Joint Issue from Hong Kong and Romania..

 

Date of Issue: 24 November 2011

Hong Kong Post, China and Romania Post will jointly issue  special stamps featuring Handicraft  on 24 November 2011 .

"Hong Kong, China - Romania Joint Issue on Handicraft" Special Stamps

 

Souvenir Sheet 

Special Postmarks by Hong Kong and Romania Posts

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JAMMU STAMPS SHOW 2011

A mega Philately Exhibition organized by J&K Postal Circle

23 to 26 November 2011, Kala Kendra, Jammu

Jammu & Kashmir Postal Circle is hosting a major Philately Exhibition titled ‘Jammu Stamps Show 2011’ from 23td to 26 November 2011 at Kala Kendra, Jammu. This four-day exhibition will showcase more than 400 frames of Indian and foreign postal stamps and stationery. This is a major event in Jammu, as more than 1 lakh rare stamps will be on display for the people of Jammu. We expect that a large number of philatelists across India will be participating in this major philately event.

The Exhibition will be inaugurated by His Excellency the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir State on 23 November 2011. The event will focus on ‘Jammu Heritage’ as Jammu has a large number of heritage buildings. 12 special covers on Jammu heritage and other key subjects will be brought out during the exhibition.

My Stamps: In addition, a series of ‘My Stamps’ focusing on UNESCO heritage sites of India, Jammu Heritage and other key subjects will be released and these will be star attractions of Jammu Stamps Show. Already, J&K Circle has brought out 24 sets of My Stamps during the Srinagar Philately Exhibition Chinar 2011 held in Sep 2011 and the series is available to the philatelists for collection.

Philately products: During Jammu Stamps Show, many Philately products will be released including the following

- 12 Special covers on Jammu Heritage,

- 8 Stamp Packs

- 8 Stamp cards

- 4 maxim cards

- 20 Greeting cards (2 sets of 10 each)

- 12 picture post cards

- Premium Post cards

- ‘My Stamp’ sets

- ‘Personalised stamps’ sets

- Presentation Packs

- Philately Book

- Philately mugs and T-shirts

- Key chains with stamps

Programs for the students: As a part of the Philately exhibition, we shall be having the following programs for the school and college students

a. Letter writing competition on the theme ‘Letter to my friend’

b. Stamp Design contest on the theme ‘India Post 2050’

c. Quiz contest for schools and colleges

d. Philately workshops on the theme ‘Learning through philately’

e. Philately Fun-Run

f. Group Discussion: Post office – Touching your lives

Post office at the Exhibition: Two Post office counters will be functioning at the Exhibition venue, one focusing on the retail sales of Philately products and the other one dealing with the corporate sales to the Philatelists. The Post office counter will have the provision to book Regd Post and Speed Post consignments. Dealers Booth will be made available on payment of a fee of Rs 5,000

Special covers brought out early: J&K Circle has been taking a few steps recently to develop philately in a creative manner. As Kashmir is known for its amazing beauty and tourist destinations, J&K Circle has brought out many Special covers recently focusing on the tourist destinations and culture of Kashmir and Ladakh. These special covers along with presentation packs are also available for sale to the philatelists

- Srinagar Special covers 12

- Ladakh special covers 6

- Siachen Base special covers 2

- Kashmir Tourist destination special covers 12

- 25 years of Speed Post special cover 1

J & K circle Carried covers: J &K Circle has recently brought out two important Carried covers

1. Carried cover on Siachen Glaciers , (released at Siachen Glaciers) carried from Leh to Siachen Glaciers through Army Helicopters by Army Commander, Northern Command and Chief PMG, J &K Cirlce

2. Carried cover on Kashmir Railways: (released at Anantnag, Kashmir by Chief PMG, J &K) carried from Anatnag Railway Station to Srinagar Railway Station through Kashmir Rail.

Both these carried covers are available for the philatelists with the signatures of Chief PMG and Army Commander, Northern Command.

Philatelists may get in touch with Philately Division, Chief PMG’s office, Srinagar (Mr C M Bhat , ASP Philately email; chinar2011@rediffmail.com) or with Chief Post Master General , J&K Circle (09419257000) for their philately requirements (email: js.johnsamuel@gmail.com )

- John Samuel

Chief Post Master General , J &K Circle

 

Ramayan on new Special Cover from Romania…

 

Hi ! I am back to my blog after 3 day vacation at  Dehradun, the city of academies and institutions. I visited the Philatelic Bureau to get some nice covers from Uttarakhand Postal Circle. But the time was not appropriate and the concerned officer was not available at the bureau. I had no time to wait….. During my long journey I could not access Internet….so could not publish new Posts . After return, found lot of mails in my Inbox…Here is one to share …..  It is a very nice item related with Indian mythology. It is a wonderful  special cover from Romania featuring scene from Ramayana. The info about this cover has been sent by our distinguished reader Ms Leeza Padhi from Silver city, Cuttack- Orissa. Thanks  Leeza, for sharing this nice info on this blog. It is an interesting cover . The imprinted stamp is the combination of two stamps issued by Romania Post earlier . Just enjoy the cover and have a nice time !

 

 Ramayana finds its way to Romania via Thailand. A special cover was  issued last month in Romania, shows scenes from Ramayana .

Imprinted stamp shows combination of Thailand 2005 stamp showing Rama fighting Ravan and Romania 2007 Kalasuri dance.Cover illustration shows among other stamps Thailand 1975 Hanuman mask stamp.

- Leeza Padhi- Cuttack

New Stamps from Romania

Date of Issue : 2 June 2011

Romania Post issued a beautiful set of two stamps   on Circus and 6 stamps on first six Zodiac signs.Both the sets are unique and wonderful !!

Circus

In the glory period of the Roman Empire, the circus represented one of the most accessible and favourite forms of entertainment. The manner of existence and organization of the activities, united under the name of circus, bears the clear mark of the temperament of different peoples and continents.

In Ancient Rome, the word “circus” meaning a circle or ring, defined the spaces having this shape where manifestations specific to that time took place: soldiers competing to demonstrate their qualities as great fighters, animal taming etc.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, circus continued its existence in Europe due to the organized groups of actors who were present with their performances, especially in the town fairs. In the Middle Ages, in Saxony, people saw these nomads also as an important source that could supply information about what was happening in the world, since strolling artists sang, told stories and most of the times brought news about other towns. After the Normans invasion, the juggler emerged in the world of the Saxon circus decreasing initially the popularity of minstrels. Subsequently, the circus actors learned to combine the representation styles and to share their dexterity tricks.

The history of the Romanian circus started in 1874 in Bucharest when the first autochthonous circus Sidoli Circus was set up, in the location of the present Gambrinus Beerhouse founded by I. L. Caragiale.The period between 1960 and 1970 was beneficial for the development of the acrobatic art, juggling and, implicitly, the circus show. The Romanian jugglers were highly appreciated by the audience on the stages of many countries performing as skilled acrobats, tightrope walkers, and illusionists.

Stamps on Zodiac Signs

Date of Issue 5 May 2011

Romfilatelia issued a MS of 6 postage stamps issue on Zodiac signs Part I, illustrating the first six signs.

:Romfilatelia

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Honor for Indian Philatelist

Mr Praful Thakkar’s book Collector's Guide to First Day Covers & Folders of India 1947-1964 Official & Private has been awarded Silver Bronze medal in NAPEX 2011 held at Washington, USA. After Portugal and South Africa, now in USA also the work has been appreciated. Award List is available at following link :

http://www.napex.org/docs/palmares/napex_palmares_2011_combined.pdf

Praful Thakkar is a renowned philatelist from Ahmedabad and retired as Indian Administrative Officer. He is a double Limca Book Record Holder in 2009 for Autographs & Canteen Tokens and indeed is a collector of autographs, stamps, First Day Covers (FDCs), coins, medals, tokens, badges , badge plates etc. and many more collectibles of India since last more than 45 years. For philatelic collectors, he has written Collector's Guide to Covers & Folders of India 1947-1964 - Official & Private. Through this book, he has tried to give a dimension to Philatelic facet of early classic period by cataloging Official FDCs, Private FDCs and Folders of this time.

Thematic Gallery of Indian/World Autographs-Limca Record Holder 2009
http://www.indianautographs.com

Classic Gallery of Indian Numismatics
http://www.indiannumismatics.com