Philately Day - Delhi

A Special Cover was released on the occasion of Philately Day celebrations at Delhi on 6th October 2025.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram. 

Limca Book of Records presented to Mr. Sudhir Jain.

Certificate of Limca Book of Records 2020-22 has been presented to renowned Philatelist Mr. Sudhir Jain in a grand function held at Satna on 29th August 2022.

Function was jointly organized by Lions Club Satna and Central India Philatelic Society. Satna Collector Mr. Anurag Verma presented this certificate to Mr. Sudhir Jain. As per the entry in the latest Limca Book of Records, Mr. Sudhir Jain is having "Largest collection of Philatelic items featuring Service Organizations" which includes 1793 different stamps and covers from 158 countries on Rotary International and Lions International service Organizations.

Office bearers of Lions Club Satna including Lion Dr. Hemant Denial President, Lion Shambhucharan Dube Secretary, Lion Rakesh Mishra Region Chairman and office bearers of Central India Philatelic Society including Mr. Rajendra Agarwal Shashi Secretary, Mr. Manmohan Maheshwari Treasurer, Mr. Ravi Prakash Gupta PRO, Mr. Umashankar Agrawal Vice President, Mr, Rajesh Kumar Choube, Mr. R. C. Gupta honoured Mr. Sudhir Jain by garlanding and presenting shawl, coconut, mementos etc. Number of other institutions like Rotary Club Satna, Jain Samaj Satna, Youth Hostel Association of India, Spic Macay, Giants International etc. also honoured Mr. Sudhir Jain in this function for his achievement.

Mr. Sudhir Jain is Governing Council member of Philatelic  Congress of India, President Central India Philatelic Society, Founder Chairman Jainism Philately Group and Petron Indore Philatelic Society. His lot of Philatelic articles have been published in the different magazines and newspapers of India as well as UK and USA.

Philately Day Celebrations - 2021 - Mangaluru.

As part of Philately Day, on 13th October 2021, Veteran Philatelist Sri.Baikady Srinivas Rao exhibited his collection of stamps on the theme "Patriotism" which included stamps on Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indra Gandhi and other leaders. The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr.Angel Raj, SSPO, Mangaluru Division ( Addl. charge) in the presence of Mr. Sreenath Basrur, ASP, Mangaluru Division, Mr. Pradeep Kumar. Senior Postmaster, Mangaluru and Mr.Bhavani Shanker, APM Mangaluru Division. Mrs.Akshatha, Bureau-in-charge compered the programme.

New Committee of Central India Philatelic Society.

47 years old Central India Philatelic Society elected its new working committee. In a general meeting held on 11th July 2021 at Usha Palace, Satna (M.P.), following office bearers elected unanimously –

President : Mr. Sudhir Jain
Vice President : Mr. Uma Shankar Agarwal
Secretary    : Mr. Rajendra Agrawal “Shashi”
Joint Secretary : Mr. Pankaj Pratap Singh
Treasurer : Mr. Manmohan Maheshwari
Joint Treasurer    : Mr. Sachin Tolwani
P.R.O. : Mr. Ravi Prakash Gupta
Exhibition Convener:     Dr. Himanshu Agarwal
Working Committee : Mr. Ashok Kumar Jain, Mr. Praveen Kumar Khatri,
                                    Mr. Jinendra Kumar Jain, Mr. Surendra Kumar Gupta,
                                    Mr. Udit Tiwari, Mr. Vinay Gupta.
                                    Mr. Ashok Mahule, Mr. Azam Siddique

In this meeting members decided to publish a book covering all the newspapers issued in Satna District since beginning. Mr. Sudhir Jain displayed collection of Permanent Pictorial Cancellations, Mr. Ravi Prakash Gupta displayed collection of unusual special covers like silk cover etc. Mr. Pankaj Pratap Singh and Mr. Sachin Tolwani displayed Pre & Post Independence one Rupee coins. Mr. Ashok Kumar Mohale exhibited “Gandhi Chavanni (Quarter Rupee)” which was minted in Satna in the year 1942 for collecting fund for independence movement.

It is worth to mention that Central India Philatelic Society was established in the year 1974 and organized many National level, State level and local Philatelic exhibitions at various places like Satna, Rewa, Bhilai, Korba, Khajuraho etc. Society arranged to issue 21 special covers and published 12 souvenirs.

Meeting concluded with condolence to senior member Mr. Kuldeepak Oberai and Mrs. Usha Jain wife of founder member Mr. Ashok Kumar Jain.

Courtesy: Mr.Sudhir Jain.

KARNAPEX - 2019 - Philatelic Quiz

On Account of KARNAPEX - 2019, a state level Quiz Competition will be conducted for the School Students of Class 5th to 10th Standard. The Preliminary rounds will be held in Mangaluru, Bengaluru and Dharwad. Finals will be conducted at the Venue of  KARNAPEX - 2019, at T.M.A Pai Convention Hall, Mangaluru.

For further information, click here : PHILATELY QUIZ

Tarangini - 2018

India Posts organized Tarangini 2018, a District Level Philately Exhibition on 6th and 7th  September 2018 at National Career Service centre, Karkardooma, Delhi.

3 Special Covers were  released during the event on Gandhi Walks, Monument Friends of India City Walk and National Career Service Centre at the venue. 

 Cover Code: DEL/11/2018

 Cover Code: DEL/10/2018

  Cover Code: DEL/12/2018

Cyclothon - Special Cycle carried covers.

CPMG Karnataka Circle Dr. Charles Lobo included a Fitness Awareness event during National Postal Week- 2018 for the postal employees, A Cyclothon was organised with this view.

A Special carried cover release was also conceptualised for the event on 14th October 2018, where the participating teams carried the covers popularizing postal services including philately along the way. The participant also had sign board fixed on each bicycle with postal and save environment slogans.

Three enthusiastic teams started as early as 6.30 AM on 14th October 2018 from three different cities - Channapatna, Tumkur and Kolar which are approximately 70 Kms away from Bengaluru. All team reached Bengaluru GPO between 3 PM to 5 PM. Dr. Charles Lobo along with PMG BG Rajendra Kumar , Mr, Shivram Mr. Chandrasekhar other officials waited from as early 1 PM to receive the Participants. As the Participants started entering the GPO premises, they cheered and welcomed by all. Dr. Charles Lobo honored each member of the team by garlanding and congratulating them.

In the valedictory function at GPO the next day, 10 lucky members of the participants get to win a bicycle each.

CoverCode: KTK/80/2018
Courtesy: Suresh Rao, Bengaluru.
 

Sangampex 2018

A two day district level Philatelic exhibition Sangampex - 2018 was held at Madurai on 3rd and 4th September 2018 at Maditssia Auditorium.

A set of 7 special covers were released on the first day i.e, 3rd September 2018.

Pigeongram - Mail Carried by Pigeons

The messages are written on a piece of paper, inserted into plastic capsule and tied to the feet of the Belgian Homer Pigeons and transported to a destination.

The service was put to test on 14th April 2018 when the Odisha Police, in association with the Bhubaneswar chapter of Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), flew 50 pigeons at OUAT Grounds here to deliver missives of heritage conservation to Cuttack, 25km away and it reached in an hour.

Former DGP and state convener of INTACH, A B Tripathy, praised the police department for preserving the age-old tradition.SP (signal) BN Das said Odisha was the only state in India to use carrier pigeons to communicate among police stations.The Odisha Pigeon Service started in 1946 when 200 pigeons were handed over to police personnel by the army on an experimental basis to communicate in areas with no wireless or telephone links, Das said.

 

The messages, written on a piece of paper, were inserted into plastic capsule and tied to the feet of the Belgian Homer Pigeons, which can fly 25 km in just 15 to 25 minutes and live up to 20 years, he added.

Courtesy: Shubhrajyoti Behera, Odihsa.

Dhai Akhar - Letter Writing Campaign

Jax, The Official Stamp licker.

Gommatpex - 2018

National JPG Meet.

Potters Wheel

Uttara Kannada District Level Philately Exhibition - 2017

INPEX - 2017

INPEX - 2017, National Philatelic Exhibition was inaugurated at World Trade Centre, Mumbai today which will be open from 30th November to 4th December 2017.

Release of Special Cover on Wild life on 30th November 2017:

Philatelic Day Celebrations.

I have news of Philatelic Day celebrated at various places on 12th October 2017.

At Vellore, Tamilnadu:

At Bengaluru, Karnataka:

At Hyderabad:

A special cover was released at Hyderabad on 12th October 2017 to celebrate Philately Day.

At Goa:

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