Cine Media hits Philately by fake news

To give spicy news about film personalities by Cine Media is a common affair. We come to know sensational news about the personal life of film stars time to time by print and electronic media . But this time the media has given a fake news about the issue of postage stamp on Manoj Tiwari. Recently this hot news was published in leading Indian Dalies and many Bollywood Websites including a Philatelic Website. I was surprised to know about this stamp on Manoj Tiwari. It was not surprising if it would have been on Big B or Shahurkh Khan. I gave the news after going through several websites. Thanks to Mr. Suraj Jaitly , Editor ITS Stamp News for forarding the e-mail of Maxim from Netherlands which I am giving here.This clarifies the reumour about the issue.

"I am sorry to tell you the Netherlands is not issuing a postage stam for Tiwari. According to the Dutch website hindulife.nl the article in the Times of india is fake. the magazine "den Haag" that has put the stamp on its cover does not exist. Furthermore, the author of hindulife.nl reports that nine of ten Hindoestanen has never heard of Tiwari. Also dutch stamps are not issued by the government, but by TNT post ( the former PTT). It is possible that someone ordered a 'personal stamp'. these stamps can be ordered from TNT Post in sheets of ten stamps. You can send in your own photo or illustration to be printed on the stamp."

Maxim Van Ooeijen, Netherlands

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2948200.cms

http://www.hindulife.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1674&Itemid=52