50 Years of Friendship : New Zealand and Samoa

 

New Zealand Post will issue a set of five stamps and a souvenir sheet on 1st August 2012 to commemorate 50 Years of Friendship: New Zealand and Samoa

The links between New Zealand and Samoa not only stem from the fact that they are close Pacific neighbours, but are also due to the large number of New Zealanders of Samoan descent living in New Zealand. Samoans make up around 50 per cent of New Zealand’s Pacific Island population and the arts and culture of Samoa have become a distinctive voice in New Zealand society.

Each of the five stamps features a contemporary view of a selu tuiga – a head comb that takes the shape of a traditional tuiga. A tuiga is a Samoan headdress that is worn at important events by the mānaia (son) or the taupou (daughter) of the high chief of the village. The tuiga is a unique symbol of the chiefly nature of Samoan society, and a significant number of tuiga were worn when Samoa gained independence.

Elements of Samoa’s unique culture have been crafted by the stamp and coin designer, Michel Tuffery MNZM, into each of the selu tuiga featured on the stamps. These elements include key Samoan cultural frameworks, traditional Samoan arts, architecture, heritage and agriculture.

Michel Tuffery lives and works in Wellington, New Zealand (Aotearoa), and is a famous multi-disciplinary artist of Samoan, Rarotongan and Tahitian heritage. Tuffery has established himself as a diverse and critical creative practitioner within contemporary New Zealand and Pacific Island art, and his work features in major public and private collections globally.

The individual stamps in this issue are as follows:

70c - Fu'a

Fu’a is the Samoan word for flag and the fu’a of independence flies in front of the original Samoan Maota Fono or Parliament House. This Maota Fono was built in the shape of a circular Samoan meeting house. Chiefs and orators have discussed issues in a circular manner since time immemorial – making the form of the circle a traditional and sacred symbol.

$1.40 Niu

The coconut tree or niu is a very important tree for sustenance. For thousands of years, the lives of the Samoan people depended on this tree of life. It provided food, milk and oil as well as shelter, baskets and other woven artefacts used by Samoans in their everyday lives.

$1.90 - Maota

The Maota Fa’amasino or the Courthouse building is 110 years old, and one of the oldest buildings in the city of Apia. The building was built by the Germans in 1902 and has seen two foreign administrations (Germany and New Zealand) occupy it, before Samoans took over after gaining independence from New Zealand.

$2.40 - Tatau

Traditional Samoan tatau (tattoo) motifs and patterns are taken from nature. There are the tulī (godwit) bird, the centipede, the trochus shell and the ‘aso, the rafters of a fale on to which thatches are lashed, and a number of other shapes including a va’a (twohulled canoe) that sits at the top on the back of a male tatau.

$2.90 Malumalu

Malumalu ole Atua means ‘church building’ and the Catholic Church’s Immaculate Conception of Mary Cathedral at Mulivai was a symbol of spiritual sustenance that graced the shoreline of Apia Harbour. Sadly, the Cathedral was demolished after 127 years, when the 8.1-magnitude earthquake of September 2009 shook it to an irreparable state.

: New Zealand Post

Club News

AHIMSAPEX - 2012

 

From Jamshedpur Philatelic Society

Monthly meeting of Jamshedpur Philatelic Society was held on 8th July 2012. New team was elected as:-

President:- Mr. Rahul De

Vice President: Syed Hafizuddin, Mr. K. K. Rikhi

Secretaty: Ashok Kumar Tiwary (e-mail:ashoktiwary695@gmail.com)

Asst. Secretary: Mr. Rajinder Singh

Treasurer: Mr. S.R. Arun kumar

:  Ramesh Chandra – Lucknow ; Ashok Tiwary - Jamshedpur

Arrivals of Indians in Jamaica…

 

Indian theme on foreign stamps..

 - Kenneth Sequeira – Dubai (UAE)

Indo-Jamaicans or Indian Jamaicans, are primarily the descendents of indentured workers of India who are citizens or nationals of Jamaica. Indians form the second largest racial group in Jamaica after Africans.

Over 36,000 Indians were taken to Jamaica as indentured workers between 1845 and 1917, with around two thirds of them remaining on the island. The demand for their labour came after the end of slavery in 1830 and the failure to attract workers from Europe. Indian labourers, who had proved their worth in similar conditions in Mauritius, were sought by the Jamaican Government, in addition to workers coming from China. Indian workers were actually paid less than the former West African slaves and were firmly at the bottom on the social ladder. The legacy of these social divisions was to linger for many decades.

The Indian Government encouraged indentured labour and recruiting depots were established in Calcutta and Madras although agents were paid significantly less, per recruit, than for a European workers. Most Indians who signed contracts did so in the hope of returning to India with the fruits of their labour, rather than intending to migrate permanently. The Indian Government appointed a Protector of Immigrants in Jamaica, although this office tended to protect the interests of the employers rather than the workers. Although technically the workers had to appear before a magistrate and fully understand their terms and conditions, these were written in English and many workers, signing only with a thumb print, did not comprehend the nature of their service.

Arrival in Jamaica

The first ship carrying workers from India, the "Maidstone", landed at Old Harbour Bay in 1845. Indian indentureship ended in 1917 to the Caribbean (Jamaica, Trinidad, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Grenada, St. Kitts, St. Croix, Guadeloupe, Martinique, British Guiana (now Guyana), Dutch Guiana (now Surinam, French Guiana and Belize).

Settlement and repatriation

Although most of the workers originally planned to return to India, the planters lobbied the Government to allow them to stay and defray their settlement costs, largely to save on the costs of returning them to the sub continent.

Problems in returning

The lack of ships available to repatriate the workers was another factor in many of them staying on. Ships refused to sail if not full, and at other times were oversubscribed, leading to some time expired workers being left behind. During World War 1 German submarine warfare and a lack of ships further cut the numbers able to return.

The Indian workers tended their own gardens after the work on the plantations was done to supplement their diet. Indian workers, in search of relaxation, also introduced marijuana and the chillum pipe, to Jamaica. Hindu festivals such as Diwali were celebrated although many became Christians over time. Gradually workers left the plantations for Kingston and took jobs that better utilised their existing, and newly learned skills. The Indian community adopted English as their first language and became jewellers, fishermen, barbers and shopkeepers.

Indo-Jamaican Culture

Indians have made many contributions to Jamaican culture. Indian jewelry, in the form of intricately wrought gold bangles, are common on Jamaica, with their manufacture and sale going back to the 1860s. Indians established the island's first successful rice mill in the 1890s and dominated the island's vegetable production until the late 1940s.

Approximately 61,500 Indians live in Jamaica today, maintaining their own cultural organizations and roots but assimilated into the wider community. Traditional Indian foods such as curry goat and roti have become part of the national cuisine and are now seen as 'Jamaican'.

Descendants of the immigrant workers have influenced the fields of farming, medicine, politics and even horse-racing. Names such as Patel, Chatani, Chulani, Tewani, Mahtani, Ramchandani, Daswani, Vaswani and Chandiram have become synonymous with manufacturing, wholesale, retail and in-bond businesses providing employment for thousands of Jamaicans. Cricketers of an Indian, as opposed to African, background have found success in representing both Jamaica on the domestic scene and the West Indies.

The Jamaican Postal service released stamps in 1996 to mark the 150th Anniversary of Indians Arrivals in Jamaica.

Kenneth Sequeira may be contacted at email : kenneth.sequeira@hotmail.com

Traditional Chinese festivals

 

 

To  commemorate  traditional Chinese festivals, Chunghwa Post is issuing a set of four stamps featuring the Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The designs of the stamps follow:

1. The Chinese New Year (NT＄5): Chinese New Year is characterized by auspicious celebrations that symbolize the idea of the old giving way to the new. The stamp features fireworks to convey a sense of joy and fruitfulness. It also shows traditional New Year's calligraphic couplets, with chun (the character for spring) on one side of the door, and fu (the character for good fortune) on the other. These convey the idea that "with spring comes good fortune."

2. The Lantern Festival (NT＄5): The Lantern Festival is like a mini Chinese New Year. Every household celebrates and hangs decorative lanterns. The stamp features a traditionally styled lantern, glutinous rice balls, and wooden red flip-flops representing that everything comes in pairs. The design is meant to convey the idea of blessings coming as families gather to celebrate the holiday.

3. The Dragon Boat Festival (NT＄10): Dragon boat races and eating zongzi are the two activities most representative of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is a folk tradition to hang sweet sedge and Asian mugwort over the door to one's house so as to ward off insect infestations. It is also customary to wear sachets of fragrant herbs dangling from one's waist and to drink realgar wine as a way of praying for peace and safety.

4. The Mid-Autumn Festival (NT＄25): "The moon is full and the people united." The Mid-Autumn Festival is a holiday that celebrates reunions. The stamp features a shiny, bright moon and the Jade Hare and Lady Chang'e accompanying each other in the Palace of the Moon. The moon cakes symbolize the beauty of the clan being whole and united.

Indian Theme on foreign stamps…

The Arrival of  Indians  in Fiji

 

Fiji is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand's North Island. The majority of Fiji's islands were formed through volcanic activity started around 150 million years ago. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch and the British explored Fiji. Fiji was a British colony up until 1970; British occupation lasted almost a century. Because of the abundance of forest, mineral, and fish resources, Fiji is one of the most developed economies in the Pacific island realm. Today, the main sources of foreign exchange are its tourist industry and sugar exports.

The population of Fiji is mostly made up of native Fijians, who are Melanesians (54.3%) and Indo-Fijians (38.1%), descendants of Indian contract labourers brought to the islands by the British colonial powers in the 19th century.Fijian as an official language of Fiji, along with English and Fiji Hindi.

Indo-Fijians are Fijians whose ancestors came from India.They are mostly descended from indentured labourers, brought to the islands by Fiji's British colonial rulers between 1879 and 1916 to work on Fiji's sugar cane plantations. These were complemented by the later arrival of Gujarati and Punjabi immigrants who arrived as free settlers in contrast to their counterparts who were brought under the indentured labour system.

Indians had been employed for a long time on the European ships trading in India . Many of the early voyages to the Pacific either started or terminated in India, and many of these ships were wrecked in the uncharted waters of the South Pacific. The first recorded presence of an Indian in Fiji was by Peter Dillon, a sandalwood trader in Fiji, who survived a ship wreck and lived amongst the natives of Fiji in 1813. The colonial authorities promoted the sugar cane industry, recognizing the need to establish a stable economic base for the colony, but were unwilling to exploit indigenous labour and threaten the Fijian way of life.  British decided to implement the indentured labour scheme, which had existed since 1837. A recruiting office was set up especially around Calcutta and the South, West and North later, especially a lot in rural village areas in different farming regions, land and areas.

The Leonidas, a labour transport vessel, disembarked at Levuka from Calcutta on 14 May 1879. The 463 indentured workers who disembarked were the first of over 61,000 to arrive from the South Asia and some from East Asia over the following 37 years. The indentured slaves originated mostly from rural village background or were mostly dispossessed peasants. While the women on the other hand were either kidnapped, prostitutes or young widows. Some were even brought as kidnapped child labour.The contracts of the indentured labourers, which they called girmit (agreements), required them to work in Fiji for a period of five years. Living conditions on the sugar cane plantations, on which most of the girmityas (indentured labourers) worked, were often squalid, degrading and brutal.

After a further five years of work as an indentured labourer or as a khula (free labourer), they were given the choice of returning to India at their own expense, or remain in Fiji. The great majority opted to stay because they could not afford to return under the low pay (even in many instances they were denied paid wages) of the British government or were refused to be sent back.

After the expiry of their girmits, many leased small plots of land from Fijians and developed their own sugarcane fields or cattle farmlets. Others went into business in the towns that were beginning to spring up.

The indenture system had two positive effects on subsequent generations. Firstly the need for people of different castes to live work and eat together led to an end of the caste system. Furthermore, shortage of females resulted in many marrying outside their caste. Another positive was the development of a new koiné language, known as Fiji Hindi that was formed from different languages and dialects of India. The speakers of these languages originated from different regions in India that supplied a lot of slave labourers. Music too, was important, with a distinct Fiji Hindi culture that some commentators have described as a forerunner to both bangla and jazz. For the most part, these people came from in certain rural or village areas. The language was further heavily enriched by the inclusion of many Fijian and English words. The language is now the mother tongue of almost all Fiji Indians.

From the early 1900s, Indians started arriving in Fiji as free agents. Many of these paid their own way and had previously served in Fiji or other British colonies or had been born in Fiji. Amongst the early free migrants, there were religious teachers, missionaries and lawyers. The government and other employers brought clerks, policemen, artisans, gardeners, experienced agricultural workers, a doctor and a school teacher. Punjabi farmers and Gujarati craftsmen also paid their own way to Fiji and in later years formed an influential minority amongst the Fiji Indians.

Of the Indo-Fijians, Hindus belong mostly to the Sanatan sect (74.3% of all Hindus). The small Arya Samaj sect claims the membership of some 3.7% of all Hindus in Fiji. Muslims are mostly Sunni (59.7%) and Shia (36.7%), with an Ahmadiyya minority (3.6%). The Sikh religion comprises 0.9% of the Indo-Fijian population.Their ancestors came from the Punjab region of India, but are a much recent wave of immigrants who did not live through the indenture system.

Fiji's culture is a rich mosaic of indigenous, Indian, Chinese and European traditions, the indigenous culture is very much active and living, and is a part of everyday life for the majority of the population. However, it has evolved with the introduction of old cultures like the Indian and Chinese ones, as well as a large influence from Europe.

Fiji Post released 4 stamps in 1979 to mark the Centenary of Indian Arrivals in Fiji.

- Kenneth Sequeira  

email : kenneth.sequeira@hotmail.com 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 

Indian Themes on foreign stamps…

 

L.A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art

 

The L.A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art is a museum in Jerusalem, Israel, established in 1974. The museum houses Islamic pottery, textiles, jewelry, ceremonial objects and other Islamic cultural artifacts.

The museum was founded in memory of  professor, Leo Aryeh Mayer, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a scholar of Islamic art who died in 1959. It has nine galleries organized in chronological order, exploring the beliefs and art of Islamic civilization. In addition to Mayer's private collection, the museum houses antique chess pieces, dominoes and playing cards; daggers, swords, helmets; textiles; jewelry; glassware, pottery and metalware produced in Islamic countries, from Spain to India. A collection of Islamic carpets was added in 1999.

- Kenneth Sequeira

email : kenneth.sequeira@hotmail.com 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

 

My Recent Covers

 

 

 

zeljko Vasilik, Croatia

 

 

Special Covers from Bihar..

 

Delicacies of Bihar

Nalanda Stamp Festival , Bihar Sharif

 

 

Gaya Stamp Festival

: Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur

From our Readers

Picture with Ramanujan stamp

 

While searching for philatelic acknowledgements to Srinivas Ramanujan, I found the above imagery. Here I could not identify the building and what this imagery stands for? If anyone could identify this picture ???

: Anil Nawlakhe – Pune  email : anil_nawlakhe@yahoo.com

Cancellation on Kabir

Here is a sp cover   with cancellation on Kabir issued some years ago at Sant Kabir Nagar near Gorakhpur.  If anyone has the cover with clear cancellation , may send scan for publication.

: Sandeep Chaurasia -  Gorakhpur

Indian theme on foreign stamps

 

Canada Post issued a postage stamp on Sikh Canadians on 19 April 1999.

Canadian Sikhs

Canadian Sikhs are the largest religious group among Indo-Canadians. Accordingly to latest census, there are about 5 - 8 lakh Sikhs in Canada. Sikhs have been in Canada since at least 1887.

Ever since the year 1900, Sikh members started to contribute to the Canadian economy. However, it was not until the year 2000 that this contribution was noticeable. Sikhs have made significant contribution to the Canadian economy in terms their professional and business advances. The Sikh community is represented in all professional fields; medical, legal, technological, academic, etc. Sikhs are driven by their desire to enhance themselves and their communities.

In the 1960s and 1970s tens of thousands of skilled Sikhs, some highly educated, settled across Canada. As their numbers grew, Sikhs established gurdwaras in every major city of Canada.

In 2002, the Gur Sikh Temple was designated a national historic landmark by prime minister Jean Chrétien on July 26 of 2002. It is the only Gurdwara declared a national historic landmark outside of South Asia. In 2007 the temple was completely renovated and reopened. In 2011, the Gur Sikh Temple in Abbotsford celebrated its one hundredth birthday. To celebrate, the Government of Canada is funding the building of a museum dedicated to Canadian Sikhism. During the anniversary celebration, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave a speech to the Punjabi Community as to how the Gur Sikh Temple is a shrine to all immigrants into Canada, not just Sikh ones.

- Kenneth Sequeira -  Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Club News

Philatelic Societies of India

The Deccan Philatelic Society

The Deccan Philatelic Society in Pune was formed on 3 August1988 is dedicated to the cause of promotion of philately.

The Deccan Philatelic Society has successfully organised 2 philatelic exhibitions in the city of Pune. Cancellations on different subjects have been sponsored by the Society on various occasions. Philatelic Workshops are conducted by the society, in the schools to promote the philately amongst the school children. Members of the society have participated in the State, National and International level exhibitions and have won many awards. Members of Deccan Philatelic Society won 5 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals at Mahapex-2012.

Management Committee consists of Colonel J Dutta (President), P J Lewis (Secretary), Dr Anjali Dutta (IPP), Mr. Pratisad Neurgaonkar, Col Ashwin Baindur and Ms Jayoti Dutta. The Society publishes the much acclaimed Deccan Philatelist in full colour.

The Deccan Philatelic Society meets every first Sunday of the month at 10.30 a.m.

Contact address :

Deccan Philatelic Society, A-12 Sacred Heart Town, 75/2 Wanowrie, Pune 411 040

email : doctorjayanta2009@gmail.com

The Army Philatelic Society

The Army Philatelic Society (TAPS) was formed in 2003 to promote philately in the Indian Army among the serving, retired, released personnel and their families. Civilians interested in military philately are also made members.

The Society has brought out many Special Covers on the army as well as published the acclaimed book The Rare Stamps of the World. Two monographs on APS Covers and the Fiscals of Jamkhandi have been published by the Society.  The Society publishes the Journal of The Army Philatelic Society twice a year in full colour.

Management Committee consists of Brig P K Gulati (President), Colonel J Dutta (Vice President), Dr Anjali Dutta (Secretary), Ms Anisha Gulati (Treasurer),Brig F T Rangwala, Brig R K Singh, VSM, and Col Ashwin Baindur. 

Philatelic Workshops are conducted by the society, in the schools to promote the philately amongst the school children. Members of the society have participated in the State, National and International level exhibitions and have won many awards. Members of The Army Philatelic Society won 4 gold, 3 silver medals and 3 bronze medals at Mahapex-2012.

Official Address:
L-335, Tarapore Towers,New Link Rd, Oshiwara,Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 053.

email : doctorjayanta2009@gmail.com

 

Gaya Stamp Festival 2012

 

 

Shri Vishnu Charan Dharamshila, Gaya

 

GAYA STAMP FEST 2012 was organized by the Bihar circle of India Post from 4th to 5th Feb 2012 at GAYA  in Bihar State, after a gap of 8 yrs. A special cover t 04/02/2012 was released on the occasion by the Commissioner Magadh Division on 4 February 2012.The theme of the cover is Vishunpad Mandir & Pind dan, and cacellation is Vishnupad Mandir sthit Bhagwan Vishnu Charan. Anil K Saxena, distinguished philatelist of Gaya exhibited his collection in the festival and was honoured by the Postal authorities and the local administration .

 

- Dainik Jagran – 5 Feb 2012

Anil K Saxena-Gaya : email  saxenaak273@yahoo.co.in   Ph  09431272010

Thai Traditional Festivals …

 

Date of Issue : 10 November 2011

Thai post will issue a set of four stamps on 10 November 2011 featuring traditional festivals of Thailand.

Reflection of Thai way of life

Design 1: Loy Krathong and Candle Festival (Sukhothai Province)

This festival has been held as far back as Sukhothai period. In the reign of King Ramkhamhaeng, it was known as "Jong Parien ceremony" or "Loi Phra Prateep". There was a mention in the Stone Inscription No.1 that this was largest festival in Sukhothai city, which led to a belief that this must be the same festival as Loi Krathong.

Design 2: The Festival of Illuminated Boat Procession (Nakhon Phanom Province)

The Festival of illuminated Boat Procession or locally known as Lai Rua Fai is an important festival held by the northeasterners to celebrate the end of Buddhist lent on the 15^th vexing moon night or the 1^st waning moon night of the 11^th lunar month of each year. "Rua Fai" is a boat made from banana trunks or bamboos of 5-6 wah tied together. Sweets and any items people want to donate are placed in the boat. The boat exterior is decorated with the flowers, incense sticks, candles, lamps and torches to be lighted before the boat is released into a canal or river. This is the origin of the name "Lai Rua Fai".

Design 3: Yi-Peng Festival (Chiang Mai Province)

This stamp depicts the 12^th Lunar Month Full Moon Festival of Lanna Thai (the northern region) which is known as Yi-Peng. On the day of Yi-Peng, people decorated Buddhist temples and their houses with banana trees, sugar cane, coconut fronds, Tung flowers, and Chor Prateep. Various style of paper lamps called Khom Yi-Peng are hoisted high as offerrings to the Lord Buddha. Small bowl lamps are lighted as offerings to the Three Gems of Buddhism while floating paper lamps are lighted and released into the sky as offerings to Phra Ketkaew Chulamanee in heaven.

Design 4: Loi Krathong Sai (Tak Province)

Tak Province organizes Loi Krathong Sai festival on the full moon of the 12^th lunar month of each year. Latex of Yang trees is mixed with wood chips, formed into small balls and placed at the bottom of halved coconut shells. On the nights of the festival the latex balls are lighted and floated in the Ping River at regular interval, forming long rows of flickering lights above the water. These coconut shells (krathong) will eventually flow out of the audiences' sight. It is believed that participants and spectators of this festival will be blessed with what they wished for during the festival.

Source : Siamstamp

From Our Readers….

Army Postal Service Covers – Part- 8

- P. Ramakrishnan

601	313 FIIELD REGIMENT	07/01/2010
602	314 FIELD REGIMENT	07/01/2010
603	CORPS OF ELECTICAL & MECHANICAL	08/01/2010
604	1 MEDIUM REGIMENT	15/01/2010
605	17 ENGINEER REGIMENT	31/01/2010
606	ARTY CENTRE NASIK	04/02/2010
607	126 INF BN (TA) J & K RIF	05/02/2010
608	23 MECH INFAN	06/02/2010
609	21 GRENAADIERS	11/02/2010
610	12 ASSAM RIF	11/02/2010
611	18 GUARDS	11/02/2010
612	19 J&K RIF	11/02/2010
613	21 PARA	11/02/2010
614	20 JAT	11/02/2010
615	18 GARH RIF	11/02/2010
616	13 SIKH REGT	11/02/2010
617	19 DOGRA	18/02/2010
618	142 AD REGT	20/02/2010
619	511 AD MSL REGT	20/02/2010
620	11 CORPS	03/03/2010
621	75 (I) BDE	05/03/2010
622	49 SQN	09/03/2010
623	107 HU	09/03/2010
624	5 MAHAR	23/03/2010
625	19 ARMED REGT	25/03/2010
626	323 AD REGT	27/03/2010
627	436 ADMSL REGT (SP)	27/03/2010
628	322 AD REGT	27/03/2010
629	15 ARMD REGT	03/04/2010
630	19 GUARD	03/04/2010
631	76 ARMD REGT	03/04/2010
632	147 LT AD REGT	03/04/2010
633	513 AD REGT	03/04/2010
634	3 ASSAM REGT	08/04/2010
635	16 ASSAM RIFLES	09/04/2010
636	117 ENGR REGIMENT	09/04/2010
637	2/8 GR	13/04/2010
638	BORDER ROAD ORGANISATION	07/05/2010
639	22 ASSAM RIFLES	15/05/2010
640	HQ CE BEACON	19/05/2010
641	ARMY CADET COLLEGE WING, INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY	04/06/2010
642	100 ENGINEER OFFICERS DEGREE COURSE COLLEGE OF MILITARY ENGIN	23/06/2010
643	BRIGADE OF THE GUARDS 5	25/08/2010
644	1/11 GORKHA RIFLES	01/09/2010
645	MADRAS SAPPERS	30/09/2010
646	108 INF BN (TA) MAHAR	01/10/2010
647	107 INF BN (TA) 11 GORKHA	01/10/2010
648	117 INF BN (TA) THE GUARDS	01/10/2010
649	106 INF BN (TA) PARA	01/10/2010
650	14TH BN THE ASSAM REGIMENT	15/10/2010
651	31 ARMOURED DIVISION	19/10/2010
652	5TH BN THE GRENADIERS	23/10/2010
653	415 (I) ENGINEER SQUADRON	30/10/2010
654	115 INF BN (TA) MAHAR	01/11/2010
655	CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE	01/11/2010
656	RAJPUT REGIMENT	20/11/2010
657	JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES	20/11/2010
658	ARMY ORDNACE CORPS	08/12/2010
659	ARMY SERVICE CORPS	08/12/2010
660	IMA ACADEMY	11/12/2010
661	9 BASE REPAIR DEPOT INDIAN AIR FORCE	08/01/2011
662	31 SQUADRON AIR FORCE	08/01/2011
663	6 MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY	01/02/2011
664	ARMY DENTAL CORPS	12/02/2011
665	2 BN FIRST GORKHA RIFLES	19/02/2011
666	JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES 5	25/02/2011
667	51 MEDIUM REGIMENT	01/03/2011
668	81 FIELD REGIMENT	01/03/2011
669	GORKHA RECRUITING DEPOT, KUNRAGHAT	03/03/2011
670	110 HELICOPTER UNIT	09/03/2011
671	44 SQUADRON AIR FORCE	09/03/2011
672	128 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT	01/04/2011
673	127 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT	02/04/2011
674	PROJECT DANTAK	23/04/2011
675	PROJECT DEEPAK	04/05/2011
676	28 ASSAM RIFLES	15/09/2011
	New and to be issued…
676	85 ARMOURED REGIMENT	30/09/2011
677	4/9 GORKHA RIFLES	14/10/2011
678	1 PARA	17/10/2011
679	4 PARA	22/10/2011
680	MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY	29/10/2011
681	GORKHA RIFLES 01	20/11/2011
682	ARMY AVIATION CORPS	26/11/2011
683	129 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT	26/11/2011
684	04 GORKHA RIFLES	27/11/2011
685	PROJECT HIMANK	05/12/2011

This is the complete list of Army Postal Covers upto 2011, compiled by P. Ramkrishnan of Chennai. P. Ramkrishnan may be contacted at email : pramakrishnan1@royalenfield.com Postal address :  42 varalakshmi Nagar Extn, Kolathur, Chennai 99

Maxim Cards : Rashtrapati Bhawan

 

  

J E Boben of Trivandrum has designed maxim cards for Rashtrapati Bhawan stamos issued on 5 August 2011. Email : annakutty.03@gmail.com  Blog : http://www.philalover.blogspot.com/