Rainbow Stamp News June 2012

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Countdown for London 2012 Olympics beginsLondon 2012 Olympic stamps to be issued by Israel Post on June 26, 2012. The specialfeature of these stamps is its tabs that depict Olympic rings, London landmarks and flags ofparticipating countries. One of the stamps in this set ( No. 1 stamp) also has Indian flag onits tab !!

Indian flag depicted on tab (No. 5 from extreme Right )


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Shimla June 2012 Vol. V Issue # 54

Monthly e-Stamp Bulletin Edited by Jeevan Jyoti for free circulation among philatelists

Readers are requested to send reports of philatelic activities in their area for publication. Short writeups by the readers about their journals, societies, publications and philatelic requirements can be

sent for inclusion in this bulletin to [email protected] [email protected] and bypost to

Ms. Jeevan Jyoti, c / o Mr. Ajay Srivastav, Director, Great Himalayan National Park, Shamshi, Distt.Kullu. PIN 175126. (H.P.) India

Note- This bulletin is only for circulation among a limited group of philatelists without any commercialpurpose. The bulletin will be sent to the readers only on request. Those who wish to receive it regularlyplease reply giving the name of your city / country with the subject SUBSCRIBE RAINBOW

As the date of LONDON 2012 Olympics is approaching very close the anxiety of Indianphilatelists increases as India Post has not announced stamps for this biggest Internationalsports event so far. We are all at our fingers crossed..as to what happens next ?? If we would everget a chance to see new stamps or this event will remain unnoticed by by India Post ??? It is aquestion mark on the authorities who decide the themes and events for postage stamps which areregarded as the little paper ambassadors of a country.It is high time for the whole philatelic community and especially the philatelists in PhilatelicAdvisory Committee of India Post to take up this matter immediately to the concerned authorities

before it is too late to pursue!!

It is time for the philatelic community of India to start a campaign against non - issue of London2012 Olympic stamps by India Post... This biggest International sports event must not be ignoredby India Post at all cost !!Lets join hands together and raise this issue !!

This is all for this monthEnjoy the articles and other stories in this issueMore in Next Issue Happy Collecting !!

-- Jeevan Jyoti

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Recent Indian Issues

In The News

Interview

From the Desk of Naresh Agarwal
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Beginners Section

Specialized Section - The mythical creatures of Himmapan Forest by Dr SK

Agarwal

Readers Right

New Issues from Other Countries

Philatelic Clubs and Societies

Blogs & Websites on Philately

Literature on Indian Philately

The Lighter Side

Book Review

Editors Mail Box

Current Philatelic Magazines Newsletters

1 March 2012 Vasantdada Patil Rs 5

9 March 2012 Shyama Charan Shukla


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14 March Civil Aviation Centenary 4 stamps 3 x Rs 5, Rs 20 + MS

12 April IT College, Lucknow

17 April 2012 Godiji Temple, Mumbai Rs 5

18 April 2012 R. Ventkataraman

16 May 2012 Karpoor Chandra - Rs 5

17 May 2012 M.B.Kadadi Rs 5

27 May 2012 800th Urs festival of Dargah Sharif Ajmer Rs 20 & Rs 5 + MS

Recent Special Cover and Postmark

15 April 2012 : Utility and conservation of Swamp Land in Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur

28 April 2012 : Jainism Patna

7 May 2012 100 years of St Thomas School, Shimla


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31 May 2012 - World No Tobacco Day Srinagar ( J & K )

View :Special Covers 2012 by India Post

The last edition of Olympex to be organised by FIPO, will be held from 24th July to 9th September 2012 atthe prestigious headquarters of the British Library of London. It has been included in the cultural programmeof the Games in London. The exhibition will not be as grandiose as the previous ones due to the limitedbudget provided by the IOC and to the complete absence of the English Postal Administration and of theOrganising Committee of the Games (LOCOG). This has influenced the choice of the location of theexhibition which will be certainly prestigious but of limited dimensions.

Consequently the exhibition will be exclusively on invitation and based on the London Games of theOlympiad : 1908, 1948 and 2012. There will be no national commissioners and the collections that will beinvited will reach London without any expenses for the Organising Committee. This exhibition will officiallyclose the 30 years activity of FIPO.

Exhibitions..

IPHLA 2012 - Specialized International Exhibition for Philatelic Literature

IPHLA 2012 : A specialised exhibition for Philatelic Literature is going to be held from 2 to 4Nov.2012 in the town hall of Mainz (Germany). This exhibition will be held under the patronage ofFEPA & AIJP but some non European countries are also invited by them and India is also one ofthem.

No Federation Commissioner has been nominated . Please go through websitewww.iphla.de

For any information please contact to Mr. Wolfgang Massen, Email:[email protected]

THAILAND 2013

THAILAND 2013, International Philatelic exhibition will be held in Thailand from 2 to 14 August 2013in Bangkok, under the patronage of FIP. The World Philatelic Exhibition will take place from 2 - 14 August2013 at the Royal Paragon Hall 1-3, 5th floor, Siam Paragon, Bangkok. The event will feature not only someunique postage stamp collections, but also displays of other rare and valuable collectibles from around theworld. A stamp contest and competition of OTOP products will also be held as part of the event, with aninternational panel of judges from member countries and representatives of countries submitting collectionsfor display.

PCI has nominated Mr. R D Binani as Commissioner for India, his address :33-B Rowland Road,Kolkata 700 020 E mail :[email protected] Mob:9830073058
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INDONESIA 2012 WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP

INDONESIA 2012: International Philatelic exhibition will be held under the patronage of FIP from 18 to 24June 2012 at Jakarta Convention Center. The exhibition will be known as INDONESIA 2012 WORLDSTAMP CHAMPIONSHIP. Mr. S. Sahoo, is National Commissioner for India. His address is :- D-3,BJB Nagar, Bhubaneshwar 751 014 Email:[email protected]

Next National Philatelic Exhibition expected to be held in Mumbai.A National Stamp Exhibition is expected to be held in Mumbai in February 2013 This exhibition is

supposed to be organized with Collaboration of India Post and Philatelic Congress of India.

New Postmark by Royal Mail on all mails 'Delivered By Royal Mail'

Soon a new 'Delivered By Royal Mail' postmark is to be stamped on letters and other items to distinguishpost delivered by the group and its competitors." "The company announced it will introduce the new mark tomost of the 15 billion letters and parcels carried by the business every year, saying it is important that

customers know the difference between post delivered by Royal Mail and its competitors." - Reports Alan

Jones of Britain's Independent

Talat Mahmood - singer unnoticed by India Post
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Talat Mahmood (February 24, 1924 May 9, 1998) was a popular Indian playback singer and film actor. Arecipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1992, he had a unique style of singing. He was famous for singingghazals. He was honored with the First 'BEGUM AKHTAR AWARD' in 1975 for ghazal singing .His voicewas full of pathos and emotions and his flawless rendering of songs always touched the heart of people.

Like his other contemporary singers he was never tempted to sing the sub-standard lyrics only forthe sake of money.

Indian Post has already released stamps to commemorate the works of his contemporary

singers: Hemant Kumar, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar and Mohd Rafi. Burt the great singer Talat

Mahmood has not been recognized by India Post. Therefore we all music lovers of India strongly

recommend for the release of a 'Postage Stamp' in memory of great singer Talat Mahmood.

Worlds largest envelope by Aligarh University students

An envelope big enough to be the ticket for AMU entry into the GuinnessRecords

Aligarh: The students of the Aligarh Muslim University have made a 37 x 27 feet envelope to gettheir alma mater registered with the Guinness Book of World Record. The huge envelop was made
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by a group of about two dozen students belonging to the faculties of Engineering, Architecture,Fine Arts and Law was put on display at the Kennedy Auditorium of the University before a largegathering of students and teachers.

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Stamp of the Past

Stamp of The Past : Indian Heritage in Philately : Updates

A Stamp Exhibition on Indian Monuments, Museums, Paintings and other historical items on philately hasbeen organized by Archeological Survey of India in collaboration with India Post at New Delhi. The Subjectof the Exhibits includes Indian Cultural Heritage, Monuments, Museums, Coins, Antiquities and otherrelated stamp and material telling a story about India and its culture. This exhibition is a part of 150 years ofASI in India. The venue for the exhibition is Red Fort New Delhi and will be th

ere for 2 months. 20 frame exhibit is given by India Post, and about 20 frames by Indian Philatelists.
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1. Two frame Maximaphily exhibit by Ajay Kumar Mittal , New DelhiTitle of the Exhibit : Incredible India

2. Five frame exhibit by Pradeep Kumar Mallik - PATNATitle of the Exhibit : Legacy from the Past ( UNESCO - WORLD HERITAGE)

3. One frame exhibit by Moloy Sarkar , KolkataTitle of the Exhibit : TAJ MAHAL.

4. Five frame exhibit by Timir Shah, Secretary, Baroda Philatelic Society Baroda, GujaratTitle of the exhibit - Archaeology ( India ) through Philately "

5. One frame exhibit by Jeevan Jyoti, Kullu (H.P.)Title of the Exhibit : Taj Mahal - The Pride of India

View :Glimpses of the Exhibition

More Pics at following links :

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News FeatureSpecial feature in Hindi on The Exhibition :The Minister of Culture, Director ASI, Director India Post and MrAjay Mittal talk about the exhibition. Please click following link to listen this news feature :

http://www.newsonair.nic.in/feature-audio-new-player.asp?id=2349

Press Clippings..

Bicycles and waterfalls this philatelists forte

- Naveen Kalia, TNN | May 24, 2012, 05.48AM IST

LUDHIANA: It was in the 70s when the trend of exchanging letters with pen friends was commonamong people thatSuraj Jaitlygathered inspiration to collect stamps. One of his pen friends fromabroad requested Jaitly to send him Indian stamps and while collecting these for him, Jaitly foundthe exercise interesting.

In 1975, Jaitly took his first steps in philately and started collecting stamps of variouscountries. At the age of 52 today, he boasts of a vast collection with indefinite stamps, but a largechunk of his collection is based on bicycles and waterfalls, which he has sourced from variousvenues.''I wasn't well aware about philately when I started, gradually I learned about theme based
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philately, as most philatelists collected stamps of national leaders, birds and animals. But, I wantedto collect something different,'' says Jaitly .Read More ..

In this issue meet Mr. Sandeep Jaiswal, editor of India Post which is regarded as one of themost reputed international philatelic journals . Sandeep Jaiswal is a well known nameamong the prominent philatelists and stamp dealers of Indian States. It is a great pleasureto publish his interview in this issue. Here he answers to some of the questions asked byMr Naresh Agarwal which Readers would like to know. I thank Mr. Jaiswal for giving aninterview to Rainbow and sharing his views on different aspects of philately - Editor

Sandeep Jaiswalis a non resident Indian philatelist presently living in US. Adedicated philatelist, reputed philatelic dealer, editor of prestigious India Post the quarterly journalof India Study Circle. Being a very friendly, humble and generous person, Mr. Jaiswal is a man withversatile personality. He hails from Kolkata and is the elder son of Sri P.C. Jaiswal a renownedstamp dealer of India. Though Mr Sandeep Jaiswal was a European fashion industry professionalbut started real estate business in Rhode Island only in 2008 and is currently president of Group21 LLC. He also started dealing in stamps few years ago selecting the same business which hisfather is still doing. He established Stamps Inc. (specializing in Indian states philately) and alsobecame a partner in ISES Inc. (Expertizing company for Indian States philatelic material).

Sandeep Jaiswal with daughter Sydney and wife LoriStarting stamp collecting at the age of 10 years, he has grown in to a matured philatelist ofInternational fame with over 30 Gold Medals to his credit in International philatelic shows on IndianFeudatory States Exhibits. He deserves all appreciation for his commendable research work onpostal history of Indian states which has undoubtedly given new dimensions and recognition topostal history stature of Indian states.. He has very keen observation on the philatelic activities allaround and a clear vision of the future of philately. We thank Mr. Jaiswal who has very clearly,
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honestly and modestly answered to all the questions raised to him in the interview givenhereunder.

Interview with Sandeep Jaiswal, Editor : India Post

Naresh Agarwal talks to MrSandeep Jaiswal..

1. How were you introduced to philately and how do you relate your life with it. Tell ussomething about your achievements?

Well, it all started when I was about 10 years old. My father gave us all stamps and while mybrother and sister did not care much for it, I was instantly drawn to them. I remember tradingstamps in school with other kids during lunchtime. You know, stamp collecting was quite popularamong kids back then.

As far as relating my life to philately the answer depends on who you ask if you ask my wife shewill tell you that I have a sickness and that my life revolves around philately. Whats scarier is that I

think Lori might be right.

Philately has been a great source of knowledge and information for me. In college, I once gave aspeech titled Why stamp collecting is good for your health. I distinctly remember the perplexedlook on the faces of both the students and the faculty however by the time I was done I hadeveryone convinced.

Sandeep Jaiswal receiving the India Study Circle award from Americas Secretary Mr. JohnWarren

Being awarded a gold medal at Napex 2011 as editor of India Post is perhaps the most satisfyingphilatelic achievement to date. Being leader of the team (India Study Circle) competition that tookin first place at the 2012 APS Single Frame Team Competition is a close second.


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2. Your father being a renowned philatelic dealer of high international repute, how do yousee his contribution and role in grooming and making you a stalwart in philatelic world?

During my teens, I used to visit my fathers stamp office regularly after school. I also have fondmemories of traveling all over India to attend philatelic shows with him. Besides teaching me the

ABCs of philately he taught me, more importantly, to dream big and work hard to turn it into reality.He has always made me believe that I could do just about anything if I truly put my mind to it (and Iam a firm believer of it). You know when I got out of the fashion industry 7 years ago and was

contemplating my next business venture it was he who suggested that I start a philatelic business and thus Stamps Inc. came into existence. To this date I consult him when it comes to makingimportant philatelic decisions.

3. Philately for pleasure or Philately for treasure.. what is your experience and what areyour suggestion to justify the above quotes?

Well for me it has to be both. I get immense pleasure from exhibiting, from giving philatelicpresentations, philatelic travels and most of all from flipping thru my collection. I must say thatwhen I started collecting Indian States some 27 years ago I did not think of it as something thatcould be financially rewarding, however so much has changed since then and it now turns out that

philately has been one of the best investments I have made.

4. Of late, it is seen that stamp fairs and festivals are gaining popularity rather than stampshows and exhibitions in India. You too have been seen visiting such events? It isunderstood that these are platforms for dealer to dealer interaction and sales. How do suchevents help a common collector?

Philatelic shows, fairs and exhibitions are a must for both collectors and dealers for differentreasons. As far as collectors are concerned, it is a great venue to meet fellow collectors, attend

seminars and workshops on philately, meet and register their collecting interests with dealers, achance to join new philatelic societies, an opportunity to view numerous exhibits with a chance tosee extraordinary philatelic material. I must have attended well over 100 philatelic shows / fairsover the past 27 years and am always looking forward to the next one. I will go to great lengths tomake sure that I dont miss such shows and exhibitions.

5. Philately too have expanded its arms in form of different branches. Of late, SocialPhilately, Open Class, Maximaphily are gaining popularity as are being introduced indifferent levels of exhibitions. How do look at the future of such classes?

I am a purist or some may say old fashioned so perhaps not the best person to answer this. Icollect in the traditional sense and my exhibits all fall under either Traditional or Postal History orPostal Stationery class. That being said, these new categories or classifications of philately appealto a broader range of people including non-philatelists. So to answer your question I believe theintroduction and popularity of these new classes of philatelic exhibiting are here to stay.

6. As we know, you basically hail from Kolkata and now settled in USA. What basicdifference do you find in collecting interests, approach of philatelists and operation ofpostal and philatelic organizations here and there?

While there are many similarities, the differences that are obvious to me are:Philatelic exhibiting & more importantly philatelic judging in India has long ways to go tocatch up to International standards


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10. Coming to the standard of exhibitions, displays and judgment, what basic difference doyou find in Indian scenario in comparison to the world over. Your suggestion onimprovement?

Philatelic exhibitions in India are at par with those held overseas. I have attended manyinternational shows and must say that Indipex 2011 was one of the best philatelic shows I haveever attended. I was also very impressed with the National Stamp Fairin New Delhi last year.Asfar as exhibiting and judging I think there is room for improvement. With the exception of Indipex

2011 and National Stamp Fair, frames that house exhibits need major improvement. A uniformjudging system needs to be implemented at the regional & State level and the award levels needto be standardized. In the absence of uniformity, exhibitors are at a total loss to gauge how theirexhibits will fare at the national or international level.

I met some very competent judges during Indipex 2011 and, with the exception of a few, mostwere from overseas. We, here in the States, have AAPE (American Association of PhilatelicExhibitors) that serves the exhibiting community. India needs a similar organization that can helpexhibitors and judges by guiding them in the right direction. My suggestion would be to have

judges join the AAPE and have themselves FIP accredited.

11. It is understood that you are regular reader of Rainbow Stamp News and Bulletin. Whatchanges, if any do you suggest for improvement in rainbow for better service to thephilatelic fraternity looking in to the fact that Rainbow is meant to serve all the colors ofphilately with philatelists of all ages and fields?

Yes, I look forward to Rainbow Stamp News every month and am always impressed with thecontents. You have several great contributors who have written some wonderful articles. So mysuggestion to you is to keep doing exactly what you have been doing, which is putting out a great

journal.

12.You have represented personally and also the India Study Circle in various philatelic

shows and won various awards. How do you feel your standing in international philatelicfield as an individual and being editor of India study circle at different levels?


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Being awarded a gold medal as editor of India Postat Napex 2011 is a philatelic achievement thatis very dear to me. India Study Circle is very close to my heart and I must admit that I get animmense amount of pleasure from knowing that most of our members enjoy the journal I sopainstakingly put together. So being the editor India Post is truly very rewarding. As far as mystanding in the philatelic world, most know me as Mr. Jaiswals son.

13.It is felt that philatelists awareness or so to say interest towards India study circle is notthat good in India as it should be because it represents an area of rich philatelic and postalhistory and heritage with tremendous scope of search and research covering hugepopulation of philatelists. What are the reasons for the same and what do you suggest toimprove the situation?

On the contrary, our membership numbers have increased dramatically since I took over theeditorship three years ago. We now have about 100 members in India compared to about 25 fiveyears ago. Of course Mr. Pratisad Neurgaonkar has done a stellar job in recruiting new membersand is largely responsible for the growth of our society in India. I am very hopeful that we willcontinue to grow our membership base in India. Many may not be aware of the fact that we nowoffer a reduced membership rate for philatelists residing in India. All this came about when weshifted the production of our journal from UK (black & white) to Poona (full color). Since the cost ofmailing journals to members residing in India have dropped considerably the Committee decided tothe pass the savings on to those residing in India.

Interested collectors should go to our website www.indiastudycircle.org to learn more about oursociety.

14.It is highly appreciable that you thorough ISC has undoubtedly promoted and introducedthe varied facets of rich postal history of India to the philatelic community world over &helped and promoted postal history collectors too. But as we see, thematic is gaining
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popularity and most of the new collectors are getting attracted towards it only. Is ISCplanning to bring some changes in to its working to take care of this aspect of philatelythrough their bulletins and operations?

Thematic collecting has always been popular. It may appear that such collecting interests aregaining popularity partly because you see a lot of thematic exhibits these days. Remember suchexhibits were not allowed a couple of decades ago so while there were always thematic collectorsout there material was seldom displayed for all to see. I used to be a thematic collector in my teens

collecting KGVI British Commonwealth.

The India Study Circlehas always stood for research. While thematic collecting may appear to begaining popularity there is often little scope for research so in essence very little to publish. Thatbeing said I am always open to publishing original research works on thematic subjects.

15.ISC is being read, followed and appreciated by a handful of collectors in India becausepostal history is considered highly research oriented, time taking ,slow and costly filed ofphilately. With this fast pace of life today how do you feel the scope of development ofpostal history in India? What actions are being taken to promote postal history in thisregion of the world?

Postal history is like vintage red wine, one has to cultivate taste for it. New collectors have to startoff collecting stamps, first day covers, miniature sheets etc and with time will slowly graduate toricher, complex and more challenging areas of philately like postal history. Its an evolutionaryprocess and not much needs to be changed to get collectors interested in postal history. I startedout collecting GB stamps, moved on to KGVI commonwealth, then moved on to Malayan Statesand finally settled on (or at least I think I have settled on), for the last 27 years, on all aspects ofIndian States philately including stamps, postal history and postal stationery.

16. India Study Circle closely look in to the philatelic material of India. What do you sayabout quantity, quality and nature of stamps and other products being issued by India Postin recent times?

India Post just like USPS here in the States is hurting philately by producing a high number ofissues each year and most seem to be issued with the philatelist in mind. It is truly unfortunate thatstamps are being produced for the collectors market and not for postal purposes its as if theyare printing money. These stamps hardly ever make it on letters and parcels they go directly frompost offices to the collector without having ever served any postal duty. Its too bad that this hasbecome a money making scheme for both the Deptt. of Posts as well as for the dealers whocreate artificial scarcity by hoarding and cornering these new issues. New issues selling for severaltimes their face value shortly after release is not good for philately and I am of the opinion that thisbubble will burst soon.

17. You have been successfully editing a well acknowledged research oriented ISC journalof high esteem and repute. Being editor of such journal what are your suggestions to otherprint and e-bulletins which are being published presently in India such as rainbow etc..

Be true to yourself and your beliefs, be fair and unbiased in your reporting and never compromise.While you may not hear from them, there are many who appreciate and respect what you do, asan editor, for the hobby.


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Philately is king of hobbies and hobby of kings. The second part of this statement seems to be true asphilately has now been immensely commercialized and has now turned in to trade. And so building a goodcollection is not that easy now as it needs huge amount of money to procure the needed philatelic stuffswhich of course is not that easy for a common Indian philatelist with average income.

Participating in any International Philatelic Show is dream of a philatelist which takes him years together ofhard work, dedication and persuasion to become eligible for that. It is a matter of honor and proud not forhim but for his countrymen too, if he wins awards in such shows. The philatelic community is lucky andhappy in this regard as it saw a good number of International and World philatelic shows all over the worldin last 2/3 years. There is a list of good number of shows to be held in near future too.

Surprisingly philately has not been so rightly recognized and put on high agenda by state governments asthey fail to recognize and appreciate the achievements of philatelists who represent their country at suchlevels and win awards and bring honor for it.

Participating in any International Philatelic Show needs good amount of money in terms of participation feeper frame & charges for Insurance, carriage and handling, clearances and other miscellaneousexpenditures even after help by the national commissioners who carries the exhibits in lot and so the totalexpenditure other than frame fee and inland carriage cost is shared amongst the participants. If a participantwishes to visit the show, he has to bear the total cost of travel, stay and other incidentals. This means for anIndian participant it needs a huge amount in INR to either participate or visit a show out side India.

Leaving aside kings (philatelists with big pockets), somehow some philatelists of average income have beenmanaging to participate in such shows by arranging the required money in past but of late, in the last 2years it is seen that there has been a huge hike in participation (frame) fee as well as other expenditures.For example only participation fee per frame in WSE INDONESIA 2012 is 120USD for one frame,90USD forLiterature and 60USD for other classes and proposed fee for AUSTRALIA 2013 150AUD for one frame,90AUD forLiterature and 90AUD for other classes. This means only participation fee for five frame exhibit would beminimum or 300 USD or 450AUD. Plus other expenditures. This huge fee has now discouraged many sucheligible aspirants/participants who have either restricted or withdrawn themselves from participation or haveparticipated with pains in their heart.

Now, is time to think differently? Participating and winning awards at International shows is a matter of pridenot only for the participant but for the country. Government needs to think upon this differently. Governmentneeds to view philately as a sport and help participants by arranging full fee and other expenditures forparticipants along with travel and stay expenditures for visiting participants like in other sports. Indianphilatelic organizations/clubs/ societies need to take up this issue with the postal heads and the State andCentre Govt. so that philately may be given a new direction and status. Undoubtedly, if government viewsphilately in right perspective, this will be a right move to support and promote philately. This will improve theimage of Indian participants in International shows and help Indian participants to visit shows abroad whichotherwise is very difficult for common Indian participant.

My appeal to all the recognized or established bodies of philately in India is to join hands, move ahead andmake an impact on the postal department and the Government which otherwise spends lots of fund onphilatelic promotional activities with no outcome or poor results. Come lets make an impactPCI to lead and we all to back it


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Beginners Section

Most people don't know that George Bernard Shaw was a stamp

collector...

Words are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap ~ George

Bernard Shaw

He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938),for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion(adaptation of his play of the samename), respectively. Shaw wanted to refuse his Nobel Prize outright because he had no desire for public

honours, but accepted it at his wife's behest: she considered it a tribute to Ireland. He did reject themonetary award, requesting it be used to finance translation of Swedish books into English.

Dr.Satyendra Kumar Agarwal

Touring SE Asian countries I often came across mystical creatures in wall paintings and sculptures adorningreligious places, palaces and outside many buildings difficult to identify due to their hybrid structures.


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Thai Mythical Creatures

This created curiosity to know about them and I started searching in literature and found interesting detailsabout many of them as mythical creatures of Himmapan Forest.

Strange creatures from Myth and Folklores

Himmapan Forest

It is a mythical forest and is said to be located in the Himalayan Mountains. The word "Himalaya" in ancientSanskrit means "abode of snow" and snow in Hindi is Him, perhaps that's also how the name "Himmapan"was derived. It is also believed that the forests are located below the Buddhist heavens and are invisible tothe eyes of mortals, who can never approach or enter.

Some believe Yeti may be found dwelling in Himalayan mountains

This place has different time faster than our time. The one day is four hundreds years compare to our time.Most of the creatures here are very different from what we have in our physical world. Most of them arewhat can be described as a "combined-animal" as for example, a horse with a bird's head, a man with lionbody, etc.


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Combined Animals

These animals are actually mythical creatures that dwell in the legendary Himmapan Forest.They live inpeaceful life; there is no war, no fighting, no conflict in forest and eat natural fruits for meals.

Hybrid creatures of Himmapan forest

Mythical Creatures

Religious beliefs play important roles in Asian literatures. Religious tales were recorded in the form ofmanuscripts, bas-relief, sculptures, and mural paintings. Two prominent religions mentioning tales ofHimmapan creatures are Hinduism and Buddhism. These creatures may be deities, semi-deities ordemons.

Deities and semi-diets

Hinduism


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Hinduism is the oldest major religion still in practice in the world. The belief in Hinduism's many Gods leadsto many legends including stories of various magical creatures such as Garuda the kinnara and Naga.

Out of ten incantations of Lord Vishnu,Matsyavatar(fish), Kurmavatar(tortoise), Varahavatar (boar) andNarsimhavatar (half lion half man) are the incarnations where Lord Vishnu is depicted in animal forms. .

Matsyavatar Kurmavatar Narsimhavatar

One form of Lord Vishnu is Parrot headed Muni Suka ji, son of saga yyasa,Elephant headed Lord Ganeshaand Horse headed god Hayagriva have mention in Puana.The Sun also appeared with a horse head toreveal the wisdom of the Veda to Rishi Yagnavalkya and Rishi Dadhichi replaced his human head with a

horses so that he could share Vedic wisdom with the Ashwini Kumars. In Oria retelling of the Mahabharata,the great archer Arjuna is once confronted while in Khandava forest by a beast named Nav-gunjara that is acomposite nine animals: it has the head of a rooster; the neck of a peacock; the back of a bull; the waist of alion; the feet of an elephant, a human, a deer, and a tiger; and a serpent for a tail.The beast is considered aform of the Hindu god Vishnu, or of Krishna, who is considered an incarnation of Vishnu.

Multy headed Serpent Kaliya Nav-gunjara Ganesha

Many of the characters in Ramayana, the great epic of Hinduism are Himapan creatures. Some help aidingRam in rescuing Sita from Ravana, while some are parts of the demon kings legion. Most popular areMonkey headed Hanuman, Sugriva, Bali, Crocodile headed Makardwaj and Bear headed Jamant.


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Bali-Sugriva Ravana- Hanuman

The tales well known not only in India, but also in many South East Asia countries. Ramakien is a versionof Ramayana in Thailand. It is also full of mythical creatures of Himmapan forest.

Mythical creatues of Ramakian

Buddhism

Himmapan creatures not only appeared in Ramayana but also in many other Thai literatures and tales suchas the tale of Kha Kee (About Lord Garuda), and books about Buddha's many incarnations.

The main Himmapan creature in Buddhism is Naga.The Naga, or the king of snakes, is a serpent likecreature with beard and pointed crown. In old text, Naga is the half-brother of the Garuda.


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Naga Garuda

The Naga is often found in Thai architecture and also frequently portrayed giving comfort and shade to themeditating Buddha, the coils of the great snake acting as a cushion while the many heads function as anumbrella. Besides, there are many written manuscripts about Lord Buddha's previous incarnations. In someincarnations, he was born in the forest of Himmapan.

Coils of the great snake as a cushion and heads as an umbrella

A Part of Thai culture

Thai artists are reproducing the bizarre and fantastic shapes of the mythical beasts in great detail for manygenerations.

Some of the more prominent creatures are those based on the body of a lion, a bird, or a horse, althoughthese are by far not the only combinations.

Thai Mythical creatures

Mr. Chueng Slaylanon wrote a book titled Thai Art (1951 AD) in which he categorized Himmapancreatures into 3 categories: two-legged creatures, four-legged creatures, and fish-based creatures. Thiscategorization method has since been a standard for grouping Himmapan creatures.

Perhaps the most popular Thai human-bird creature is the swan-bottomed Thep Kinnaree seen as theembodiment of grace. Having said that, although promoted as the epitome of loveliness, some talesdescribe Kinnarees taste for human blood, which makes her the closest equivalent to a vampire we canfind in Thailand. The male counterpart of Kinnaree is known as Kinnara or Thep Kinna Norn. They stay inthe himmapan forest and eat natural fruits for meals.


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Swan-bottomed Kinnaree & Kinnara

Other Mythologies

There are other cultures which share similar idea about "mixed" or strange animals. The elephant-headedJapanese god is known as Kangiten, typically depicted with an elephants head and human body, or as apair of two-armed, elephant-headed deities in embrace. Statues of this deity are relatively rare in Japan -most are kept hidden from public view and used in secretive rituals of the Tendai and Shingon sects ofEsoteric Buddhism.

Japanese god Kangiten

The Canaanite god Dagon was a fish god with human head and hands.

Some images of ancient Egyptian gods are also shown with animal headed human body may have been aninspiration of Himmapan creatures.

The dog-headed baboon was one of the manifestations of both Thoth, god of writing, and Khonsu, theyouthful moon god. Anubis is represented as a man with the head of a dog or jackal.Bast, a goddess withhead of a cat, Horus and Ra with the head of a falcon, Khmenu with the head of a ram, Sebek with acrocodile head and many more with bird heads.


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Thot Ra Horus Anubis

Another worth mentioning culture with many strange creatures is Greek Mythology which can be divided

into two main categories, hybrids and monsters. Hybrid creatures are composite creatures much like howmost of the Himmapan creatures are.

Centaur

Hybrid creatures of Greek Mythology

Famous mythical creatures


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Dragons

It is a legendary fearsome reptilian flying creature that breathes and spews fire and featured in the myths ofmany cultures. Two distinct cultural traditions of dragons are known, one the European, derived from theirfolk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies, and second is Chinese, withcounterparts in Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries. Chinese Dragons are usually shown with abody like a huge lizard, or a snake with two pairs of lizard-type legs, and able to emit fire from their mouthwhere as the European dragon has bat-type wings growing from its back.

Chinese and European Dragons

Pegasus

In Greek mythology, Pegasus is the winged horse that was fathered by Poseidon with Medusa.

Winged horse Pegasus

Phoenix

A mythical bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet colour having a life-cycle of 500 to 1000years. At the end of this life cycle it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burnfiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew tolive again.


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Immortal Phoenix

Unicorns

Horse-like creatures with a horn on their foreheadare one of the most mysterious of all animals glorified in

folk tales, songs, poems, and stories for centuries. Some believe the Unicorn still exists in remote regionsand can be discovered only by those of exceptional virtue and honesty.

Unicorns

Griffin

It is a legendary creature with the body of a lion, tail of a serpent or scorpion and the head, beak & wings ofan eagle.It is found in the paintings and sculptures of the ancient Babylonians, Assyrians and Persians. InGreek mythology they belonged to Zeus and Romans used them for decoration. In Christian timesGriffins were frequently used as gargoyles on medieval churches, buildings and as heraldic sign.


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Griffin

Sphinx

It is a winged monster of Anatolian origin having heavenly powers and settled near the city of AncientThebes. Sphinx has a long haired women head, body of a lion and chest & wings of a bird.

Sphinx

Mermaid

Mermaids are represented in the folklore, literature and popular culture of many countries having a femalehuman head, arms, and torso & the tail of a fish. Its male version is known as "merman".

Fish-tailed Mermaids


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Abominable Snowman

Also known as Yeti is a giant human-like body, white shaggy fur and big feet.

Snowman

Dr SK Agarwal may be contacted at email :[email protected]

Check List for the Stamps issued worldwide in 2011 related to the

theme of UNESCO - World Heritage

- Pradip Kumar Malik

MARCH 2011:
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Italy Brazil joint issue: The Colosseum of Rome, the World Heritage monument wasdepicted over the stamp issued as Italy Brazil joint issue.

Valetta (Malta): As 2011 SEPAC (Small European Postal Administrations Corporation) issueMalta released a set of three stamps on Treasures of Malta Landscapes. The landscape ofCity of Valetta is beautifully depicted over the stamp of the face value of 19 Eurocents.

Pradeep Malik may be contacted at e-mail : [email protected]

To be contd.

Ever declining quality of printing - Indian Stamps

A discussion about Indian Commemorative stamps - in an international

philately forum. : Not Good But True !!

I am posting this thread here so that some official on Indian posts OR some folk who is active in philatelyand has a link to Indian post can point out the rubbish print quality of the recent issues of Indian stamps.

This is not a month's observation but since 2010 the print quality has declined considerably (when othernations are printing stunning quality stamps with modern technology).

In 2012 my observation says, all the issues are having color shifts. The black is not black, the yellow is notyellow and so on. The colors have pitch dots in them and are not filled up. They are visible in naked eye.

The designs are equally frustrating.The paper - lets not mention it.

I wonder who is printing these and how do these flood the Post offices without any quality checks and whyis the postal department not even bothered about it?Read More.
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Critical analysis : These Maxim Cards issued by UNPA recently on 19th April 2012 has not been designed

as per FIP rules of Maximum Cards. This card uses all four stamps in block whereas per FIP rules only onestamp could be affixed on the card matching with the stamp design for creating a Maximum Card. SuchMaxim cards are not appropriate to display in a competitive exhibition. An exhibitor may get negative pointsfor such cards though these are official cards of UNPA.

Read More.

New Issues from other countries

UK
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Mail a Smile

Visit. Europa 2012 - New issues

San Marino : 13 June 2012

Poland : 22nd May 2012

Serbia :30th May 2012

New Blogs & Websites

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Phla Mirror :http://philamirror.info/: The Indian Philately Journal

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List of Books 2

Baroda Philatelic Society - http://www.vadophil.org/

Deccan Philatelic Society Pune, Maharashtra

Eastern India Philatelists Association -http://www.filacapsule.blogspot.com/

Indian Stamp Ghar -http://www.indianstampghar.com/

Indian Thematic Society, Ludhiana - http://indianthematicstamps.webs.com/

Ludhiana Philatelic Club

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Philatelic Society of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Rainbow Stamp Club -http://rainbowstampclub.blogspot.com/

Rajkot Philatelic Society Rajkot, Gujarat

Gujarat Philatelic Association - Ahmedabad

South India Philatelists Association - http://www.sipa.org.in/

Stamps of India -http://www.stampsofindia.com/The Army Philatelic Society, Pune
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Letter Box with Victorian Crown

( AT GRASS ROOT LEVEL )


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C.R.Andhare and Naresh Agrawal talking to children

In Indian Philatelic scenario, there has been tremendous decline in birth and growth of newphilatelists only because of less interest among the school children in stamp collection. The reasonbeing pressure of studies, development in communication systems leading to intensive use ofmobile phones and e-mails and also growth of private courier service. A strong need of introducingand inculcating the hobby of stamp collection among the school children is felt today as future ofphilately lies in these children only.

To move a step in this direction to take the children in to the world of stamps, Adharshila VidyaMandir School at Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh organized a philatelic workshop on 06.05.2012 during its15 days summer camp which saw various different creative activities. Mr. C.R. Andhare and Mr.Naresh Agrawal philatelists of international repute from Bilaspur introduced students of class II toclass Xth. During this workshop students were introduced to the postal stamp, its feature and itsimportance as a collectable and educational item. They were taught how to collect, preserve,arrange and organize stamps. There were different thematic exhibits on display and PPt.presentation. The workshop was well attended and created interest amongst many of children.Stamps and covers were distributed amongst the children. Local print media also wrote high of thisactivity.

- Naresh Agarwal, Bilaspur
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Stamp collector transforms shed into fully-functioning 1950s post

office

Royal Mail enthusiast Steve Knight, who spent 15,000 transforming his garden hutinto a fully functional 1950s post office, has been nominated in the annual Shed ofthe Year contest.

Stamp collector Mr Knight took his Royal Mail obsession to new heights after completely remodelling hisgarden shed.It features its own telephone line, which is connected to the national network through a vintage1937 exchange.

The 50-year-old Essex resident had been collecting postal memorabilia for over a decade when he ran outof space to keep his collection. He then decided to give his modern lean-to, which includes original signs,scales, stamps and uniforms from a traditional 1950s post office, a makeover.

'I've always been a keen stamp collector since I was a young boy but I started collecting letter boxes around14 years ago and it just grew from their - I now have 115 of them dotted around the garden,' he explained.'After years of collecting - and thanks to donations from people whose family worked in the postal service - Irealised I had everything needed to create a replica of a 1950s post office.

'That's when I began restoring the items and opened my post office shed to the public.' Since renovating theshed, the sales and marketing director has been inundated with hundreds of donations from localenthusiasts.

And Mr Knight is hoping to grab first place and the 1,000 prize in the annual 'Sheddies' to fund plans for...an even bigger shed.He said: 'I am very lucky to have such an understanding wife and neighbours whohave helped me create such a unique space.


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'Everyone enjoys soaking up the atmosphere when we open up the shed to visitors and I have a band ofvolunteers who help out on the day. 'It's great that people can come and share my passion in life -especially when it's just a couple of yards from my back door.'

You can vote for Steve's shed online atwww.readersheds.co.ukfrom May 21. Read more:

Editors Mail Box

- Prakash Modi, Toronto Canada

Thank you very much for the May 2012 issue, that has as usual come out very well.

A Quick Review article of Naresh Agarwal is very interesting, informative and educating.In a limited space he has covered lots of points. Much more can be written but few important topics are leftout.

I may add that nothing is mentioned about availability, prices, image, comparative quality, etc. of Indianstamps abroad. Export potentiality, making available to millions of NRI, creating an image for its sales value,etc. need to be considered.

Another topic missed out is about working of Philatelic Advisory Committee, Ministry's organizationalstructure, government staff, etc.

It is understandable that considering the history & geography of the country itself is unique but education &culture needs to be changed and till then continuous efforts are required for progress and development.Hope for the best !

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