World Stamp Show-NY 2016

 

To be issued on 20th August 2015

New stamp issue by USPS that celebrates the upcoming philatelic event World Stamp Show-NY 2016.

With these elegant set of two stamps reminiscent of classic engraved 19th-century stamps and banknotes, the U.S. Postal Service® heralds this event and invites philatelists and amateur stamp enthusiasts alike to attend. From May 28 to June 4, 2016, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, more than 250,000 visitors are expected to enjoy eight days of amazing philatelic events and displays.Recently unveiled stamps are scheduled to be put into circulation on the 20^th of August.

The design of the twenty self-adhesive stamps features intricate patterns of lines and ornamentation inspired by the U.S. Newspaper and Periodical stamps of 1865. A touch of patriotic color ‒ ten stamps are blue and ten are red ‒ emphasizes the location of this international exhibition: the United States. The circle in the center of the stamp design displays a five-pointed star. Text surrounding the circle reads “2016 World Stamp Show” and “New York City”. The header on the pane reads: “JOIN US FOR A WONDERFUL WEEK AT WORLD STAMP SHOW-NY 2016″. Verso text provides details about the show.

World Stamp Show-NY 2016 continues a 100-year tradition of once-a-decade international philatelic exhibitions held in the United States. The 300,000-square-foot bourse, the philatelic word for marketplace, will be jam-packed with more than 200 dealers selling and buying stamps and other philatelic products. The U.S. Postal Service and some 50 international postal bureaus will be selling their latest stamps.

Exhibitions of enthralling stamp rarities on loan to the show will share space with competitive exhibits vying for medals and prizes. First Day of Issue events will take place daily.

From India Shri Dhananjay Desai of Ahmedabad  is Commissioner  for this exhibition. He may be contacted for participation at email : dhananjay_47@yahoo.co.in

Website of exhibition : http://www.ny2016.org/

Bulletin of exhibition can be downloaded from :

http://www.ny2016.org/SubMenu/Official_Bulletin.aspx?id=517

Application form is available at : http://www.ny2016.org/SubMenu/Exhibit_Application.aspx?id=515

Date :  May 28-June 4, 2016

Venue : Jacob Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001 on Level 3 taking up 294,000 square feet.

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Singapore 2015 - World Stamp Exhibition

 

SINGAPORE 2015

SINGAPORE 2015 is the 3rd World Stamp Exhibition to be held in Singapore. It is to be held in conjunction with Singapore's 50th Year of Independence, with the full support and patronage of the Federation lnternationale de Philatelie (FIP) and under the auspices of the Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP).

 

Singapore last hosted the World Stamp Exhibition in 1995 and the inaugural World Stamp Championship in 2004. Gathering the experience of both exhibitions and with effort to commemorate Singapore's Golden Jubilee in 2015, Singapore managed to bid for the hosting rights of this event successfully. Singpex Pte Ltd is the appointed organiser for this event.

Highlights:

• Display from the archives of the Singapore Philatelic Museum.
• Exhibits from distinguished collections showing the development of Singapore's 180 years of postal history and stamps.
• Exhibits of world-wide award winning collections.

Date   : 14 - 19 August 2015

Venue   : Sands Expo® & Convention Centre

Book on Gandhi Memorial stamp to be launched on 15 August 2015

During the exhibition  Mr Pradip Jain’s Book  on Gandhi Memorial stamp is going to be launched on 15^th August, 4 PM at the exhibition venue of Singapore 2015. Mr Pradip Jain is  a noted aerophilatelist of India and he  will also exhibit his One Frame collection 1929 India Airmail Stamp  at the exhibition. 

 

 

 

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Tributes to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

 

7th May – Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

Today is birth anniversary of India’s greatest literary genius and Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Many postal administrations have honored him on their postage stamps. Some of the stamps have been shown here. This Post is a tribute to Gurudev.

 

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), was a literary genius who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. Tagore introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit. He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of the modern Indian subcontinent.

 

 

Stamp Exhibition on Tagore in Kolkata by Souvik Roy

From 9th to 17th May 2015 at Rabindra Tirtha, New Town, Kolkata

 

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Club News

 

Heartiest congratulations to Baroda Philatelic Society on its 40th Anniversary !!

 

40^th Anniversary of Baroda Philatelic Society

Baroda Philatelic Society was established on 27th April, 1975, with 17 founder members. It is one of the oldest Societies in the state of Gujarat.

Baroda Philatelic Society completed 40 years of its existence on 27^th April 2015. A function was organized to celebrate 40^th Anniversary of Society on 3^rdMay 2015 at Blue Lagoon Restaurant & Banquet, Vadodara.

Shri Vineet Mathur, Postmaster General, Vadodara Region and Shri Ganesh Sawaleshwarkar, Director, Postal Training Centre, Vadodara were present on the occasion as the Chief Guest and Guest of honour respectively. Shri Ashok Bayanwala, Senior Philatelist and honorary member of Society was also present on the dais with Shri Prashant Pandya, President and Timir Shah, Secretary of Baroda Philatelic Society. Function was well attended by members of society.

Shri Pandya brief about the society’s history and activities of society during last 40 years. Founder members, past presidents, vice presidents and secretaries of society were remembered on this occasion.

On the occasion a specially made Cake was cut by guests and one of the founder members of society Shri D. T. Desai. Latest issue of Vadophil, quarterly newsletter of Baroda Philatelic Society with multicolour title pages was released by the guests on the dais.

Shri Ganesh Sawaleshwarkar and Shri Vineet Mathur blessed the occasion and appreciated the activities of the society and congratulated all members for serving philately for the last 40 years. Shri Timir Shah, Secretary, Baroda Philatelic Society, conveyed vote of thanks. Function was followed by dinner.

 

Taipei 2015

Indian Winners at Taipei 2015 - 30th  Asian International stamp exhibition

 

Mr Chander Singh , Dr KS Mohan

 

Abhai Mishra, Dinesh Sharma, Jeevan Jyoti

Youth Class

Avinash Sharma, Shubrajyoti Behra, Suyog Bora

Indian Winners

Mast. Avinash Sharma. - Vermeil + Sp. Prize (Youth)

Mr. Abhai Mishra - Large Silver (Literature)

Mr. Dinesh Sharma - Silver (Literature)

Dr. K.S.Mohan - Silver (Traditional)
Mast. Shubrajyoti Behra - Silver Bronze (Youth)
Mast. Suyog Bora - Bronze (Youth)
Mr. C.D. Singh - Bronze (Literature)
Ms. Jeevan Jyoti - Bronze (Literature) Rainbow Stamp News

Mr. C.D. Singh - Bronze (Thematic)

News from Eastern India Philatelists’ Association, Bhubaneshwar

Naturepex-2015, Bhubaneswar

In a special meeting of EIPA held on 3rd May 2015, it has been decided to hold a special Philatelic Exhibition will be held on Nature and Environment during 26-28, December, 2015 at Bhubaneswar in active participation of Department of Posts. This will be the 3rd Eastern India Philatelic Exhibition and will be named as 'NATUREPEX-2015.

The exhibits relating to Flora & Fauna, Nature, Environment and other related exhibits will be displyed in the exhibition. The exhibition is open to the philatelists of Eastern India i.e. Odisha, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunanchal Pradesh.

The exhibition will be competitive one consisting of 400 frames. 20 % of the total frames will be reserved for Youth categories. In absence of sufficient youth exhibits these will be filled up by other exhibits. The frame fee is rs.200/- per frame.

There will be three types of medals i.e. Gold, Silver and Bronze. Three special cover on nature and environment will be issued. The exhibition will be mainly in three groups i.e. Thematic on Nature, FDC,Special covers & Postal Stationery, Youth and School category all based on nature & environment.

It has also been decided to open about 30 dealer's Booths at the exhibition site.  The detailed rules, prospectus and Logo of the exhibition will be released soon after getting confirmation from the Department of Posts.

- Ajit Kumar Dash, Bhubaneshwar

 

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Indian Winners at Taipei 2015 – 30th Asian International Stamp Exhibition

Taipei 2015 - 30th  Asian International stamp exhibition  

 

 Heartiest Congratulations to all the winners !!

Avinash Sharma (Youth class) from Kendriya Vidyalaya ( Class 12), Aliganj,  Lucknow won vermeil medal with special prize.

Shubrajyoti Behra  – Silver Bronze (Youth class)

Suyog Bora - Bronze (Youth Class)

 

Abhai Mishra, Dinesh Sharma, Jeevan Jyoti

Result of Indian Participants

Mast. Avinash Sharma........Vermeil + Sp. Prize (Youth)

Mr. Abhai Mishra......Large Silver (Literature)

Mr. Dinesh Sharma.....Silver (Literature)

Dr. K.S.Mohan...........Silver (Traditional)
Mast. Shubrajyoti Behra.....Silver Bronze (Youth)
Mast. Suyog Bora............Bronze (Youth)
Mr. C.D. Singh.............Bronze (Literature)
Ms. Jeevan Jyoti.....Bronze (Literature)

Mr. C.D. Singh...........Bronze (Thematic)

- Umesh Kakkeri

National Commissioner Taipei 2015

Website : Taipei 2015

All the Indian Winners at TAIPEI2015 are requested to send their photo for publication to email : j.jyoti9@gmail.com

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National Exhibition of Children’s Philately in Spain

 

Date of Issue 16 April 2015

Spanish Post is ready to release a special stamp to highlight National Exhibition of Children’s Philately (JUVENIA) to promote stamp collecting among children and young people. The stamp is being released today, 16^th of April.

The stamp depicts a frontal view of As Burgas, a hot spring located in this Galician city, and a group of children, representing the union among young stamp collectors. The stamps are available as Premium Sheets with amusing lines and emoticons around the edges.

JUVENIA 2015 was organised by the Sociedad Filatélica, Numismática y Vitolfílica Miño (The Miño Society for Stamp, Coin and Cigar Band Collection), sponsored by Correos and other official institutions. The exhibition will take place in the Auditorio Municipal-Palacio de Congresos conference centre in Ourense, where young participants from every corner of Spain will display their collections.

Throughout the event there will be round table discussions, workshops on introduction to philately and guided tours of the city and the springs. According to the established standards, young people between the ages of 10 and 21 years old who are members of a stamp collecting body affiliated with the FESOFI may participate in the exhibition. The best collections may go on to represent Spain in upcoming international exhibitions.

Club News

Special Cover on ‘Homer Pigeon Mail’ to flag off 150th Anniversary Celebration of Cuttack Club - 2nd April, 2015

 

Cuttack Club was established on 2nd April 1865 at Cuttuck. It is located at Barabati Fort, Buxi Bazar. Club is spread over four acres land and have about 1260 members. Cuttack Club is affiliated with more than 160 different clubs.

On the occasion of 150th Anniversary celebration of Cuttack Club a Special Cover was released on ‘Homer Pigeon Mail’ at Cuttack on 2nd April 2015.

Courtesy – Indian Philately Digest

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New stamp from India

Engineers India Limited

Date of Issue : 27 March 2015

A commemorative stamp on Golden Jubilee celebration of Engineers India Limited (EIL) was released by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi during the Urja Sangam- 2015 organized by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 27th March 2015. Engineers India Limited (EIL) is a public-sector undertaking of the Government of India under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

 

Courtesy : Indian Philately Digest

 

Ranchi stamp Fest 2015

 

 

Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church (G.E.L.Church)26 March 2015

 

Ranchi stamp fest 2015,a district level exhibition concluded with much fun and fair,on 27 March 2015. On this occasion 3 (three),  special covers were released

Netarhat Vidyalaya - 60Years of excellence  26 march 2015

 

Swachh Bharat- Bapu Ka Sapna  - 27 March 2015

 

Letter writing and debate competitions were organised among school children.Mr Sayed Hafizuddin,the noted philatelist of Jamshedpur was the jury of philately, and Mr Anil Saxena, philatelist from Gaya  assisted as apprentice Jury, along with Mr Arun Kumar apprentice jury from Jamshedpur .

- Anil K Saxena, Gaya : email saxenaak273@yahoo.co.in

Special Covers from Hazaribagh

Vinoba Bhave University , Hazaribagh – 6 February 2015

Soil Conservation Training Centre, Hazaribagh – 6 February 2015

 

District Rural Development Society, Hazaribagh – 7 February 2015

: Sreejesh Krishnan , Trivandrum : email : sreejesh.nt@gmail.com

 

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