Hi Readers ! It's really nice to receive contributions and news from you. The purpose of this e-club is to bring philatelists from all over the world on a common platform and help them to interact with each other. It's a great pleasure that I am receiving response from all parts of the world. Here is a beautiful aerogramme from Singapore (issued in 1987) depicting Indian Classical Dances sent by our distinguished member Ms. Leeza Padhi from Silver City of India, Cuttack. Thank you Leeza for sharing this exquisite aerogramme with other members. Its great to see Indian Culture and performing Arts on foreign stamps & Postal stationery. In the next part, new issues from Poland and in the last part some more FDCs of se-tenant stamps from collection of Mr. Shrikant Parikh. I just want to inform you here that November issue of Rainbow Stamp News will be published earlier on 25th October. It will be a special Diwali issue. If you want to send any news or write up, please send soon before 24th october . This is all for today... Have a great time.....!
New Stamps from Poland
Presidents of the Republic of Poland in Exile
The Polish Government in ExileIn September 1939, when Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland, the Polish government, led by president Ignacy Mościcki, went into exile. The initial plan to reach France failed, as allied countries did not respect agreements established years before during world peace. The new government was chosen from amongst those politicians who were lucky enough to have entered France. In order to maintain the constitutional continuity of the highest authority in Poland, a new president and the National Council were appointed in place of the dissolved parliament. One of the most pressing matters for the government in exile was the creation of the Polish Armed Forces in the West and establishment the Polish Underground State.When France capitulated in 1940, the Polish government accepted the hospitality of London. The building at Eaton Place 43, dubbed "The Castle", served as their office until 1990. After the war had ended, the Polish government in exile was no longer acknowledged by the authorities of most countries, but it was not until the eighties when the sessions of the Round Table, the fall of communism (1989) and the free elections finally concluded the efforts of the Government in Exile of the II Republic of Poland. A symbolic act, which concluded the termination of the government in exile was the transfer of the presidential insignia by president Ryszard Kaczorowski to president Lech Wałęsa, who was elected in the general elections of December 22, 1990.
The Polish Post hass issued a series of six stamps on 24 September 2008 with images of the presidents of the Republic of Poland in Exile .
- 1947-1972: August Zaleski (1883-1947), historian, outstanding diplomat, foreign minister and senator of the II Republic of Poland. After seven years in office he refused to step down - this decision was one of the reasons of the division among the emigrants. The Council of Three, active between 1954 and 1972, was in opposition to the president.
- 1972-1979: Stanisław Ostrowski (1892-1982), doctor, serviceman, MP since 1930, president of Lwów shortly before the outbreak of the war, prisoner in labour camps, later a soldier of the Polish Armed Forces under the command of General Anders. After the war he resumed his medical practice in Great Britain.
-1979-1986: Edward Raczyński (1891-1993), diplomat (in outposts in Copenhagen and London; ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Great Britain between 1934 and 1945 ), Polish deputy of the League of Nations. Member of the Council of Three (1954-1972).
- 1986-1989: Kazimierz Sabbat (1913-1989), lawyer, soldier of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during the war, actively engaged in scouting.
-1989-1990: Ryszard Kaczorowski (born in 1919), economist, scout, soldier of the Grey Ranks (Szare Szeregi), a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union (1940-1942), after the declaration of amnesty, a soldier in the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division under General Anders.
FDC design
On one of the FDCs shown above is a record of the oath taken by the first president of the Republic of Poland in Exile, written in Paris on September 30, 1939; the wording of the presidential oath along with the names of the cities which housed the offices of the government of the Republic of Poland in Exile.
Courtesy - Polish Post
A Journey through Indian Stamps - FDCs of Se-tenant Stamps
From Collection of Shrikant Parikh
100 Years of Cinema - 11 January 1995
India - South Africa Co-operation Mahatma Gandhi -2 October 1995
Dr. Salim Ali Centenary - 12 November 1996
