the school becomes a second home where the children feel perfectly at home and they are imparted education through play way methods and are motivated through various child friendly activities and projects.

To commemorate the Silver Jubilee of St. Paul Sr.Secondary Co-Ed School, Bhopal a Special Cover was released on 26th January 2014.

Extension of First Day Cancellation availability from 4 weeks to 8 weeks

Philately Division of India Post has decided to extend the availability of First Day Cancellation from 4 weeks to 8 weeks with effect from 1st April 2014. This change has been notified vide Postal Directorate Office Memorandum, F. No. 38-1/2014-Phil, dated 14.03.2014 issued by Director, Philately. Instructions mentioned in Philatelic Handbook related to first day cancellation are modified in accordance with this order.

Courtesy : Indian Philately Digest ; Sreejesh Krishnan – Trivandrum

Philatelic Moments with Amitabh Bachhan…

 

M Gulrez presenting FDC of Boys High School, Allahabad to Mr. Amitabh Bachhan

 

FDC Boys High School , Allahabad  where India’s greatest film star Mr Amtabh Bachchan studied

(Cover autographed by Amitabh Bachhan )

India Post had released a stamp on BOY'S HIGH SCHOOL,where famous film star Mr.AMITABH BACHHAN did his schooling till class 7th. A grand release function was held at B.H.S. campus on 5th November 2013. Honourable Governor of U.P. Mr. B.L.Joshi was the chief guest. Mr.Amithab Bachhan was also invited but due to his hectic shooting schedule he was unable to attend the function.

 

Mr. Amitabh Bachhan autographs the FDCS

On 18th January Mr. Amithabh Bachhan invited M.Gulrez, a philatelist from Allahabad on set of his new film "BHOOTNATH RETURNS", where M. Gulrez  presented Mr. Amitabh Bachhan the FDC and stamps of B.H.S. On this occasion Mr. Amitabh Bachhan autographed few FDCs for M.Gulrez.

New Special Cover

India Post, Maharashtra & Goa Postal Circle released a Special Cover on 13-01-2014 on Janaseva Foundation, Pune.

: Ankit Agarwal – Pune : email : 3dankit@gmail.com

New Stamps on Children..

 

Thailand post issued a set of commemorative stamps dedicated to the National Children’s Day 2014.

This issue commemorates National Children’s Day 2013 in Thailand celebrated on the 12th of January. It is a regular stamp issue each year.This year the stamp features children in national costumes of the 10 ASEAN member states together with their national flags and the word “Hello” in their national languages.The stamps are issued to raise awareness of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) among children

Winter Greeting stamp from Finland

Date of Issue : 20 January 2014

Finnish Post issued a stamp on Winter Greetings featuring Snowmen,  favorite of children..

The award-winning Finnish illustrator Janne Harju has designed a stamp depicting two snowmen, which is well suited for a variety of winter greetings.  Janne Harju has brought the snowman theme to life with the beautiful design.

This is how Janne Harju himself describes the feeling of the stamp, “The snowman and boy have spent a winter’s day on the sledging hill and also made snow lanterns. In the dark of night slowly floating snowflakes sparkle in the air. The crisp snow frost bites the snowmen's cheeks, but there is warmth in the air as they stop to admire the clear winter evening sky for the first stars.”

Club News

New special Cover

Golden Jubilee of Joy Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur :  6 January 2014

A Special Cover was released to mark Golden Jubilee of Joy Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur on 6th January 2014.

: Indian Philtely Digest

Year of the Horse

 

The year 2014 is the year of Horse. Many  postal administrations are issuing stamps to commemorate this year.Greeting the New Year 2014 the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications issues the stamp set “Year of the Horse” with 2 values of 2,000 dong and 10,500 dong.

Image of horses appeared early in the East-West culture. Horses are one of the animals that have been tamed for a long time to serve for human’s daily life. Horses are one of the 12 animal designations in the Oriental culture and the Sagittarius of 12 zodiacs in the Western culture. Horses are the symbol of wealth, success, loyalty, pride and freedom (with the image of raising hooves and shouting).

 

 Club News

MAPPEX 2013

11th Madhya Pradesh Philatelic Exhibition is being held in Bhopal from 19 – 21 December 2013.  The following jury evaluated the exhibits and awarded 6 large Vermeil,5 Vermeil,11 Large Silver,9 Silver,12 Silver Bronze,8 Bronze and 20 Diploma to the participants. The exhibition will be concluded today.

1. Mr A.P. Srivastava, CPMG - Chairperson of the Jury

2. Mr Dhanjay Desai – Ahmedabad

3. Dr SP Gupta – Meerut

4. Mr Umesh Kakkeri – Mumbai ( Apprentice Jury )

Buddha Cover from Gorakhpur

Special Cover on Buddha issued from Gorakhpur is available with  Postmaster, Golghar, Gorakhpur – 273001. Ph.  8004958478

New Special Cover

 

 

A special cover on St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur Cantt. was released during the district level philatelic exhibition  JABALIPEX 2013 which held in Jabalpur from 20 -21 November 2013.

 

: Arvind Mullick -  Jabalpur - email : arvindmullick@yahoo.com

My Recent Covers..

 

Cover with memorable date : 11-12-13

Thanks to Mr Suraj Jaitly for  11-12-13 cover

 

First Day Cover with Place Cancellatiom

150 Years of The Lawrence School, Sanawar

(1847 – 1997)

First Day Cover with place cancellation of Sanawar

Thanks to Mrs Vandana Thapalyal for this special FDC

The Lawrence School, Sanawar, is a co-educational boarding school near Chandigarh. It is located in the Kasauli Hills, District of Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. The school, founded in 1847 by Sir Henry Lawrence and his wife Honoria, is one of Asia's oldest surviving boarding schools. Sanawar is affiliated with India's Central Board of Secondary Education.

In the school's name, "Sanawar" is the name of the hill on which it stands. The nearest railway station is now usually spelt "Sonwara".

New Special Covers…

 

Stanislaus High School Mumbai : 22 November 2013

India Post, Maharashtra & Goa Postal Circle released a Special Cover on 22-11-2013 on St. Stanislaus High School Mumbai. & on 23-11-2013 on St. Mary's School, I.C.S.E. Mumbai.

St. Mary's School, I.C.S.E. Mumbai : 23 November 2013

 

: Ankit Agarwal. Pune : email : 3dankit@gmail.com 

 

Banerji Memorial Club Building : 9 November 2013

 

India Post, Kerala Postal Circleissued a special Cover on 09-11-2013 on Banerjee Memorial Club Building on the occasion of its Centenary Celebrations. Banerji Memorial Club was established in the year 1914, in the land donated by His Highness Maharajah of cochin Sri. Rama Varma XV to commemorate the name of Sir A. R. Banerji I.C.S., the then Diwan of Cochin.

: Sreejesh Krishnana - Trivandrum : email  : sreejesh.nt@gmail.com

 

Palmares Night showcases winners of stamp exhibition

By Jamil Khan
December 10, 2013

SHARJAH: Four collectors, including two representatives of UAE had awarded at the award ceremony of the 42nd UAE National Day Stamp Exhibition, hosted by Mega Mall Sharjah and The Emirates Philatelic Association (EPA) on Sunday night.

The gala dinner and award ceremony was held at the Holiday International Sharjah andf attended by dignitaries as well as the participants including the dealers and exhibitors of 5-day stamp exhibition.

The highest marks were awarded to the UAE’s representatives: Bernardo Longo for a remarkable exhibit on Air mail by Gulf Aviation from 1950-1973, and Jamal Al Barazi for his fascinating display of Syrian Army Postal tags from 1954-1950.

There were two more winners of the prestigious large vermeil award, both representing Saudi Arabia: Tarek Mokhtar, whose exhibit was titled: “Shibin El-Kom Postmarks 1870-1922”, and Ahmed Hani Al Kilani, on Egyptian Postal Stationery from 1865-1949.

From almost 50 exhibitors displaying their work, nine philatelists were honoured with vermeil awards in addition to the four who won the top prize. A further four won large silver, seven walked away with silver, eight took silver bronze and 11 took bronze. There were also seven certificates of participation awarded.

Commenting on the Palmares Night, Saeed Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, vice president of Mega Mall, said: “We extend our hearty congratulations to all our winners on their outstanding achievements. Many of the exhibits we had this year were of really exceptional quality, shining a light on the history, heritage and culture of the UAE and Middle East in a way that is unique to philately.”

He added that Mega Mall has been honoured to host this prestigious exhibition, and we are delighted that it has inspired such an encouraging level of engagement from participants and visitors alike. There is no doubt that for the past five days, Sharjah has been at the centre of the philately world.

Abdulla Khoory, president of Emirates Philately Association, said: “It was with the greatest pleasure that I viewed some simply stunning collections as a testament to the tireless work and commitment of our prize winners. The breadth of themes that were covered – 19th, 20th, and 21st century, spanning a diverse range of industries and subjects all around the world – in particular made for a fascinating exhibition. I am sure that the past five days have stoked the interests of a great many newcomers to philately, as well as intriguing seasoned collectors.”

The award winners honoured during the Palmares Night came from seven countries in the Middle East – the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iraq – each participating in one of seven classes – literature , postal history, postal stationery, thematic, traditional, one frame and youth categories.

The Gulf Today