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Date of Issue : 1 October 2012

In many parts of the world, October is pink. This is the month when various organizations arrangefund raising activities to benefit breast cancer research and to promote awareness about thedisease. 2012 sees the first Aland charity stamp. The Aland Cancer Society receives part of the

selling price.

Shimla October 2012 Vol. V Issue # 58

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, CCF, GHNP & Pin Valley National Park, SHAMSHI, Kullu -175126. (H.P.) India

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I am pleased to release October 2012 issue of Rainbow Stamp News. In this issue you will

find articles on some new interesting subjects and I hope you would like them.

Recently India Post issued a set of four Maximum Cards during LONDON 2012 Olympics. These

Maximum Cards printed on glossy paper are of poor quality unsuitable for applying

cancellation on the picture side as it gives unclear and bad impression. Such cancellations on

glossy paper are wiped out very easily and fade with the time. This shows that philatelic items

issued by India Post do not match with International standards in quality in any way. India Post

must improve the quality of printing and paper of the philatelic items so that these items

become durable and could get global appreciation and recognition.

October is the month of festivals in India. Greetings to all my readers for this festive month.

Have a Great Celebration and wonderful time with your family and friends..

More in Next Issue Happy Collecting !!

See more images onBlog

From the Desk of Naresh Agarwal

Recent Indian Issues

In The News

Interview

Some remarkable covers - Dr. Avinash B. Jagtap

Beginners Section

Specialized Section

New Issues from Other CountriesReaders Right

The Lighter Side

Philatelic Clubs and Societies

Blogs & Websites on Philately

Literature on Indian Philately

Editors Mail Box

Current Philatelic Magazines Newsletters
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REFORMING INDIAN PHILATELIC SOCIETIES

Philatelic societies or clubs are generally known as group of like minded people who collect and studystamps and related material. They have regular meetings, exchange stamps/ material, shareinformation/knowledge and at times organize some displays/shows where they display their collection andother displayable material to themselves and to general public too. Philatelic clubs and societies are birthplace for a philatelists and are schools for stamp collector where they learn and graduate to a philatelist.These are also discovery houses for many philatelic gems. Which means in absence of these, a collectorremains mere a collector and never come to the scene and hence, along with him philately dies.

Stamp collection has a long history and so the formation of philatelic clubs. The earliest known mention of a

stamp club is in Queensland named as Queensland Philatelic Society formed in 1892.There after therehas been formation of various philatelic clubs and societies all over the world including a few in India withThe Philatelic Society of India established in 1897 in Calcutta followed by Empire of India PhilatelicSociety that was formed in Bombay.

Philatelic societies in India have served Indian philately for long and helped in promotion of philately in a bigway. There have been big names in the recent list of such clubs and societies such as South IndiaPhilatelists Association, Hyderabad Philatelic & Hobbies Society, Baroda Philatelic Society, Gujrat Philatelic

Association, Jullundur Philatelic Club, Jamshedpur Philatelic Club, Chhattisgarh Philatelic Club, DakshinKanadda Philatelic Association etc. In general, philatelic societies, clubs and associations have their rootsalmost at all the corners of India and have promoted the hobby amongst the people of all ages at all suchplaces..

The aim of such societies have been promotion of philately amongst its members and public in general.They also promoted specific branch of philately so as to help philately graduating from mere simple stampaccumulation to a well researched organized subject based collection covering various aspects of philately.These societies have also earned reputation and names for themselves and for their membersinternationally as these have helped all generations of philatelists to come on the scene from time to time bygrooming and producing them.

1. Recognition of philatelic societies by FIP or other parent federations.

2. Recognition of philatelic societies by India Post

3. Sponsoring or adopting philatelic societies opting by big business and industrial organizations

4. Societies with high tech. communication facilities

5. Generating a common fund for societies at national level

6. Forming a new body/federation to control of philatelic societies (not philatelists)

at national level

7. Affiliation of societies with the federation


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8. A separate study circle for societies

9. Dissolution of junk, inactive and unproductive national federations

10. Local post offices to provide space for society activities

11. Connectivity of societies with philatelic bureaus

12. A common constitution / rules and regulations for all the societies in India

13. Building a common fund and sharing of fund for common cause

14. Common national advisory committee of societies

15. Connectivity with educational schools.Post office to co-ordinate

16. Professing philately as sport

17. Honoring philatelists and philatelic writers

18. Purchase assistance and connectivity with dealers

19. Formation of separate philatelic wing based societies

20. Inter society connectivity internationally

21. Issuance of philatelic journals /bulletins ( subsidized or free)

22. Forming panel of experienced judges

23. National Philatelic redressal forum of societies

24. Inter society activities

25. Common stock of display and publicity material

Hence, a serious effort has to made from all direction and all corners of India to give a new height tophilately as success of this move will produce a good number of new philatelists at local, national andinternational level.


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25 July 2012 London Olympics 2012 4 stamps + Miniature sheet

26 July 2012 50 years of Customs Act - 1962.

31 July 2012 Durga Prasad Chaudhary Rs 5

4 Aug , 2012 Armed Forces Medical College - Rs 5

29th August 2012 Husain Ahmad Madani Rs 5

25 September 2012 Motilal Nehru Rs 5

Recent Special Cover and Postmark

27 July 2012 OLYMPHILEX INDIA 2012 London Olympics 2012 , Bangalore

28 July 2012 Biodiversity

View :Special Covers 2012 by India Post

The Indian National Flag unfurled through Philately by Sekhar Chakrabarti

A new book by noted philatelist Mr Sekhar Chakrabarti, "The Indian National Flag unfurled throughPhilately" (ISBN: 978-93-81523-39-1has just been published by Niyogi Books, New Delhi.

This book in the form of possibly the first and only authoritative book on the history of the Indian Nationalflag, exposed through philatelic articles, till date.... This book is a must-read for those who are interested in
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Indian history and those who are curious about the Indian National flag, its background, development andtrue meaning...

For details Contact : Niyogi Publishers - website:http://www.niyogibooks.com/

Stamps that make others life happy

Aland Post will issue a charity stamp to create awareness about breast cancer on 1st October2012. The stamp features an Amazon, A female warrior without her right breast. The spear held bythe woman is in fact a stick used by breast cancer patients in connection with their rehabilitation,and the spearheads is a symbol created by the designer Carina on behalf of her networking group

Warriors of Light. Instead of womans right breast we see a tattoo with many different symbolsrepresenting important issues to consider when going through cancer treatment: food, music,dancing, animals, laughter, friends,, love the sun and sleep. Some of the symbols appear on thewomans tattoo Each symbol has a specific meaning; for example, the symbol combining thesnake and the sigma sign signifies that the sum of two parts is greater than the whole.

98 Years Old Bottle Mail : History of mail re-discovered

Normally with invent of new technological systems, sending message or mail takes literally no time. But in
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the initial years of sending messages, lots of innovative methods were used which included bottle mailtoo.Recently, a Scottish fisherman Andrew Leaper, found a bottle containing a message or bottle mail inShetland sea while he was skipping his fishing boat. This drift bottle contained a post card which promised areward of six pence to the finder - was released in June 1914 by Captain CH Brown of the Glasgow Schoolof Navigation. Which was found after 98 years in safe condition.

It was in a batch of 1,890 scientific research bottles which were specially designed to sink to help map thecurrents of the seas around Scotland when they were returned. Only 315 of them have so far been found.Mr Leaper, 43, who found the bottle east of Shetland, explained: "As we hauled in the nets I spotted the

bottle neck sticking out and I quickly grabbed it before it fell back in the sea. He further added that that wasvery exciting to find the bottle and he couldn't wait to open it.

The story of scientific drift bottles is a fascinating one and harks back to an area when in the beginningthose were used to understand the complexities of the seas.It is amazing that nearly 98 years on bottles arestill being found and returned to the Marine Laboratory in such fantastic condition.

First Olympic QR-code Stamp

Sochi 2014: Innovative new stamp and 500 days out marks thecountdown to the Games

September 19 - The Sochi 2014 organizing committee has launched the first Olympic QR-code stamp forthe Games.

The innovative stamp was coordinated with the Publishing and Trading Center "Marka", the Russian PostOffice and was supported by TOP Sponsor Samsung Electronics and features the Sochi logo as well as amatrix code linking viewers back to the Games website.

Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of Sochi 2014, said, "Today we have taken a step into the future with thelaunch of Sochi 2014 stamp with QR code incorporated, which is the first of its kind both in the history ofRussia and the Olympic Movement.

The new stamp will really add some sparkle to the Sochi 2014 Philatelic Program and build on a range ofdistinctive and innovative Sochi 2014 souvenirs, such as 3D credit cards, coins and the Games Mascots!"

The new stamp has a face value of 25 rubles and is 37x37mm in size and was issued in a sheet of 9stamps and there will only be 60,000 sheets in circulation.

The launch was carried out at the trade gallery of Worldwide Olympic Partner Samsung Electronics andparticipants were shown how the stamps code works to promote the website and they were able to takephotos in front of the background of a stamped envelope.

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USPS Recycles Customers' Old Electronics

If you purchased a new iPhone 5 yesterday and are wondering what to do with your old mobile phone, thena trip to the post office is in order. Yes, the post office. The United States Postal Service (USPS) expandedits recycling program and now allows customers to trade in their old electronics for cash, including cellphones, at one of 3,100 retail locations nationwide," according to Melissa Hincha-Ownby on the MotherNature Network website.

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Forthcoming International Exhibitions

SHARJAH 2012

The Emirates Philatelic Association is going to organize the 28th FIAP Asian International Stamp Exhibition(Sharjah 2012). The Exhibition will be held at Mega Mall, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 20 - 25November. It will be a 6-day exhibition includes all FIP/FIAP classes.

Mr Rajan Motiram Jayakar (email : [email protected] ) is the National Commissioner for India . MrV S Dsatur is member of Jury and Mr Rajesh Kr Bagri is member of Apprentice Jury from India.

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THAILAND2013 - Word Stamp Exhibition

THAILAND 2013, International Philatelic exhibition will be held in Thailand from 2 to 14 August 2013 inBangkok, 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. Mr. R D Binani as Commissionerfor India, his address :33-B Rowland Road, Kolkata 700 020 E mail : [email protected]:9830073058

www.thailand2013.com

AUSTRALIA 2013 Melbourne / Australia 10.-15.05.13

www.australia2013.com

Mrs Damyanti Pittie is the national commissioner . For details contact:[email protected]

WORLD STAMP EXHIBITION - It will be held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 11th to 17thNovember, 2013. It will be organized by the Brazilian Enterprise of Posts & Telegraphs (ECT) and theBrazilian Federation of Philately (FEBRAF), with the patronage of the Fdration Internationale de Philatlie(FIP). The official website is under construction and will be released shortly.

http://www.brasiliana-2013.blogspot.com/

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Bagari nominated as Commissioner for BRAZIL 2013. [email protected] or [email protected]

Auction

ITS Postal Auction No.58Last Date: 6.10.2012

Scans of some lots are available athttp://www.flickr.com/photos/its_offers/

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HYDERABAD PHILATELIC & HOBBIES SOCIETY

50 YEARS OF CELEBRATIONS :

The Hyderabad Philatelic & Hobbies Society is celebrating its 50 years of service to the
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Philatelists, Numismatists & other Hobbyists, in 2012. As a part of the celebrations, HYPEXGOLD - 2013, a Philatelic and Numismatic Exhibition will be held from 04 January 06January2013 at Secunderabad (Hyderabad). During this exhibition, a grand meet of Dealers andCollectors is proposed to be held followed by a palmarecum dinner get together wherein doyensof Philatelic & Numismatic fields will be invited.For further details, please write to:[email protected] contactShri Sunder Bahirwani, President, HPHS, Phone: 09985357370

Shri Agarwaal, Shri Prakash, Chairman, HYPEX-GOLD-2013, Phone: 09346777206Shri B K Nagpal, Secretary, HPHS, Phone: 09885031013

It gives me immense pleasure to publish here interview of Mr Nikhilesh Melkote, Pride of

our Philatelic Community is the first philatelist to enter KBC ( Kaun Banega Crorepati )

in its very first seasons 6th

episode. Mr Nikhilesh is an ardent thematic philatelist from

Bangalore with a wonderful collection on flags, Flying Colors and some others such asCricket. He was once a well known philatelist at junior level winning many International

awards at a veryyoung ageBut after joining Banking career he gave a break to philately

. At present he is Regional Risk Manager, ICICI Bank, Bangalore. In spite of his busy

professional engagements, he spares sometime to be in touch with philately. Presently he is

member of Karnataka Philatelic Society .

Mr Naresh Agarwal Interviews Nikhilesh Melkote with special reference to Indias one of

the most popular TV programmes Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Millenium Star Mr

Amitabh Bachchan !!l Here I also wish to share that I have long association with

Nikhilesh Melkote as we have been pen -friends since school /college time in the 80s and

we have been sharing our philatelic achievements and activities over the yearsIt is really

nice that Nikhilesh answers some of the questions asked by Mr Naresh Agarwal which

readers would certainly appreciate !!- Editor

Mr Nikhilesh Melkote may be contacted at email :[email protected]

Interview with Nikhilesh Melkote
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1. How did you enter in to the world of stamps and what made you to move ahead and embrace

this hobby?

In 1971, when I was about 7 years old, I was visiting my neighbour, a retired army official. One day hereceived a letter, with a stamp on it. I was fascinated by this, & he explained to me that this was a letterfrom a far away country named Hong Kong, and because of the stamp it had travelled all the way toIndia. He gave me the stamp, and told me to collect more stamps, as I could learn a lot from this hobby.

I started collecting by tearing off all the stamps from letters received at home, & also asked my Dad toget me more from the letters received in his office. 2 years later, we moved from Bangalore to Mysore.Opposite my school there was a building where Mysore Philatelics club used to meet, & I walked inone day & joined it. This was the turning point, as I met there Mr. K Lakshminarayanan, founder of theclub, who guided and moulded me. He asked me to concentrate on a particular theme instead ofgeneral collection. He later became Secretary of PCI. I consider him my first philatelic guru.

(I have lost touch with him since he moved to the USA. If anyone has his contact details pleasehelp me to re-connect with him).

Young Nikhileshwith his collection and awards

2. What are your major philatelic interests. Please tell us about your achievements in this field.

My main interest is in Thematics - Flags was my first theme, and I have exhibited this at various levels, from

local to international. For my exhibit titled Flying Colours, at Junior level I had won several awards, themain ones I recollect are Large Silver at KARPHILEX (State level), Large Silver + Special Prize at INPEX1986 ( in senior category ) , Jaipur (National) & Bronze at MLADOST 84, Bulgaria (International). I wonSilver - Bronze at AUSIPEX 84, Melbourne & Bronze at INDIA 89, New Delhi.


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Prize distribution of INPEX 1986, Nikhilesh Melkote receiving Spl Prize in Jaipur from Mr RamNiwas Mirdha, then Union Minister of Communications

I also used to write in journals and magazines, & this brought me recognition. I wrote an article titled"Vexicology through Philately" which won a Gold Medal + 2 special prizes at INJUNPEX, 1979, held at UNHeadquarters, New York.

Now I am collecting Cricket & also Portuguese India (which I have not exhibited so far.)

3. Philately is an educational hobby and is a big source of knowledge? What is your opinion?

Philately has been unquestionably rated as the world's most educative hobby. Stamps & postal stationeryare windows to the world - through them you can be transported to every nook and corner of the globe. It isa fascinating journey, which enriches your knowledge. If encouraged to take it up at a young age, childrenwill definitely benefit from philately.

4. You were the first philatelist to participate in popular TV show KBC . We wish you to share withus your experience of Kaun Banega Crorepati? How philately helped you in the show?


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Nikhilesh Melkote, with Amitabh Bachchan on hot seat in the first edition of KBC on 6 December2000.

In 2000, I was lucky to be selected to participate in the first season of KBC. Well, I can claim that mygeneral knowledge is good mainly due to philately. One concrete example of how this hobby helped on thehot seat is ... One Question asked by Big B was "What is a gathering of Scouts & Guides called ? ". Ithought about it, and got a mental picture of a Malaysian stamp in my Flags Collection. I remembered that ithad the Scouts Flag on it, and the words "Jamboree" in small letters. So without hesitation, I replied"Jamboree" .. and got the jubilant voice of Big B saying "Bilkul sahi jawaab!"

5. As we know you participated in many International exhibitions with your collection on flags titledas Flying Colors and won awards as a Junior participant during your school and college days .Why did you give a break to this hobby later ? When the Flying Colors will fly again? Do you wantto be active again in this hobby?I joined a banking career in 1987, which has kept me very busy. Somewhere down the line, I felt winningawards is not everything, and the fun element of enjoying collecting was diluted. So, I must clarify that Ihave not given a break to the hobby - I definitely continue to collect, and also interact with philatelists. I haveonly taken a break from participating in competitive exhibitions. As I said, I am trying different topics likeCricket, and specialised country collection like Portuguese India. Who knows when I may get motivated toexhibit again, maybe after retirement..

6. Philately in the past and Philately in future ..Your comments ?

In the past, philatelywastotally different, and children and youngsters had a lot of incentive to take it up, asthere were fewer alternative hobbies/distractions. It is a great challenge to convince the present generationto take up the hobby. The future will be more difficult, as I fear that the postal system as we know it todaymay become obsolete. We may have to tell our grandchildren- "In our days we used to affix stamps & postletters in a postbox" and they may not believe us!

7. While moving from Philately in future to Future of philately what do you think, what shapephilately will take with the extensive usage of internet, e-mails, mobile phones and other upcomingcommunication systems?

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longer than what I can remember. Stamps and philatelic material are in danger of becoming antiques. Myworry is that, they will become more expensive and out of reach of the common man. I fear that there arevery few active clubs left, and these are also not doing enough to promote philately at the grassroots level,in schools and colleges.

8. We see a lot of professional philatelists or commercial people in philately rather than pure stampcollector. In other words philately seems to have been highly commercialized these days. How doyou look at this scenario and what are your suggestions?

Yes, I totally agree. Many people have taken to philately as an "investment" or with the sole purpose ofwinning awards. I have nothing against them, as it does continue to be and will be a very good investmentoption. But monetary gains/ awards should be by-products. We need to encourage pure stamp collecting forfun and knowledge.

9 .You are member of Karnataka Philatelic Society which we believe is still active. But we have seennow a days that the societies appear and disappear rapidly. What are your suggestions to thephilatelic societies to be stable and serve / run properly?

Again people like me are a culprit here - I am a life member of KPS, but not attended a meeting for maybe 4-5 years! There are many excuses.. getting up early on a Sunday morning & ignoring family for the only dayof the week which we get free etc. I am a living example as to why clubs/societies close down. So I am the

wrong person to answer this!There are dedicated philatelists, in KPS and also in other pockets in HP, like Ms. Jeevan Jyoti who arestriving to keep the hobby alive. May their tribe increase.

10. You have been in close association with various eminent philatelists like Dr. Sita Bhateja. Howdid this association helped you. What do you suggest our senior philatelists and the upcoming onesin this regard?

I have been very lucky to have as my mentors, some of the legends of Indian philately:

- Mr K Lakshminarayanan, who got me started & introduced me to Thematics.

-(Late) Col L G Shenoi, my father's close friend & neighbour who nurtured me, published some of myarticles and also, I had the honour of accompanying him to a stamp show in Netherlands in 1980 for whichhe was the Commissioner.- Mr Y R Shah, who encouraged me a lot and also presented me with some valuable items which I could notafford at the time, since I was a student.- Dr. Mrs. Sita Bhateja, who motivated me to conduct a state level philately quiz , & also act as a TV anchorto interview philatelists on Doordarshan.. (So I had already faced TV cameras because of philately, whichalso helped me in KBC!)

There are many more, but I have named only a few. Without these great friends, philosophers & guides, Iwould not have been what I am. . My deepest gratitude to all of them, if they are reading this.

11. We understand you were the one who reported United nations Postal Administration about themistake in Indian Flag featured on UN Stamp. What was that issue? Please enlighten us ?

Wow.. I had almost forgotten this. The UN Flag Series stamps had an issue with the Indian flag, but Inoticed that the Ashok Chakra had only 12 spokes instead of 24. I wrote to them, and the Head of UNPostal Administration was kind enough to write me an apology letter. She said that due to the small size ofthe stamp, they could not do justice to the wheel. But there was no intention to insult our flag. This letter isalso part of my exhibit on "Flying Colours".

12. Last but not the least ..What is your most memorable experience in philately ? which you


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would like to share with the readers

My most memorable moment has to be in April 2010, when I personally met my philatelist pen-friend Ms.Jeevan Jyoti & her family for the first time in Kullu. Believe it or not, we have been pen-friends for more than30 years without meeting each other. I can't remember when I got the first letter from Jyoti who was then inKanpur. . Was it 1979 or may be 1980? May be she can throw more light on this ! I have another Australianpen- friend with whom I am corresponding for more than 25 years, but not met so far ! J.Jyoti : It wasprobably in 1981 82

Some Remarkable Covers (1)

- Dr. Avinash B. Jagtap

Having found unceasing interest some 40-50 years ago, I collected stamps and covers which were sent

during 1854 to 1947 within and outside India. Although the system and also the volume of covers and postcards which are handled by India Post today has increased many folds, the earlier covers are still of greatinterest to see the cancellations, remarks brought about in manuscripts. Some of the cancellations are stillunique in the sense their use was only for a short duration, they rare unique as their use has not yet beenexplained.I shall write about such covers which may not be of great interest to other philatelists or they perhaps wouldnot fetch a surprising price if sold in an auction. Perhaps some other philatelists or readers of Rainbowwould have some clues to suggest or they might have similar cancellations or postal remarks on the coversthey have in their collection. There is only one thing in life which increases by giving and that is knowledge,for example philatelic knowledge.

I shall begin with one cover, which looks very simple, bearing QV Half Anna obliterated by Renouf BombayCircle Type 4, it is a diamond composed of lines parallel to two sides, comprising a number assigned to thepost office. Here the number is visible only partly, it is 73, confirmed by the red dispatch stampAHMEDABAD CANT/AU in red on the reverse of the cover, on the back there are other transit markBARODA/AU 24/65and hexagonal sorting mark S/AHMEDABAD/23AU/65 (Renouf T.60). On the front of


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the cover there is a stamped remark reading INSUFFICIENT (Renouf T. 78) in black and above it theinverted figure 1 in a small square. All stamps on the cover including the cancellation defacing theadhesive were clear to me, but this puzzle remained for years about the inverted figure 1 in a square. Ithought that it could be a so-called Peon Mark those were so common in those days. Later on I thought ofasking Mr. Max Smith (a veteran philatelist living in Bingley, UK, an authority over Postal History andcancellations of British India) who could offer an explanation for this inverted 1 in a square. And mythought did bear a fruit.

Mr. Smith in his letter wrote to me: Peon Marks were always applied on delivery to identify the deliverypostman themselves or the delivery area in which the letter should be delivered. So in that case, I wouldexpect your boxed 1 to be in the same ink as the Baroda stamp if it were a Peon Mark. But as you say, itis not- it is in the same ink as the dispatch mark of Ahmedabad. Since Ahmedabad Post has alreadyidentified that the letter is underpaid (probably through being overweight) and stamped it INSUFFICIENT,it is also their responsibility to mark on it the amount of postage due. Normally this was done in manuscriptbefore standard 2-line POSTAGE DUE stamps were introduced in 1873. There is no manuscript here so I

believe that the 1 stamp was applied at Ahmedabad to indicate 1 Anna postage due. I have never seenone like this before. It is an excellent cover. I thanked Mr. Max Smith for his valuable explanation whichsolved my year-long riddle about this tiny figure 1 (although inverted!) in a square !

Dr Avnash B. Jagtap may be contacted at email : [email protected]

Beginners Section

Website devoted to topical collection of computer Science

- K.Ramarthnam

If you are interested in computers on Stamps as well as Computers and Stamps www.computer-stamps.comis worth a visit. The Home Page will greet you with the following message.
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Welcome to Computer Stamps. This is a site for beginners and philatelists that are building their owntopical collection on computer science. The goal of computer-stamps.com is to become a good referencefor this philatelic topic, it offers images and useful information about hundreds of stamps from all over theworld. Collectors can also take part to our forum.

Vito Galgano a collector from Italy has put together ,a well organised list of 1415 Stamps related to allaspects of computers. You can view the stamps in lists arranged by countries, year of issue orCategory.Each list includes an image of the Stamp, with information about the stamp like date of issue,format and perforation etc.

Under India it lists Ten Stamps the latest being the Stamp issued on 17 th December2009 on IndianMathematical Society and the earliest being the Stamp issued on 14th November1985 on the occasion ofChildrens Day.

A Sample Listing under ID 872 shows the Technology Day issued on 11th May 1999 is reproduced belowas illustration.

Country India

Date 11-May-1999

IssueTechnology day

Format SHFace v.300

Perf.13 x 13

Print.Lithography

Category- Printed Ckt

Stamps are classified under Thirty Eight Categories ranging from Binary Code to Virtual Reality. It lists FiftyOne Stamps under the category Video Games.The Site gives brief details about each country and alsogives information about its postal administration website.You can also download a Checklist in Excel Formatof all the stamps listed. All in all it is an informative and interesting website.

The GB Victorian Period stamps

Contd from last.
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One Penny Redissued in 1841 to replace the Penny Black (the first issue with perforationsfrom 1848) .Two penny blueprinted in a new ink. The design has the addition ofwhite * lines aboveand below the inscriptions .Halfpenny Rose Redissued in 1870 .Three Halfpence Redintroduced in 1870 .

The Perforated 1 D Stamps are plated from Plate 71 to Plate 225 and one can easily spot the plate number

at the sides of the stamp using a magnifying glass.

The Embossed

Sixpence embossed

Ten Pence embossedOne Shilling embossed

The Printing Process: In late 1840s Embossed octagonal stamps were produced to meet the higherforeign postage charges, and also the charge for registration. In the embossing process the colorless part ofthe design was added up from behind by a counterpart of the die, and appears in high relief on a coloredbackground.

The Surface Printed

4d, 6d, 1s, 1855-57 (no corner letters)3d to 1s, 1862-64 (small white corner letters)3d to 10d, 1865-67 (large white corner letters)3d to 2s, 1867-80 (large white corner letters - new watermark)High value definitives, 5s to 5 1867-83Low value definitives, 1873-80 (coloured corner letters)Low value definitives, halfpenny to 5d 1880-81Penny Lilac 1881, the most issued Victorian stampHigh value definitives, 2/6 to 1 1883-84

Lilac and Green low value defnitives 1883Jubilee issue postage stamps 1887-92
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The Printing Process The introduction of perforating machines in 1854 changed the evolution of stampdesign. The printing of the embossed issues was slow and unsuitable for perforating, whilst the originalrecess-printing still presented problems as a result of paper stretch due to the moistening of the paperduring printing. In relief or surface printing, the design is raised instead of being recessed into the plate ordie.

One of the clear favouritesto collect would be the Light green low values 1883 as the 4D, 5D, 6D, 9D, 1Sgood copies are tough to find - if you take them off paper they lose their true color after they are soaked offin water; so If you ever find these gems in your collection it would be great to keep them on paper.

- Julian Fernandes, Pune - email :[email protected]

FANCY CANCELS OF USA (Pt II)

Dr. Satyendra Kumar Agrawal

Though illegal but highly desirable: Modern US Fancy Cancels

Modern Fancy Cancels are finer, clearer and more stylized than their predecessors classic Fancy Cancels,representing mostly physical items. Possibly as many as 2,000 different fancy cancellations exist from theperiod between the early 1920s to the mid 1930s, In addition to Cork and wood, as used for carving 19thC fancy cancels , 20th C used apples, potatoes, linoleum, shoe soles, leather belts, roofing shingles andrubber stamps for preparing cachets. But the most important and striking difference between Classic and

Modern Fancy Cancels is that later one was prepared and applied by general public before presenting thePostal authority for mailing. Few also requested to Postal cleark to apply their prepared devices for defacingthe stamps. The ink used was also not always black as per postal directives but were in multitude ofcolours, most favorite of them are red, blue, green and purple.
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Few bi-coloured example are also known to exist and much sought by the thematic philatelist. Eye catchingand breathtaking beauty of many of such bi-coloured pictorial cancels are credited to B.R.Bales of Ohio.Like John W. Hill of Waterbury, he also used his fanciful devices on limited number of covers, sometimeeven less than 10, making them scares.

These cancels have one more attraction for thematic philatelist matching of the pictorial design with thename of registering post office, town or city, whenever possible. It is apparent in the CDS applied obverse incase of Registered and on front for First Class Mails covers.

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Rose from Roseville, Ohio

Parrot from Parrot, Ohio.

Cancels also prepared to depict a theme or representing a pictorial design of a particular product for whichthat town is recognized and to honour any Special event or holiday.

During the 1929 Baseball World Series the town of Genesee Depot/Wisconsin used a cancel depicting abat, a ball and "WS" ("World Series") which was used on each day of the series.

There is no limit to the imagination of the carver in preparing variety of killers even on a single cover. Aninteresting cover of 1929 depicting eight strikes of seven different cancels on a single registered envelopeinterspersed with some really bad poetry is worth showing here. The cancellations are Sad/Happy face*.Elephant*. Rabbit*. Fawn*. Owl*. Moon*. Stars*. "Merry Xmas"*and Frog*.


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WHY and HOW all these happened?

There are many reasons behind the preparation of such Fancy Cancel covers all started from 1927 andcame to an end after directive of the US Assistant Postmaster General, dated August 27, 1934 for use ofonly authorized black ink and authorized devices for defacing by the postal employee, and rejecting therequest of general public for mailing their pre cancelled covers with their prepared fancy design cancels.

The most important reason seems to be monetary. The origin of such covers belongs mostly to 4 th

class post offices situated in small towns where compensation of postmasters was based on the numberof pieces they processed. First in 1910, and later in 1928, postmasters were instructed by .the PostmasterGeneral NOT to apply a dated postmark on the front of a registered letter. This directive however, failed toinstruct the postmasters exactly how to "kill" the stamps on the front of mail. Then postmasters of 4 th classtaken this opportunity to cancel the registered envelope with their attractive coloured fanciful devicescreated by themselves. The popularity of such fanciful registered covers increased so much among theresident as well as stamp collectors, that even peoples reaching with their pre canceled covers with fancypictorial cachets prepared by then on multitude of themes even in colour ink. Though it was not authorizedbut looking their increasing compensation due to increasing number of covers for posting forced them tooverlook this unauthorized cancelling devices present for Registration.

The reason behind request for sending envelopes by Registered post has two important reasons

behind them :

1. To take advantage of unclear directive of the Postal department regarding types of killers to be

used on Registered cover for franking stamps while putting CDS obverse making room for more

stamps and

2. Opportunity to use multiple strikes for franking stamps with attractive pictorial killers making

these covers more attractive aside from the proof that they went through the mail.


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The era of Modern Fancy Cancels also came to an end but before this both philatelists and postmasterscreated a multitude of colorful and interesting cancels and many of them are unlike anything ever donebefore in terms of their colorful style, themes and multiple strikes. Because of these directives and unclearinstructions to the postmasters, it is clear that even though many of these fancy killers were inspired and/orcreated by philatelists, they constitute a legitimate collecting field. Some of these fancy cancels areexceedingly rare, and in some cases, only a few strikes exist. Unfortunately many 20th C. fancies only existon first class mail, and NO registered uses are known.

To my surprise I found one cover dated September 1, 1934 and Feb 12, 1935 respectively in an auction ofFrance International, USA. May be this practice of preparing fancy cancel continued in some part of USAfor few more years and overlooked by the postal clerks.

New Issues from other countries

Canada

17 September, 2012 Mental Health

Poland


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10 October 2012 PIOTR KWIT - NATURE PAINTER

Iceland

13 September 2012 Light Houses

I would still call myself a beginner philatelist after four years, I am unaware about many of the philatelicknow-how. I have confronted difficulties in enhancing my collection over the years. The online platformssuch as ebay, delcampe etc allow sale of postage stamps recently released at prices much higher than facevalue of the stamps. Perhaps a new collector may be ignorant that a philatelic account has to be opened

with the Post Office which supplies the stamps issued by the India Post on regular basis. Post Office or thePhilatelic Bureau can sell the stamps only at face value, whereas the sellers/dealers may charge anyamount. If anyone is interested in latest commemorative stamps of India, he must open an account and nopostage is charged by the Post office for shipping of stamps at your doorsteps.

One must read a lot, join philatelic clubs or be in touch with senior philatelists to be aware about trends etc.Though ebay,delcampe allow you a variety of stamps (apart from other items), the prices charged by sellersmight be too high and misleading. Philately keeps you involved in itself but money should be spent wisely.

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The Lighter Side

Philatelic Connection of KBC.

PHILATELIC CONNECTION OF KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI

- Naresh Agarwal

Philately for knowledge, Philately ,an educational hobby.. these are the common slogans related tophilately which project philately as a source of knowledge and education. Of course, a stamp is an openwindow which depicts the cultural, religious, economic, social mythological and historical status and overalldevelopment of a society. Of late, with the invent of new technological systems like computer and internet,paper philately has become little weak to attract many people in to its fold yet it is very truly and sincerelyserving its very purpose for which the above slogans were formed.

Cover with Stamp of Great Britain depicting the original version of KBC, the Indian reality gameshow based on the UK Game Show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

One may believe it or not, many great people have accepted the fact that philately has given them greatknowledge and helped them to reach high. Since 2001, there has been a very popular T.V. programtelecast at Sony T.V. in India in the name and style of Kaun Banega Crorepati(KBC) the Indian version of
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Who wants to be a Millionaire? with millennium Star Mr. Amitabh Bachan as Anchor. He emphasizes thatonly good knowledge can win you crores of rupees. A set of 13 questions framed and asked one after theother and the contestant has to answer correctly each question asked with four options to reach the next.The winning amount also multiplies as the next question is asked. The level of question asked has threemajor tests which are temperament, confidence and of course, knowledge. Not every one can cross even10th question mark.

This knowledge based game show has proved that philately has a great deal to do with it. Philately has astrong connection with this show as many philatelists have become its part and also some of the questionsasked related to philately and postal operations. Surprisingly, the journey of KBC started with a philatelist asin its very first edition, on 6th December 2000, it was an internationally renowned philatelist Mr. NikhileshMelkote from Bangalore.

Nikhilesh Melkote, a member of Karnataka Philatelic Society, made his way to the hot seat in front of Mr.Amitabh Bachchan, the host. While sharing his experience of KBC-1 Nikhkilesh says, When it came toFastest Finger First, imagine my delight when Amitabh announced "Kitne logon ne sahi Jawab Diya? KewalEK! Nikhilesh Melkote from Bangalore!" So I found myself on the Hot Seat, sweating & more nervous. AgainBig B made me relax & feel comfortable. He asked me about my hobbies, and he was thrilled to hear that Ihad won international awards in phillately. I managed to answer 8 questions & reach upto Rs.80,000. Here Igot stuck on a tough question. In spite of using 2 lifelines, I gave the wrong answer .Hence , I crasheddown to Rs.10,000/-. But meeting my childhood & present hero Mr Bachchan and facing the camerawith him is worth more than crores of rupees...

Well, from here the connection of KBC with philately came in to existence which was carried forward in theother editions followed the same when other philatelists or stamp collectors or stamps became part of theshow.

The first stamp of independent India shows the new Indian flag. It was issued on 21 November 1947.

In its 2nd edition with the top prize money of 20 million rupee on September 30, 2005 philatelic history wasmade when the penultimate question for 10 million rupees (one crore rupees) was what was depicted onthe Indias first postage stamp issued after independence? The philatelists watching the show could notbelieve such an easy question can be worth 10 million. However, to everyones disappointment the

contestant did not know the answer and quit taking home only 5 million rupees.
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Anil Kumar Sinha the contestant of KBC season-5 who quit the answer of Rs.10 million question

Anil Kumar Sinha from Bihar, a bank employee who won one crore of rupees through Kaun BanegaCrorepati season -V has also been a philatelist. He disclosed that he joined philately in 2000 and that thestamp collection had helped him a lot in answering some of the difficult questions asked. Though he optedout on final hurdle but he had all the reasons to confess that postage stamps had helped him becoming acrorepati. He not only visited but participated in Bihar Stamp Expo-2012, a regional level exhibition with hisexhibit Sawal KBC Ke: Jawab Stamps Se on Kaun Banega Crorepati also. He attributes his success inKBC to his love for philately and accepts that stamps enrich ones knowledge because every stamp has ahistory behind it. Given his interest in philately, he says without any doubt that the hobby, to a large extent,has helped me become a crorepati.

In the recently concluded show on 09.09.12 the most valuable question worth of rupees 5 crore (50 Million

Rupees) was on postage stamp. The question related to the first free India stamp showing aircraft. Thequestion read as under :

Which was the first aircraft to be featured on a postage stamp issued in Independent India KBCquestion

A. Lockhead Constallation B. Douglas DC-4 C. Wapiti D. Humber-Sommer

From here it can be understood that the highest amount questions related to philately.
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Manoj Kumar Raina the contestant of KBC season-6 who quit the answer of Rs.50 million question.

The stamp was one of first three stamps issued by India Post on celebration of 15 th August 1947.This 12Aana stamp depicts a Douglas DC4 Aircraft. Siddharth Basu, the quiz master who invented this richquestion implying the hidden potential of philately which includes all elements of hobby, pleasure, treasureand knowledge.

A Question of Rupees 50 Million (5 Crores) on Postage Stamp !

Asked by Millennium Star Amitabh Bachchan on KBCQuestion : Identify the Aircraft on first postage stamp issued after Independence !!Answer :DOUGLAS DC 4

First Flight Air India International 8thJune 1948
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On 29th May 1948, One more stamp similar to DOUGLAS DC 4 was issued to commemorate First Flight ofAir India International .On this stamp Aircraft face towards right: Name of the Air craft is" 'Lockheed L-1049Super Constellation'. So it was quite a tough question. As anyone may be confused to name the aircraft asboth the stamps are similar in appearance and difficult to differentiate.

Looking little deep in to the scenario, we see KBC has also connection with late Sri Harivansh Raibachchan, a noted Indian Hindi poet, the father of Amitabh Bachchan, the key name behind the success ofthe show. India Post issued a stamp on him too.

Postage Stamp issued by India Post showing Harivansh Rai Bachchan a distinguished Hindi poet,the father of Amitabh Bachchan, the host in KBC who. often reads the poems of his father on the hotseat !

Philately otherwise also has strong connectivity with KBC as more than 30% (if not more) of the questionsasked so far in last five seasons and also in the ongoing 6 th season can be answered through philatelicmaterial such as stamps, cancellations, covers etc. For example, we see can see hereunder how some ofthe questions asked in different seasons in different episodes can be answered through philately tostrengthen the above statement and the connection.

Read More,,,,

POSTS, you never dreamed of.

Dr. Satyendra Kumar Agrawal

Can you ever dreamed of welcoming your little relative from abroad with a mailing tag around her neck,delivered by a postman at your doorstep? This happened in USA in 1914 when a postman in a railway postoffice discovered that, being a small four-year-old girl named May Pierstorff living in Grangeville andwanted to visit her grandparents in Lewiston, sending her as "parcel post" by the pound, would be cheaperthan buying a ticket on the train. She was pinned the fifty-three cents in postage in her coat and put in thebaggage car, under the care of the postal clerk. Though it was customary to leave packages in the postoffice overnight, when May arrived in Lewiston, the postmaster took her to her grandmother immediately.
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Girl child to be posted

This event alerted The US Post Office Department and on June 13, 1920 it issued new rules, announcingthat children would no longer be accepted as a parcel post. Still two more incidence of booking ofa baby tothe husband who had left herand the body of a child who had died of natural causes come in light when itwas mailed to an undertaker in Albany, New York. It arrived on November 20, 1922, and carried no 'returnaddress'. She was buried '...through the kindness of individuals' under the apt name of 'Parcella Post.'Even mailing of a young man also published in early 19th century when to save him from slavery, HenryBox Brown, mailed himself to freedom on March 29, 1849 with the help of a storekeeper in Louisa County,

Virginia. He packed himself into a crate that was 3x 2x 2.6 and labeled This Side up with Care, to be sentto the home of Philadelphia abolitionist James Miller McKim.

Henry Box Brown in a crate- ready to be mailed

With only a small container of water he journeyed for 27 hours loaded onto a wagon, then to the baggagecar of a train, then another wagon, then a steamboat, then another wagon, then a second baggage car,then a ferry, then a third railroad car, and finally a wagon that delivered him to McKims house. When thebox was opened, Brown stood up, and passed out.

Chrissie Maclean writes in his book 'The Stornoway I Knew Memories from 1930s to 1950s', published by

Stornoway Historical Society that During the war ... Some unusual parcels went through the mail then.Often a customer would come in with a large dead hen, complete with feathers, its legs tied with string towhich was attached the address label. These hens were destined for mainland relatives.

One more interesting story related to delivery of unusual item by post born in1916 when construction ofhistorical building of The Bank of Vernal (or Parcel Post Bank) started by WH Coltharp. He wanted to usetextured bricks to give a modern style to the facades. Since those bricks were manufactured in Salt LakeCity the delivery cost was enormous, amounting to four times the cost of the material.Coltharp managed to send those bricks by USPS, through the standard mail delivery system: bricks werepackaged in 50 pound parcels (7 bricks each), and sent by lots of 40 packages per day. The total amountexceeded 80,000 bricks.


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Again US Postal Regulations were changed to avoid further exploiting of the service, and a limitation of 200pounds per day per receiver was introduced. The United States Postmaster General Albert Sidney Burlesonexplicitly stated in a letter that "it is not the intent of the United States Postal Service that buildings beshipped through the mail".

The United States had a special rate for "live bees, baby alligators & chicks." Occasionally ladybugs werealso sent by mail.

Instruction Label

In December, 1954, the postmaster in Orlando, Florida, received a chameleon posted from Fostoria Ohiowith request to let him deliver somewhere in the ground as in Orlando was too cold for his chameleon tolive. He also requested for acknowledgement of its safe arrival which was done happily by the postmaster infollowing words I received your chameleon yesterday and he was immediately released on the post officegrounds. Best wishes for a merry Christmas!But can you imagine in your postbox a field post envelope made of birch bark or letter written on a leafattached to it a 7k commemorative the international post charges for a post card from Yalta, Crimea in theUSSR to New York? Apparently the item caused some consternation in Crimea as it received the postage-due oval and the manuscript "T". Both have been subsequently erased

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Posted in July 1928 from Yalta, Crimea in the USSR to New York.

Hundreds of coconuts were also sent back to U.K. Pacific Ocean, via the mail system. Many tourists paint atropical island scene on one side, put the address and stamps on the other and off they would go.Examples of booking of many more strange articles with stamps pasted directly on the booked item withaddress written on them also exist. Strangely reports of their safe delivery to the recipients were alsorecorded.


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Delivery of a biscuit that was sent to an American student away at college in the early 20th century - notwrapped or packaged in anyway, simply a biscuit with postage and address somehow affixed was alsoreported in a magazine. It is said that the biscuit was being preserved in the University's archives.

And what would be a great surprise for the receiver and a matter of pride for the postman who got theopportunity to deliver a rose bud to others Valentine sent per post attached to a card that was tied to thestem with address and stamps on it. It has taken three days to get delivered but rose bud was still gracing

the stem. What an efficient US postal system is.And what will you do with the wine filled bottle received as an FDC? Not a dream but it happened for anAustralian Folklore series of 1983 , consisting a set of five setanent stamps issued to commemorate the107th Anniversary of Birth of C. J. Dennis, who wrote numerous verses, one of which was the SentimentalBloke, popularized in films, stage plays, musicals, records, and radio & TV programs and depicted on thesestamps .Along with regular FDCs, in Auburn, Australia, the birth place of Dennis, 540 bottles of 1976vintage port wine were also used for FDCs on which this set of se-tenant strip of five stamps were pastedon the obverse and cancelled with the pictorial postmark of Denis with a Tobacco pipe in his mouth on 7September 1983 .

Se-tenant stamps of five pasted on a 1976 vintage port wine bottle with First Day pictorial cancel ofDennis.(Sorry, bottle is missing)

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New Blogs & Websites

NUMISMATIC & PHILATELIC Association of Vellore FORT -http://numismaticphilavellore.site40.net/index.htm - This Numismatic & Philatelic Association is a non profitand non trade motive association that aims to promote the hobbies Philately (Stamp Collection) andNumismatics (Coin Collection) among children, students, interested individuals among the general publicand especially for the budding philatelists and numismatists.

How to Collect Stamps - http://www.howtocollectstamps.com/ The Complete Guide ToStamp Collecting

GANDHI Stamps & Philately Study Circle : http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.in/ - A newBlog by Ketan Patel .. Saving Gandhi Philately by trying to bring awareness and exposing illegalactivities in Gandhi Stamps and Philately.

Europa Stamps :http://europa-stamps.blogspot.in/:A blog on Europa, cept, norden & sepacstamps

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

Se- tenant Stamps of India -http://setenantsofindia.blogspot.com/ It is a specialized Blog onse-tenant stamps.

Flags & Stamps -http://flagstamps.blogspot.com/- It is a specialized blog on Flag Theme .

Glimpses of Modern Indian Philately :http://modernindianphilately.blogspot.com/

Join Mobile Philately & Stay Updated - http://mobilephilately.blogspot.com/ Mobile Philately is amobile technology based philatelic community with short messaging service (SMS) that allows thecommunity members to get latest updates related to Indian philately directly into mobile message box.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Stamps-Philately-1610/indexExp_69442.htm- It is a site based onQuestion & Answers on Philately. Mr Prashant Pandya replies to queries.

List of Books 2

Editors Mail Box

Dear editor,I wish to take attention of all philatelic researchers that Indian Department of Post recently issued theGuidelines for Use of Images of Postage Stamps and are available as separate document athttp://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/35-11-2011-Phil.pdf
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The Philately page of website of Indian post separately mentions the Conditions for reproduction of StampImages as Re- production of stamps is allowed for illustration purposes in Philatelic Publication or in anarticle relating wholly on postage stamps which may appear in any magazine, newspaper or publication of ageneral character. Such reproduction should however , be only in black. If stamps are to be produced incolour for publicity purposes, prior permission of the Director General of Posts must be obtained. To avoidsimilarity with the postage , such reproduction must be distinctively in smaller or larger sizes than the actualstamp and must be without perforation on the edges. Further, across bar will also be placed on one- cornerof the stamp, obliterating the denomination. It must be noted that reproduction of the stamp in colour of theactual size of the stamp with perforation of the edges may be deemed to be taken as production of the

actual stamp.

This (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Stamps/Public_domain) wiki page tries to list all stampsthat are in public domain, listed by country. And thishttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Stamps/Public_domain#India ) page provides informationon Indian situation. And the wiki pages at

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notice_board_for_India-related_topics/Archive_25#Indian_Stamps ) and

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive59#Fair_use_stamps:_revisitied_... ) gives earlier discussions on fair use of stamp images.

Hope a healthy discussion on the issue of new guidelines will be initiated from philatelists for promotion ofpostage stamps as material for research.

With regards

Anil Nawlakhe

Dear Mrs. Jeevan Jyoti,

Thank you for your "Rainbow Stamp News" issue for September 2012. This time there are philatelic articleson diverse themes, such as "Fancy US Cancellations" by Dr. Satyendra Agrawal, Interview with Mr.AjayMittal, Service Covers with Paper seals by Mr. Kailashchandra Jain and others,But I appreciate the article

"Let's look inside the cover", written by Mr.Naresh Kumar Agarwal, not because that he has mentioned myname and my articles written under the heading "Something interesting.. also for non- philatelists", butbecause he has continued my theme, where I rested some months ago.

The pieces of his interest are marvelous, especially the sketches in the text of the letter sent to China,showing the aeroplane, railway and also the ship. The other is postcard written by Mahatma Gandhi to thewife of Mr. Govind Das. The picture post-cards with the views of bazars.... Perhaps these are the pieceswhich are of untold pleasure and treasure to the collector... but these will surely give some idea tocollectors, that it should not always be only stamps; but there also other things which are associated withletter writing, perhaps in these days of internet, overlooked by the collectors in general.Congratulation for the introduction to diversified themes in Rainbow!

- Avinash B. Jagtap. Switzerland

Nice to go thru your RSN Sept-2012 issue.The interview of Mr.Mittal is very impressive. So alsobrilliant presentation of various articles.

- Shrikant Parikh, Ahmedabad

Dear Ms. Jyoti,

My every new month begins after reading your monthly newsletter. I enjoyed reading the entirenewsletter as usual with very informative and interesting articles.
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The anatomy of the RMFM meter marks by Mr. Madan Middha is very useful to understand them.

I once received such meter mark and was wondering where to look out for information, and now Iam happy to get the information from RSN (Rainbow Stamp News).

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