Happy Birthday Stamp

29 th May, 2008 is a happy day for all those who collect cartoon characters on stamps as France has added a beautiful Souvenir sheet to their collection by issuing a souvenir sheet of five stamps picturing “Oui-oui”. This is a “Happy birthday” stamp. Oui-oui is the French name of Noddy a character created by the British children’s author Enid Blyton in 1943 and who has appeared since then in various TV animated series. Noddy is a little wooden boy who lives in his own little house in Toyland. Noddy was carved by a woodsman but ran away after the man began to make a wooden lion, which Noddy was scared of. He then meets Big Ears, a friendly gnome. Big Ears decides that Noddy is a toy and takes him to live in Toyland. He provides Noddy with a set of clothing and buys a build-it-yourself house for him. This is the beginning of a lot of adventures that have filled the childhood of a lot of kids .French post issues annually such “Happy birthday” stamp picturing a character taken from literature for children. Have a look and show it to your children and grand children too !Many of you might have not come across Aga Khan Miniature Sheet which was also issued on 17 May 2008 with other two stamps of Rs 5 & Rs 15 as it was not available at most of the Philatelic Bureaus of India. Here it is for you. Our sincere thanks to Mr. Vinod Sabharwal of New Delhi who has sent the scan to us. This is all for today till next Post have a Nice Time !