Hi Readers, In yesterday's Post I wrote about a beautiful city of Poland. Today in the continuation one more beautiful historical town of Poland Jelenia Gora.Jelenia Góra appears for the first time on a postage stamp and is the 19th city in the series the "Polish towns and cities" issued by the Polish Post since 2002. On account of the celebrations of 900 years of the history of Jelenia Góra,Polish Post issued a stamp which shows a town hall and the Neptune fountain, and the First Day Cover presents the Chojnik castle.A previous town hall was burnt in the 17th century. When in 1739 a strong wind blew down a rebuilt tower of the town hall, the decision was made to build a new building. In around 1750 a new classicistic building of the town hall was erected on the remains of the medieval tenement houses based on the design of Ch.G. Hedemann.A baroque fountain of Neptune built in a place where a city well was sunk, is a symbol of trade contacts of merchants from Jelenia Góra with overseas.The Chojnik castle on the Chojnik hill (627 m. AMSL) was built in the 16th century in the times of the Piast dynasty duke Bolko II. The castle was then developed by the Schaffgotsches but it burnt down in 1675. Now it invites visitors. Every year knights cross-bow tournaments are held there.Just take a look to this beautiful stamp from Poland. A brief Club News for your information. In our regular series some stenants from the album of Mr. Shrikant Parikh. This is all for today... Till Next Post Have a Nice Time !....
Date of Issue : 20 August 2008
In the place where two rivers Kamienna and Bóbr join, in a valley surrounded by the Izerskie, Kaczawskie and Karkonosze mountains, lies a city called "Pearl of the Karkonosze Mountains" (Perła Karkonoszy) - Jelenia Góra (previously Hirschberg). A traditional Latin inscription on a town hall says: "The city was built by Bolesław Krzywousty in 1108". In the 13th century the settlement was granted civic rights. In the 16th century it was famed for the production of linen as well as mining and metallurgy. During the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) the city was heavily damaged. Thank to textile industry and trade it got up and enriched. Another crisis came in 1742, when Silesia became incorporated into Prussia and later on Germany. From the 18th century Jelenia Góra made use of its development of tourism and that is when more hotels, restaurants and shops appeared. In the 2nd half of the 19th century railway led to Jelenia Góra.Jelenia Góra is also a tourism base on these days. Main city places are: those of the medieval times (e.g. remains of the fortifications and a 16th century church by the saints Erasmus and Pancras) and of the baroque (e.g. city square tenement houses) as well as green areas and a famous Cieplice health resort with hot springs. This year an additional attraction in Jelenia Góra is the celebration of the city's 900 years of history and for this occasion many concerts, historical event, market, outdoor and sport events will be organized. A jubilee local ducat has been issued.
Courtesy - Polish Post
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Recognition of the Faith Diversity within the Nation
Dear Philatelic Friends,
My friend requested for pictures of stamps of USA of specific religions - Eid (Islam/Muslim), Kwanzaa (Native Aboriginal), Hanukkah (Jewish) and Chinese New Year (Stamps courtesy of Sukumar Chaudhuri - Kumar Gupta).
Recognition of the faith diversity within the nation
This is in connection with my request to the postal administration of United States Postal Services (USA), Canada Post (Canada) and Royal Mail (U.K.) to issue DIWALI stamps for the Hindu, Sikh & Jain faiths, who form a substantial population in the respective countries. X'mas (Christian) stamps are too numerous of these nations hence not shown here. India has issued stamps of diversity, greetings and religious festivals, though secular! Please let us know, if you are aware of similar thematic stamps of globally. A thing of beauty is joy forever.
Prakash Mody, Canada
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From Se-tenant Album of Shrikant Parikh
Theme - Children
Stop Child Labour
Date of Issue : 26 December 2006
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