Date of Issue: 25.05.2011
-Ahmed.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
New Stamp issue: RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta into a wealthy and prominent family. His father was Maharishi Debendranath Tagore, a religious reformer and scholar. His mother, Sarada Devi, died when Tagore was very young – he realized that she will never come back was when her body was carried through a gate to a place where it was burned.
Greatest writer in modern Indian literature, Bengali poet, novelist, educator, and an early advocate of Independence for India. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Two years later he was awarded the knighthood, but he surrendered it in 1919 as a protest against the Massacre of Amritsar, where British troops killed some 400 Indian demonstrators. Tagore’s influence over Gandhi and the founders of modern India was enormous, but his reputation in the West as a mystic has perhaps mislead his Western readers to ignore his role as a reformer and critic of colonialism.
Date Of Issue:- 07.05.2011
-Ahmed.
New Stamp issue: Chitra Lekha
Issue Date: 20.04.2011
Chitralekha is a Gujarati weekly magazine. Chitralekha is published by Chitralekha group from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Chitralekha weekly’s first issue was published in 1950 by Chitralekha group, under the editorship of Vaju Kotak.
It had given rise to many prominent Gujarati Columnist and writes in its long life span some of them are Kanti Bhatt, Chandrakant Bakshi, Tarak Mehta,etc. After the sudden demise of Founder Editor Vaju Kotak in late 50′s, Madhuri Kotak took the charge of the magazine along with Harkishan Mehta and brought the new highs for the Chitralekha group.
-Ahmed
New Issue: Subhadra Joshi
Subhadra Joshi was born on March 23, 1919 in a well known family in Sialkot, now in Pakistan. She was one of the veterans of freedom struggle who dedicated her life to preserving and promoting national integration, communal harmony, social justice for the minorities, weaker sections and the handicapped.
New Stamp issue: La Martiniere Schools
La Martinere School, Kolkota was established in 1836 along with two schools in Lucknow and one in Lyons at France.The education system of La Martiniere is a fusion of global education with strong local roots.The contribution of the schools to society has won accolade and all round appreciation. La Martiniere has one of the most distinguished histories of any school in Kolkata, or in fact, India. School has achieved an enviable reputation in the field of academics as well as extra-curricular activities. It is without doubt one of the top schools in Kolkata.
Date Of Issue:-01.03.2011.
Thanks,
Ahmed.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Cover from Indonasia
-Ahmed
My campaign to "Save our tiger"
Folks,
We know how much it is essential to maintain the balanced eco system. You might have seen a lot on TV, papers, blogs about "Save our tiger" campaign. Tiger is one of the most charismatic, fascinating big predator. The roar of a tiger is the heart beat of many of India’s forests. However, humanity poses the biggest threat to the continued survival of tigers in the wild today.
So, on my part -- I am starting a campaign on saving tigers. I need your help on this. Please send me postcards, letter, stamps, labels, key chains, T shirts or anything which have a picture of a Tiger. If its a philatelic item (like stamp or old letter) send it to my address, if not please send me the picture of the thing taken along with you to my email address. Yes, I would like to have your pic along with it -- just show the country, you really care for Tiger. I will post them on my blog.
From my colleague Thulsi
Sent by Iren Chen of Indonasia.
Got these postcrossing. Thanks for folks for sending these.
Year of tiger stamps
few more...
still looking for some more...non philatelic items are also most welcome.
-Ahmed.
We know how much it is essential to maintain the balanced eco system. You might have seen a lot on TV, papers, blogs about "Save our tiger" campaign. Tiger is one of the most charismatic, fascinating big predator. The roar of a tiger is the heart beat of many of India’s forests. However, humanity poses the biggest threat to the continued survival of tigers in the wild today.
So, on my part -- I am starting a campaign on saving tigers. I need your help on this. Please send me postcards, letter, stamps, labels, key chains, T shirts or anything which have a picture of a Tiger. If its a philatelic item (like stamp or old letter) send it to my address, if not please send me the picture of the thing taken along with you to my email address. Yes, I would like to have your pic along with it -- just show the country, you really care for Tiger. I will post them on my blog.
From my colleague Thulsi
Sent by Iren Chen of Indonasia.
Got these postcrossing. Thanks for folks for sending these.
Year of tiger stamps
few more...
still looking for some more...non philatelic items are also most welcome.
-Ahmed.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Cover from Australia
Thanks Penny Hamilton for sending this nice cover and the postcards form Australia.
This is a private swap with postcrossing member. She is collecting postcards from every state of countries. So, I sent her a beautiful card form "Andhra Pradesh" in exchange.
-Ahmed
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Stamp boy, 62, wants to be philately ambassador
Fifty-four years ago, a photograph of an eight-year-old boy eating a banana was chosen by Jawaharlal Nehru to be put on a postage stamp. Shekhar Borker, the boy in the stamp, now a 62-year-old, wants to dedicate his life to promote Indian philately. Borker, who retired from Indian Aluminium Company in 2009, was invited by the India Post to address hundreds of school children at the World Philatelic Exhibition 2011 on Monday. “I will be happy to be India Post’s ambassador to promote philately amongst children,” he said.
“He proposed to get associated with us as an ambassador for philately promotion among the children. We welcome him as an ambassador to promote philately,” said Subhash Barmma, general manager, World Philatelic Exhibition 2011.
“Philately is a cost-effective but extremely useful hobby through which one can easily learn about history, geography, scientific invention, art and culture,” he said.
A philatelist himself, Borker’s pride and joy is an album of stamps featuring him that have been signed by Nehru and Indira Gandhi. “This album is my prized possession,” he said.
The stamp with Borker on it, priced at 8 naya paisa, was released along with two others on November 14, 1957, to commemorate Children’s Day.
Borker is the only other living person, after Mother Teresa and a Kanpur girl (now in her 70s) Rita Malhotra, who has been featured in India’s postage stamps. The stamp with Borker on it has been featured Court of Honour from three stamps issued together in 1957. India Security Press, Nasik, displayed the stamp at the ‘Court of Honour’ zone at the exhibition.
- Subhendu Ray, Hindustan Times
Full Article: http://www.hindustantimes.com/Stamp-boy-62-wants-to-be-philately-ambassador/Article1-662457.aspx
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