Stamps from Sri Lanka…

 

Sri Lanka Post issued  following commemorative stamps during October 2011.

 

World Children’s Day 2011

Date of Issue : 1 October 2011

  

Date of Issue : 9 October 2011

Government Information Centre

Date of Issue : 17 October 2011

1st South Asian Beach Games 2011

Date of Issue : 11 October 2011

Birth Centenary : Dudley Semanayake

Dudley Shelton Senanayake (June 19, 1911 — April 13, 1973) was a famous Sri Lankan  politician, who became the second Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and went on to become prime minister on 2 more times during the 1950s and 1960s. Read More…

Date of Issue : 14 October 2011

Club News

Celebrating the Centenary Year of Bihar Through stamps

Bihar Day

Bihar Day is much more than celebration.  It is more than the pride and excitement of citizens who call themselves Biharis. Bihar Day, celebrated on 22 March to commemorate the State’s separation from Bengal in 1912.

This is an important occasion to remind that it is  the  historical place in the world that is the cradle of Hinduism, the birthplace of Buddhism, Jainism and the tenth guru of Sikhs.The day is celebrated  with flag raising ceremonies, tributes to  heroes and fireworks taking place in the capital – Patna.

The celebrations of the Bihar Divas on March 22, every year, crossed the boundaries of the state and the country. The foundation day of Bihar was celebrated with gaiety and fervor in several states and foreign countries.

Today, on 22 March 2012 Bihar completes 100 years of its formation  .

  : Pradip Jain – Patna  philapradip@gmail.com

New Stamps from Sri Lanka….

World Children's Day 2011

 
Date of issue: 01 October 2011

1st South Asian Beach Games - Hambanthota, Sri Lanka

Date of Issue : 11 October 2011

World Post Day 2011

Date of Issue :  09 October 2011

 World Tourism Day 2011 -10 Stamps

Date of Issue: 28 September 2011

 

New stamps on International Year of Chemistry..

 

Date of Issue : 3 October 2011

Canada Post will issue a postage stamp on 3 October to celebrate Int Year of Chemistry, The stamp in booklets of 10 also honors 100th anniversary of the Int. Association of Chemical Societies. The stamp features John Charles Polanyi. In 1986 Polanyi  jointly received Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Dudley R. Herschbach and Yuan T. Lee.

Peru

Date of Issue : 1 August 2011

North Korea

Date of Issue : 29 July 2011

Paraguay

Date of Issue : 9 May 2011

Slovak Republic

Date of Issue :  17 January 2011

Sri Lanka

Date of Issue : 30 January 2011

Spain

Date of Issue : 7 February 2011

Indian Theme on World Philately

-  Kenneth Sequeira

Delhi – Commonwealth Games 2010

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date. It was also one of  the largest international multi-sport events to be staged in Delhi and India. The final medal tally was led by Australia. The host nation India had its best performance ever to finish second. To commemorate this event some postal administrations issued stamps. Here are stamps issued by postal authorities of   Guernsey, Papua New Guinea and Mozambique .

Guernsey

Papua New Guinea

Mozambique

 

This is a sheet of 8 stamps, issued by Mozambique in 2010, commemorating the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Featured sports & athletes shown include gold medal-winning table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal, Australian professional road racing cyclist Allan Davis, gold medalist tennis player Anastasia Rodionova, Canadian champion weightlifter Christine Girard, Irish boxer Paddy Barnes, Australian winning swimmer Alicia Coutts, New Zealand professional racing cyclist Alison Shanks, and gold medal winning wrestler from Pakistan, Azhar Hussain. MS also shows Indian Tennis star Somdev Devvarman

- Kenneth Sequeira - Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

New Stamps from Sri Lanka…

 

 

 

Date of Issue : 15 May 2011

Sri Lanka Post issued a set of four stamps and MS on 15 May 2011 to commemorate famous Vesak festival commonly known as Buddha’s Birthday.

Vesak

Vesak is an annual public holiday observed traditionally by practicing Buddhists in South Asian and South East Asian countries like Nepal, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Pakistan and India. Sometimes informally called “Buddha’s birthday,” it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment Nirvana, and passing (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.

In Sri Lanka the Vesak Festival is celebrated as a religious and a cultural festival in Sri Lanka on the full moon of the month of May, for two days.

During these two days, the selling of alcohol and flesh is prohibited by government decree. As a symbolic act of liberation, birds, insects and animals are released in huge numbers.

Celebrations include various religious and alms giving activities. Electrically lit pandols called toranas are erected in various locations in Colombo and elsewhere, most sponsored by donors, religious societies and welfare groups. Each pandol illustrates a story from the 550 Jataka Katha or the 550 Past Life Stories of the Buddha.

In addition, colourful lanterns called Vesak koodu are hung along streets and in front of homes. They signify the light of the Buddha, Dharma and the Sangha. Many devout Buddhists wear simple white dresses on Vesak Day and spend the whole day in temples with renewed determination to observe the observance of the Eight Precepts of Buddhism.

Vesak celebration also means making special efforts to bring happiness to the people in more straightened circumstances. Food stalls set up by Buddhist devotees called dansälas provide free food and drinks to passersby. Groups of people from various community organisations, businesses and government departments sing bhakti geet or Buddhist devotional songs. Colombo experiences a massive influx of public from all parts of the country during this week.

Bridges and Culverts of Sri Lanka

 

Date of Issue : 27 May 2011

Image Source : Pradip Jain, Patna

Indo - Sri Lanka Joint Souvenir Cover on Tagore….

 

 

150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore

A special Indo – Sri Lanka Joint Souvenir Cover was issued by Kolkata Philatelic Club and Sri Lanka Buddhist Philatelic Society. The cover is very special as the Portrait of Tagore depicted on the cover has been printed on Silk.The cover was designed by Shri Dipok Dey. The back side of the cover gives details of Tagore’s great association with Sri Lanka. My thanks to Mr Donald Liyanage of Colombo who sent this Registered cover to me. I will send you recent Tagore FDC from India very soon !! It’s a great pleasure to have this very special cover with Tagore stamp from Sri Lanka !! Many Many Thanks !!

Mr Donald Liyenage , Colombo – Sri Lanka

Festivals of India - Buddha Purnima

 

 

Greetings on Buddha Jayanti

The festival of Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti celebrates the birth of Gautam Buddha in 563 BC. The most important of all the Buddhist festivals, Buddha Purnima is considered the most auspicious of all the days in the year. Although there are minor regional variations in the way Buddha Purnima is observed, the festival is generally observed by lighting oil lamps before the image of the Buddha, by reciting prayers or reading from the scriptures. Meditation and offerings of flowers, silk scarves, incense and fruit are also part of the worship rituals.Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh) and Bodhgaya (Bihar) are, in particular, known for the Buddha Purnima celebrations which are held in these two cities.

Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti is known as Visakhapuja in Thailand, Makha Bousa Festival in Laos and Vesak in Sri Lanka. Here are some exhibt pages from our distinguished reader Dr Eli Moallem of Israel that feature stamps on Great Buddha Festival from Thailand, Laos and Sri Lanka.

Visakha Puja - Thailand

Makha Bousa Festival - Laos

Vesak – Sri Lanka

Vesak Day - Philippinies

Permanent Pictorial Cancellations

Gujarat

Chamrdharini, Vadodara

Sasangir

: Vijay Modi – Himmat Nagar, Gujarat e mail : vijay_idom@rediffmail.com