Hi ! One week long celebration was held in all post offices of the country from 9 October to 15 October 2009. 13 October was celebrated as Philately Day. Workshops on Philately & stamp design competition was organized by Postal Department at different places. Here is a news about a painting competition, held in Chandigarh. The winning entries show magnificent paintings on the theme of environment. Heartiest congratulations to the children who got prizes in this competition. The paintings are so beautiful and really deserve to be chosen for the design of postage stamps. Our thanks to Mr Rakesh Walia for this Post. This is all for Today ……..Till Next Post …..Have a wonderful Time !!
In the series of celebrations during National Postal Week being celebrated w.e.f. 09.10.2009 to 15.10.2009 , “ Philately Day” was celebrated today on 13.10.2009. On this occasion a “Design a Stamp” painting competition for school children was organized by Chandigarh Postal Division in Chandigarh GPO at 1100 a.m. The theme of painting was “Environment conservation”. About 125 children from various schools in Chandigarh participated in the competition. Following children secured Ist, IInd and IIIrd positions in this competition, which was decided by jury of judges comprising of Mr. Rakesh Walia an eminent philatelist, Philatelic Club Chandigarh, Mr. Narender Singh Yadav Manager Mail Motor Service, Chandigarh, Mr. Balbir Singh Manager Customer Care, Chandigarh
- First Prize : Miss Gurjeet Kaur Saini , Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Chandigarh
- Second Prize : Miss Parminder Kaur Govt Model Sr. Sec. School Sector 40B, Chandigarh
- Third Prize : Mr Ankit Govt Model Sr Sec School Sector 40B Chandigarh
Mr U.D. Gouttem S.P. (HQ), Chandigarh Division, Chandigarh gave away the prizes and certificates to the winners. Vote of thanks was presented by Sh Balbir Singh Manager Customer Care Centre, Chandigarh.
“Design a Stamp”
Prize Winning entries of the competition
