Produced by the BBC’s Natural History Unit, Frozen Planet is the most ambitious series on the Polar Regions ever undertaken.For four years, camera teams braved temperatures down to -50 degrees C, 200 mile per hour katabatic winds, midnight sun and long dark polar nights to capture the essence of these remote and highly seasonal ends […]
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Very senior philatelist D.Mahapatra was present in the meeting of PD account holders with India Post officials held in New Delhi last week.Mr Mahapatra sent this letter to Mr Adnan Ahmed, Director Postal Services (India Post), Delhi Circle.In this letter very important issues have been raised by Mr. Mahaptra which needs a healthy debate.It looks that […]
India Post today released a commemorative stamp on Dr Madhav Shrihari Aney.Aney (29 August, 1880- 26 January, 1968)was a politician. He was one of the founder of the Congress Nationalist Party. He was one of the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak. In 1937, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly. During 1941-1943, he was a member of Governor […]
India Post today released a commemorative stamp on Dr Madhav Shrihari Aney.Aney (29 August, 1880- 26 January, 1968)was a politician. He was one of the founder of the Congress Nationalist Party. He was one of the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak. In 1937, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly. During 1941-1943, he was a member of Governor […]
This Ascension Island has released stamps on WWF theme on 31st August 2011.All stamps carry the WWF Panda logo and are released in sheets of twenty with gutter and a sheetlet of sixteen. The three species of tropicbird all have tropical distributions. Two species are found in the tropical Atlantic and both breed on Ascension […]
Postage-stamps “Eurovision Song Contest–Azerbaijan Winner 2011” have been released in Germany. It was dedicated to the bright victory of Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest-2011.Azerbaijan became winner of the 56th Eurovision Song Contest held among 43 countries in Düsseldorf, Germany.The stamp that displays the winners Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal has been released in 15,000 […]
The Bandra-Worli Sea Link will soon get a stamp of recognition, with the postal department planning to issue a stamp dedicated to the structure.”The proposal will be placed before the Philatelic Advisory Committee’s meeting by June-end,” Manju Kumar, director (philately) of the communication and IT ministry wrote to Siddharth Bothra, vice-president of All India Philatelist’s Association.Bothra, elated […]
Norfolk Island has issued 5 stamps on seashells of the IslandThe 15c stamp features a plicate Conch and a Zelebor Wentletrap. Wentletrap is derived from the Dutch language meaning spiral stairs, these are also known as ladder or staircase shells. Some conch shells also make pearls and trumpets. The 60c stamp illustrates the Violet Snail […]
First Meghdoot Postcard The first MEGHDOOT Post Card of India issued as on 02.09.2002 on a film advertisement with a photo of Tamil cinema star Rajnikant .Features of the postcard were unique . Meghdoot Postcard is priced cheaper than normal postcard at 25 paisa instead of normal postcard’s price is 50 paisa.,.50 % space […]
By Tshering Tashi, Photo: Nicholas Rhodes (courtesy-kuensel online.com) The Bhutan Post Office was set up in 1962, but Bhutanese were sending letters and using stamps much before that. According to English scholar Nicholas Rhodes, who has a collection of old Bhutanese stamps (see photo), “the early stamps were used in the mid 1950s and the […]