New stamps from India Post

 

Indian Council of Medical Research

Department of Health Research

Date of Issue : 16 January 2022

Permanent Commission To Women Officers in Indian Army

Swarnim Vijay Varsh 1971-2021

Date of Issue : 16 December 2021

New Picture Postcards

 

Centenary Celebrations of Vice Admiral S. H. Sarma,PVSM

Swarnim Vijay Varsh : 1st December 2021 

" His Naval Career"

Last Man Standing : Vice Admiral Sarma Veteran of Three Wars

A set of 16  boxed postcards was released by the family of Admiral Sarma on his 100th birthday earlier this month. The covers are a beautiful piece of Indian Naval history and encompasses his life time achievements. This set of covers were released at Delhi by the Naval Chief and the Def Minister recently during the 50th Anniversary of Vijay Diwas which was attended by the 100 year veteran, who was the senior most person there.  A few sets have been obtained from the family. and available .Those interested may book them . The price is Rs 220/- per set including postage. Contact : Anil Dhir :  email : anildhir2k5@hotmail.com

- Anil Dhir

New Stamp from India

4th Battalion (Outram's) The Rajputana Rifles

Date of Issue : 12 February 2020

New Stamp from India - 3 Kumaon (Rifles)

100th Raising Day - 3 Kumaon Rifles Regiment

Date of Issue : 23 October 2017

India Post released a commemorative stamp  on 3 Kumaon Rifles Regiment. This Regiment celebrated its  100th Raising Day on 23rd October 2017. 

The Kumaon Regiment is one of the most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army. The regiment traces its origins to the 18th century and has fought in every major campaign of the British Indian Army and the Indian Army, including the two world wars. Kumaon gets its recruits from Kumaonis of Kumaon division and Ahirs from the plains. 

Source : Indian Philatelists Forum

New Special covers

Centenary of First World War

Jamnagar  : 23 September 2017

: Timir Shah - Vadodara

Golden Jubilee of Hanumanthanagar Co-op Bank Ltd, Bengaluru 

The Hanumanthanagar Co-operative Bank Limited was established on 24.8.1965 in Hanumanthanagar, Bengaluru under the leadership of centenarian Shri HS Doreswamy, Gandhian and Freedom Fighter. The bank is giving satisfactory service to the customers and running in profit and completed 50 years. To commemorate this occasion, a special cover was released on 23rd September 2017. 

Suresh R - Bangalore

First Crossword Puzzle on stamp..

 

Date of Issue : 9 October 2013

Monaco post issued a stamp to commemorate the centenary of the first crossword puzzle. Crossword Puzzle is a favourite pastime of many . Most  of the people might have tried it at least once in a life time.

It was Arthur Albert Wynne, a British journalist specializing in puzzles, who had the idea of including the black squares in traditional word squares and adding definitions. When the English newspapers turned down his puzzle, he sent the proposal to an American newspaper. The first crossword was published on 21^st December 1913 in the New York World’s Sunday supplement, Fun and met with immediate success.

A crossword is a word puzzle that normally takes the form of a square or a rectangular grid of white and black shaded squares. The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving clues which lead to the answers. In languages that are written left-to-right, the answer words and phrases are placed in the grid from left to right and from top to bottom. The shaded squares are used to separate the words or phrases.

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New Special Cover

Army Cover to mark Diamond Jubilee of Air Force Station Begumpet - 8th Oct. 2013.

 

 

Army Postal Service issued Army Cover to mark Diamond Jubilee of Air Force Station Begumpet (1951-2011) on 8th October 2013.

History of Begumpet Airport dates back to the early 30s when the Hyderabad Aero Club was formed and it became the airfield for Nizam of Hyderabad's aircraft. The airport was further developed with the provision of a proper airport terminal building in 1937. During the Second World War, the flying club was taken over by the RAF for its training purposes and No.1 Elementary Flying Training School was soon established. In Oct 1951, No.1 Air Force Academy moved to Begumpet from Ambala and flying training commenced under the Indian Air Force Management once again. In 1956, the AFA, now re designated as Air Force College moved out of Begumpet, and the station was named "Air Force Station, Hyderabad".

Courtesy : Indian Philately Digest

In Postal Week, stamp to be released on Philately Day

Express News Service : Chandigarh, Thu Oct 10 2013, 01:30 hrs

The Department of Posts will celebrate the National Postal Week from October 9-15, starting with World Postal Day on October 9. The department has decided to conduct various programmes and workshops in connection with the postal week.

On the first day, the General Post Office (GPO) in Sector 17 organised an awareness camp for the customers, who were told about the role Indian postal services played and the economic development resulting through it.

Events for October 10 will start with the Savings Day, where public would be made aware of the benefits of postal saving schemes. This will be followed by Mail Day on October 11, where GPO's will make arrangements for visits from different city schools to encourage them to write letters to their dear ones.

Senior Post Master General of the GPO in Sector 17, Narinder Kumar said, "The purpose of celebrating the National Week with the public is to make them aware about the postal services."

Philately Day will be observed on October 12 when the department will release a new stamp with a picture of Gandhi outlined on it. The president and other members of the Philately club will be invited to give a lecture to the students explaining the hobby of philately. Also, various quiz competitions on Philately will be held on the occasion.

On October 14, Business Development Day will be celebrated with the department holding workshops for the business community.

The Postal Life Insurance Day will be celebrated on the last of the National Postal week.

:    The Indian Express

Army Postal Covers…

 

 

List of Army Postal Service Covers Issued by Army Postal Service

	List of Army Postal Service Covers
SRL NO.		DATE OF ISSUE
661	9 BASE REPAIR DEPOT INDIAN AIR FORCE	08/01/2011
662	31 SQUADRON AIR FORCE	08/01/2011
663	6 MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY	01/02/2011
664	ARMY DENTAL CORPS	12/02/2011
665	2 BN FIRST GORKHA RIFLES	19/02/2011
666	JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES 5	25/02/2011
667	51 MEDIUM REGIMENT	01/03/2011
668	81 FIELD REGIMENT	01/03/2011
669	GORKHA RECRUITING DEPOT, KUNRAGHAT	03/03/2011
670	110 HELICOPTER UNIT	09/03/2011
671	44 SQUADRON AIR FORCE	09/03/2011
672	128 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT	01/04/2011
673	127 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT	02/04/2011
674	PROJECT DANTAK	23/04/2011
675	PROJECT DEEPAK	04/05/2011
676	28 ASSAM RIFLES	15/09/2011
677	85 ARMOURED REGIMENT	30/09/2011
678	PROJECT SEWAK	10/10/2011
679	4TH BN 9 GORKHA RIFLES	14/10/2011
680	1 PARA	17/10/2011
681	4 PARA	23/10/2011
682	50 INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE	29/10/2011
683	MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY	29/10/2011
684	BENGAL ENGINEER GROUP	08/11/2011
685	2/5 GORKHA RIFLES	10/11/2011
686	CORPS OF ARMY AIR DEFENCE	18/11/2011
687	1 GORKHA RIFLES	20/11/2011
688	4/4 GORKHA RIFLES	24/11/2011
689	ARMY AVIATION CORPS	25/11/2011
690	4 GORKHA RIFLES	27/11/2011
691	1 ARMOURED DIVISION	27/11/2011
692	PROJECT HIMANK	05/12/2011
693	14 SQUADRON AIR FORCE	07/12/2011
694	RVC	14/12/2011
695	129 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT	17/12/2011
696	6 JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES	01/01/2012
697	5 PARA	01/01/2012
698	9 JAT	01/01/2012
699	6 GARHWAL RIFLES	01/02/2012
700	6 SIKH REGIMENT	09/02/2012
	GORKHA BRIGADES	12/02/2012
ISSUED BY INDIAN  POSTAL DEPARTMENT
SRL NO.	LIST OF INDIAN POSTAL SERVICE COVERS	DATE OF ISSUE
113	CORPS OF SIGNALS	09/02/2011	5
114	RASHTRAPATHI BHAVAN	05/08/2011	5
115	1 PARACHUTE REGIMENT	12/10/2011	5
116	PRESIDENT FLEET REVIEW	19/12/2011	5
SPECIAL CANCELLATION COVERS
SRL NO.	LIST OF ARMY SPECIAL COVERS	DATE OF ISSUE
34	ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL	13/04/2011
35	SAINK SCHOOL KAPURTHALA	11/07/2011
36	SAINK SCHOOL AMARVATHINAGAR	18/07/2011
37	SAINK SCHOOL CHITTORGARH	07/08/2011
38	INS SATPURA	20/08/2011
39	INS HANSA	05/09/2011
40	INS SAKTHI	01/10/2011
41	SIACHEN GLACIER	04/10/2011
42	SIACHEN GLACIER	04/10/2011
43	HQ 19 INFANTRY DIVISION	17/10/2011
44	HQ 15 CORPS	27/10/2011
45	WAR MEMORIAL	04/11/2011
46	HQ 19 INFANTRY DIVISION	07/11/2011
47	ARMY AVIATION CORPS	26/11/2011
48	22 KILLERS SQUADRON	02/12/2011
49	SAINIK SCHOOL BHUBANESHWAR	22/12/2011
50	SAINIK SCHOOL KAZHAKOTTAM	21/01/2012
51	SAINIK SCHOOL KURUKONDA	27/01/2012
52	SAINIK SCHOOL PURULIA	29/01/2012

- P Ramakrishnan

email : pramakrishnan1@royalenfield.com   Ph.  98840 09359

Golden Katar Stamp Exhibition

 

GOLDEN KATAR PHILATELIC EXHIBITION - 2012

- by Paritri Upadhyay , Rajkot

GOLDEN KATAR PHILATELIC EXHIBITION  was held from 24 – 25 February 2012. The exhibition was inaugurated  by the Convener FWO – Miss. M.R. Pant . This philatelic exhibition was organized by 11 Inf div Postal unit, The venue of this event was Repair Bay of 812 Fd Wksp , Ahmadabad Military Garrison.

This Exhibition was organized in a Grand way with the active participation of officials of India Post under the patronage of the 11 Inf div Postal unit, 56 APO; Mil 2570 and the co-operation of the Post Master General, Gujarat Circle & eminent philatelists. The main objective of the exhibition was to create awareness amongst defense personnel, their families & particularly School Children.

The chief guest was the Chief Post Master Mr. P.H. Panchal. During the exhibition MY STAMP was an additional attraction. Customized My Stamps depicting 18 different pictures were made available during the exhibition.

There were  large number  of exhibits on display. In competition classes most of the exhibits were on Thematics  .

       

There were several exhibits exhibited in invitee class. The thematic exhibits of Shri. Anil Rastogi, Shri. Mainak Kathria, Shri. Ashok Bayanwala, shri. H C Mehta, & Dr.Paresh Upadhyay, were displayed in invitee class. Some rare philatelic artifact were also displayed.

A Work shop on Stamp collection, Power point presentation on Stamp collecting & News Clippings of Rainbow Stamp News were shown to School Children by Rajkot Philatelic Society. For School Children Stamp design, Letter Writing and Dance Competitions were also organized.

Winning entries of  Stamp Design Contest 

  

 

Closing ceremony and prize distribution function along with the launching of ‘FPO on Wheels ‘ was held on 25th February 2012, by Brigadier M. R. Pant. The success is judged on the basis of how many visitors take the advantage of such philatelic exhibitions & we were happy that large numbers of visitors spent hours and enjoyed the exhibition. All concerned officers & staff worked hard to make this event  memorable .

Vadophil Auction

The Last date of  Vadophil Auction is 15th March 2012 instead of 28  February 2012.

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Daylilies from Canada…

 

 

Date of Issue : March 1, 2012

Two brilliant, colourful and exquisite daylilies (Hemerocallis) grace the seventh issue in Canada Post’s beloved flower series.

 

Daylilies

The Daylily (Hemerocallis) was long placed in the Lily family (Liliaceae), but is now considered to belong in the plant family Hemerocallidaceae. This term, from the Greek words meaning “beauty” and “day,” alludes to the fact that each flower lasts for just one day. Since there are many flower buds on each flower stalk and many stalks in each cluster, the overall flowering period is usually several weeks long. The flowers of most species open at sunrise and wither atsunset, often replaced by another on the same stalk the next day. Although not commonly used for arrangements, daylilies make good cut flowers, as new blossoms continue to open over several days.

Originally, daylilies could be found only in yellow, orange, and reddish-brown. Today, colours range from near-white, to yellow, orange, pink, red, purple, blue and more. While the roadside yellow or orange daylilies—known to hybridizers as Hemerocallis fulva (or Hemerocallis fulva Europa)—are forms of the cultivated types that ‘escaped’ and now grow wild, all modern daylilies have evolved through a complicated history of hybridization.

: Canada Post

Club News

Latest issue of Vadophil

Latest issue of Vadophil, Quarterly News Bulletin of Baroda Philatelic Society, edited by Prashant Pandya and Timir R Shah is available online.Special feature of this issue are Report on Gujpex 2011, Articles, & Auction.

View : Vadophil # 128-129 (Oct. 2011 / Jan 2012)

 

Search continues for secret stamp honoring John Glenn's historic spaceflight 

 

The 1962 4-cent "Project Mercury" stamp marked the first time that the U.S. issued a previously unannounced commemorative stamp at the same time as the event it was issued to honor: John Glenn’s historic Friendship 7 spaceflight.

 

4-cent 'Project Mercury' postage stamp sold in 1962 was a surprise

2/20/2012 10:43:38 AM ET

Fifty years ago today (Feb. 20), John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, relied on ground stations located across the planet to communicate with his control team. But after his Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, safely splashed down, it was another type of station that took over tracking his historic mission: U.S. post offices.

For the first and only time in the country's postal history, the United States Post Office Department — since 1971, the U.S. Postal Service — surprised the public with the release of a secret stamp celebrating Glenn's successful mission. The 4-cent "Project Mercury" postage stamp was revealed and immediately put on sale in 305 post offices within an hour of Glenn's triumphant return to Earth at 2:43 p.m. EST (1943 GMT) on Feb. 20, 1962.

Half a century later, collectors are still searching for those first-day-of-issue stamps.

"The U.S. Post Office Department signaled the first orbital flight of a United States astronaut today with the issuance of a commemorative stamp, placed on sale throughout the country on the exact hour Astronaut John Glenn's historic flight was officially completed," the department stated. "It is the first time in history that a previously unannounced commemorative stamp was issued simultaneously with the event it memorializes."

As news of the stamp spread over radio and television, the public began lining up at their closest post offices that had stock of the now no longer secret issue. Collectors in particular drove many miles to have their blank envelopes postmarked with the surprise stamp, creating a collectible for that first day's release and the historic space flight it honored.

Without a way to coordinate nationwide, collectors couldn't know however if such "first day covers" existed for all 305 stations. To this day, 50 years later, as many as 20 cities are still missing examples.  Read More…

: Hemant Kulkarni, Milwaukee USA

Golden Katar Philatelic Exhibition – 2012

 

: Dr Paresh Upadhyaya

New Stamps from France…

 

2012 - Year of Dragon

Date of Issue : 9 January 2012

Date of Issue : 16 January 2012

On 1th Jan a special stamp was issued for valentine’s Day and on the 6^th February a  stamp was issued  featuring a painting by Edward Hopper.

On the 13^th of February: a stamp dedicated to the Paris Mosque and a booklet entitled “Say it with Flowers”.

Great Mosque of Paris

Date of Issue : 13 February 2012

The French Post has issued a stamp dedicated to the Great Mosque of Paris created and engraved by the famous French stamp designer, author of Marianne stamps Yves Beaujard.

After the First World War, the French government planned to build an Islamic institute in Paris for all Muslims in France to express the nation's commitment to 70,000 Muslim soldiers fallen for France, notably at Verdun. The Great Mosque of Paris was officially opened with much fanfare on July 15, 1926.

Today the Mosque is both a place of worship of Islam, a convivial place of religions of the Koran, but also a place to visit for tourists and school groups and a monument of art. The stamp is Commemorating the 90th anniversary of laying the foundation stone of the Great Mosque,

 

The French Post has issued a beautiful set of stamps in booklet form “say it with flowers”. for the  Valentine's Day!

These stamps were specially designed for the Day of lovers by Adeline Andre and manufactured by the French Post. They contain a quantity of elixir of love, you can choose between two assays and two different adhesive stamps. The effect of the patch varies among individuals on whom it is applied: immediate or delayed, weak or strong. These stamps - flowers offer you the opportunity to express immediately on the envelope your attraction with daisy, your tenderness with iris, your passion with red roses, and your sincere love with red and white tulips…

On the 20^th of February a stamp will be issued to commemorate Henri Queville.

Club News 

 

New Special Cover

Golden Jubilee Sainik School, Purulia ( West Bengal)

29 January 2012

: Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur