Hi ! I am giving here the list of books on Philately, compiled by Dr Bibhudutta Mishra, Bhubaneshwar. Readers may send the names of books which have not been mentioned in the list . It will be included in the list and re published on the blog.
List of Indian Books on Philately
| Sl. No | Name of Books | Author | Publisher | Year of Publication | Price Rs & Lang. |
| 1 | The Post Office of India | Ananda Gopal Sen | 1875 | ||
| 2 | Postal History & Practice | I G J Hamilton | 1910 | ||
| 3 | Early Indian Cancellations | Jal Cooper | 1948, facsimile reprint, 1995 | ||
| 4 | India Used Abroad. | Jal COOPER | 1950 100pp. | ||
| 5 | Story of the Indian Post Office | Mulk Raj Anand | 1955 | ||
| 6 | Post Card Catalogue of India and Indian States 1879 - 1979 | Madhukar Jhingan | 1979 | ||
| 7 | Army Post Office & Philately (A Selection of Philatelic Articles) | Brig D S Virk | 1980 | ||
| 8 | Hyderabad Philatelic History | M A Nayeem | 1980 | ||
| 9 | Gwalior | Prof V K Gupta | 1980 | ||
| 10 | Essays on Postal History | several authors | 1980 | ||
| 11 | From the Diary of Stephen Smith | D N Jatia | 1980 | ||
| 12 | Indian Army Post Offices in Second World War | Brig D S Virk | 1982 | ||
| 13 | Slogans and Special Postmarks of India 1875-1947 | Ashok Kumar Bayanwala | 1982 | ||
| 14 | India used Abroad | Vispi S Dastur | 1982 | ||
| 15 | Postal Censorship in India | Brig D S Virk | 1983 | ||
| 16 | Postal History of Zemindari Dawk | M L Majumdar | 1984 | ||
| 17 | Madras GPO Earlier Postal History of Madras Presidency | M M Inamdar | 1986 | ||
| 18 | Bombay GPO Earlier Postal History of Bombay Presidency | M M Inamdar | 1986 | ||
| 19 | Local Postal Service of Thikana Khetri (Jaipur State) and Its Fiscals | O P Bhatnagar | 1988 | ||
| 20 | Postal History of Indian Campaigns :Sikkim - Tibet 1903 -1908 | Brig D S Virk et el. | 1989 | ||
| 21 | A Study of East India Half Anna Stamp | Dr A Y Kantharia | 1989 | ||
| 22 | Bibliography - Indian Philately | 1989 | |||
| 23 | Ajmer Postal History | J M Dhor & T C Ranjan | 1989 | ||
| 24 | Registration Receipts & Acknowledgment Forms of Indian Post Office | Col. L G Shenoi | 1989 | ||
| 25 | Imperial Post Offices of British India | M L Majumdar | 2 volumes | 1990 | |
| 26 | Philately | S.P.Chatterjee | NCERT, New Delhi | 1990 94 pages | 26.50 (English) |
| 27 | Indian Postal History 1873 - 1923 | Brig. D S Virk | 1991 | ||
| 28 | Postal History of Indian Campaigns :China Expeditionary Force 1900 -1923 | Brig D S Virk et el. | 1992 | ||
| 29 | Early History and Growth of Postal System in India | M L Majumdar | 1995 | ||
| 30 | Philately for the young | Mathew Varki | Children’s BookTrust, New Delhi | 1996 100 pages | 50.00 (English) |
| 31 | Indian Telegraphs 1851 - 1914 Philatelic & Operational History | I Patel & D Desai | 1996 | ||
| 32 | Conservation, restoration and Philatelic Chemistry | Prof V K Gupta | 1997 208 pages | 1500.00 | |
| 33 | Classics of India | G B Pai | 1997 | ||
| 34 | The Scinde Dawks & Lithographs of India | D E Wadia | 1997 | ||
| 35 | Stamps of Indian Native States | P M Medhora | 1997 | ||
| 36 | Thematic Philately | Prof V K Gupta | 192 pages | 250.00 | |
| 37 | Calcutta GPO | M L Majumdar | 1998 | ||
| 38 | Indian Airgraphs | Manohar Lal | 1999 | ||
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| 40 | Brahmini Dawk: History of Postal Communication in Mewar | R K Sarawagi & M Deogawanka | 1999 | ||
| 41 | Sorath Stamps & Postal History | R A Malaviya | 1999 | ||
| 42 | Collecting Stamps | Balchand and Jaya Pai | Children's Book Trust, New Delhi, India | 1999 | 20.00 |
| 43 | India's Bi-colored Four Annas 1854 | D N Jatia | 2000 | ||
| 44 | How to collect stamp | A.S.Mittal | Adarsha Prakashan, Jaipur | 2000 | 25.00 (English) |
| 45 | A Brief History of the Army Postal Service Corps, | Brig S K Sen | 2002 | ||
| 46 | An Approach to History of Post Office in India and Other Essays | Shivnath | 2002 | ||
| 47 | Hand Book of Philately | Secretary, Dept. of Post, Govt. of India | Dept. of Post | 2003 60 pages | 16.00 (English) |
| 48 | Dakatikata Sangraha Kaise Karein | A.S.Mittal | Adarsha Prakashan, Jaipur | 2004 | 20.00 (Hindi) |
| 49 | Milepost | West Bengal Circle India Post | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Stamp collecting today | Sangeeta Devgawanka | Vasundhara Publication, Kolkatta | 2005 73 pages | 96.00 (English) |
| 51 | Gandhi Handbook | Manik Jain & Mrinal Kanti Ray | 2006 | ||
| 52 | Window to Philately | B.Padmini | Sura Books Pvt. Ltd., Chennai | 2007 124 pages | 70.00 (English) |
| 53 | Stamp Quizzes-A handbook of Philatelic Trivia & Quizzes | Anil Dhir | Amadeus Press, Bhubaneswar | 2007 244 pages | 300/- (English) |
| 54 | Nature through Postage Stamps | Dept. Of Post New Delhi | 2007 | 175.00 | |
| 55 | Indian Freedom Struggle through Postage Stamps | Dept. Of Post | 2007 | 500.00 | |
| 56 | Stamps of India -Gandhi | Dept. Of Post | 2007 | 200.00 | |
| 57 | Discover India through Philately | Dept. Of Post | 2007 | 600.00 | |
| 58 | 1857 – Through India Postage Stamps | Dept. Of Post | 2007 | 400.00 | |
| 59 | India Post-A journey through ages | Aravinda Kumar Singh Translated- Shailendra Das | National Book Trust, New Delhi 978-81-237-5592-2 | 2009 485 pages | 150/- (English) |
| 60 | Uttarakhand - A Philatelic Journey | Abhai Mishra & Rajesh Varma | 2009 | ||
| 61 | India's Freedom Struggle Through India Postage Stamps | Vishnu S Saksena | |||
| 62 | Famous stamps-The romance of rarities | Anil Dhir | Amadeus Press, Bhubaneswar | 2011 192 pages | 200.00 (English) |
| 63 | Dakatikata Sangraha | Bibhudatta Mishra & Shanti swarup Rath | Grantha Mandir, Cuttack | 2011 130 pages | 80.00 (Oriya) |
| 64 | My rainbow of Philatelic Articles | Dr Satyandra Kumar Aggarwal | Phila gold Publication | 2011 150 pages | 1200.00 |
| 65 | Anche Janapad | Mr M.R.Pravakar | Karnatak | 2012 | 150.00 |
| 66 | Know Your Stamps | D.Chakravarthy | Chakravarthy, 1-C Gayathri Apartments, 302 James Long Sarani, PO Jokha, | ||
| 67. | A Guide to Modern Indian Postal Stationery, 1947-2003 | Prashant Pandya | Vadodara | Rs 400 US $ 20.00 |
- Dr Bibhudatta Mishra – Bhubaneshwar
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Club News
Guinness Records to Daniel Monteiro
Brahmavar: Daniel Monteiro, Office Asst. of St. Mary’s Syrian College here has secured ‘Guinness World Records’ for his largest collection of stamps featuring birds. His total collection consists of 4911 stamps from 263 countries. The old record was in the name of Mr. Paul-Erwin Oswald of Germany.
Mr.Daniel made an attempt for this record by organizing a major philatelic exhibition Birdpex-2011’ on 7th and 8th December 2011 at S.M.S. community hall, Brahmavar. More than 6000 people including VIPS, Juries, stamp collectors participated in this event.
Daniel began the hobby of collecting stamps at the age of 11 (year 1973). In the Primary School, when a teacher encouraged Daniel and his other classmates to develop any one of the hobbies, the collection of stamps attracted Daniel. He began by collecting stamps of all types and then went on to specialize in water birds, which aroused his interest in them so much. Since his house is surrounded by a river and a lake with variety of water birds, he took special interest in them.
Later he also took to ornithological studies, Bird watching and Environment protection activities. The awards, distinctions and recognitions he won are numerous, 10 international level from Belgium, Austria, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok , Korea, Indonesia, China and India, 21 national level and 13 state level and from 31 prestigious institutions in Karnataka State, including All India Sahitya Convention Award, District Rajyaotsava Award, Vishveshvarayya Award, Ambedkar award, Extraordinary Personality of Konkani Award.
Daniel’s another noteworthy achievement was his entry into the ‘Limca Book of Records’ a due recognition for his rare collection of ducks stamps and also three records in ‘India Book Of Records’ for largest collection of ducks stamps, largest collection of birds stamps and one man largest exhibition, Birdpex-2011.
He is also a member of all the recognized Philatelic Associations in India. He has, on his own initiative, organized 163 exhibitions on Philately and 31 workshops on environment and philately till date, and also actively involved himself in creating an awareness about wild life and the need to protect the environment. He has presented papers on birds and stamps at seminars held, even at the national level. Mr. Daniel Monteiro loves to talk to children about birds and stamps, and this he does by organizing workshops, exhibitions and competitions for school children and college students.
Daniel Monteiro may be contacted at email : danielbvr@yahoo.com
CRICKET WORLD CUP - A STAMP COLLECTION
COLLECTOR'S BOOK
This book is a journey into the history of World Cup cricket. It begins with a brief introduction of the World Cup Cricket starting from first world Cup played in 1975 to the recently concluded one in 2011. The book then covers cricketing history of 9 Test playing Nations and participating nations in 2011 Cricket world cup. Finally book journeys into the world of cricket memorabilia like stamps, special covers, coins, medals, cricket bats, cricket kits etc.
Housed in this informative album, the collection of 10 postal sheets featuring 9 test playing nations and captains of world cup teams issued during world cup 2011 by postal departments of Caribbean island nations - St. Kitts, Nevis and St. Vincent.
Price : INR - 2,499.00 For more details contact :
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