New Picture Postcards

5 Postcard Sets issued during Benglurupex 2025 on 5 November, 2025.

dedicated to Heritage,  Art & Culture, Science and Sports, Environment and Women of Karnataka

- Col. Akhil Kumar, Bengaluru

New Pictorial Cancellation and Picture Postcard

23 July 2025 :  National Broadcasting Day

A special cancellation was released by Raipur Philatelic Bureau Chhattisgarh Circle on 23 July 2025 to celebrate National Broadcasting Day. A picture post card was also released on this occasion.

- Capt. Vijay Wadhwa - Raipur (C.G.)

New Pictorial cancellation

 

Advanced Postal Technology IT 2.0

On the occasion of IT 2.0, a special cancellation was released by the Chhattisgarh Postal Circle on 22 July 2025.

-Capt.Vijay Wadhwa

Image source : SIPA

News from Philatelic Societies and Clubs

AMSI Zoom Meeting

25 July 2025

New Special Cancellation : AXIOM 4

 

AXIOM Mission 4 : Sucessful Return : 15 July 2025 : Raipur (C.G.)

On successful return of Group Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla from ISS, a special cancellation and one Picture Postcard  was released yesterday 15 July 205  by Chhattisgarh Postal  Circle, Raipur.

'Earth welcomes its explorers AXIOM 4 returns with Pride'

-Capt. Vijay Wadhwa - Raipur (C.G.)

My recent cover

Special Cancellation : 21 June :World Music Day : Trivandrum

Thanks to Mr P. Mohanachandran Nair-Trivandrum

New special Cover : Group Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla

 

Group Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla

The Second Indian Astronaut in Space and the first to visit the International Space Station

 Air Mail Society India Foundation (AMSI) released a special cover on 25^th June 2025 to celebrate the launch of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the second Indian in space and the first headed for the International Space Station.

 

This cover was produced in a limited quantity of 100 individually numbered covers and carries the Permanent Pictorial Cancellation of the National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL) Bengaluru depicting the ISRO Rocket. A cover was mailed to each AMSI member as a memento.

- Piyush Khaitan , Air Mail Society India Foundation

New Pictorial Cancellations

 

26 June 2025 : International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking : Bengaluru

Source : Pan India Postal Pictorial Place Cancellations

26 June 2025 : International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking : Bhavnagar

25 June 2025 : Axiom Mission  4 : Raipur (C.G.)

 Raipur Philatelic Bureau Chhattisgarh,   released a pictorial cancellation on 25 June 2025 on AXIOM MISIION-4 To International Space Station.

-Capt. Vijay Wadhwa - Raipur (C.G.)

Axiom Mission 4

The Ax-4 mission will “realize the return” to human spaceflight for India, Poland, and Hungary, with each nation’s first government-sponsored flight in more than 40 years. While Ax-4 marks these countries' second human spaceflight mission in history, it will be the first time all three nations will execute a mission on board the International Space Station. This historic mission underscores how Axiom Space is redefining the pathway to low-Earth orbit and elevating national space programs globally.

New stamps from India

 

125 Years of Kdaikanal Solar Observatory

Date of Issue: 16 May 2025

Date of Issue: 1 May 2025

Scientific Achievements

 

Scientific Achievements of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Alva Edison

Date of Issue : 2 August 2022

Jersey Post issued a set of 6 stamps on famous scientific achievements by Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. The stamps feature Telephone, Electric Bulb, Phonograph, Metal Detector, Motion Picture Camera and Twisted pair Cable.

Scientific Achievements

2022 marks 175 years since the birth of both Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison and 100 years since the death of Bell. This issue, with art by Beatrice Garcia, celebrates the two inventors and some of their greatest inventions. Through their innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, both inventors have undoubtedly shaped the world in which we live today.

A set of six stamps from on 'Scientific Achievements' from Jersey Post . Artist Beatrice Garcia depicts Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison's inventions in a painted style.

STEM Education stamps from USPS

Date of Issue : 6 April 2018

The US Postal service will issue a set of four stamps on science, technology, engineering and mathematics on 6th April 2018.

STEM Education

These Forever stamps celebrate the role of science, technology, engineering and    mathematics  education in keeping America a global leader in innovation. 

In an increasingly competitive world, proficiency in the fields collectively known as STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — is more critical than ever.  Designed to pique the curiosity of the viewer, each of these four stamps features a collage of faces, symbols, drawings and numbers that represent the complexity and interconnectedness of the STEM disciplines.

New Stamps from India - The Solar System

The Solar System

Date of Issue : 20 March 2018

India Post issued  a set of 8 special postage stamps in the denomination of Rs 5 each on the Solar System on March 20, 2018 . The stamps are produced in a miniature sheet of 8 stamps and in 8 different sheetlets. The stamps were released in New Delhi by Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Communications (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Railways .

200 Years of Kaleidoscope

Date of Issue : 10 July 2017

Here is a beautiful miniature sheet issued by Jersey Post featuring 200 Years of Kaleiodoscope. The kaleidoscope was invented in 1816 by Scottish scientist Sir David Brewster, and the patent was granted in 1817. Whereas the instruments themselves have become simplified and mass-produced in modern times, fascination remains constant some 200 years on. Six stamps feature intricate, symmetrically designed illustrations, in homage to the curious beauty of kaleidoscope patterns that have captivated people for 200 years. Each of the designs is based on a different theme, using Jersey’s abundance of flora and fauna as their subject.

An inscription on each stamp provides a clue as to what is shown. For example, the 49-penny stamp is inscribed “shells & anemones.”

The other stamps are inscribed: “feathers & eggs,” 63p; “wildflowers,” 73p; “woodlands,” 79p; “minibeasts” (insects and a spider), 90p; and “marine life,” £1.07.

Brewster (1781-1868), a Scottish physicist, actually invented the kaleidoscope in 1816. The 200th anniversary refers to the year it was patented, 1817.

Stamp on 57th International Mathematical Olympiad 2016

Date of Issue: 6 July 2016

"57th International Mathematical Olympiad 2016" Special Stamps

The 57th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), being held in Hong Kong from 6 to 16 July 2016, is hosted by the International Mathematical Olympiad Hong Kong Committee (IMOHKC) with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as the Host University and the Education Bureau as the Supporting Organisation. More than 100 teams from all over the world will compete in this year’s contest. To mark this major mathematical event, Hongkong Post has  issued a stamp sheetlet on this theme.

The IMO is a competition for secondary school students. The event, held annually in a different country or territory, provides an opportunity for exchange among youngsters from around the world who are under the age of 20 and gifted in mathematics, and nurtures students’ interest in mathematics. The IMOHKC was founded in 1986. In collaboration with the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education, the committee voluntarily provides talented local students with mathematical Olympiad training and other learning opportunities. Hong Kong has been participating in the IMO since 1988, with the six representing contestants handpicked annually by the IMOHKC among the students attending training courses.

The stamp sheetlet features an illustration of Ceva’s Theorem, a tool frequently used in mathematics to solve problems in geometry. The stamp is circular in shape and shows a geometric problem formulated by Hong Kong, which was adopted as one of the questions in the 2010 IMO.

Joint stamp of Einstein and Stephen Hawking

Date of Issue : 1 July 2016

Here is a wonderful set of six stamps which marks the 100 years of Professor Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity and the work of theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking. Its a nice set of stamps related with Science theme especially on  physics .

The stamps have been personally endorsed and approved by Professor Stephen Hawking together with support from The Stephen Hawking Foundation.

Professor Stephen Hawking says “This collection of six stamps, created in collaboration with the Isle of Man Post Office and Glazier Designs, displays some of the equations over the past century that have led to significant scientific discoveries and, in turn, have had a profound impact on the world.”

This stunning stamp issue showcases the works of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Each stamp features a rare iridescent foil printing technique on the words ‘Isle’ and ‘Man’ and Her Majesty the Queen’s portrait along with warm earthy colours to create a scientific and atmospheric look and feel to the collection.

The insightful issue text explains the scientifically accurate diagrams featured on each of the stamps and was prepared by Cambridge university experts and Professor Hawking.

Stephen Hawking endorsed the stamps, saying: “I am honoured to have both my face and life’s work featured alongside Albert Einstein and the commemoration of 100 years since the publication of his theory of general relativity.”

100 Years of General Relativity Prestige Booklet

This exquisite full colour 24 page booklet contains two sets of the stunning 100 Years of Relativity Stamps. This booklet features additional issue text written by Prof. Stephen Hawking, Prof. Malcolm Perry and Sasha Hajnal-Corab, giving more insight in to the themes of the stamps. 

New stamp on Einstein..

 100 Years of   Einstein's Theory of Relativity 

Date of Issue : 20 March 2016

Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, is most famous by his theory of relativity by which he introduced a revolution to modern physics was commemorated by a new special commemorative stamp by Croatia Post  on 20th March 2016.

General theory of relativity is a geometric theory that suggests that the presence of mass and energy “curves” space-time (physical concept that fuses space and time dimensions in one matter), and curvature impacts the way of free particles. The theory of relativity is named this way because according to it absolute greatnesses do not exist rather everything is relation to one another, and consists of two scientifically theories in the physics field: special relativity and general relativity.

One hundred years after Einstein’s General theory of relativity, in February 2016, scientists from Columbia University (New York) confirmed the existence of gravitational waves. This revelation confirmed Einstein’s final unconfirmed theory according to which gravitational waves move at the speed of light in a vacuum and have deviation in space. Evidence that gravitational waves exist proves Einstein’s theory that the term space-time is not emptiness but yet four ‒ dimensional “fabric” that could be stretched in cases in which objects pass through it.

Centenary of publication of Einstein‘s theory of relativity

 

 

 

Here is a recent stamp from Monaco featuring Einstein with an extraordinary design. The equations of his work could be seen in the background.

Einstein is the person who amazes not only scientists but also the ordinary people from different countries. Philatelists and stamp collectors are looking stamps that commemorate this great genius too. This year Postal Authorities celebrate the centenary of publication of Einstein‘s works on general relativity, and Monaco Post is not an exception.

In 1915, Einstein published his theory on gravitation, known as general relativity, which superseded Newton’s theory. However, despite convincing experimental confirmation, the theory of general relativity had to spend a period in the wilderness: it was only in 1960 that scientists recognized the true significance of the theory and grasped the revolutionary developments it represented.