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The Penny Black was voted the worlds favourite stamp by collectors. The famous postage

stamp celebrates its 172nd anniversary on May 6 this year !!

Shimla March 2012 Vol. V Issue # 51

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 besent 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

Dear Reader

This is the 51st issue of Rainbow Stamp News and with this issue its journey starts foranother half century issuesand hope it will complete 100 issues in the years to come. I
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wish to thank all my contributors and readers for their best wishes motivating me to workfor another 50 issues. My sincere thanks to all of you !!

India Post has given a tentative list of stamps to be issued in the year 2012 . The list showsthat about 71 stamps are proposed to be issued this year. In the list, special set for London2012 Olympics has not been included but this could not be missed and India Post will haveto issue a commemorative set to mark this great event. Thus the total number of stampswill reach around 80 this year which is a very big number. There are 15 stamps in the list to

be issued on Personality. The increase in number of stamps definitely reduces the qualityof stamps.

The philatelic advisory committee of India Post must review the rules and make necessaryamendments to reduce the number of issues per year and improve the quality of paper,printing and design of the stamps. India Post seems to beat other postal administrations inthe world to issue record number of stamps per year . But the selection of theme andquality of stamps is not up to the mark. There is a need to make a change in stamp issuingpolicy and the number of stamps issued per year must be restricted to a certain number !

This is all for this month.HappyCollecting !!

-- Jeevan Jyoti

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ContentsRecent Indian Issues

In The News

Interview

Beginners Section

Specialized Section

Obituary

Readers Right

New Issues from Other Countries

Philatelic Clubs and Societies

Blogs & Websites on Philately

The Lighter Side

Book Review

Current Philatelic Magazines Newsletters

Editors Mail Box
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Recent Indian Issues

2 January 2012 Puran Chand Gupta Rs 5

15 January Bhai Jagta Ji - Rs 5

24 January Shyam Narayan Singh Rs 59 February 2012 India International Centre Rs 524 February 2012 Employees State Insurance Corporation - Rs 5

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Jan 31: Vadodara, Railway Staff College Diamond JubileeFeb 10: Patna, Folk Painting, Bihar Stamp ExpoFeb 11: Patna, Arya Bhatt, Bihar Stamp ExpoFeb 11: Patan, Sufi Gaan, Bihar Stamp ExpoFeb 12: Patna, Sher Shah Suri, Bihar Stamp ExpoFeb 13: Patna, Girl Child, Bihar Stamp ExpoFeb 17: Agra, Taj Mahal, Agra District Philatelic ExhibitionFeb 18: Agra, Chandreshwar Library, Agra District Philatelic ExhibitionFeb 18: Agra, Head Post Office, Agra District Philatelic Exhibition

New Stamp BookletsBihar Circle of India Post issued 4 stamp booklets on December 10, 2012 during Bihar Stamp Expo atPatna. The booklets are priced at Rs 75 each and carry 4 commemorative stamps of Rs 5 each.

New Picture Post CardsBihar Circle of India Post issued 4 picture post cards on December 11, 2012 during Bihar Stamp Expo atPatna. The set of 4 cards on the theme of Sufism in Bihar is priced at Rs 100 and each card is affixed with aRs 5 stamp and stamped with a special postmark on Sufi Gaan (singing). India post has printed MAX CARDon the reverse side of post however they are not maxim cards but are normal picture postcards..

View Booklets and Cards

In The NewsTributes to young achiever !!

Pakistan Post issued a postage stamp on Arfa Karim, Pakistans most talented young girl and Worldsyoungest Microsoft Certified Professional on 2nd February, her 17th birth anniversary . Arfa Karim passedaway on January 16, 2012 at the age of 16 after suffering an epileptic stroke. Her extraordinary contributionin the field of IT will be a role model for the younger generation. Arfa Karim became Microsoft-certifiedProfessional at the age of nine in 2004 and had a science park in Lahore named after her. Arfa Karim wasinvited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft headquarters in the United States when she was only 10-year-old.

Arfas stamp has become now one of the most popular postage stamps in the world among children andstudents .
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UN Postal Union acquires worlds first postage stamp issued in 1840

The United Nations postal union reported this week it has acquired what is probably the worlds best-knownstamp the Penny Blackwhich was issued 172 years ago and shows a profile image of United KingdomsQueen Victoria on a black background.

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) now also owns two other Victorian stamps, the Penny Red and the TwoPence Blue, as well as an envelope bearing the Penny Black and cancelled on 22 July 1840, only twomonths after the famous stamp was officially issued on 6 May 1840.

The Penny Black will add to UPU vast stamp collection, which contains more than 800.000 stamps. Thehistoric philatelic items were purchased for a total of 1.800 Swiss francs (1.965 US dollars), the agency saidin a press release.

The Penny Black shows a profile image of Queen Victoria looking to the left. Although it is known as theworlds first postage stamp, the Penny Black is not considered rare. More than 70 million copies of thestamp were issued and it can easily be purchased. The other particular feature of the famous Penny Blackare the Roman letters that are printed at the bottom two corners to identify the stamps line and columnposition on the printed sheet. The technique was also designed to discourage counterfeiters.

The Penny Black is unique and its creation is one of the great moments in world postal history, said UPU

Director General Edouard Dayan. The postage stamp has a certain magic; each stamp is a tinyambassador that informs about the history, the art, the culture and the national heritage of our membercountries. The acquisition of the Penny Black was the idea of Jean -Franois Logette, the manager of thephilatelic programme at UPU International Bureau.The stamps in the collection are a testimony to greatmoments in the history of our member countries and the world and constitute an important philatelicheritage, said Mr. Logette.

Before stamps existed, the recipient of a letter paid for the delivery cost, based on a complex tariff scheme.The postage-paid letter bearing a stamp was the brainchild of Rowland Hill, who initiated a reform of theBritish postal system and was knighted for his services. He apparently proposed the postage stampscreation after noticing that the postal service was losing significant mailing revenues because recipientscould refuse to take delivery of an item.


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Switzerland and Brazil followed in the United Kingdoms foo tsteps by issuing their own stamps in 1843.Stamps appeared in the United States in 1847 and in France and Belgium in 1849.

Today, all countries issue their own and even the UN Postal Administration issues stamps, 80% of whichare sold to collectors, while the rest are used on mail leaving UN offices in New York, Geneva andVienna.UPU Member States are expected to send a copy of each postage stamp they issue to theInternational Bureau in Berne.The newly acquired stamps and envelope have been framed and will bedisplayed in the International Bureau conference room.

UN News Service

Special exhibition : Beethoven on Postage Stamps

The Beethoven-Haus presents in a new special exhibition a prize-winning collection from Japan of

postage stamps relating to Beethoven and his lifetime.

19th March until 24th June 2012Special exhibition - Beethoven on Postage Stamps

A collection from Japan on Beethoven and his lifetime

19th March until 24th June 2012

Contact:

Beethoven-Haus Bonn (Germany)

Ursula Timmer-Fontani

Tel. 0049 228 98175-16

[email protected]

Yukio Onuma (Mr.) (Japan, in English only)

Tel. 0081 3 3414 6258

[email protected]

From 19th March the Beethoven-Haus invites its visitors on an unusual journey back to Beethoven's era. A

special exhibition named "Ludwig van Beethoven His Life and Times" presents a collection from Japan

which concentrates entirely on Beethoven and his lifetime.
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'The holy grail of stamp collecting': Penny Red with rare imperfections set to

sell for 550,000 at auction

One of the rarest and most sought after stamps ever produced is up for sale and expected to fetchover half a million pounds.

The plate 77 Penny Red has been dubbed the Holy Grail of philately and is one of just nine examples ofthe stamp ever recorded.Although millions of Penny Reds were printed between 1841 and 1879, a numberof plates were never used due to technical faults.Flaws in plate number 77 meant the stamps perforationswere lined up incorrectly, so all of the test sheets were destroyed.

But at least one sheet was released into circulation by mistake - making the 77 every stamp collectorsdream. Dealer Stanley Gibbons heralds it as the 'most valuable single stamp' the company has ever had forsale in their 156 year history, with a value of around 550,000.

Collectors worldwide religiously check every Penny Red they come across to see if it is a real example ofthe 'philatelic Holy Grail'.Spokesman Vince Cordell said: 'This example has graced some of the finest stampcollections ever formed and is not only a magnificent exhibition piece but one of the great rarities of Great

Britain and world philately.

'To date, four mint and five used examples have been reported, although some have not been seen for solong their authenticity is unconfirmed and often doubted.'Of the mint examples, there is one in the RoyalPhilatelic collection, one in the Tapling collection in the British Library, one in the Raphael collection thatwas stolen in 1965 and has not been seen since, and the fourth was in the Ferrary collection sold in the1920s.

The used examples include two found in the early 20th Century that were damaged and have not beenseen for more than 50 years, one that was lost in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and one in theAdams collection - now in the British Library.The fifth example is the one for sale by Guernsey companyStanley Gibbons, which it said was realistically the only one that will ever be available on the open market.

It is on a piece of envelope to the left of a common 4d red stamp and has a post mark bearing the number15.The plate 77 Penny Red is on sale through their website now, and is being stored at the companys highsecurity vault in London.

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Pictorial Postmarks on Bird from Germany
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During a philatelic exhibition in Kaltennordheim on May 26th 2012 ,Germany, will be available a newpictorial cancellation featuring the JACKDAW( Corvus monedula) ,BIRD OF THE YEAR 2012 in Germany.Interested philatelists in the cancellation may contact Wolfgang Beyer, Vice Chairman of the GermanCollector Group ArGe ZOOLOGIE Mail: [email protected] . Postage rates are 0,75Euro AIRMAIL or 2,80 Euro REGISTERED AIRMAIL.

During the philatelic exhibition on August 31th,2012 , a pictorial postmark featuring the bird EURASIANCURLEW will be issued. Collectors with interest on this pictorial cancellation may contact Mr. WolfgangBeyer please, MAIL: [email protected] ,member of staff from the German Collector

Group ARGE ZOOLOGIE. Postages rates 0,75 Euro AIRMAIL or 2,80 Euro for AIRMAIL/REGISTERED.

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.

Any author, journalist or publisher can apply for participation at IPHLA 2012 Mainzwith one or moreexhibits (print, static-digital like CD/DVD or a website) on condition he/she is a member of the BDPhor an association affiliated with FIP or FEPA. The application must arrive on time on the entry formprovided for this purpose

The basis of the binding application is the different regulations currently provided by the BDPh. Anyapplicant is urgently advised to take note of these regulations, especially of the special regulations forIPHLA 2012 Mainz , which he agrees to by signing his application. NO FEDERATION COMMISSIONERWILL BE 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 2013

in 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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Exhibit class. In competition class only five entries belonged to Postal History, Traditional Philately andPostal Stationary classes. Rest of all were in the Thematic Philately Class.

Some very good international famed exhibits were also on display in the invitee class. To name a few were:A Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose (Dr. Satyendra Kumar Agrawal); Lion the Magnificent (AnwarJamal); Radio Broadcasting (Ashok Tiwary); Flags (Shekhar Chakrabarty); Maps (A. K. Bagri);Kishangarh State (Dhananjay Desai); Meter stamps (Dr. R. S. Gandhi). An Inverted Head Four annasstamp from the collection of Sri S. C. Sukhani of Kolkata was also on display.

Along with several philatelic rarities, Indian philatelic gems like Inverted Head, Gandhi Service overprint

and First Airmail Postcard were also on display and visitors were delighted to see them under one roof.This Expo proved to be a feast for the eyes of the philatelists.

As the state of Bihar is celebrating the centenary of its formation, India post, rightly, selected the themeCelebrating Bihar for this Expo. Four Special Covers, four stamp Booklets and four Max Cards (?) werereleased during the Expo.

Special Covers were released on Folk paintings of Bihar; Aryabhatta; Shershah Suri; and Save Girl child Save Earth.

Stamps Booklets were released on Jainism; Buddhism; Sikhism and Save Ganga.

A set of four beautiful Picture Postcards depicting the four different Dargah Sharifsof Bihar with cancellationon Sufism in Bihar was also released. Though India Post called these cards as Max Cards, but they are

technically not Max cards.

In the sideline of the stamp Expo 2012, the letter writing, Stamp designing and Philatelic quiz competitionswere also organized for the school children. More than thousand school students were participated in thesecompetitions. The winners of these competitions were awarded at the closing ceremony.

Early India cancellations of Dr. Kanwaljit Singh Gandhi was declared winner of the Championship trophy inthis exhibition. Six exhibits, listed below, were awarded Gold medals.

1. Early India cancellations Dr. Kanwaljit Singh Gandhi2. I am bow and this my story Pragya Kothari3. Twin Cobra overprints of Gwalior State Lallan Prasad Singh4. Fascinating facts of Maps Rajesh Kumar Sinha5. Jainism A way of life Sanjay Jain6. Vedic revelations Dr. Pradip Sarkar

Besides Gold medals top three exhibits were awarded special prizes as rolling trophies. 13 Silver medalsand six Bronze medals were awarded to other exhibits competing in the competition class. One Frameexhibits were not awarded medals but they are ranked as per marks obtained by them.

Renowned philatelists Sri Dhananjay Desai and Sri Rameshwar Das Binani were in the Panel of jury .

The overall level of standard of Bihar stamp Expo 2012 was high in comparison to previous exhibitions.Many visiting philatelists accepted, without any hesitation, that the standard of the exhibition was as goodas of any National level philatelic exhibition. Someone commented that he found it to be one of the beststate level philatelic exhibitions ever held.

With a hope of better next time everyone bid adieu!Read More

Vadophil Auction

The Last date of Vadophil Auction is15th March 2012 instead of 28 February 2012.

View : all lots in VadophilForthcoming exhibitions

March 3-4: Kolkata, National Mega Philatelic Exhibition Kolkata 2012
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Venue: Olpadvala Memorial Hall, 52 Chowringhee Road, Opposite Rotary Sadan, beside NewEmbassy Restaurant

March 2012 : Shimla Shimla Dist. Level stamp exhibitionOrganizers: HP Circle of India Post

March 2012: Gurgaon, Haryana State philatelic exhibitionOrganizers: Haryana Circle of India Post

Mar 2012: Chandigarh, Punjab State philatelic exhibitionOrganizers: Punjab Circle of India Post

Sub Foreign Post Office at Srinagar

India Post will set up a 'Sub Foreign Post Office' at Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir Government hasprovided the space at Kashmir Haat that will help exporters to import and export their goods through PostOffice. The Foreign Post Office also house staff from the Customs Department who check the packages onthe spot and once customs has cleared the consignment, it is directly sent to addresses outside India. Forincoming pacagaes teh Customs offcials decide on cutoms duty if any and post office collects it from theaddressee. The Foreign Post Offices are only set up in metro cities around the country, but Srinagar has

been chosen as a 'special case'.

Vadophil Auction

The Last date of Vadophil Auction is15th March 2012 instead of 28 February 2012.View all lots in Vadophil

Interview

Deepak Modi is a well known name in Indian philatelic community today. He is the first person inIndian philatelic field to introduce Mobile Philately, SMS Service in India a new tool for regularphilatelic communication and updates. He is presently working as director in a cement tradingcompany.

The young and enthusiast philatelist from Jalna ( Maharashta) has unparallel energy and urge tobring innovations in Indian philatelic field and he makes all efforts for development and promotionof philately.

His philatelic interests are Indian stamps, philatelic lapel pins, philatelic literature, inauguralpermanent pictorial cancellations and unusual postal services. He loves collecting world coins andcurrency.
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The logo of Mobile Philately was launched during Stampmania 2009 at Vadodara(From L to R Deepak Modi, Timir R Shah, Prashant Pandya)

He is ardent lover of North Indian vocal classical music. His views hereunder will certainly enthusethe readers to think positive and do some genuine efforts for the promotion of philately in India .He is associate member of PCI.His entry in Literature Class got Bronze at INDIPEX 2011. It wasfor his coffee table book on Indian Miniature sheets - "Beautiful Miniature Issues of India". DeepakModi is one of the young shining stars of philatelic community. We wish him all the best for abright future in profession and hobby both !! Deepak Modi may be contacted at email :[email protected]

Interview with Deepak Modi

1. You have given a new direction to philately as a promoter through Mobile Philately . Please

tell us how did you get in to this hobby and how the idea of Mobile Philately came to your

mind ?

Ans. It was around 1995-96 I got in to this hobby. It so happened that when I was a school student, I sawan invitation card with a colorful stamp lying on the payment counter of shop where I had gone there topurchase some clothes. It was so beautiful that I requested shop owner to give that to me. And then my

journey to the world of stamps started. One day one of my neighbors gifted me a stamp album with stampsand later in 1999 he guided me to open a philatelic deposit account .From there I was enthused in to thishobby.
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Though I had PD A/c but I never got material in time and also no proper and timely information about theissuance of stamps, covers etc. was received. Though in the year 2000 www.stampsofindia.com sitesolved this to a big extent but even than that was not enough. It was in 2006 that Orkut social networkinghelped me get connected with various stamp collectors. And as suggested by one of my friends, I tried ofdesigning some website but could not succeed due to heavy budgets. As the urge to do some innovation inphilatelic information field was there, the idea of using mobile phone to get constant connectivity, exchangeof information and updates clicked my mind and started working on it. Thus the concept of Mobile Philatelywas developed..

2. As a philatelist we would like to know about your philatelic interests. You introduced thisnew branch of philately while you were pursuing your MBA. How could you manage timefor this? What is your adviceand appeal to the new stamp collectors.. school or collegestudents who seem to be overburdened with studies all the time.

Ans : I collect India mint stamps in block of 4, FDC - machine cancelled from Mumbai GPO, Miniaturesheets, Souvenir sheets, Sheet lets, Presentation Packs and Permanent Pictorial Cancellations. I am alsotrying to develop on two topics : Unusual Postal Services and Unusual Postage Stamps.

There is nothing which is difficult but it requires time management. I managed my time well while I was

pursuing my MBA. I would appeal rather than suggest students to think about return of both time and moneybefore investing. But investment in time has no substitute. This hobby certainly gives pleasure andsatisfaction but students have to keep a balance. Luckily,I have been successful in this and have enjoyedcollecting stamps and connectivity with people..

3. Parents, teachers and well wishers are always a big hurdle when it comes to distribution anddevotion of time for a young student studying hard for building his career. How was your parentsapproach towards your spending time on your hobby ?

Ans: I think this view is not correct that parents, teachers and well wishers are always a big hurdle . when itcomes to distribution and devotion of time for a young student studying hard for building his career, Yes,

they are certainly worried. My mother supported me to open PD a/c. I did not get much support fromteachers but got huge support from well wishers from all corners. Whatever we say, studies are certainlyimportant but with proper time and money management one can convince ones parents and teachers. Thestudents should make their parents understand the benefits of stamp collecting and then the approach ofparents about devoting time to this hobby would certainly change. .

4. Your newer concept of using mobile has been widely accepted and appreciated too. Accordingto you what is the future of mobile philately? What desired innovations you are looking in to it tomake it more comprehensive and informative?

Ans:The wide acceptance of mobile philately is because of information availability at ones fingertips whichis quite prompt and easily accessible in comparison to internet and printed newsletter. The magic of mobilephilately is that the collector gets news in just 140 characters in form of SMS which could be read at onesconvenience.

As far as the future of Mobile Philately is concerned, I must say the future of mobile philately is bright but itlargely depends upon the guidelines of the SMS program (service provider) on which it works on and alsoon the regulatory body which regulates such services.

I am looking forward to make SMS more comprehensive and informative by sending images of new stampissues, special covers etc along with SMS. I am very hopeful for its success.
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7. Advent of technology has made the world a small village as communicationhas become handy. How did the idea of using mobile for exchanging philatelic informationcame in to your mind? Why do you say this is mobile philately? Does the world mobileimply moving philately or the exchange and share of philatelic information using mobilephone?

Ans: A major population uses mobile service in India and it is very easy and fast to communicate and thatsthe USP of Mobile Philately. The other faster mode is e-mail or updating at web site/blog but for that the

reader needs to have internet connection even if he uses it on cell phone so a SMS was the best option Ifelt to work upon. I branded it by the name Mobile Philately because I wanted to make it popular among allthe age group collectors and keeping the name generic it helped me a lot. You do not have to make mucheffort to remember the name of this service because the name is coined as mobile because it works onmobile technology and its all about Philately so simply it became Mobile Philately.

8. With the invention and availability of new communication and entertainment systemsnow and also the changing styles of life what do you think about future of physical stampcollecting?

Ans: Believe me there is no option to physical stamp collecting. It will be there. But yes one thing to addupon here, the administrations who are into releasing new stamps will have to make sure that they come up

with innovative ideas, new materials, different ways and interesting subjects while releasing new material.For example from just simple paper stamps to scented, threaded, plastic, gold foil, odd shaped stamps.Newer philatelic products is the demand of time. Postal administrations have to think upon it.

9. This is a common question which we normally ask every one. Your views on future ofphysical stamp collecting / philately when the future seems to be of e-mails and mobilephones.. where messaging, chatting, video exchanges etc. every thing can be done exceptparcels or sending physical objects other than papers/documents.?

Ans: We have seen the changing modes of communication from physical meeting to the use of soundsignals and now internet. And in near future, I expect more innovations in this field to add value to our life.With all this around us, we still love collecting stamps which for me will never die. The new modes willcertainly help in developing philately. Mobile philately itself is an example, being a new tech still it is used topromote philately..

10. Your comments on the newer philatelic products being introduced by India post andalso being prepared and introduced privately?

Ans: There is lot of space to India Post to come out with various products and it is also utilizing it but what Ihave experienced is there is imbalance in availability of such products and the price tags are also not

justified. About philatelic products which are privately introduced - Its an open market anyone can come out

with any product. Its the buyer who has to decide what to go with and what to not.

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significant role in having the first post office located there. Those days, horses and stage coaches

would carry mail.

WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE STAMPS

In 2010, the Treskilling Yellow made the record for the most expensive stamp ever sold. It wasthought the Swedish rectangular treasure went for 1.6million, though it has never beenconfirmed.

The world's most valuable object by weight, the first owner is said to have been a Swedish schoolboy, whofound it in 1885 among a pile of letters left by his grandparents.

The Treskilling Yellow is 'one of about a half dozen highly notorious stamps in the world,' according to notedU.S. stamp expert Robert Odenweller.Others include the 1856 British Guiana 1 cent Magenta which hasbeen locked away in a vault since 1980 when it was bought for nearly one million US dollars by chemicalsfortune heir John du Pont. Another is the 2 Penny Post Office Mauritius Blue that sold for 970,000 in 1993.

Specialized Section

JEAN de SPERATI: Rubens of Philately & King of Counterfeits

Dr.Satyendra Kumar Agrawal

Recently on face book I read about sale of forgeries on ebay. A collector purchased some 'OS' perforatedstamps from a reputable seller on eBay. When the item arrived he examined the stamps under amicroscope, generally to check the items in a better view and shocked to discover that the stamps wereforgeries. In Feb 3rd, 2012 issue of Lithuanian Philately, Audrius Brazdeikis also reported flood of forgeriesin eBay marketplace. He warned about the recent explosion of fakes and forgeries of classic Lithuaniacovers appearing daily on eBay. A large number of suspicious postal history items (like the one shownbelow) are currently being offered by eBay seller filateliahabana.


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Forged Lithuanian Cover

Discussions with the seller indicated the stamps had been purchased some time earlier from another eBayseller of lesser morals. AskPhil also quoted an example of someone paying $1,225 on eBay for three TigerWoods labels, issued illegally in the name of Turkmenistan. In another instance when a collector put thescans of his purchase of recent US Fancy Cancel on Australian Stamp Discussion Forum, it all identified bythe expertsforged.

Forged US Fancy cancels

In July 2011 issue of Flash, I read the report The work of the expert group at Indipex 2011 by GeoffKellow, RDP according to which two hand painted essays in one of the Championship class exhibit, werefound bogus.

Anyone can be victim of such forgeries appearing sparingly even in reputed auction houses catalogues and

internet professional stamps sites.


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Fake -Forgery-Counterfeit

He peeped into the history of Forgery and said any time there is a collectible commodity that is in highdemand, there are people bent on deceiving collectors with counterfeited products. This goes for ancientartifacts, ancient Asian pottery, autographs, antiques, rare coins, and of course, rare stamps ... anythingthat can be sold to an unsuspecting buyer, in order to make money. For philatelists, "We use the term"forgery" to indicate stamps produced to defraud collectors (properly known as forgeries) and to defraudstamp-issuing governments (properly known as counterfeits).Fake" is used to indicate the alteration of a

genuine stamp to make it appear as something else and more valuable to stamp collector and for him, acheap example into something that can be sold for great profit.

Fakes might refer to cancels, overprints, added or clipped perforations, stamp design alterations, etc. Theearliest forgeries are all postal, and the Penny Black was the first stamp to be copied already in its first yearin 1840. Though the first one forged is Spain, the six cuartos of 1850 (Scott #1), of which there is only onecopy of the forgery known. The Spanish Post Office had to change its stamps almost annually between1850 -1879 to stay ahead of the forgers.

He also pointed towards third type of forgery done by Postal administrations itself for security orpropaganda purposes especially during war times (See my article Postal Forgeries of PostalAdministrations, Rainbow Stamps News, and Aug 2009).

By 1863 forgeries were so common that the book Forged Stamps: How to detect them was published byPemberton & Album Weeds .The first stamp journal published in India in1894, Indian Philatelist, edited byMs. Julio Ribeio concentrated on forgeries as fakes were rampant at that time. In modern days Fakes andForgeries Experts edited by Knud Mohar is also an impotent journal.The first classical forgeries began to show up in the 1860's and by 1864, forgeries were being produced ofboth common and scarce stamps from a wide range of issuing countries such as Austria, British Guiana,Finland, India and Spain.

Master Forgers

There are many famous forgers of their time, Rainer Blm, Sigmund Friedl, the Spiro brothers, GeorgeZechmeyer, Samual Allan Taylor etc.

Brighton forgeries of Jammu and Kashmir

But the most famous of all, by far of all times in the history of philately is Jean de Sperati and next to him,Francois Fournier. Their stamp forgeries were of excellent quality, and the forged stamps are sometimesnearly impossible to differentiate from the original government issued postage stamps of the time. Onlydifference between these two master forgers is the motto behind their forgery.

Franois Fournier

Franois Fournier (18461917) operated as a forger in Geneva from 1904 onwards. Fournier, unlike manyof his contemporary forgers, did not seek to defraud the public. He described his material as facsimiles andpromoted it to collectors who could not afford to purchase genuine items and to uneducated collectors as apreventive measure against being them deceived by dishonest stamp dealers.
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Following Fournier's death, his former employee, Charles Hirschburger, continued the business until hisown death in 1927. Subsequently, in order to prevent the stock from falling into unscrupulous hands, lUnionPhilatlique de Genve purchased the entire lot, some 400 kilograms in weight, from Hirschburgers widow.

After printing the word FAUX on the front or the word FAC-SIMIL on the back of the forgeries,representative selections were mounted on album pages by students from the Geneva School of Arts andCrafts. These pages were housed in 480 special loose-leaf albums which were sold in 1928 to interestedindividuals and organizations. The balance of the stock was burned. Over the years many of these albumshave been broken up to satisfy the demands of collectors of individual countries.

Fourniers forged stamps and Overprints of GB and India

Jean de Sperati

Where as Jean de Sperati (1884-1957), sometimes only signed his work in pencil on the back. His forgedstamps are now often worth more than the originals. The Vancouver Island forgery refers to a stamp thatwas originally issued in 1865.


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5-cent Vancouver Island (1865) stamp of Queen Victoria, and its Sperati forgery

To produce this forgery, de Sperati bleached a real, cheaper stamp of the same vintage. He then used aprocess called photolithography to make an almost perfect copy of the stamp. In his lifetime, Jean deSperati forged over 500 stamps.

How the era of Jean de Speratis forgery came to an end has also a very interesting story, told by Mr. Shahi.

A printer and engraver by profession, Sperati was able to mimic the detailed motifs, the pressure and thepaper with such accuracy that he earned the titles Rubens of Philately and King of counterfeits. He wasborn in Pisa, Italy in the year 1884; however he spent a large part of his life in France where he started

collecting stamps and get interested in the printing techniques and photography which formed the basis forhis eventual career as a stamp counterfeiter. From his first attempt he got the test of successes when hisforged San Marino stamps received authentication of genuineness from the philatelic experts of his time.Around 1910, his first fake quietly appeared at a Berlin auction. The unsuspecting victim at that sale was Dr.Heinrich Koehler, a leading German dealer whose highly respected firm still flourishes today. His marketingstrategies were unique .He first offered his manufactured forgeries of high priced stamps to various well-known experts for their opinion. Many were returned with certificates of authenticity. These he would put upat auction or offer them to a dealer in a city other than where the experts resided.

His Journey of successful forgery of more than 566 valuable stamps of about 100 different countries aroundthe world continued for about 58 years coming to an end in 1942 when French customs intercepted hisshipment marked valuable to a stamp dealer in Portugal containing several falsified German stamps and

charged him with "exporting capital" without a license and trying to avoid customs payments. To save himfrom the law he admitted that the lot was only copies of the original stamps prepared by him but the reportreceived by the police from the philatelic experts identified them original valuable stamps.

Anyhow, Sperati got successes in convincing the court that stamps were forged and then he was chargedfor fraud with a year in prison, 10,000 francs fine and an additional 300,000 francs for criminal intentions in1948. In 1954 he sold all remaining forgeries as well as all dies and proofs at the "British PhilatelicAssociation" for an enormous sum of money. He then withdrew from the forgery business and promisednever again to falsify a stamp. However, when Sperati died in 1957, it was discovered he had still beenhard at work. "Just for fun", he confided just before his death.

Many of his forgeries still lie buried in collections today, cherished by their unsuspecting owners who

purchased them through thoroughly legitimate channels. If they knew they were holding Sperati forgeriesthey would be overjoyed to know, also, that they have become desirable collector items and have realizedrelatively high prices - in some cases more than the price of the genuine stamp.

Think before bidding

When I asked Mr. Shahi, what is the use of telling all about forgeries to me, he smiled and said note down,it is a Gurumantra (lesson of a teacher), modern electronic techniques are making things easier for theforgers and homemade forgeries are reaching easily to the market through internet.


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If you are a serious collector of any discipline and looking for classical postage stamps, Overprints,postmarks and early covers ESPECIALLY THE HIGH PRICED ONES, always pay attention to what you arebuying even when the seller is of outstanding reputation as sometimes, the seller might not actually beaware that the philatelic item he is selling is not authentic. He may have bought it in a collection or fromanother seller, thinking it was actually real.

In this case only your high degree of education for various printing technologies employed time to time inprinting of stamps, ink and types of paper used , and close observation on your computer enlarging theillustration of the lot to reveal the fine details ,can save your money detecting fakes and forgeries if at allexists.

Issued and forged stamps of Queen Victoria, from Prince Edward Island (1870) the genuine stamp isengraved. This makes Queen Victoria's picture sharper. The forged stamp is a poor lithograph version ofthe portrait that looks quite fuzzy

(The funny thing about this particular stamp is that the forgery is more valuable than the genuine stamp!When Prince Edward Island became a Canadian province in 1873, it sold off all of its remaining stamps at amuch discounted price. This meant that over 1.5 million really cheap stamps suddenly flooded the market.Since these stamps had next to no value, forgers had no reason to make copies. And since the forgedstamps are harder to find than the original, it's the forgeries thatare more valuable).

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Enlargement may reveal the fine details helpful in detecting forgeries.

While bidding in online auctions, over the years, I have seen hundreds of classic stamp auction lots beingoffered, as genuine, but in many cases were an obvious forgery.

Mr. B.B. shahi is now 85 and rarely comes out of his house but still active in preparing sucessesful lots forBritish auctions. I am waiting for the day when he will again receives a cheque of handsome amount andplans to celebrate with a glass of mouth watering lassi and makes available more secrets of philatelic trade,to share with you all.


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fuel that resulted in the fire, the prevailing theory is that a discharge of electricity from the storm that eveningignited some leaking hydrogen. The incident shattered public confidence in the giant, passenger-carryingrigid airship and marked the end of the airship era.

Largely intact cover with scorched edges, bearing four singles of Germany 75pf Air Post stamps, cancelledon board and tied by bold purple "Deutsche Luftpost Europa-Nordamerika Luftschiff Hindenburg 5.5.1937"

double-circle date stamp and addressed to Mexico. Sold for $15,000 at Robert A Siegel Action 2007.

All Covers : 1937 Hindenburg Crash Covers

Postal officials salvaged approximately 367 pieces from the 17,609 estimated pieces of mail on the flight. Ofthese, 176 salvaged items were unburned (with a few exceptions) because they were stored in a protective,sealed pouch awaiting postal service on the return flight, and they later received a paquebot postmark.Several other varieties of Hindenburg crash mail exist from the final flight, including mail dropped over thecity of Cologne in Germany, mail posted onboard (two cancel types) by passengers and crew, mail

transmitted from other countries (Danzig, Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland), mail found in thewreckage after the postal inspectors left, and mail intended for the return flight.

The 367 covers salvaged from the Hindenburgdisaster are especially desirable, with prices ranging fromUS $10,000 and up. A cover at the Corinphila auction in May 2001 realized 85,000 Swiss francs (US$75,000). Another cover, partially burnt, sold for US $15,000 at Robert A Siegel Auction 2007.


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Forgeries exist. There has been a number of fake/counterfeit Hindenburg crash covers on the market

recently. A recent one was listed on eBay. It was pointed out to the seller that the cover is a fake, for thefollowing reasons. The burning/singing is across the front and back of the cover, which is the same for mostfakes. Genuine covers are normally burned only around the edges as the covers were tied inbundles, thus only the edges were burned. The cover is addressed to Mrs. J.C. Dolan, 734 KenesawTerrace, Chicago, Illinois. The address on the fake cover is typed. Mr. Dolan was a passenger onboard theill-fated airship, and there is a genuine card he sent to his wife. Dolan normally hand wrote the addresses,and he used cards - not envelopes. The name Curtis Dolan is seen in the upper left corner of the fake.cover. His name was actually Burtis Dolan, which the forger wasn't aware of.

Salvaged paquebot cover from the Hindenburg crash without any burning traces


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Obituary

Remembering Kailash Nath ..

- Anil Dhir

It was sad to hear about the death of Kailash Nath. For me he was one dealer who helped me built up mycollection of Early Indian Classics. Kailash Nath was the epitome of a Philatelic Dealer. Every visit of hisenriched my collection. Whenever I got his phone call, his shrill effeminate voice would inform me of anothergem which he wanted to dispose off. Much as I dissuaded myself, I always found myself picking up stampsthat I had never intended to buy.

In many ways Kailash Nath was a maverick, his prices were always different, much away from the market. Iremember having missed out the Eric Stadd collection of the Lithos, he had wanted only Rs 250/- for eachstamp, the collection had nearly 600 stamps. I picked up many of the classics from him for a song. I still get

thrilled remembering the time he delivered the Scinde Dawks to me at the Bhubaneswar railway station. Hewas on his way to Chennai and gave me a call asking me to come to the Railway station; he handed overthe stamps to me in the dead of the night as the train was late.

One instance that I will never forget was the time he came to Bhubaneswar sometime in 2003. He had gothold of a huge collection of early classics and the Rs 25 Edward was something which I wanted. I had gonealong with fellow Philatelist Mr. Bijoy Sinha to his hotel room and we had got some stamps. However wecould not strike the deal for the Rs 25 Value. Later in the day, Mr. Sinha rang me up and told me thatKailash Nath had rung him up and was enquiring about the Rs 25 Edward as he had found it missing andhe was presuming that we had taken it away with the stamps we had purchased. A very agitated Mr. Sinha,who is one of the best Gentlemen Philatelist I have ever known, wanted to go immediately and settle thematter, but I dissuaded him. I rang up Kailash Nath and told him that he must have misplaced it and

should look it in his bags. The it suddenly dawned on me that when we had gone to his room, the electricitywas off and while we were looking at the stamps the current had come on and the fan had started. Irecollected that some of the stamps were blown off and we had to pick them up and put them back in thestock books.

I reminded Kailash Nath of this and asked him to look on the floor and under the bed, but he told me that hehad already done so and did not find anything. He was very agitated and was insisting that we may havecarried off the stamps unknowingly. I went to his hotel in the evening to calm him, however I was sure thathe had misplaced it somewhere. While there, he explained to me that he had left for Cuttack and on hisreturn discovered the stamp was missing. I called the hotel manager and he told me that the room had beencleaned in the afternoon. Somehow in the back of my mind I had a feeling that the stamp must have been


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removed when the room was cleaned. The manager called the lady who had swept the room and she saidthat she remembered picking up some stamps which she had taken along with the other garbage and putin the garbage chute. The room was on the fourth floor, so torch in hand we went down to the basementand rummaged the garbage. Lo and behold !, the Rs 25 Edward along with half a dozen other stamps wereextricated from the garbage. Fortunately not much damage had been done , and a very sheepish KailashNath begged for forgiveness. I asked him to apologise to Mr. Sinha, but he was afraid to do so. I informedMr. Sinha, and he wanted to give a piece of his mind but in the end it was alls well that ends well. Howeverthe fallout of the episode was that Mr. Sinha never met his again, even though Kailash Nath would call himup whenever he was in town.

The Scinde Collection of eight stamps that he had sold to me too had a very interesting story. TheStamps were from the collection of an ex-Royal from a small Feudatory State in Uttar Pradesh. The saidgentlemen was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and would have to undergo surgery with littlechances of success. He was selling off his entire collection, and Kailash Nath knew I was looking out forthe Scinde Dawks. He wanted a cash and carry deal, but I was a bit wary as the Genuiness Certificate wasnot there. Kailash Nath told me that the stamps were genuine and that I could take his guarantee for it. Itook a call and paid him upfront, the amount and the Stamps exchanged hands at 2 A.M. in the night onPlatform No 4 of Bhubaneswar Railway Station.

After getting the Stamps I had sent them to London and got the Authenticity Certified from RPSL. Iinformed this to him and we was pleased as his stand was vindicated. A year later Kailash Nath approached

me and told me that he wanted to buy back the Stamps as the original owner had recovered after asuccessful surgery. He was willing to pay me a premium along with the Certificate Fee. I rightly refused andthey now formed a pride of my collection. For one full year, he would ring me up and keep on raising theprice, but I still stood fast. He then told me that could at least give up one each of the White and Blue , as Ihad multiples. During one trip he got a hand written plaintive letter from the original owner asking me toreturn the stamps as he had recovered. I had my doubts, and told Kailash Nath that I would come toVaranasi and meet the person and only then decide. However, the stamps are still with me and I shallalways remember Kaliash Nath for enriching my collection.

Kailash Naths life has been sealed, signed, stamped and delivered to the almighty. The philatelists inheaven must be a happier lot now. May his soul rest in peace.

A stamp dealer to be remembered always..- Naresh Agarwal

It was a stunning news for me to know about sad demise of a veteran philatelist, dealer and trader Mr.Kailash Nath of Varanasi a big and respectable name in the philatelic dealers community in India. My eyesfilled with tears and the memory disc took me a few years back when I used to have regular interaction withhim either over phone or during some philatelic event. I still remember him sitting silently with his briefcasefull of philatelic gems on table which he used to procure for him in any event he visited. He was never seencrowded with stamp collectors. With not so much material spread on the table he could be seen just talkingwith someone while watching and enjoying the stamp collectors moving from table to table. He had the

deep intelligence to identify the person in real need of the philatelic stuffs he used to have in his gem box.He always helped the deserving one by quoting most reasonable prices.

I dont remember how many and how much I have purchased from him but one thing for sure that he wasalways willing to help me and procure some item or the other for me. I remember him giving mePhotographic Plate Proof of ILC, some very rare and unique mail transmission covers, various imperforatestamps and other items suitable for my Automobile and Movement of Mail collection and many more.

Though I was not able to purchase or also did not have the appropriate knowledge to really understand thegems which he offered me several times. His unique pre independence ( British Period) pigeon mailcollection of as many as about 75 covers which he had procured from his father having a big part of the


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So, I have no worlds to speak about your journey from the tree letter box to the wallmountedfirst letterbox. Both have the similarity but the gap of time frame. Both have experienced the history, one the naturaldisasters and other the freedom movement of India. Both have the patience and the strength to bear thestrokes of time. Both have the tendency to witness silently. Both have not only witnessed the history buthave their own history too.

But your role in the discoveries of these is highly commendable. The boxes could have died with time if youwere not there to shake hands with them. I understand your friendship with these heritage boxes which notonly have served the people by retaining their mails/letters but have also seen the changes with time

witnessing them patiently and silently. My heartiest thanks to you for your discoveries which has shownyour extreme and eternal love for philately.

Well, coming back to your article; the narration, the explanation, the presentation, the illustrations, thesequence and placements of findings all have been marvelous and have touch of your ingenuity. I trulyshare with you that I was just lost when I read it. I felt to be there with you during the moment youdiscovered. I felt to be there to touch it, to feel it, and ask it about its journey. Believe me, if I get a chancein this life, I will certainly visit the historical heritage post office which possessed this letter box. I have thesame regard to that deteriorated post office building which gave motherly shelter to this said letter box andpreserved it for so many years bearing the strokes of changing social, climatic and administrative conditionsand the long passage of time. I would love to have some more explanation from you about the building. Thewall that kept embraced the letter box, the inside picture of the box showing collection door. However, the

surrounding where this letter box boasts for its presence has been very nicely depicted as I could visualizeand feel my presence there. I would like to see some letters posted through that box in olden days to add tothe service it provided. The stories of which it played a silent role.

Regarding my using the word immortalbelieve me it has truly become immortal because of yourdiscovery as you have now placed it in the minds, hearts and souls of the lovers where it will stay forever forthe births to come. Scientifically toomaterial can destroy and not the matter. The soul of this letter box inform of matter will always remain. I would give title to your discovery like this Discovery of an immortalHeritage.

Well, I cannot stop myself from writing but will have to. Please accept my heartiest congrats and thanks forthis magnificent work which for me is not a chance discovery but a well deserved and looked for discovery.

Looking for many many such efforts in time to come from you

- Naresh Agrawal, Bilaspur

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Azerbaijan

March 2012 : Europa 2012 Visit to Azerbaijan

Israel

20 March 2012 : Joint Issue - Israel and China - 20th anniversary of the establishment ofdiplomatic relations between Israel and China

The Israeli stamp features a white dove - the "dove of peace" and the Chinese stamp features awaxwing - the "bird of peace". Each stamp also features an element from each country's nationalflag: a Star of David and a pentagram.


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New Zealand

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Since its inception in 1937 the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has made a significant contribution towar - and peace - time efforts in New Zealand and around the world. In 2012, the RNZAF is celebrating 75years of service, and New Zealand Post is commemorating the anniversary with this stamp issue.

Singapore

8 Feb 2012 : Singapore's Local Tea Time Snacks 4 val.


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SingPost's latest stamp issue offers a quirky tribute to Singapore's savoury and delectable local tea timesnacks by giving them a fresh fun look. Featuring Singapore's popular local tea time snacks in a colourfuland cartoonish way, this set of four stamps entitled Local Tea Time Snacks (S$2.66) will add a cheerfultouch to cards, letters and packets, as well as a smile to the recipient's face. These snacks can be easilyfound in eateries all around the island: Lapis Sagu (1st local), Kueh Dadar (S$0.50), Bao or Chinese bun(S$0.80), and Kueh Tutu (S$1.10).

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Stamp Sathi :http://stampsathi.in/# - A new website on Indian Philately created by Chintanand Ronit Parikh of Gujarat. It is a very useful site for all stamp collectors.

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conceived to provide, share and discuss information exclusively on Modern Postal History or ModernPhilately of India. Collectors of Modern Indian Philately around the world are invited to share the knowledgeand information on the subject.

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Gandhi Stamps : http://gandhistamps.com- The website is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi Philately. Allthe stamps issued on Mahatma Gandhi from various countries in the World have been featured.

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The Lighter Side

Special Delivery - Amazing & Unusual Mailbox Designs

Have you ever thought about what your mailbox says about you? A standard box can say that you like toplay by the rules, or that you just dont pay much attention to things like that. But an offbeat custom mailboxcan reflect your personality and let people or at least your mail carrier know a little about you. Thesemailbox designs are weird, unique, and a little bit crazy.

These mailboxes were all photographed by the community atWaymarking.- Naresh Agarwal
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Book Review

A new book by Mr Praful Thakkar "Glimpses of Indian Autographs" is a wonderful book. Itis a specialized book for autograph lovers.

It gives the glimpses of autographs of eminent Indian personalities of various fields. The book containsaround 600 autographs in 8 major groups which are further divided in 42 different categories. In eachcategory about 13 autographs, along with the photographs of the celebrities, are presented. The effort in thebook is made to project glimpses of different themes under which autograph collection can be made.

The autographs of Indian personalities are classified thematically into autographs oof Presidents, BhratRatna, Music Masteros, Cricket Playerd,World s Top models etc .The book gives some rare autographs ofIndian Pricely Rulers alongwith their Coat of Arms. The book also gives a separate chapter to foreign

personalities.

An alphabetically arranged index with details of celebrities is given at the end of the book to help the readerto find the location of particular autograph.The book gives a special section on Association of Philately withthe Autographs. A special chapter is added in the book which depicts the Autographs in the design ofIndian Postal Stamps. Another chapter depicts original autographs, on the First Day Covers, ofpersonalities, related or associated with celebrities whose stamps are issued.It is a complete book forautograph collectors as well as a delight to people of all ages and tastes. In fact this book is a great delightto everyones eyes and an asset for the possessor. Everyone would love to read it and an essential book forlibraries, schools and colleges and a collectible item for book and autograph lovers !! I would recommendthis wonderful book to one and all !! The book is hardbound with beautiful design layout and high qualityprinting.

Price Rs 1500 US $ 50 It is available at following address

Rekha P. Thakkar34, Janvishram Society,Behind Sahjanand College, Ambawadi,, Ahmedabad 380015Email:[email protected]@yahoo.com
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Praful Thakkar, the renowned philatelist of Gujarat is Limca Book Record Holder in 2009 forAutographs & Canteen Tokens and is a collector of autographs, stamps, First Day Covers (FDCs), coins,medals, tokens, badges , badge plates etc. and many more collectibles of India since last more than 45years. He has written several books on these subjects of Hobbies. Mr Praful Thakkar may be contacted at e

mail : [email protected]

Promotional Section

Advertise in Year Book of Indian Philately

Dear Friend,

You must have seen a couple of editions of the Year Book of Indian Philately and must have liked them.The feedback and responses are very encouraging. We are inspired to do better and more, and trust us,you will find every next issue of the Year Book more informative, more interesting & more preserving. Youmust also have realized that a lot of hard and sincere work is required to make this happen. Another vitalresource which is required for this type of task is the finances.

At the moment we are making all the shortages good by ourselves, but we wish to break-even at the least tosustain the work. Philately is our passion and we do not mind spending for it, but rising costs of production /publication have forced us to look out for the alternates and helping avenues.

In this context we take this opportunity to request you to please look around you and see if anyadvertisements are available around you or your influences, which can be secured for your favoritepublication - the Year Book of Indian Philately. This will help us immensely to do further better and to ourfullest capabilities for the promotion of this great hobby.

Rates for the advertisements can be sent / negotiated on hearing from you.

We have added a novelty to this request for advertisements. We will provide the advertiser, copiesof the Year Book editions (any of his choice), worth equal to the value of the advertisement heprovides, (T&C applied). This translates into absolutely no spending on account of theadvertisement published in the Year Book. He will have the opportunity to recover the entire cost ofthe advertisement by selling the copies allotted to him in the process.
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Now, is there still any reason to shy away from this never before opportunity to advertise in a world classjournal? Do we need to mention here that your advertisement in the Year Book of Indian Philately will reacha large number of serious and capable segments of the Philatelic fraternity the world over and will bepreserved as a ready reference for the times to come? In every sense of the word this is an unique &unparalleled opportunity for an advertiser of any reputed product or service, philatelic or otherwise.

It will not be out of context to mention here that every time the Year Book has participated in anycompetitive exhibition, it has won an award there. Medals at the INDIPEX 2011 at New Delhi, at PHILANIPPON 2011 at Yokohama in Japan, at CHINA 2011, at Wuxi in China and at SINE 2011, again at New

Delhi, are among the latest laurels.

We look forward for a positive, encouraging and prompt response from you.Thanking you, Sincerely,

- Madan Middha

Editor / Publisher

For advertisement in Year Book of Indian Philately Contact Mr Madan Middha email :[email protected]

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FILA Capsule Editor : Ajit Dash and published by EIPA, Bhubaneshwar.

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Editors Mail Box

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It is a matter of great elation of pride for me as an Indian philatelist to be witness to the glorious run-up ofan Indian philatelic journal to such universal acceptance and acclaim as has been achieved by you with

the 'Rainbow'. If the vocation of Philately , today , is a duality of the two orientations of being a 'hobby' anda novel avenue of 'investment ', with the latter tending to edge out the former, what you have achieved is toeffectively champion the traditional 'hobby'- flavours of the vocation to a point where any shades other thanthis would --and very correctly so -- seem an inglorious deviation. It is because of the now-dominant trendof the use,or misuse,of the Vocation for 'safe' monetary investments that it is gradually becoming a gamefor the 'mature' ,to the exclusion of the ' immature ', i.e. the youngsters. You can,with the 'Rainbow', bringgood weather back for the King of Hobbies and save it from turning just the Hobby of its 'Kings'. And we all

have that faith you will.

Please accept my 'golden' compliments for what you have achieved, and'golden' wishes for a golden future.

Col J Dutta,Pune

Congratulations on the 50th issue of the Rainbow Club News. Looking forward to century and more.

Praful Thakkar, Ahmedabad

I have read your interview also. It is superb!!! Your passion for Philately has made a landmark! Yourcontribution to the hobby is unparalleled. I have yet to see another such dedicated personality as you who isdoing extremely great service to philatelic fraternity. My best wishes to you in all your endevour.

V.P. Dhaky, Secretary General, Gujarat Philatelists Association, Ahmedabad

Heartily Congratulations on 50th Golden issue of Rainbow Stamps News. Your regular devotion towardsPhilately is highly appreciable. Its really very delightful for all philatelists.

Anil K. Saxena , Gaya

I had written to you on your 1st issue in 2008. Now I am writing you on your 50th issue on its GoldenJubilee. In the 4yrs all 49 issue. I saw many colors in your electronic magazine. It's really a Rainbows.Congratulate you on the occasion and hope for bright colors in the magazine and your life, please go on.

God bless you.

Naresh Agrawal, Bilaspur

Please accept my heartiest congrats and best wishes for the issuance of 50th (Golden Jubilee) issue ofRainbow bulletin. It is a big milestone laid on the path of your philatelic journey which is reflection of yourdedication, hard work and of course patience too. Undoubtedly, you have paved new way for philatelicaspirants. This issue has certainly become very attractive and has very good contents. I hope this issue willcertainly be liked by all readers.

Prakash Modi, Canada

Congratulations. Many happy returns of the day. Wishing you long - happy - healthy life to serve thephilately and hope to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. Sincerely heartfelt thanks for your efforts, dedicationsand support to the hobby.

Abhai Mishra, Dehradun

Best wishes for Rainbow. Many more glories await the Rainbow due to your tireless efforts.

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This is a blog of e-stamp Club www.rainbowstampclub.blogspot.com . The idea of this blog is to extendphilatelic fraternity in all corners of the world. Readers may write about themselves with their collectinginterests and share new ideas with other philatelists. New Post on recent issues, news on stamp activitiesand Contribution by members are published every day on this blog.

Readers may also express their views on any philatelic matter which will be published under Club News atRainbow Stamp Cub Blog. Philatelic Clubs and Societies may also send brief write ups. News about newissues of India and abroad and other information related with Philately are regularly posted on this blog.Readers may send reports on new issues, special covers, cancellations & philatelic activities of their area

for inclusion in this Blog. - Editor

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Last date for receiving write ups 25th of every month. Kindly send images in jpgcompressed format & text in MS Word only.

If you liked this issue please forward it to your friends and help in promoting philately.

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Kindly specify your contribution such as article/News/ Readers Right / Beginners Section/ LighterSide etc.

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