Giant Pandas on new stamps by Malaysia Post

 

International Cooperative Project On Giant Panda

 

Here are two beautiful stamps featuring cute giant pandas. Malaysia Post  released a set of two stamps with a souvenir sheet to support International Cooperative Project On Giant Panda. today on 25^th of February 2015.

Despite their exalted status and relative lack of natural predators, pandas are endangered. Severe threats from humans have left fewer than 1,600 pandas in the wild, according to a 2004 survey. A census of the wild panda population is undertaken every 10 years.

With support from the Chinese government and guidance from national and provincial leaders, the Chengdu Panda Base has launched the “International Long ‒ term Cooperative Project of Giant Panda Breeding”. This collaborative research effort focuses on giant panda breeding, ethology, protection, and education jointly with Japan, the United States, Spain, and France.

15 successfully ‒ bred giant pandas resulted from this work, the largest number of panda cubs produced through international cooperative projects in giant panda breeding to date.

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New stamps on Bridge

 

 

Malaysia Post has issued its special stamp depicting the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu Adzam Shah Bridge. The issue consists of two stamps that were put into circulation on the 31^st of December.

The Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge or Penang Second Bridge is a dual carriageway toll bridge in Penang, Malaysia. It connects Bandar Cassia (Batu Kawan) in Seberang Perai on mainland Peninsular Malaysia with Batu Maung on Penang Island.

It is the second bridge to link the island to the mainland after the first Penang Bridge. The total length of the bridge is 24 km (15 mi) with length over water at 16.9 km (10.5 mi), making it the longest bridge in Malaysia and the longest in Southeast Asia.

Construction actually started in November 2008. To reduce the cost of construction, its design was then modified to resemble the first cable stayed Penang Bridge. The bridge has been built with a large loan from the People’s Republic of China to continue and maintain the economic relationship between China and Malaysia. The bridge was officially opened on 1 March 2014 and was named after the fourteen Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah of Kedah.

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Rajpex-2015, Rajasthan State Level Philatelic Exhibition at Jaipur from 24th to 27th January 2015

Rajpex-2015, 14th Rajasthan State Level Philatelic Exhibition will be organized by Rajasthan Postal Circle at Mahaveer Public School, Vardhman Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur from 24th to 27th January 2015.
For more information visit

http://rajpex2015.blogspot.in/

Prospectus and Entry Form of Rajpex-2015 can be downloaded from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2JvHObXjqc2RDI5aE16RFFJYm8/view

 

Special Cover on 50 Years of Academic Excellence of Lokmanya Tilak Medical College, Sion - 29th November 2014

 

Lokmanya Tilak Medical College and Hospital is one of the premier medical institutions of India and proudly recognized nationally and internationally. It was started in 1947 with 10 beds initially, which has now grown into multi-specialty hospital with more than 1,400 beds. On 30th November 1964 Lokmanya Tilak Medical College was established with the first batch of 60 students.

Lokmanya Tilak Medical College and Hospital is the first major referral hospital and caters to all trauma and disasters from both major highways. It was the first Trauma Service in the country and possibly in Asia, which has been on a constant ‘state of alert’ for disasters. This hospital is a nodal center amongst the medical services of the Disaster management plan in the civic context. It has many firsts to its credit like human milk bank, skin bank and first emergency coronary stenting.

A special cover was released to mark 50 Years of Academic Excellence of Lokmanya Tilak Medical College on 29th November 2014 at Mumbai. (Special Cover approval no. MH/30/2014). The cover depicts the Hospital and college buildings and the College logo and the special cancellation depicts the team work logo of the hospital.

Courtesy – Indian Philately Digest

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Malaysia 2014 – A report

 

Malaysia 2014

- A report by Prof. Sahadeva Sahoo, Commissioner for India

Malaysia 2014 was a composite exhibition of two divisions -‘World Youth Stamp Exhibition’ and ‘29^th Asian International Stamp Exhibition’- held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Hall 1 & 2 from 1 December to 6 December 2014, the first was under auspices of FIP and the second with patronage of FIAP. There were 455 frames in World Youth and 238 frames in FIAP divisions. World Youth division included general i.e., open classes on three categories of Thematic Philately viz.,Nature (92), Culture (96 frames) and Technology (87 frames) as well as Modern Philately (26 frames). Thus the World Youth exhibition was partly General World Exhibition. Taken together the whole exhibition was comparable to a larger Indian State level exhibition. Another aspect was conspicuous that there was no involvement of the customs authorities in receipt and return of exhibits – a fact which made Malaysia 2014 unique and it remains to be seen if any other country follows this system and if any other government closes its eyes to the system of temporary export of collections having items requiring items more than 100 years old.

As the national commissioner I had difficulties in getting higher medal winning entries as the expenditure in obtaining ASI clearance and subsequent Insurance charges were prohibitive. Nevertheless I could get application for 22 entries in time but the organizers for reasons of paucity of space reduced to 11 entries besides not accepting one vermeil medal winning entry on ground of Malaysian law. No entries went without any award. Trouble was greater as the Organisers depended on paperless internet correspondences which restricted entries to computer-savvy candidates.

 

 

World Youth Stamp Exhibition 2014

Participant -  Exhibit – Frames – Marks - Medal

Aditya Kiran Das – Bangladesh - 3 frames -  65 points -  Silver Bronze

Raghav Jhunjhunwalla - The different aspects of the world of cricket  - 70 points - Silver

Mrinal Mathur - From Wheel to Car  - 4 frames - 61points -  Bronze

Biraj Laxmi Mohanty - Raptors of the World -  5 frames -  65 - Silver Bronze

29^th FIAP Asian International Stamp Exhibition 

Narendra Kumar Saboo - Portuguese India – 5 Frames – 75 points - Large Silver

Pradip Mohanty Early -  Indian Cancellations 1854-99 – 5 Frames - 83points -  Vermeil

Praful Thakkar - Collector’s Guide to FDCs & Folders of India with set of stamps, se-tenant stamps & Miniature Sheets - 68 points - Silver Bronze

Praful Thakkar -  Collector’s Guide to FDCs & Folders of India 1947-64 - 67 points - Silver Bronze

Satyendra Kumar Agrawal -  History of Indian Miniature Paintings Through Philately -  61points -  Bronze

Rajesh Jhunjhunwalla - The Great Quetta Earthquake - ONE frame - 71 Points

Biraj Laxmi Mohanty - Indian Languages in Fiscals of India - ONE frame - 66 points

The certificates are yet to be distributed as they could not got signed by the Chairman of the Jury as he went home before the time for personal reasons.

The weather in Kuala Lumpur was salubrious though it was drizzling sometimes. The clean air and bright sunshine made up the mood for the exhibition. Coming after almost 20 years gap in the country the Malaysia 2014 was a grand success.

 

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Indian Winners at Malaysia 2014

 

29th Asian International Stamp exhibition  and World Youth Stamp Exhibition was  held in  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 1- 6 December 2014. Malaysia 2014 was the joint event of World Youth Stamp Exhibition and Asian International Exhibition. This event was organized by Philatelic Society Malaysia (PSM), sponsored by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and supported by Ministry of Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia. I am pleased to share here the results of Indian Winners. Rainbow Stamp Club congratulates all the participants and winners of Malaysia 2014.

Heartiest Congratulations to all Indian Winners

Praful Thakkar, Pradeep Mohanty, Dr Satyendra Kumar Agrawal

Result : MALAYSIA 2014 (29TH ASIAN INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION)

View complete   : Award List  country wise

 

WORLD YOUTH STAMP EXHIBITION 2014

Result : MALAYSIA 2014 WORLD YOUTH STAMP EXHIBITION

View Complete : Award List country wise

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New stamps from Malaysia

 

Pos Malaysia issued a beautiful set of stamps featuring Malay folk stories   on  27^th October 2014.

The “Malay Folk Stories” series features six legends – Hang Tuah, Mahsuri, Tun Teja, Merong Mahawangsa, Tun Kudu and Tun Fatimah.Printed on exclusive watermark papers, the stamps are available in three setenant designs in denominations of 60 sen each.

 

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Stamp Fair in Ludhiana

The Ludhiana Philatelic Club is celebrating its 40^th Foundation Day on 14^th November, 2014 at Lions Bhawan, Udham Singh Nagar, Ludhiana. To mark this occasion A Dak Ticket Bal Mela, On the Spot Painting Competition, Stamp Bazaar and Cultural Programme by the Children will be organized. The celebrations will be held from 9.00 am to 5.00pm.

A Colourful Digest will be brought out to mark the event. It will contain articles on various facets of Philately, useful information about Ludhiana and updated directory of LPC members. This will be a useful publication to collect.

On this occasion   limited number of dealers’ booths will be provided. These will be allotted on first-come first-serve basis. There are no charges for the stalls.

You are invited to participate in the Stamp Bazaar and send your consent by e-mail to ludhianaphilatelicclub@gmail.com so that necessary arrangements may be made.

- Mukesh Malhotra , LUDHIANA PHILATELIC CLUB Ph : (O) 0161-2300114, 2302426

KOCHIPEX-2014, Philatelic Exhibition at Vyttila, Kochi - 27th - 28th November 2014

 

KOCHIPEX-2014 will be organised by Ernakulam and Aluva Postal Division on 27th and 28th November 2014 at Sahrudaya Campus Anchumury Ponnurunni, Vyttila, Kochi - 682 019, Kerala.

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International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

 

 

26 June : International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed all over the world y’day !!

By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse. This resolution recommended further action with regard to the report and conclusions of the 1987 International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

 

    

Malaysia Post issued a set of 3 stamps on 26 June 1996 for this special day observed all over the world. Here are some more philatelic items issued on this theme .

Say No to Drugs  ! !

2014 Theme : A message of hope: Drug use disorders are preventable and treatable

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TAIPEI 2015

Asian International stamp Exhibition TAIPEI 2015  will be held under FIAP Patronage  from 24-28 April at Taipei, Chinese Taipei.

Mr Umesh Kakkeri of Mumbai has been appointed as National Commissioner from India. He may be contacted at Email : umesh_kakkeri@hotmail.com Ph. No. 9969571767

HIMPEX 2014 : First H. P. State level stamp exhibition

For the first time the State Postal Department organized a three day, State Level Philatelic Exhibition from 9th June to 11th June, 2014 in Gaiety Theatre, Shimla. Passionate enthusiast and stamp collectors from all around the city and state participated and on 11th June the event culminated with the prize distribution. The Chief Guest for the occasion was the Chief Post Master General, AN Nanda and among others present were the R S Mishra, DSP, (HQ) HP, Dr S P Gupta, Accredited Jury, Dinesh Chandra Sharma, Apprentice Jury and M R Chaudhary, SSPO, Hamirpur.

The event began with the welcome address by Mr Chaudhary followed by the jury report by Dr Gupta. He informed that the exhibits were judged as per Rules India Post Handbook on Philately, which were appropriately modified for zonal and regional competitions. He said, “There was one seven frame exhibit, three five frame exhibits, 3 four frame exhibits, 18 two frame exhibits, and 35 one frame exhibits. Minimum 2 to 8 size frames were allotted to classes 5 to 10 after relaxation of the rules for the participants. There were quite a number of exhibits in each category”.

 

 

 

The award ceremony began first with the Youth Activity prizes followed by the Exhibition prizes. Most number of prizes in the former category were bagged by Major Dr Ritu Kalra, Anil Kapoor, Bhumika Sharma, Rajiv Khera, who all received Gold Medals. Jintendra Arora, NK Khera, Dhiraj Gupta, Neha Arora, Neru Arora, Snehlata, Guninder Singh Narang, Rakesh Walia, Kritika Kheda received the silver medal.

School students who were winners in the Letter Writing Competition held on 1st June were as follows:
Postman of My Street (Classes I to V)
1st Smriti Kaith, Class V, Auckland House School, Shimla
2nd Gopal Kumar, Class V, SD Sr Sec School, Shimla
3rd Prajjawal Sharma, Class V, DAV Public School, New Shimla

Environment (Class VI to VIII)
1st Akrit Sharma, Class VIII, DAV Public School, New Shimla
2nd Jayendra sing, Class VIII, DAV Public School, New Shimla
3rd Prachi, Class VIII, Government Girls SSS Portmore Shimla

Modernization of Post Offices (Classes IX to XIII)
1st Vaibhav Sharma, Class XII, DAV Public School, New Shimla
2nd Taniya Bhardwaj, Class XII, DAV Public School, New Shimla
3rd Chavi Sharma, Class X, DAV Public School, New Shimla

Bhumika Sharma of Solan receiving award from CPMG

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