San Marino Post issued a set of four stamp to mark 30th edition of the most famous world sport event - The Summer Olympic Games.
With this issue stamps, San Marino Post wants to celebrate not only swimming, athletics and trap shooting but also the historical origins of this competition.
On the first stamp, the designer of theses stamps Fontana represented the Olympic torch, one of the symbols of Ancient Greece, when the fire was kept burning for the whole period of the games. The fire was reintroduced in the Olympic games of 1928 and from that year it is part of the opening ceremony.
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LEHFILMPEX-2012
LEHFILMPEX-2012, a philatelic exhibition on CINEMA, was organized by India Post, Chief PMG Jammu and Kashmir Circle as a part of Ladakh International Film Festival. In this exhibition Shri Dipok Dey displayed 46 frames 736 pages from his Cinema Collection. J & K Postal Circle issued 3 special covers, a set of Picture Postcards, and Two stamp booklets, with My Stamps .
View Sp covers and Booklets : http://rainbowstampclub.blogspot.in/2012/06/new-special-covers.html
Special Diary on Swami Vivekananda from GPO Kolkata
KOLKATA GPO has produced a diary ( financial year 2011- 12) dedicated to 150 years of SWAMI VIVEKANANDA, with some rare photographs, extremely rare label celebrating 100 years of Vivekananda and lot of philatelic materials. I have contributed with the philatelic materials. The diary will be for sale from 21 JUNE 2012 from Philatelic counter , Kolkata GPO.
- Souvil Roy – Kolkata
