Christmas Time !

 

Merry Christmas

Date of Issue : 22 November 2023

Date of Issue : 22 November 2023

Date of Issue : 8 November 2023

Date of Issue :10 November 2023

Date of Issue : 21 November 2023

New Stamps from Israel

 

Seasonal Greetings from The Holy Land

Early Wine Industry in Israel

Ginio Winery, Jerusalem

Sarona Winery, Tel Aviv

 Early Wine Industry - Sarona Winer

These stamps show two different values with two different designs one of Ginio Wine and the other Sarona Wine. It may be a small country (roughly the size of New Jersey), but Israel is a dynamic winemaking region distinguished by complex terroir and dramatic microclimates that range from cool high-altitude mountains to warm coastal plains and deserts. Over the last two decades, a new wave of quality-driven Israeli wines has emerged at the hands of winemakers who push boundaries, experiment with indigenous grape varieties, and employ the latest technologies to create wines that compete on the world stage—and win.

Merry Christmas

 

Merry Christmas !

Date of Issue: 9 November 2022

My Recent Cover

Greetings from Finland

Thanks, Kristina for your lovely Greetings !

 

Wishing you all Merry Christmas ! 

Most beautiful stamps of Christmas 2022

Date of Issue : 11 November 2022

Date of Issue : 29 November 2022

Date of issue : 11 November 2022

Gingerbread is most often made at Christmas. The world's largest "gingerbread town" is built every December in the Norwegian city of Bergen. And in 2016, Holmestrand proudly presented the world’s longest gingerbread train in connection with the official opening of its new railway station inside the mountain. 

In December 2021, Norway Post and the TV 2 breakfast show “God Morgen Norge” jointly launched a contest on Facebook and Instagram asking people to send in photos of their own gingerbread creations. The four winning entries would be the motifs for the 2022 Christmas stamps. The entries included gingerbread houses, gingerbread men and other shapes, and decorations. Two winners were selected by an expert panel of judges consisting of Wenche Andersen from “God Morgen Norge”, stamp designer Camilla Kvien Jensen and Stamp Director Halvor Fasting. The other two winners were voted by “God Morgen Norge” viewers.

Merry Christmas

 

My recent covers

 

Greetings from Finland

Received this beautiful card with lovely Christmas stamps from Kristina, Finland.

Thank you dear Kristina for the lovely greetings which you never fail to send. Many many thanks but I always miss your postal address ! Lots of Luv n Greetings from India

Cover from Bangalore 

Thanks to Shri Sushil Mehra for this cover.

Covers from Allahabad

Special Cover Shri Ramlala temple, Ayodhya

Thanks to Rahul Ganguli, Prayag Philatelic Society, Allahabad for these covers.

Merry Christmas !

 

Merry Christmas !!

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Greetings for a very Happy and Prosperous New Year !!

New Festival and holiday stamps from USPS

 

To be  Issued on 13 October 2020

Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of African-American culture held from December 26 to January 1, culminating in gift-giving and a feast of faith, called Karamu Ya Imani. It was created by Maulana Karenga and first celebrated in 1966 during the aftermath of the Watts riots as a specifically African-American holiday. According to Karenga, the name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits of the harvest".

Kwanzaa is a festive time for rejoicing in the prospect of health, prosperity, and good luck in the coming year. It is also a time for contemplation and recollection of past hardships, faced by both individuals and communities and the ways in which history can inform and impact future happiness.

Date of Issue : 10 June 2020

Hanukkah is eight day long  Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. It is also known as the Festival of Lights. Hanukkah 2020 will begin in the evening of 
Thursday, 10 Decemberand ends in the evening of Friday, 18 December'

Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by lighting the candles of a candelabrum with nine branches, called a menorah (or hanukkiah). One branch is typically placed above or below the others and its candle is used to light the other eight candles. This unique candle is called the shamash (Hebrew: שַׁמָּשׁ‎, "attendant"). Each night, one additional candle is lit by the shamash until all eight candles are lit together on the final night of the festival. Other Hanukkah festivities include playing the game of dreidel and eating oil-based foods, such as latkes and sufganiyot, and dairy foods. Since the 1970s, the worldwide Chabad Hasidic movement has initiated public menorah lightings in open public places in many countries.

Holiday Delights

Date of Issue : 24 September 2020

Inspired by folk art but with a modern graphic vibe, these stamps are intended to add a touch of whimsy to  holiday mailings. With a traditional palette of red, green and white, illustrator Kirsten Ulve channeled her love of Christmas, vintage ornaments and Scandinavian folk art to create unique digital illustrations of four holiday icons: a prancing reindeer with antlers; an ornament tied with a bow and ready to hang; a tree topped with a star; and a stocking holding a teddy bear and a sprig of holly. 

Thank you

Date of Issue : 21 August 2020

four new stamps in a booklet of 20 available for notes, cards and letters of thanks sent to acknowledge a favor, an act of kindness, a job well done or gifts sent for any occasion. Highlighted in gold foil are the words “Thank you” in cursive script and an elegant floral design that swirls through and around the words. Each stamp features one of four background colors: blue gray, deep blue, muted green or soft maroon. 

Cover from Finland

Christmas Covers from Finland

Received these beautiful Christmas FDCs and Postcard from Finland so kindly sent by dear Kristina. Thank you so much Kristina for these beautiful items. Please share your postal address with me on my email : j.jyoti9@gmail.com . I am looking forward to receiving your mail soon. Thank you so much !

Happy New Year Kristina !