Hi ! After a big festive season all of you must have resumed your routine work. The month of October was so glittering with crackers, sweets, merry making & full of great joy and fun all over the country but philatelically it lacked some flavour as the most beautiful miniature sheet and FDC of festival of India was not available in most parts of the country in the month of October.I just got this beautiful Miniature sheet and FDC with the M/s from Ahmedabad sent by our very distinguished member Mr. Shrikant Parikh. Here are these magnificent items. Many of you must have not seen them so far due to non availability of these items at many Philatelic Bureaus of the country. It has become a common practice that M/s and cachets of FDCs reach quite late at Philatelic Bureaus. To my great surprise these items were not available at Kanpur till 31st October which is one of the prestigious Philatelic Bureaus of the country.Many philatelic exhibitions were also held in the month of October. I have received reports from different parts of the country.Just go through the recent exhibition news.In our regular series some beautiful FDCs of se-tenant stamps from the collection of Mr. Shrikant Parikh.This is all for the Day !..Till Next Post....Have a Great Time !.....
Festivals of India
SURPEX 2008, Surat
The 4th District Level Philatelic Exhibition was organized by Department of Posts, from 13-15 October 2008 at Surat. The exhibition was inaugurated by R M S Brar, Commissioner of Police, Surat. Ms. Vijayalaxmi Sheth, Chief Postmaster General, Gujarat was also present. On the occasion of Philately Day , a Stamp and Miniature sheet on "Post Office" was released by the Chief Postmaster General and the first album was presented to Dr Bhavanikumar Sharma, an eminent literary person of Surat. The Exhibition was organized at Jeevan Bharati School. 96 frames were on display of which 30 frames were of invitee category. 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medals in senior and 1 Silver, 1 Bronze & 1 Sp. Prize in junior category were awarded.. Three awards were also given by Surat Philatelic Association in Junior category to promote philately in the younger generation. Senior philatelist Mr. Prashant Pandya & Mr. Timir R. Shah of Baroda Philatelic Society judged the exhibition. Ms. Aparna Sen, Mun. Commissioner, Surat & Sh. A.K.Joshi, PMG Vadodara Region distributed the prizes.
The 4th District Level Philatelic Exhibition was organized by Department of Posts, from 13-15 October 2008 at Surat. The exhibition was inaugurated by R M S Brar, Commissioner of Police, Surat. Ms. Vijayalaxmi Sheth, Chief Postmaster General, Gujarat was also present. On the occasion of Philately Day , a Stamp and Miniature sheet on "Post Office" was released by the Chief Postmaster General and the first album was presented to Dr Bhavanikumar Sharma, an eminent literary person of Surat. The Exhibition was organized at Jeevan Bharati School. 96 frames were on display of which 30 frames were of invitee category. 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medals in senior and 1 Silver, 1 Bronze & 1 Sp. Prize in junior category were awarded.. Three awards were also given by Surat Philatelic Association in Junior category to promote philately in the younger generation. Senior philatelist Mr. Prashant Pandya & Mr. Timir R. Shah of Baroda Philatelic Society judged the exhibition. Ms. Aparna Sen, Mun. Commissioner, Surat & Sh. A.K.Joshi, PMG Vadodara Region distributed the prizes.
A special cover and postmark was released on Poet Veer Narmad by the Chief Postmaster General on the second day of the exhibition. A booklet bearing Dandi March pictures was also released on the occasion. An essay competition and workshop on philately was organized for school students during the exhibition. A souvenir was also released on the occasion.
-Timir R. Shah, Baroda
SCHOOLPEX– 2008, Jaipur
13th Inter School State level Stamp Exhibition Schoolpex-2008 organized by Philatelic Society of Rajasthan and St. Xavier’s School was held in Jaipur from 23rd Oct to 25th Oct 2008. Director, Postal Services, Mr Ambesh Upmanyu inaugurated the Exhibition . On the occasion two special covers and Cancellations were released on ‘Drink Milk’ . The cover depicts famous personalities- Mahatama Gandhi , Cricketer M S Dhoni , Film Actor Deol , Olympian Susheel Kumar etc who have publicly advocated drinking Milk. A special cancellation shows Milk bottle & glass . There were 116 entries from all over Rajasthan which included Jodhpur , Kota , Bikaner & Ajmer . Nearly 15000 colorful stamps were displayed in the Exhibition. A Workshop on Philately was also organized by Mr Yogesh Bhatnagar convener, St. Xavier’s Philatelic Club .
The special covers of the exhibition are available with Mr. Rajesh Paharia. For details Pl. contact Mr. Rajesh Paharia.
E-Mail : shreeshell@hotmail.com
-Rajesh Paharia, Jaipur
A Journey to Indian Stamps - FDCs of se-tenant stamps
From Collection of Shrikant Parikh
Gallantry Award Winners - 28 January 2000
Turtles : Endangered Species - 29 January 2000
Migratory Birds - 24 May 2000
