Date of issue : 1 June 2oo8
Today I have some stamps with beautiful toys . When we are young we love to play with them. But when we grow up we just love to see them and try to give the best of them to our own kids. Today we have a variety of toys in the market for the children which not only fascinate young ones but also grown-ups. But here I am showing some popular and traditional children's toys, depicted on beautiful stamps issued by Poland on June 1, 2008. In the next part there are recently issued Rakhi envelops (Courtesy-V.K. Sabharwal, New Delhi) . Raksha- Bandhan, the only festival in the world which is celebrated in India, as a symbol of love between the brother and sister. We will be celebrating this festival of sacred love on 16 August, next month. So collect these beautiful envelops from your nearest post office. This post is dedicated to all lovely tiny tots of the world. In the last part of this post some more se-tenants from the album of Mr. Shrikant Parikh on the theme-Flora. Have fun with these issues ! Till next Post Happy Collecting !
World of Toys
The oldest toys, found by the archaeologists in children's tombs, are about 2500 years old. The toys always mirrored the world of adults. In antiquity children played with miniature objects from everyday life and with the dolls. In those times the educational toys existed as well, such as Greek or Roman letters on a string, for example. Together with technological progress the first mechanical toys had been invented. Should the industrial revolution never happened, the boys would not played with model cars and trains. In the 19th century the first "walking" and "talking" dolls became available in the magazines. The real hits of the 20th century are undoubtedly the Barbie doll and the Lego bricks; nevertheless, the most universal toys are still the simplest and usually the cheapest ones, which the children do not get bored of too early. Such toys allow the children much freedom for their own invention and help to develop their imagination, at the same time being usually more damage-proof than the others. Therefore, apart from all that technological progress, TVs and computers, the kids are still fond of toys that were played by our parents and grandparents, and it may be hoped that they will remain favourites for the next generations, too.
Children's Day Celebrated annually in Poland and in a few neighbouring countries since 1952. In the world better known is Universal Children's Day (November 20), introduced by UN in 1954. In India, Children's Day is celebrated on 14 November which is also the birthday of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India who loved children very much.
