Date of Issue : 25 November 2011
Hi ! This is festive time in India with a week long Diwali celebration. Greetings to all on this festive season. Soon the great celebration for Christmas will start all over the world. Many postal administrations have started issuing special stamps for Christmas. Polish Post will issue a set of two beautiful stamps on 25 November 2011 for Christmas . The stamps and FDC designs are magnificent giving a great feeling of Christmas celebration in snow - white winter !! This is all for this Post….More in Next……Have a great festive time !!
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Indian themes on foreign stamps
- Kenneth Sequeira
Indian Cuisine - Goan food on Portuguese stamps
Portugal Post issued a set of six stamps featuring Bebinca - Sabores da Lusophony (Flavours of Portuguese) on 5 June 2009. On one stamp Bebinca, also known as bibik or bebinka, is a type of pudding and a traditional Goan dessert is depicted.
Date of Issue : 5 June 2009
Bebinca, also known as bibik or bebinka, is a type of pudding and a traditional Goan dessert. The ingredients include plain flour, sugar, ghee (clarified butter) and coconut milk.
The dessert has to be baked in layers and traditionally has 16 layers. The dessert is very common in Goan cuisine. In Portugal, it is also a common dessert in Goan restaurants.
In Goa, Portuguese is spoken by an increasingly small minority, it is seen as the 'language of grandparents' because it is no longer taught in schools, nor is it an official language.
Goa's national language Konkani, however, has picked up some Portuguese vocabulary, especially Konkani spoken by Catholics.
In addition, Indian Catholics, often bear Portuguese surnames, despite having no Portuguese background themselves; a relic of the influence that Portugal had in India.
Over the centuries, traditions linked to taste have also contributed to this cultural matrix. Portugal brought new flavours to Europe, viz. spices, but also exported ancestral flavours to Brazil, Africa and Orient, such as deep-fried flavours, stews and desserts. These stamps bring forth interesting examples of the mutual influence of the Portuguese gastronomy on the gastronomy of people from other continents of Asia & Africa
It is common place today to state that gastronomy is an expression of the culture and heritage of the people. This set of stamps dedicated to the gastronomy of various Portuguese speaking countries, a forgotten but relevant feature of the deep relations that have marked the meeting between Portugal and the peoples from other latitudes.
Army Postal Service Covers – Part- 7
- P. Ramakrishnan
| 501 | ENGINEER 16 BRIGADE REGIMENT | 16/11/2007 |
| 502 | ARMY AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 23/11/2007 |
| 503 | THE GARHWAL RIFLES 17 | 24/11/2007 |
| 504 | HORSE 4 | 30/11/2007 |
| 505 | ARMOURED REGIMENT 47 | 10/12/2007 |
| 506 | THE CENTRAL INDIA HORSE | 15/12/2007 |
| 507 | 22 FIELD REGIMENT | 15/12/2007 |
| 508 | ENGINEER BRIDGE REGIMENT 67 | 24/12/2007 |
| 509 | ASSAM RIFLES TRAINING CENTRE AND SCHOOL | 01/01/2008 |
| 510 | HQ 15 CORPS | 12/01/2008 |
| 511 | THE GORKHA RIFLES 11 | 01/02/2008 |
| 512 | THE DOGRA REGIMENT 8 | 01/02/2008 |
| 513 | THE 8 GORKHA RIFLES 6 | 04/02/2008 |
| 514 | THE 5 GORKHA RIFLES 6 | 04/02/2008 |
| 515 | AIR FORCE STATION 406 | 23/02/2008 |
| 516 | SQUADRN AIR FORCE 1ST | 01/04/2008 |
| 517 | THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR LIGHT INFANTRY 2 | 04/04/2008 |
| 518 | THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR LIGHT INFANTRY | 04/04/2008 |
| 519 | THE DOGRA REGIMENT 14 | 06/04/2008 |
| 520 | THE ARTILLERY CENTRE | 07/04/2008 |
| 521 | THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR LIGHT INFANTRY 1 | 14/04/2008 |
| 522 | THE GARHWAL RIFLES | 26/04/2008 |
| 523 | ARMY WELFARE EDUCATION SOCIETY | 29/04/2008 |
| 524 | INDIAN NAVY DIRECTORATE OF ADVENTURE & SPORTS | 05/05/2008 |
| 525 | THE MAHAR REGIMENT (BORDERS) 4 | 08/05/2008 |
| 526 | 19 INFANTRY DIVISION SIGNAL REGIMENT | 09/05/2008 |
| 527 | THE SIKH REGIMENT 16 | 15/05/2008 |
| 528 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR LIGHT INFANTRY 11 | 17/05/2008 |
| 529 | 5 GORKHA RIFLES 1 | 22/05/2008 |
| 530 | HQ 10 CORPS | 01/07/2008 |
| 531 | 41 FIELD REGIMENT (KARGIL) | 15/07/2008 |
| 532 | INFANTRY BRIGADE 19 | 19/08/2008 |
| 533 | MADRAS REGIMENT 8 | 20/08//2008 |
| 534 | GARHWAL RIFLES 8 | 16/09//2008 |
| 535 | 45 AIF DEFENCE REGIMENT | 04/10/2008 |
| 536 | 46 ARMORED REGIMENT | 17/10/2008 |
| 537 | 325 LIGHT AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 01/11/2008 |
| 538 | THE SIKH REGIMENT | 06/11/2008 |
| 539 | BRIGADE OF THE GUARDS | 07/11/2008 |
| 540 | 146 LIGHT AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 07/11/2008 |
| 541 | 59 SQUADRON | 12/11/2008 |
| 542 | AIR FORCE TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 12/11/2008 |
| 543 | 13 BN KUMAON | 18/11/2008 |
| 544 | THE RAJPUTANA RIFLES | 25/11/2008 |
| 545 | 3RD AND 9TH GORKHA RIFLES | 30/11/2008 |
| 546 | 145 LIGHT AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 01/12/2008 |
| 547 | NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY | 07/12/2008 |
| 548 | 15TH BN DOGRA REGIMENT | 11/12/2008 |
| 549 | 5TH BN 11 GORKHA RIFLES | 13/12/2008 |
| 550 | 8TH BN JAMMU AND KASHMIR LIGHT INFANTRY | 19/12/2008 |
| 551 | 5 AIR FORCE HOSPITAL | 20/12/2008 |
| 552 | 14TH BN THE ASSAM RIFLES | 04/01/2009 |
| 553 | ARMY POSTAL SERVICE | 07/01/2009 |
| 554 | NAVAL ACADEMY | 08/01/2009 |
| 555 | CONTROLLERATE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE | 09/01/2009 |
| 556 | 10TH BATTALION THE MADRAS REGIMENT | 11/02/2009 |
| 557 | 7TH LIGHT CAVALRY | 14/02/2009 |
| 558 | THE DOGRA REGIMENT | 20/02/2009 |
| 559 | 108 SQUADRON AIR FORCE | 25/03/2009 |
| 560 | 105 HELICOPTER UNIT AIR FORCE | 25/03/2009 |
| 561 | 102 INFANTRY BRIGADE | 13/04/2009 |
| 562 | 21ST BN MECHANISED INFANTRY REGIMENT | 24/04/2009 |
| 563 | 2ND BATTALION RAJPUTANA RIFLES | 29/06/2009 |
| 564 | SOUTHERN AIR COMMAND | 19/07/2009 |
| 565 | 8 MOUNTAIN DIVISION | 26/07/2009 |
| 566 | 105 INFANTRY BATTALION | 21/08/2009 |
| 567 | 104 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 21/08/2009 |
| 568 | 140 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 22/08/2009 |
| 569 | 105 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 22/08/2009 |
| 570 | 25 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 01/09/2009 |
| 571 | 21 SIGNAL GROUP | 01/09/2009 |
| 572 | HQ 191 INFANTRY BRIGADE | 05/09/2009 |
| 573 | CONTROLLER OF QUALITY ASSURANCE | 11/09/2009 |
| 574 | 10TH BN MECHANIZED INFANTRY | 11/09/2009 |
| 575 | 19TH BATTALION MECHANISED | 15/09/2009 |
| 576 | 62 INFANTRY BRIGADE | 21/09/2009 |
| 577 | 19TH BN MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY | 23/09/2009 |
| 578 | 10TH BN JAMMU AND KASHMIR LIGHT INFANTRY | 28/09/2009 |
| 579 | 107 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 30/09/2009 |
| 580 | 44 FIELD REGIMENT | 01/10/2009 |
| 581 | 12 ARMOURED REGIMENT | 01/10/2009 |
| 582 | 144 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT | 03/10/2009 |
| 583 | 16 BN DOGRA REGIMENT | 09/10/2009 |
| 584 | TERRITORIAL ARMY | 09/10/2009 |
| 585 | 10 ARMORED REGIMENT | 13/10/2009 |
| 586 | 15 BN ASSAM RIFLES | 15/10/2009 |
| 587 | PARACHUTE REGIMENT | 29/10/2009 |
| 588 | 2ND BN THE DOGRA REIGMENT | 02/11/2009 |
| 589 | 47 SQUADRON INDIAN AIR FORCE | 10/11/2009 |
| 590 | TRACTICS AND AIR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT | 10/11/2009 |
| 591 | ARMY MEDICAL CORPS | 10/11/2009 |
| 592 | PIONEER CORPS | 26/11/2009 |
| 593 | EASTER AIR COMMAND | 01/12/2009 |
| 594 | 4TH BN GARHWAL RIFLES | 07/12/2009 |
| 595 | 7TH BN MAHAR REIGMENT | 10/12/2009 |
| 596 | 25TH BN ASSAM RIFLES | 15/12/2009 |
| 597 | 3RD BATTALION GORKHA RIFLES | 21/12/2009 |
| 598 | 116 ENGINEER REGIMENT | 21/12/2009 |
| 599 | 2ND BN NAGA REGIMENT | 26/12/2009 |
| 600 | 153 MEDIUM REGIMENT | 07/01/2010 |
P. Ramkrishnan may be contacted at email : pramakrishnan1@royalenfield.com
