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2012  stamps from Estonia

Bird of the Year – Plover

The Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) mainly inhabits  natural landscapes on the seashore and sea islands. The population of the Ringed Plover has contracted from at least 8,000 couples to 1,000 or 2,000 during the past 50 years. Perhaps disappearance of suitable places of nestling on the seashore and robbery are some of the reasons why we find the Ringed Plover more and more frequently nestling in the inland.

The Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) as a typical inland snipe populates mainly manmade places such as gravel pits, limestone quarries etc. Although the global contraction in the population of the species is connected with climate change, the link between the intensiveness of human activity and the population of the Little Ringed Plover is clearly positive. On the basis of recent population assessments there are 1,000 to 2,000 pairs of Little Ringed Plovers nestling in Estonia.

Belarus

Belaru Post will issue a souvenir sheet in May 2012 on 20^th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Cuba . The souvenir sheet  features birds from both the countries.

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ITS Postal Auction No.56 – Last Date: 12.05.2012

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1.    India – 1947 – SG 301 to 303 – Independence – Rs.400.
2.    India – 1949 – SG 309 to 24 – Archaeological Series – Set of 19 issues except 323a – Very fine used – Rs.400.
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4.    India – 1951 – SG335/36 – First Asian Games – USED – Rs.80.
5.    India – 1952 – SG337/42 – Saints & Poets – Rs.1800.
6.    India – 1963 – First Balloon Flight Cover, Bangalore – First Pestalozzi Children’s Village of India in Bangalore – RARE! – Rs.500.
7.    India – 1973 – SG 681/84 – Indian Miniature Paintings – Rs.70.
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17.    India – 1977 – Complete stamps of the Year – Rs.1600.
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19.    India – 1978 – SG 882/85 – Modern Indian Paintings – Complete set of 4v – Rs.80.
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Stamp on Vergi Lighthouse….

Date of Issue : 2 June 2011

Estonia Post will issue postage stamp on 2 June 2011 to commemorate famous Vergi lighthouse. Vergi Lighthouse, which will be 75 in 2011, is a white concrete tower with lantern room and balcony, 10 meters high from the foot. The height of the light from sea level is 11 meters and the visibility of the light is nine miles.

Vergi

In the late 19th and early 20th century Vergi was one of the biggest fishing villages on the North Estonian coast, particularly known as the best eel fishing place. In the 1920s it served as a wintering place for small ships and it also had a shipbuilding industry. In 1924 an automatic light pyramidal lattice frame light beacon covered with iron plating was put up on a large coastal reef next to Vergi Port. Analogous beacons were erected on several other Estonian islands, such as Prangli and Muhu. In 1936 a reinforced concrete lighthouse ten meters high replaced the rust-eaten structure. During World War II there was no light in the Vergi lighthouse, but it started blinking again in 1945.

Permanent Pictorial Cancellations

Tamil Nadu

Permanent Pictorial Postmark – 17 - Mahabalipuram

Date of Inauguration of PPP - December 31, 1976

Mahabalipuram (derived from Tamil - Mamallapuram) was a 7th century port city of the South Indian dynasty of the Pallavas around 60 km south from the city of Chennai. The name Mamallapuram is believed to have been given after the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I, who took on the epithet Maha-malla (great wrestler), as the favorite sport of the Pallavas was wrestling. It has various historic monuments built largely between the 7th and the 9th centuries, and has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The postmark shows Shore Temple, a structural temple along the Bay of Bengal with the entrance from the western side away from the sea. Recent excavations have revealed new structures here. The temple was reconstructed stone by stone from the sea after being washed away in a cyclone. The modern city of Mahabalipuram was established by the British in 1827.

: Kasinath R.- Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Visakhapatnam

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Bangalore

: Cdr G. Sriramarao,I.N,(Retd.) - Vishakhapatnam