China 2011 - 27th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition
The 27th Asian International Stamp Exhibition China 2011 , co-sponsored by State Post Bureau, Jiangsu Government, China Post and All-China Philatelic Federation, will be held in Wuxi Taihu International Exposition Center from November 11 to November 15, 2011. This exhibition will be a large international stamp culture exchange activity. held in China after the 2009 World Stamp Exhibition.
Exhibition Date: November 11 – 15, 2011, will run for five days.
Exhibition scale: competition and non-competitive exhibition: 1300, plans 1100 exhibits outside , China (mainland) exhibits 200 . Exhibition area of 4,000 square meters. 100 Sales Booth: 100 outside the Post and 40 stamp dealers, stamp collecting domestic companies and 60 private dealers.
Exhibition aims: to promote the development of our culture; promote the cause of China's postal and philatelic career development; promote the holding of the economic, cultural, all-round coordinated development; to promote philately in Asia and Oceania-round development; to promote international cultural exchange of people.
Venue : Taihu International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Organizers: the State Post Bureau, Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, the China Post Group Corporation, China National Philatelic Federation.
Sponsor: Wuxi Municipal People's Government.
Website : China 2011
PHILANIPPON 2011: World Stamp Exhibition
Date : July 28 – August 2, 2011
National Commissioner : Anil Suri
Email : anilksuri@email.com
Venue : Pacifico Yokohama, Exhibition Hall.1-1-1.1 Minatomirai Nishi-ku,
Yokohama 220-0012, Japan
Patronage : Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP)
Auspices : Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) http://www.philanippon.jp/english/
Great Poets of India
Philatelic Tributes to Firaq Gorakhpuri
Today is Death anniversary of famous Urdu poet Firaq Gorakhpuri. Firaq Gorakhpuri's real name was Raghupati Sahay. He was born in 1896 in Gorakhpur, India. He left his imprint on three important genres of Urdu poetry - ghazal, nazm and rubaayee. He wrote more than 40,000 couplets. He was a poet of love and beauty. His poems are published in three anthologies - Rooh-o-Qaayanat, Gul-e-Ra'naa, Nagma-numaa. He passed away on 3rd March 1982 after a long illness.
Courtesy: Srini Thevearyan, Klang Malaysia : Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur
