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RAINBOW
Dear Reader
With the first issue of the year 2017, I wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Now Rainbow enters the 10th year of publication. In the long 9 years it
has published several articles, news and interviews covering a variety of
subjects. I express my gratitude to all the readers and contributors for their
great contribution and it has enabled me to continue this newsletter without a single
break in the last nine years.
I hope this journey will be continued in the years to come with some more new features in this magazine. Please send your feedback and useful suggestions to improve the future issues. India Post has brought out a desk calendar for 2017 in form of Miniature sheets which is an innovative idea. A calendar on miniature sheet is really very nice. The beautiful series "Splendors of India" is highly appreciated.
My Greetings to all the Readers of Rainbow. Have a wonderful philatelic year ahead !! More beautiful stamps and more philatelic activities in 2017 .
This is all for this month.....More in next issue.
Happy Collecting !
- Jeevan Jyoti
Contents
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From the Desk of Naresh Agrawal
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Recent Indian Issues
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In The News
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Doon Philatelic Diary
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Beginners’ Section
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Specialized Section
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New Issues from Other Countries
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Philatelic Clubs and Society
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Blogs & Websites on Philately
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Current Philatelic Magazines –
Newsletter
FINANCIAL STATUS ALSO DECIDES ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL SHOWS
Before I start my
discussion, I would like to wish all the readers, philatelists, friends a very
Happy New Year 2017.
Well, as we know, It has
always been a desire of a philatelist to participate in International / World
Exhibition, the highest level of philatelic shows. But most of them cannot
participate mainly due to following reasons :
1. Non
eligibility due to set system of acceptance of the exhibit
2. Improper
/ below standard or quality of exhibit
3. Limited
number of participation allowed
4. The
cost involved in participation
Of all the above points, it
is the cost involved in participation which hurts / means the most. I mean ,if
I say like this, apart from the standard of exhibit, the participation and
acceptance norms; it is the cost of participation which also decides the
eligibility of participation by any participant in any International / World
exhibition.
I agree, philately is hobby
of kings and so the kings rule the hobby. And so apparently the higher level shows are found to have been set them only. To participate in such high level shows
abroad (out of India) one has to be financially eligible apart from his or her
philatelic eligibility. Because collecting philatelic material of high quality and
preparing a competitive exhibit of
International standard of the highest generation (4th generation),
already requires a huge amount of money.
And after this, a middle class Indian exhibitor cannot afford to spend money in
thousands just to participate in such show. Participation fee and cost over the years have
increased tremendously. For exhibitors of Europe or America the expenditure may
not be high but for Indian participants, applying for participation out of
India is certainly is big blow. Due to this the most eligible participants do
not apply.
I have written on this aspect several times before also but
this time again it is a big pain to write the same thing. The total expenditure
comprised of frame fee, carriage/transport expenditures, clearances from
different departments, documentation, Insurance,
award fee (contribution by PCI for awards and prizes for a particular show) and
miscellaneous expenditures. My concern is to see what can be done to check
this? Can we find some sponsors? Can India government look in to the matter and
lend a helping hand by giving financial support or waiving the charges other
than application / frame fee? Can there
be formation of a common fund by various philatelic federations / bodies world
over to help this cause? I mean one has to think and think, then only some
solution can be found out.
The award fee, as I know has
to be shared by the participant which is contributed by PCI for particular show. What exactly is this?
Why a participant has to share amount
for the awards to be given? Such things need
to be checked.
By this, the deserving
financially weak philatelists shall also get opportunity to participate in
higher level exhibitions and the international philatelic Fraternity will get
opportunity to witness some precious, beautiful, highly acclaimed philatelic
exhibits which remains closed in the cupboard
of a deserving, dedicated and hardcore philatelist. This certainly will help in
promotion of philately in particular country.
Hope the think tank of
National Bodies of different countries will look in to such aspects and will
come out with some desirable solutions.
Naresh
Agrawal
09425530514
Email
ID : nareshkumar1992@yahoo.co.in
Recent Indian Issues
3 December 2016 – AIIMS – Rs 5
5 December 2016 : Exotic Birds -2 x Rs 5, 2 Rs 10, 2 x Rs 15
+ 2 MS _+ 2 Sheetlets
7 December 2016 – Pramukh Swami Mharaj – Rs 5, Akshar Dham
Templw – Rs 15 _ Se-tenant pair
14 December – Acharya Vimal Sagar – Rs 5
22 December Samrat Vikramaditya – Rs 5
23 December 2016 – Season’s Greetings – Rs 10, Rs 20 + MS + 2
Sheetlets
26 December 2016 - Hardayal Municipal Heritage Public Library – Rs 15
26 December 2016 – Personalities of
Bihar - 8 x Rs 5
30 December 2016 – Legendary
Singers -10 x Rs 5 + MS
1 January 2017 – Splendors of India –
12 x Rs 25 + 1 MS Rs 300 + 12 MS of RS
25 each
Recent Special Covers
1 December 2016 : Rabindranath
and Tripura -Shantiniketan
2
December 2016 : Jaydev-Kenduli Mela : Shantiniketan
9 December 2016 : Vishwa Tuluvere
Aayano World Tulu Festival - Peradala
16
December 2016 : State Bank of Mysore -
Bangalore
16 December 2016 – Cawnpex 2016 - “Jhanda Geet ” - Kanpur
17 December 2016 – Cawnpex 2016 – Swachch Bharat – Kanpur
17 December 2016 – Cawnpex 2016 – Kanpur Kal Aaj aur Kal -
Kanpur
26 November 2016 Narmadapex 2016 - Jabalpur
In The News
Recent Stamp Exhibitions
BRASILIA -2017
Brasilia-2017 is a
Specialized World Stamp Exhibition. The Exhibition will open on 24 October
2017 and close on 29 October 2017. An exhibitor whose entry has
won at least a vermeil award at the National philatelic exhibitions, or have
participated in an International philatelic exhibition and have won a
medal may submit entry.
Mr Ajay Kumar Mittal is
the National Commissioner. Interested philatelists may contact him at email
: ajaymittal1957@gmail.com
Following
classes are available for participation.
Exhibition Classes
Class 1 – FIP Championship Class - For exhibits that have been awarded three Large Gold medals, in three different years, at World Exhibitions held under FIP Patronage over the last ten years (2007-2016).
Class 2 - Traditional Philately (TP): A) Brazil. B) Americas (except Brazil). C) Europe. D) Asia, Oceania and Africa.
Class 3 - Postal History (PH): A) Brazil. B) Americas (except Brazil). C) Europe. D) Asia, Oceania and Africa.
Class 4 - Postal Stationery (PS).
Class 5 - Thematic Philately (TH) (*). Exhibits will be classified under: A)
Nature. B) Culture. C)
Technology.
(*) Please, indicate
clearly in the “Exhibit Application Form” as to the subclass (A, B or C) the
exhibit is entering.
Class 6 - One Frame – TP, PH, PS, TH.
Class 7 - Modern Philately – TP, PH, PS, TH.
Class 8 - Youth Philately:
Age for Group A: 10-15
years old (As of January 1st, 2017).
Age for Group B: 16-18
years old (As of January 1st, 2017).
Age for Group C: 19-21
years old (As of January 1st, 2017).
Class 9 - Philatelic Literature:
A) Philatelic books and
research papers (published on or after January 1st, 2012).
B) Philatelic magazines
and periodicals (the whole annual volume issued after January 1st, 2015).
C) Catalogues (published
after January 1st, 2015).
Article 9 – Participation Fee
9.1 There is no fee for
Non-Competitive Class entries
9.2 The participation fee
for Competitive Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 is US$ 60.00 per
frame.
(An additional 50 Swiss Francs per frame for the FIP Championship Class shall be paid directly to FIP).
9.3 The participation fee for One-Frame Exhibit (Class 6) is US$ 75.00 per exhibit.
9.4 There is no fee for
Youth Philately (Class 8).
9.5 The participation fee
for Philatelic Literature (Class 9) is US$ 60.00 per exhibit.
BANDUNG 2017
BANDUNG
2017 Specialised WORLD STAMP EXHIBITION, 3-7 Aug 2017 Exhibition under FIP
Patronage
Shri Sahdeva Sahoo is National Commissioner
for this exhibition. emails
: sahadevasahoo@gmail.com &
sahadevas@yahoo.com Phones +91 9337103542
+91 674 2432251 (LL)
+91 674 2432251 (LL)
MELBOURNE 2017
MELBOURNE 2017, 34th FIAP Asian International Stamp Exhibition
will be held in Melbourne, Australia from 30 March to 2 April 2017.
Mr. Madhukar Jhingan is the Indian National Commissioner for the
MELBOURNE 2017.
- A
Report by Aditya Asthana
A two day district level
philatelic exhibition,“Cawnpex 2016”was organized by India Post from 16th – 17th December, 2016 at Philatelic Bureaue
GPO Kanpur.. The Exhibition had 56 frames in Competitive class and 2 in Invitee
class. Mr. Dinesh Chandra Sharma and Mr. Arun Agarwal were the members of the
jury at the event.
3 special covers were
released during the exhibition. On December 16th, the exhibition was
inaugurated by PMG Mr. Alok Saxena and a special cover dedicating the flag song
(Vijayi vishwa tiranga pyara, Jhanda uncha rahe hamara...') written by Shyam Lal
Gupta Parshad, a popular writer from Kanpur, was released. The special cover
features the image of the original notes of the writer (source: Bithoor Museum)
and the cancellation features a flag. A painting competition was also organized
for the school children.
On December 17th, two special covers were released. A cover featuring a quotation by Mahatma Gandhi, “Everyone must be his own scavenger” was released on “Swatchh Bharat”. The cancellation of the cover features spectacles of Gandhi (Swatchh Bharat logo). Another cover featuring the pictures of Cawnpore Kotwali, Radha Krishna (J.K.) Temple and a proposed Kanpur metro train with caption “Kanpur Kal, Aaj Aur Kal” was also released. The cancellation of the cover features Kanpur GPO building.
Award List
Aditya Asthana - “Postal History of Cawnpore” Gold + Best Exhibit Trophy (Senior)
Sidak Singh Saluja –“Brave Sikhs in Defense” - Silver + Best Exhibit trophy ( Junior)
Dipak Gupta – “Innovative stamps” of Bhutan - Gold
Rajpreet Singh Saluja - “Sikhism – It’s Glory and Heritage” - Gold
Mrs. Nupur Mehrotra - Indian Postal Stationery – Gold
Award List
Aditya Asthana - “Postal History of Cawnpore” Gold + Best Exhibit Trophy (Senior)
Sidak Singh Saluja –“Brave Sikhs in Defense” - Silver + Best Exhibit trophy ( Junior)
Dipak Gupta – “Innovative stamps” of Bhutan - Gold
Rajpreet Singh Saluja - “Sikhism – It’s Glory and Heritage” - Gold
Mrs. Nupur Mehrotra - Indian Postal Stationery – Gold
Book Review
Collector's Guide on Special Covers of Tamil Nadu
A new book "Collector's Guide on Special Covers of Tamil Nadu" compiled
by T. Mathan and N. Vignesh was released on 25th November 2016 during SIPA
Diamond 2016 Jubilee Exhibition. This beautifully designed hard bound book gives
complete data with colored pictures of special covers (1961 onwards
) released by Tamil Nadu Postal Circle of India Post . The book is very useful
for all stamp lovers and philatelists. Thematic collectors can find various
themes in this book for their philatelic collection. The price of the book is
Rs 800. Interested philatelists may contact : N. Vignesh email :
sendmailstovicky@gmail.com
ph. +91 7418711411 (Whats App)
Doon Philatelic Diary
Silver Jubilee of Gangotri National Park
Abhai Mishra
Special cover issued during Wildlife
Week at FRI Dehradun on the silver jubilee of Gangotri National Park
"Snow Leopard" "Gomukh Glacier "
The
park boasts of some of the rare wildlife species like Snow Leopard, Musk Deer,
Himalayan Black Bear, Bharal, Himalayan Tahr, Ibex etc. In December 2013, the
camera trap set up by the forest department captured video and still images of
the movement of male and female snow leopard. Snow Leopard is critically
endangered and is on the verge of extiction. More than 150 species of birds can
be sighted in this National Park including Himalayan Monal, Pheasants,
Partridges, Parakeets and Barbets.
Beginners’ Section
Elephant
Letter Box
One of the most popular temple festivals in
India “Pooram” having a tradition of 200 years old was initiated by the then
ruler of Cochin, Raja Rama Varma in 1798 because he and many of his friends
were not allowed into a nearby festival as they were late. He invited temples
in this Kerala region to the main temple in Thrissur to pay respects to Shiva,
the presiding deity making Thrissur’s Pooram, the biggest of all Poorams held
in Kerala.
Of course, the elephants are the main attraction, decorated with their Nettipattam (golden headdress), decorative bells and ornaments, palm leaves and peacock feathers, and beautifully-crafted kolam (paintings). The ornate parasols which the mahouts (elephant riders) carry on extremely tall bamboo poles add to the colour. Folk dancing, Panchavadyam (rhythmic beating of the drum), and a stellar fireworks display that begins at three in the morning and continues on for three hours all serve to create a visual feast that makes for a completely immersive, tribal experience. The two teams of 15 elephants and their mahouts meet outside the temple and create a “pass the parasol” ritual, while the men stand on the elephants that add some competition to the event.
As a philatelic tribute to this, in Thrissur Philatelic bureau, a Elephant shaped letter box is kept. This cover is a special cover belonging to a Philatelic event in Thrissur, where the cover has been posted in this Elephant Letter box, then conveyed to Chalakudy by Mail Van and from there to Irinjalakuda by Runners.
On the
126th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth
Agatha Christie’s popularity IS SLIGHTLY LESS than god (pt I)
© Dr.Satyendra Kumar Agrawal
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Agatha Christie’s
popularity is second only to the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare.
She is indisputably the best-selling novelist of all time.
Agatha
Christie, the best-selling crime novelist
A 1959 UNESCO report claimed her books had been translated into 103
languages, and to date she’s sold over two billion copies—more than the entire
population of China and America combined.She became one of England’s best loved
crime novelists. Her stories were full of mystery as well as history and
interesting facts on archaeology as well as very clever murder methods which
she had learned from her time working in a pharmacy during World War II.
Agatha
Christie, the queen of crime,Booklet pane, GB 1991
Born in Torquay, England onSeptember 15th 1890, Dame Agatha Mary
Clarissa Christie, popularly known as ‘Agatha Christie’ was a home-schooled,
intelligent child who grew up with a love of literature which would last a
lifetime. In her late teens she studied
to be a classical musician and wrote a waltz which was published and was
advised that her soprano voice was good enough for concert singing but not
strong enough for opera.
A CHALLENGE MADE HER “QUEEN
OF MYSTERY”
During First World War she worked for much of the war in a hospital
dispensary and it was here that she conceived the idea for ‘The Mysterious
Affair at Styles’, her first mystery plot.Her autobiography states 'since I was
surrounded by poisons, perhaps it was natural that death by poisoning should be
the method I selected.'Her choice of detective, Hercule Poirot, also came about
because 'we had quite a colony of Belgian refugees ... How about a refugee police
officer - A retired police officer?’
Idea of ‘The Mysterious Affair at
Styles’ shaped as her first novel in 1916 in response to a challenge from her
sister Madge who thought that her plots were just too complicated and she
didn’t think Agatha was capable of weaving them together. It was like Henry
Rider Haggard, who wrote his first successful novel as a bet.
‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’
“Poirot and Hastings investigate the crime
scene, forming the skull, as the murderer used poison and whole stamp is
reproduced in miniature on the poison bottle can be viewed by a Magnifying
Glass
Published in 1920, Poirot’s first
case after arriving in England as a refugee in World War I concerns the
poisoning of a wealthy widow following her marriage to a younger man, with
various relatives and house guests under suspicion.
The book includes maps of the house,
the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will. The true first
publication of the novel was as a weekly serial in the “The Times”, including
the maps of the house and other illustrations which were also included in the
book. This novel was one of the first ten books published by Penguin Books when
it began in 1935.
Amended
First Floor Plan of ‘Styles’, Booklet pane from GB 1991 commemorating 100th
Birth Anniversary of Agatha Christie
Her first book waited five years
before publication having been rejected by six publishers but the day also came when 100,000 copies of ten of
her titles published by Penguin on the same day in 1948 – “A Penguin Million”.
Also, a pile of all of the US editions of her novel ‘Peril at End House’ would
stretch to the moon.
Special
cover and postmark commemorating her 100th Birth Anniversary, GB
1990
Her entire output consists of 72
novels and innumerable short story collections, as well as poetry, memoirsof
her archaeological experiences in Iraq, children’s stories and plays.Royalties
are about $4 million per year.
WRITTEN 6
ROMANTIC NOVELS with PSEUDONYM which REMAINED SECRET FOR 20 YEARS
Christie also wrote six successful romantic novels under the name ‘Mary
Westmacott’ silencing those critics who complained that she only wrote
‘glorified crosswords’.One of them, ‘Unfinished Portrait’ (1934), was a deeply
personal story about a female novelist who attempted suicide after her marriage
falls apart. It has been seen by many as a thinly-disguised retelling her own
real-life break-up and subsequent ‘disappearance’. Another ‘Absent in the
Spring’ (1944), has an interesting history of having been written in only three
days.
The ‘Mary Westmacott’ pseudonym remained a secret for almost 20 years
and was discovered by a journalist from the Sunday Times in London in 1949. He
was Nan Kon, also a close friend of Agatha Christie, questioned her after
finishing “Giant's Bread”, a romantic novel by the then unknown author Mary
Westmacott. 'I read a book I liked very much the other day; now let me see -
what was it? Dwarf's Blood - that's it - Dwarf's Blood!' From a phrase about
children and a poem in the book, she deduced, correctly, that Agatha had
written the novel.
Other clues to the author's personality and experiences are contained in
Giant's Bread. Like Agatha, the hero, a talented composer, loses his memory, in
his case while fighting in the trenches of the First World War. A constant
theme of the book is the struggle within him between the desire for the freedom
to compose and the ties of love.
‘Giant's
Bread”A Romantic Novel with herpseudonym ‘Mary Westmacott’
Reverse
side of the Booklet pane, GB 1991
CREATED HISTORY WRITING WORLD’S LONGEST PLAYING STAGE PLAY
She is the only crime novelist to achieve equal and
international fame as a dramatist too and her “The Mousetrap” is most famous
and longest running stage play opened at the “Ambassadors Theatre” with Richard
Attenborough in the original cast, then switched to the “St Martin’s Theatre”
next door in 1974, and still there today with more than 26,000 performances
already staged creating a great piece of theatrical history. Christie’s name
has appeared every day for the last 63 years in every newspaper with a West End
theatre listing.
It will be interesting to know that Queen Mary was the inspiration for
this world's longest running play. She was asked by the BBC how her eightieth
birthday might best be celebrated on radio. The Queen, an avid fan of Agatha's,
requested that something by Miss Christie should be broadcast. Agatha was
attracted by the idea and wrote the
little radio sketch called ‘Three Blind Mice’ and Queen Mary was pleased with
it. The world was also pleased with it after the radio play, broadcasted on 26
May 1947, was adapted into the stage version.
The eventual rodent-themed title is an
allusion to the name of the play-within-the-play in Hamlet by William
Shakespeare.
"The Mousetrap"
Reverse side of the Booklet pane, GB 1991
"The Mousetrap" has three different entries in the Guinness
Book of World Records. It is the longest-running theatrical show in the world.
It boasts the world's most durable actor — David Raven played the role of Major
Metcalfe for 4,575 performances and Nancy Seabrook being the world's
longest-serving understudy for 6,240 performances over 15 yearssitting
patiently out in the wings doing embroidery and crochet.
“St Martin’s Theatre”
The eventual rodent-themed title is
an allusion to the name of the play-within-the-play in Hamlet by William
Shakespeare.
"The Mousetrap" ranks alongside Westminster Abbey and
Buckingham Palace as one of Britain's must-see tourist attractions
Commemorative Booklet, GB 1991
One more feather added in her cap as
only female dramatist ever to have had three plays running simultaneously in
London’s West End in 1954,‘The
Mousetrap’, ‘Witness For the Prosecution’ and ‘Spider’s Web’. On the day she
died the West End theatres dimmed their lights for one hour.
SHE WAS A "SAUSAGE MACHINE”
At the height of her popularity,
Christie saw herself as a "sausage machine."
She was producing two books per year
for many earsincluding one that was always released right before the holiday
season and marketed as “Christie for Christmas.” The exhausting schedule led her to declare,
"I'm a sausage machine, a perfect sausage machine."
She was producing two books per year for many years
SHE LOVED TO DREAM MURDER
PLOT IDEAS WHILE IN BATH TUB, EATING APPLES
Christie liked to dream up murder plot ideas while
soaking in her large Victorian bath, munching on apples and drinking tea but
given up the practice when she became dissatisfied with the modern baths
available to her saying they are "too slippery, with no nice wooden ledge
to rest pencils and paper on”.
THE
SECURITY SERVICE “MI5” INVESTIGATED CHRISTIE FOR HER NOVEL CHARACTER’S
CLAIM
Her books were so
realistic that during WWII, MI5 launched an investigation. In her novel N or M,
a character named Major Bletchley claims he knows critical British wartime
secrets. It just so happened that Christie’s good friend Dilly Knox was a
well-known code breaker at Bletchley Park, so insiders at MI5 wondered if the
wartime secrets known by the fictional character were actually real details
that Knox had spilled. Knox denied that he had told Christie anything, but MI5
wasn’t convinced. If the author didn’t know anything, why had she given that
specific character a name based on that location? Knox agreed to ask her, and
it seems MI5 was satisfied by her answer: “Bletchley? My dear, I was stuck
there on my way by train from Oxford to London and took revenge by giving the
name to one of my least lovable characters."
CRIMINALS IMITATED
CRIMES FROM AGATHA’S BOOKS
There is also a history
of criminals copying crimes from Agatha's books (whether the criminals knew or
not). There was a murder very similar to “Murder on the Orient Express”
committed in West Germany in 1981. Two murders (one a series of murders) and an
attempted murder copied the manner of murder in the Christie novel “The Pale
Horse”. Life imitated Christie's art again in North Carolina in 1979, when a
gruesome murder was discovered, similar to the one in the Miss Marple story
“Sleeping Murder”.
“Murder on the Orient
Express”, Guinea 2001
“Murder on the Orient
Express”, Sierra Leone 2001
……..Contd. Pt II
The Inverted Jenny
-Col J Dutta & Dr Anjali Duta
The Curtiss Jenny biplane and the 24c
stamp
The
stamp was printed in two colours, the centre in blue and the frame in carmine.
The stamps were printed in intaglio at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in
Washington. The 24c being in two colours meant that each sheet had to be passed
by hand through a press twice. One sheet of 100 stamps was inadvertently passed
upside down through the press the second time, with the result that the
aeroplane appeared to be looping the loop, i.e. making the plane inverted in
relation to the frame. The stamps were put on sale on May 14, 1918. On that day William T Robey, a stockbroker’s
clerk in Washington, went to his neighbourhood post office to purchase a sheet
of hundred 24c stamps. The counter clerk only had a part sheet but promised to
procure a complete sheet from stock if Robey would call back later. Robey
promised to return during his lunch break. Just after midday he called at the
post office again and the counter clerk produced a sheet from his stock book.
The
sheet which the clerk handed over had the frames upside down! The USPO had done
it again! They seldom made bicoloured stamps but every time they did they came
up with inverted centres. It happened in
1869 with the high value of the definitive series and again with the 1901
stamps publicizing the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo. Robey noticed the error in the Post Office
itself and was elated. He proudly showed
off his treasure. A day or two later he
offered the sheet to a local stamp dealer who offered $500. Robey turned it
down. Two postal inspectors visited
Robey’s home and appealed to Robey's patriotism to hand over the erroneous
stamps, but he refused. By now the newspapers had got hold of the story. No other sheet with the inverted Jenny turned
up. The wealthy collector Percy Mann
offered $10,000 but the offer was rejected. He was convinced the stamps would
fetch the best price if he tried the big dealers on Nassau Street in New York.
In the ‘Big Apple’ dwelt Colonel EHR 'Harry' Green whose wealth enabled him to
build up one of the finest stamp collections ever formed. Robey decided to
approach the legendary philatelist but was chagrined to learn that Green was not
there in New York. Failing that, he tried two of the leading dealers but
neither could top the previous offer.
Back in Washington, Percy Mann offered to introduce Robey to Eugene
Klein, a wealthy Philadelphian businessman.
Thus it was that Robey eventually parted with the sheet for $15,000, the
money being put up by a consortium consisting of Klein, Mann and Major Joseph
Steinmetz, President of the American Aero Club.
At
the earliest opportunity Klein took the sheet to Col Harry Green who was very
happy to pay $20,000. Klein pointed out
that if Green broke up the sheet he would make a handsome profit and enhance
the value of the stamps he retained for himself. Col Green broke up the sheet and retained the
unique block of eight which had the plate number in the margin. He then handed
over the remaining 92 stamps to Klein to sell.
Originally owned by
Col Harry Green as a block of 8, as of June 2015,
it is owned by shoe designer and collector
Stuart Weitzman.
e Before
selling the remaining stamps, Klein numbered each stamp in sequence on the
back, so that ever afterwards, when any of the inverts came on the market, its
exact position on the sheet would be recognised. The members of the syndicate
each purchased some stamps at $250. Steinmetz took a pair, but about 1930 he
split it and sold one stamp, with which he bought his wife a $1,500 grand
piano, ever afterwards dubbed 'The Proceeds of One Little Stamp.' The 4 marginal stamps fetched $250 each while
the other singles fetched $175 each. By
1930 the prices started to soar. A
decade later, in 1940 the going rate for an inverted Jenny was $4,000. Five years later, when the vast collection of
the late Harry Green came up at auction, his block was broken up into a plate
block of 4, and 4 single stamps. One of these was purchased, for about $5,000,
by the dealer Philip Ward on behalf of an anonymous private client. This stamp,
number 26 in the sheet, was more desirable as it had a vertical guideline down
the left hand side, indicating the centre of the sheet. It passed eventually to
a descendant who in 1993 submitted it to the American Philatelic Foundation for
a certificate. Three years later it fetched over $150,000 at a Shreves
Philatelic Galleries auction in New York.
Today only 4 or 5 blocks of 4 are believed to exist. In 1995 an ordinary single fetched $110,000 at an auction in New York. A single stamp was sold in New Zealand on
March 22, 2004, at the JR Mowbray auction for NZ$112,000($72,800). It was bought by an American lawyer. The Shreves Philatelic Galleries auction in New York in July 2005 sold the William L Lewis collection which had an inverted Jenny. The stamp was sold for $577,500.
Benjamin
K. Miller, whose inverted Jenny stamp was stolen in 1977
Miller's inverted
Jenny, position 18 on the sheet, was stolen in 1977 but was recovered in the
early 1980s though, unfortunately, the top perforations had been cut off to
prevent it from being recognized as the stolen Miller stamp.
In
1998 an adventure yarn about a cover franked by a pair of inverted Jenny called
“Flying Upside Down” by Malcolm Rose was published. In reality however, no inverted Jenny was
ever recorded used, far less intact on a flown cover.
Certainly the most fascinating example to come to light is the Inverted Jenny “Locket Copy” which was given by eccentric millionaire Colonel Green to his wife, Mabel, in a gold locket behind glass. It had never been offered to the public until Robert A Siegel Inc auctioned it in New York in May 2002 by order of the Bank of New York. Both lower corners were damaged when the jeweller roughly squeezed this poorly centered stamp into the locket.
The McCoy stamps have a fascinating story. A block of 4 of the Inverted Jennys wound up in the collection of a wealthy New York woman, Ethel McCoy, who paid $16,000 for the quartet. In September 1955, she put them on display at a show in Norfolk, Virginia, where they were stolen despite tight security. The thief cut a cord binding two of the exhibit frames and slid back the covering sheet of glass several inches, author George Amick wrote in his 1986 book. Diego Rodriguez of the FBI's New York office said it was a mystery from the start as there were no witnesses, no suspects and very little evidence to pursue. One of the four stamps, No. 75, resurfaced in Chicago in 1977 and was seized by the FBI; McCoy donated it to the American Philatelic Research Library.
Inverted
Jenny No. 76
Although the Jenny has been turned over to the
rightful owner, O'Neill got a check for $50,00 from the Mystic Stamp Company,
which offered the reward several years ago in hopes of cracking the ice-cold
case. No. 76 is worth between $150,000 and $200,000, according to English. Its
discovery has thrilled the stamp-collecting world. But key questions about
remain unanswered, including who stole the McCoy block in 1955, where the
fourth purloined stamp (no. 66) is now, and who had No. 76 before O'Neill's
grandfather. This mystery still remains to be solved.
As this is such a prized stamp there have been
several attempts at forgery. In November 2006, election workers in Broward County, Florida, claimed to have found an Inverted Jenny affixed to
an absentee ballot envelope. The sender did not include any identification with
the ballot, which automatically disqualified the ballot. Peter Mastrangelo, executive director of the American Philatelic Society, observed that the stamp was at variance with known
copies, due in part to its perforations, although the colours had been
reproduced accurately. Further investigations, published in the following
month, confirmed that the stamp was a forgery.
All the known
“Inverted Jenny’s” are logged with photos and their history, in a most useful
and widely available book by George Amick, which makes interesting reading.
References
1. Col J Dutta, Dr Anjali Dutta, Jayoti Dutta
& Ananya Dutta, The Rare Stamps of the World, The Army Philatelic
Society, 2006
2. James Mackay: Upside Down Classic, Stamp Magazine, June 2000.
3. Michael Kemp: Flood Light, Stamp Magazine, September 2000.
4. Dr Anjali
Dutta, The Story of the Inverted Jenny, Deccan Philatelist Vol 2, No.4, 2003.
Natural Disaster
A Philatelic Overview
ILYAS PATEL
Disaster
Disaster
in its simplest meaning is an event that results in great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty. Elaborating it further, it is a
serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving
widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which
exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own
resources. The word disaster is derived from Middle French désastre and that from Old Italian disastro, which in turn comes
from the Ancient Greek (dus-)
"bad" and (aster),
"star". The root of the
word disaster ("bad star" in Greek) comes
from an astrological sense of a calamity blamed on the
position of planets. So far we are accustomed with two types of disasters;
natural and human instigated. Of late, we are becoming more conscious about the
third type of disaster. It is now known as Environmental Disaster.
Natural Disaster
By
definition, a natural disaster is any catastrophic event that is caused by
nature or the natural processes of the earth. They are often extreme, sudden events
that are usually caused by abrupt climatic changes and certain environmental
factors. Earthquakes, windstorms, floods, and disease all strike anywhere on
earth, often without warning and can cause property damage, economic
damage or loss of life to sizable extent. The severity of a disaster is
measured in lives lost, economic loss, and the ability of the population to
rebuild. Events that occur in unpopulated areas are not considered disasters.
So a flood on an uninhabited island would not count as a disaster, but a flood
in a populated area is called a natural disaster. Man has spent years
trying to find ways to predict weather patterns, but it seems that there's
still a long way to go because windstorms, earthquakes, floods, diseases, and
other types of natural disasters are still striking the earth with death tolls
in the millions.
Human-instigated
Disaster
Human-instigated disasters are the
consequence of technological hazards. Examples include stampedes, fires, transport accidents,
industrial accidents, oil spills and nuclear explosions/radiation. These also
include mistakes and engineering failures. War and deliberate attacks may also
be put in this category. Man-made disasters are examples of specific cases
where man-made hazards have become reality in an event.
Environmental Disaster
An environmental disaster is a disaster to
the natural environment due to human activity, which
distinguishes it from the concept of a natural disaster. It is also
distinct from intentional acts of war such as nuclear bombings. In this case,
the impact of humans' alteration of the ecosystem has led to
widespread and/or long-lasting consequences. It can include the deaths of
animals (including humans) and plants, or severe disruption of human life,
possibly requiring migration. Environmental disasters can have an effect on
agriculture, biodiversity, the economy and human health. The causes include
pollution, depletion of natural resources, industrial activity or agriculture.
In the present write up only natural disasters are
covered and illustrated through the medium of philately.
Natural Disasters
Nature
has its own course of action which works slowly but continuously. When a
natural phenomenon aggravates, it may cause havoc. Nature under its fury can
make a catastrophic damage to life and property. It has been observed that the
natural disasters that really affect people worldwide tend to become more
intense as the years go on. Frequency of earthquakes, mega storms, and heat
waves has gone up considerably in the last few decades. Heavy population in
areas that get hit by floods, cyclones, and hurricanes has meant that more
lives are lost. In some areas, the population has gotten somewhat prepared for
the eventuality of disasters and shelters are built for hurricanes and
tornadoes. However, loss of property is still a problem, and predicting many
natural disasters isn’t easy. Scientists,
geologists, and storm watchers work hard to predict major disasters and avert
as much damage as possible. With all the technology available, it’s become
easier to predict major storms, blizzards, cyclones, and other weather related
natural disasters. But there are still natural disasters that come up rather
unexpectedly, such as earthquakes, wildfires, landslides, or even volcanic
eruptions. Sometimes, a time of warning is there, but it’s often very short
with catastrophic results. Areas that are not used to disasters affected by
flash floods or sudden hail storms can be affected in an extreme way.
In 2012, there were 905 natural disasters worldwide, 93%
of which were weather-related disasters. Overall costs were US$170 billion and
insured losses $70 billion. 2012 was a moderate year. 45% were meteorological
(storms), 36% were hydrological (floods), 12% were climatological (heat waves,
cold waves, droughts, wildfires) and 7% were geophysical events (earthquakes
and volcanic eruptions). Between 1980 and 2011 geophysical events accounted for
14% of all natural catastrophes.
Natural disasters are classified in to following six main
categories. In each category, there is further sub classification.
(1) Geological Disasters (Avalanches and mudslides, Earthquakes, Sinkholes and Volcanic
eruptions).
(2) Hydrological Disasters (Floods, Limnic eruptions and
Tsunami).
(3)
Meteorological Disasters (Blizzards, Cyclonic storms, Droughts, Thunder storms,
Hailstorms, Heat waves and Tornadoes).
(4) Wildfires
(5) Health Disasters (Epidemics) and
(6) Space Disasters (Impact events and airburst and Solar
flare)
Geological
Disasters
Avalanches
and mudslides
An avalanche is a
geophysical hazard caused by a large amount of snow sliding down a
mountainside. It is a common sight in some mountains in winter. When an
avalanche moves towards ground level, it gains mass by amassing snow from the
snowpack and is usually at its highest speed when it gets nearer to the bottom
of the slope. An avalanche occurs when the snow packed down on the surface
fails to carry its weight. Rapid wind speed, major temperature changes, and
manmade influences are other common factors causing avalanches (Ill.01).
Ill. 01Avalanche
in Austria
Earthquakes
A symbolic bridge appeared on Yugoslavia stamp when a stamp
was released on the occasion of Skopje Earthquake Anniversary during which many
bridges were destroyed (Ill. 02).
Ill.
02 (a) and (b) Skopje Earthquake Anniversary (c) 1972 Afghanistan Earthquake
Ill.
03 (a) and (b) Destruction in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Earthquake in October
2005
During the month of October 2005, a powerful earthquake
rocked the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan killing large number of people
and destroying properties worth millions of rupees. Pakistan Post issued
special stamp sheetlets urging to help earthquake victims portraying
destruction caused by this earthquake including bridges (Ill. 03).
Sinkholes
When natural erosion or human mining makes the ground too
weak to support the structures built on it, the ground can collapse and produce
a sinkhole. For example,
the 2010
Guatemala City sinkhole which killed fifteen people was caused when heavy
rain from Tropical
Storm Agatha, diverted by leaking pipes into a pumice bedrock, led to
the sudden collapse of the ground beneath a factory building (No philatelic
illustration).
Volcanic
eruptions
A volcano is
formed when magma from the earth's upper mantle moves to the surface. It takes
the form of a pool filled with molten rock. A volcano erupts when pressure
builds. Volcanoes can cause
widespread destruction and consequent disaster in several ways. The effects
include the volcanic
eruption itself that may cause harm following the explosion of the volcano or
the fall of rock. Second, lava may be produced during the eruption of a volcano.
As it leaves the volcano, the lava destroys many buildings, plants and animals
due to its extreme heat (Ill. 04 and 05). Third, volcanic ash generally
meaning the cooled ash - may form a cloud, and settle thickly in nearby
locations. When mixed with water this forms a concrete-like material. In
sufficient quantity ash may cause roofs to collapse under its weight but even
small quantities will harm humans if inhaled. Since the ash has the consistency
of ground glass it causes abrasion damage to moving parts such as engines. The
main killer of humans in the immediate surroundings of a volcanic eruption is
the pyroclastic
flows, which consist of a cloud of hot volcanic ash which builds up in the air
above the volcano and rushes down the slopes when the eruption no longer
supports the lifting of the gases. It is believed that Pompeii was
destroyed by a pyroclastic flow. A lahar is a volcanic mudflow or landslide (Ill. 06 photo
illustration only). The 1953 Tangiwai disaster was caused
by a lahar, as was the 1985 Armero tragedy in which
the town of Armero was buried and an estimated 23,000 people were killed. An
erupting volcano can often trigger flash floods, tsunamis, mudflows,
earthquakes, and rock falls. Indonesia witnessed the deadliest volcanic
eruption in 1815 when Mount Tambora erupted and killed over 92,000 people.
A specific type of volcano is the supervolcano. According to the Toba
catastrophe theory, 75,000 to 80,000 years ago a supervolcanic event
at Lake Toba reduced the
human population to 10,000 or even 1,000 breeding pairs, creating a bottleneck
in human evolution. It also killed three-quarters of all plant life in the
northern hemisphere. The main danger from a supervolcano is the immense cloud
of ash, which has a disastrous global effect on climate and temperature for
many years.
Ill. 04 Flow of molten lava
Ill. 05 Eruption of volcano
Ill. 06 Mud volcano in Baratang
Island of Middle Andaman
Hydrological
disasters
It is a violent, sudden and destructive change either in
quality of earth's water or in distribution or movement of water on land below
the surface or in atmosphere.
Floods
When an expanse
of water overflows, it submerges land and destroys everything that gets in its
way. This is a flood. Floods are usually caused when the volume of water within
a lake, river, or other body of water exceeds the total capacity of the body.
Sometimes, the water level rises and causes it to overflow its channel that
'submerges' land used by man like a village, city or other inhabited area,
roads, expanses of farmland, etc (Ill. 07 and 08). The European Union
(EU) Floods
Directive defines a flood
as a temporary covering by water of land which is usually not covered by
water. In the sense of 'flowing water', the word may also be applied to
the inflow of the tides The world has
seen numerous floods throughout history, but the Yangtze River floods were the
most disastrous ever recorded. They were caused by torrential rains and killed
more than 3.7 million people in southern China.
Limnic
eruptions
A limnic eruption occurs when
a gas, usually CO2, suddenly erupts
from deep lake water, posing the threat of suffocating wildlife, livestock and
humans. Such an eruption may also cause tsunamis in the lake
as the rising gas displaces water. Scientists believe landslides, volcanic activity,
or explosions can trigger such an eruption. To date, only two limnic eruptions
have been observed and recorded. In 1984, in Cameroon, a limnic
eruption in Lake Monoun caused the
deaths of 37 nearby residents, and at nearby Lake Nyos in 1986 a
much larger eruption killed between 1,700 and 1,800 people by asphyxiation (no philatelic illustration).
Tsunami
A tsunami also known as a seismic sea wave or as a tidal
wave, is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a
large volume of water. Tsunami is caused by a powerful earthquake, underwater
explosions, landslides, or volcanic eruptions under the ocean floor. A tsunami
is one of the deadliest types of natural disasters and can affect millions of
people. Tsunami waves get bigger as they approach the coast and cause
tremendous damage. Tsunamis can be caused by undersea earthquakes such as the2004
Boxing Day tsunami, or by landslides such as the one
in 1958 at Lituya Bay, Alaska, or by volcanic eruptions such as the ancient eruption of Santorini. On March 11,
2011, a tsunami
occurred near Fukushima, Japan and spread through the Pacific. The 2004 Indian
Ocean Tsunami is the deadliest of all time causing about 280,000 deaths (Ill.
09 (a) and (b)).
09 (a) Destruction by Tsunami – 2004 Sri Lanka MS
09 (b) Bridge piers and spans
swept away by Tsunami waves.
Meteorological
disasters
Blizzards
Blizzards are severe winter storms characterized
by heavy snow and strong winds. When high winds stir up snow that has already
fallen, it is known as a ground blizzard. Blizzards can
impact local economic activities, especially in regions where snowfall is rare.
The Great
Blizzard of 1888 affected the United States, when many tons of wheat
crops were destroyed, and in Asia, 2008
Afghanistan blizzard and the 1972
Iran blizzard were also significant events.
Cyclonic
storms
Cyclone, tropical cyclone (Ill. 10), hurricane, and typhoon are
different names for the same phenomenon, which is a cyclonic storm system that
forms over the oceans. The determining factor on which term is used is based on
where they originate. In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, the term
"hurricane" is used; in the Northwest Pacific it is referred to as a
"typhoon" and "cyclones" occur in the South Pacific and
Indian Ocean. The deadliest hurricane ever was the 1970
Bhola cyclone; the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was the Great
Hurricane of 1780 which devastated
Martinique, St. Eustatius and Barbados. Another notable hurricane is Hurricane Katrina, which
devastated the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005.
Ill. 10 Tropical Cyclone ((a) and
(c) on radar and (b) on synoptic chart)
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
A tornado is a
violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the
surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus
cloud or, in rare cases, the base of acumulus cloud. It is also
referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although
the word cyclone is used in
meteorology in a wider sense, to refer to any closed low pressure circulation.
Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but
are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow
end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per
hour (177 km/h), are approximately 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel
a few miles (several kilometers) before dissipating. The most
extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 300 mph
(480 km/h), stretch more than two miles (3 km) across, and stay on
the ground for dozens of miles (perhaps more than 100 km) (Ill. 11).
Droughts
Droughts
Ill. 12 Draught in Australia
Well-known historical droughts include the 1997–2009 Millennium Drought in Australia led to a water supply crisis across much of the country (Ill. 12). As a result, many desalination plants were built for the first time. In 2011, the State of Texas lived under a drought emergency declaration for the entire calendar year and severe economic losses. The drought caused the Bastrop fires. The Horn of Africa witnessed the worst drought in 60 years in 2011, leaving more than 12.4 million people with limited to no food supply. Due to its impact, a draught has to be included in the list of natural disasters (Ill. 13).
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Ill. 13 Draught in Africa
Thunder storms
Severe storms, dust clouds and volcanic eruptions can
generate lightning. Apart from the
damage typically associated with storms, such as winds, hail and flooding, the
lightning itself can damage buildings, ignite fires and kill by direct contact
(Ill. 14). Especially deadly lightning incidents include a 2007 strike in
Ushari Dara, a remote mountain village in northwestern Pakistan, that killed 30
people, the crash of LANSA Flight 508 which
killed 91, and a fuel explosion in Dronka, Egypt caused by lightning in 1994 which killed
469. Most lightning deaths occur in the poor countries of America and
Asia, where lightning is common and adobe mud brick housing
provides little protection.
Ill.
14 Thunder storm with lightning
Hailstorms
Hailstorms are falls of rain drops that arrive as ice,
rather than melting before they hit the ground. A particularly damaging
hailstorm hit Munich, Germany, on
July 12, 1984, causing about 2 billion dollars in insurance claims
(Ill. 15).
Heat
waves
A heat wave is a period of unusually and excessively hot
weather. The worst heat wave in recent history was the European
Heat Wave of 2003. A summer heat wave in Victoria, Australia, created
conditions which fuelled the massive bushfires in
2009. Melbourne experienced
three days in a row of temperatures exceeding 40 °C (104 °F) with
some regional areas sweltering through much higher temperatures. The bushfires,
collectively known as "Black Saturday", were partly the act of
arsonists. The 2010
Northern Hemisphere summer resulted in severe heat waves, which killed over
2,000 people. It resulted in hundreds of wildfires which causing widespread air
pollution, and burned thousands of square miles of forest (Ill. 16).
Ill. 16 Wildfires
Extreme Temperatures
Extreme temperatures
caused by a heat wave or cold wave are one of many climatological hazards. A
heat wave increases the temperature in a certain region and pushes the human
body beyond its limit. The same is the case with a cold wave that is
accompanied with heavy snowfall and extreme cold, which may lead to
hypothermia. The deadliest heat wave of all time struck Europe in 2003 and
led to 70,000 casualties (no philatelic illustration).
Wildfires
Wildfires are large
fires which often start in wild land areas.
Common causes include lightning and drought but
wildfires may also be started by human negligence or arson. They can spread to populated areas and can thus be a
threat to humans and property, as well as wildlife. Notable cases
of wildfires were the
1871 Peshtigo Fire in the
United States, which killed at least 1700 people, and the 2009 Victorian
bushfires in Australia. In the United States, over 90% of wildfires are caused
when people leave campfires unattended, discard cigarettes carelessly, etc.,
but long-lasting lightning bolts can also start a fire in wild lands. The
Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in U.S. history with estimated
deaths of over 2,500 people (Ill. 17).
Ill. 17 Forest fire
Health disasters
Epidemics
An epidemic is an
outbreak of a contractible disease that
spreads through a human population. A pandemic is an
epidemic that has spread globally. There have been many epidemics throughout
history, such as the Black Death. In the last
hundred years, significant pandemics include the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
(killing an estimated 50 million people worldwide), the 1957–58 Asian flu pandemic
(Ill. 18), and the AIDS pandemic,
which began in 1959. The 1968–69 Hong Kong water flu pandemic, the 2002-3 SARS pandemic (Ill. 19), and the H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu)
Pandemic in 2009–2010 (Ill. 20) were also significant cases.
Ill. 18 Pandemic in Afghanistan Ill. 19 SARS in China
Ill. 20 H1N1
Flu in India
Impact
events and airburst
Asteroids that impact the Earth have led to several major
extinction events, including one that created the Chicxulub crater 64.9
million years ago and associated with the demise of the dinosaurs. Scientists
estimate that the likelihood of death for a living human from a global impact
event is comparable to death from airliner crash.
No human death has been definitively attributed to an
impact event, but the 1490
Ch'ing-yang event in which over 10,000 people may have died has been
linked to ameteor shower. Even asteroids
and comets that burn up in the atmosphere can cause significant destruction on
the ground due to the air burst explosion –
notable air bursts include the Tunguska event in June
1908, which devastated large areas of Siberian countryside (Ill. 21), and
the Chelyabinsk
meteor on 15 February 2013 (Ill. 22), which caused widespread property
damage in the city of Chelyabinsk and injured
1,491.
Ill. 21 Tunguska event Ill. 22 Chelyabinsk
meteor
Solar flare
A solar flare is a phenomenon where the sun suddenly
releases a great amount of solar radiation, much more than
normal. Solar flares are unlikely to cause any direct injury, but can destroy
electrical equipment. The potential of solar storms to cause disaster was seen
during the 1859 Carrington event, which disrupted
the telegraph network, and the March
1989 geomagnetic storm which blacked out Quebec.
Some major known solar flares include the X20 event on August 16, 1989, and a
similar flare on April 2, 2001. The most powerful flare ever recorded occurred
on November 4, 2003 (estimated at between X40 and X45) (Ill. 23).
Resilience
However,
despite the many natural disasters the world over, mankind has shown amazing
resilience. When an area or country is badly affected by a natural disaster,
the reaction is always one of solidarity and aid is quick to come. There are
organizations set up with the primary goal of being prepared for natural
disasters. These groups work on global and local scale rescue work. Aside from
those who have chosen to make disaster relief their life-work, when disasters
hit, it’s the individuals who step in who help to make a difference. People
will step in and donate items, time, and skills in order to help those affected
by a natural disaster. Celebrities will often do what they can to raise money
through concerts, phone marathons, and visiting affected areas with aid. People
have also shown that they can rebuild, lives can be remade or start over.
Trauma is a big after effect of natural disasters and getting counseling has
been the focus of aid—to heal emotionally as well as physically. It’s clear
that natural disasters are a part of life as we know it. However, science is
making it more possible to predict, aid is faster at coming, and people are
learning how to rebuild in safer areas.
References
Patel
I. A. – Bridge Disasters, Chapter – 18, unpublished manuscript, May 2016.
Acknowledgement
This philatelic
article is prepared using the information available at following web links;
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disaster (2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_disaster
(3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_issues (4) http://www.basicplanet.com/natural-disasters/ and (5) http://www.enkivillage.com/types-of-natural-disasters.html. The author thankfully acknowledges
all source of information.
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New
issues from other Countries
Brazil
11
November 2016 : Tattoo – The Art of skin
A souvenir sheet of five stamps issued on Nov. 11, 2016, displays the work of
Brazilian tattoo artists.
According
to a report in the Brazilian newspaper Jornal Agora, the idea for stamps featuring tattoos came from Ademar
Goncalves Rios, who participated in a post office program that asked for
suggestions for stamp subjects.
In
announcing this issue, called Tattoo — Art
of Skin, Brazil’s Correios said: “Tattoos have long ceased being mere designs
or marks on the human body. Nowadays, they are art on skin and, regardless of
fashion, are a way to customize on the human skin, through the universal
language of art, what one believes as being his/her essence, feelings, beliefs,
ideologies, traditions and even to cover up imperfections.”
Pictured in the souvenir sheet’s selvage is the hand of tattoo
artist Jerson Filho at work. Another tattoo by Filho is shown on the second
stamp from the right in the bottom row. Correios reports that this tattoo
design is a stylized image of the archangel Michael.
Also
illustrated on the bottom row of stamps are tattoo designs by Paulo Tattoo, Ivy
Saruzi, and Luiza Fortes. A tribal-style tattoo by Jun Matsu is shown on the
single stamp in the top row. All of the stamps
in the sheet are non denominated, paying the basic domestic first-class rate.
Christmas Island
10
January 2017 - Year of the Rooster
20 October 2016 : Christmas Pantomimes
Spain
30
November 2016 : Spanish Cinema - International Film Week of Valladolid
Correos commemorates Spanish cinema
with two stamps honoring two great
artists of the seventh art, Amparo Rivelles and Luis Mariano.
Acknowledgement
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Stamp News is edited and published monthly by Jeevan Jyoti, from Dehradun (
Uttarakhand) India.
