Ram Prasad Bismil (11 June 1897 – 19 December 1927) was a revolutionary struggled against British imperialism. As well as being a freedom fighter, he was a patriotic poet and wrote in Hindi and Urdu using the pen names Ram, Agyat and Bismil. But, he became popular with the last name “Bismil” only. He was associated with Arya Samaj. Bismil was […]
Category: Commemorative Stamps
By Wolfgang Beyer, Vice Chairman of the German Philatelic Collector Group ArGe Zoologie These stamps will be issued on 6th June 2017 . The stamps are featuring a Siberian chipmunk(Tamias sibiricus) and a Eurasian Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis).
India Post has issued a set of 5 stamps on eminent Hindi,Urdu,Punjabi and Kannad writers on 31st May 2017.Stamps depicts images of Balwant Gargi,K.V.Puttappa,Shrilal Shukla,Bhishm Sahni,krishan Chander. K.V.Puttappa :Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa, popularly known by the nickname Kuvempu or by K. V. Puttappa, was a Kannada novelist, poet, playwright, critic and thinker. He is widely regarded […]
India Post has released a set of three stamps on poets and saints of Andhra Pradesh on 26th April 2017. Atukuri Molla (1440–1530) was a Telugu poet who authored the Telugu-language Ramayana . Identified by her caste, she was popularly known as Kummara Molla. Molla claimed Lord Shiva as Guru, and her inspiration is claimed to […]
India Post has issued a set of 10 stamps and one Miniature sheet on Legendary Singers of India .Denomination of each stamp is 5 Rs. Stamps depicts singers 1.Shamshad Begum 2. Geeta Dutt 3. Hemant Kumar 4.Mukesh 5.Kishor Kumar 6. Mohammed Rafi 7.Manna Dey 8. Talat Mahmood 9.Bhupen Hazarika 10. T M Soundararajan.
An interesting circumstance related to the stamp block is that its colour scheme and the circular perforated stamp image in the middle recalls the well-known symbol of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight – the flag with a hole. The stamp image of the block shows one of the heroes – and at the same time a victim – of […]
By Wolfgang Beyer, Vice Chairman of the German Philatelic Collector Group ArGe Zoologie The stamps will be issued on 22nd November 2016 have postage value of 300 won.Stamps depicts a Great tit (Parus major) and a group of Black-faced spoonbills(Platalea minor). It´s the first issue Nature in the DMZ of Korea.
Azerbaijan has issued a beautiful stamp set on 42nd World Chess Olympiad .The “Chess World Cup: Baku-2015” stamp was named the “Most interesting stamp” by Italian journal “L’arte del francobollo”. The price of each stamp of the series is 0.5 manats.
Five distinguished Greek personalities living abroad have been honored with a commemorative series of stamps on 1st september 2016. Costa Gavras:Greek-French director (featured photo) born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia, but lives and works in France creating internationally acclaimed films such as “Z,” “Mad City,” “Betrayed” and many more. He has bought attention to numerous international […]
India Post has released a commemorative postage stamp on noted Gujrati writer Govardhanram Tripathi.Chief Minister of Gujrat Anandi Ben Patel released the stamp on 27th April 2016.Tripathi was born in Nadiad, India on 20 October 1855 on the day of the Dashera festival.In 1875, he completed his BA degree and decided to pursue an LLB […]