Postcrossing card on "SHIPS"

Here is another card on my subject "SHIPS" received through Postcrossing recently form Karin, Norway. Postcrossing has recently reached 2 million mark.

FDC from Italy

Today I am presenting a cover sent to me by Nadia from Italy. The first Day Cover of a stamp released in 2008 relating to the devastating earthquake which hit the city and Strait of Messina in Italy on Dec 28, 1908.The stamp features an aerial view of the city and Strait of Messina, in stylised graphics, along with the city of Reggio Calabria in the background. There are some concentric rings on the stamp, which represent the seismic waves caused by the earthquake.

Second Arab Stamp Exhibition - Website

The 2nd Arab Stamp Exhibition, organized by Emirates Post and Emirates Philatelic Association, will take place at Wafi Centre, Dubai, from March 5 to 9, 2009, under the patronage of HH Majid Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Art and Culture Authority. Unique stamps from Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Algeria, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti and the UAE, will be showcased at the Exhibition.

To provide details of the Exhibition a dedicated website, has been launched by Emirates Post.
Visit http://www.arabstampexh.ae/ for further details.

Stamp pre-release - Spices of India.

We had come across many pre-release in 2008 and hoped that it may not be the case in 2009, but here again we have a pre-release in 2009. Here is a MS of Spices of India which was pre-released and was cancelled in Chandigarh on 28th January 2009.

Kodagupex - 2009

A Special cover was released on the occasion of KoDAGUPEX - 2009 at Madikeri on 8th Feb 2009. The Cachet is of Fort Madikeri which was a Palace built with brick and mortar in 1814 by Lingarajedra Wodeyar II. The Original mud fort was rebuilt in stone by Tippu Sultan.

India-U.A.E Joint Stamp Exhibition in 2010

A delegation of India Post recently visited Dubai and held talks with top officials of Emirates Post Group to identify areas of further bilateral cooperation.The two sides besides discussing ways of enhancing the express mail service, remittances through IFS, Wall Street Exchange and parcel services also agreed to host a joint stamp exhibition in 2010.

Cover from Estonia - Ships and Lighthouse

Dear friends,
As our local club is getting ready to hoist a stamp and coin exhibition I have been busy these last few days and unable to update my blog. However here is a scan of a Cover sent from Estonia on my collecting subject - SHIPS. The cover has beautiful stamps cancelled neatly. Thanks for the same.

The first stamp is of Suur Toll which is a ice breaker steamship and the second is of the submarine Lembit, released in the year 1996 .The third and fourth stamps are of lighthouses released in 1995 and 1999. I have noticed that Estonia has been releasing a series stamps on Lighthouses.

Stamp or Currency!

When I first saw this stamp among the others I received from Russia this is what crossed my mind. Is it a Stamp or a Currency?

Yes, it is a stamp! It was issued by Russia on 1 September 2008 to celebrate the 190th anniversary of Goznak.

Goznak is a Russian Federal Government-owned corporation responsible for the production of coins, bank notes and other security papers. Goznak was established on July 6th 1919. Goznak not only prints Russian money, but also prints banknotes of a few other foreign countries. Currently it is engaged in printing biometric passports for Russia.On 3rd of September 2008 Goznak celebrated its 190th anniversary.

Barack Obama postmarks from USA

Today there was a series of cards, covers and postmarks by the US Postal Division to mark the Inauguration day. Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th and the first African-American (non-white) President of USA.

Inaugural Portrait Card: This has a 42c Flag stamp and the 3c White House stamp affixed and canceled.

Barack Obama "Life in Stamps" : On this cover six stamps are affixed and cancelled today, which is related to the President's Life like his birth in Honolulu, graduation from Columbia University, professor of law, elected from Illinois in the U.S senate and now elected President of the US.

Besides these there are few more covers and cards which were released today.

Table Calendar - 2009

Delhi Postal Circle issued a 6 page Table Calendar - 2009 showcasing Indian miniature sheets. It is available at Delhi Philatelic bureau priced at Rs.34.00.

PHILAPOST

To serve the interests of philatelists in India and abroad an authentic magazine providing philatelic information, views, a place to express opinion and to bring likeminded people together was a long felt need. India Post and Philatelic Congress of India have come together to fill the void with a quarterly magazine “PhilaPost”. The subscription for this fully multicoloured magazine is kept very low at Just Rs. 40/- per annum (4 issues) post paid anywhere in India to reach the masses. This became possible because of the initiative & kind co-operation of Mr. RRP Singh, Deputy Director General (Philately), India Post. Some copies of Inaugural Issue of this magazine were made available at various Philatelic Bureaus for sale at Rs. 10/- each. Next issue scheduled to be released in January 2009.

I hereby request you to join hands for promotion of this magazine “PhilaPost”. I also request fellow philatelists to contribute by way of submitting good research articles, letter to the editor, subscription of the magazine, advertisements, etc. The articles may be sent to editors Dr. R.S. Gandhi, Shri Manik Jain, Shri Mainak Kathuria or Shri G. Bhaskar. For philatelic advertisements, request for rates can be sent to me at ajay@kshitiz.com. I request you to give it a wide publicity and share and spread this information in your society meetings.

Kindly collect the subscription for “PhilaPost” from members of your society and send the forms collectively with consolidated payment by demand draft or cheque payable at par at Delhi NCR in the name of M/s L B Associates (Pvt.) Ltd. to Ajay Kumar Mittal, Executive Secretary, PhilaPost, D-57 South Extension-1, New Delhi-110049.

Thanks

With Philatelic Greetings and best wishes for 2009

For further information contact:
Ajay Kumar Mittal
Executive Secretary, “PhilaPost”
ajay@kshitiz.com
D-57 South Extension Part-1
New Delhi-110049, India
Contact : 9811032311

Picture Post card.

Here is another Post card with the picture of Ship which I received through Postcrossing from Germany.

Good Morning !

Hello !

How was your new year beginning ? Well, lets hope everyone had started it with good news in all ways. India Post is yet to start with any new release, but it ended with release of 6 stamps, all on personalities.

1. M. Bhakthavatsalam

2. A.T.Paneerselvam

3. Thillaiyadi Valliammai

4. Sheik Thambi Pavalar

5. Rani Velu Nachchiyar

6. Udumalai Narayana Kavi

Have a nice day!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

WISHING ALL MY FRIENDS, READERS, FELLOW BLOGGERS, PHILATELISTS AND WELL-WISHERS A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

Let us wish that the new year 2009 be filled with peace,prosperity and hapiness all over the World, also as stamp collectors let us hope that Philately will gain more height and look forward for an interesting year with colourful stamps all over the World.

New Issues

Philatelists must be aware that this year there was much confusion in release of stamps, some of the stamps were pre-released and few of the stamps released are yet to reach collectors, there was un-even distribution, where some of the stamps were available only in few select Bureaus. Even the information brochures were not available in case of some stamps.

Now there is a news that there will be 6-8 release of stamps scheduled for the last day of this year, but that too is not clear. We stamp collectors will hope that the comming year will be a better one without any chaos.

Maxim Card from Italy

I received this beautiful Maxim card from Nadia, Italy on Tourist spots of Casamicciola Terme which was issued on 24.07.2008.Thank you Nadia for the same.

Casamicciola Terme is a town located between the towns of Ischia and Lacco Ameno in Italy.It is famous for its Thermal establishments. It has beautiful hills which were volcanic Craters. History says that this town was hit by a massive earthquake in the 18th century.