150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Date of Issue : 26 June 2019
500th Death Anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci
Date of Issue : 20 May 2019
Dehradun June 2019 Vol. XII
Issue No. 138
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RAINBOW
Dear Reader,
I am pleased to release June 2019 issue of Rainbow Stamp News.
Today Whatsapp has become the main social media of interaction between
philatelists as well as the important source of information . But it is
observed that this activity takes place among a particular group only. The new
young philatelists are not coming in this group….The promotion of philately is
still far behind…. To create interest and love for stamps in
the new generation is definitely a difficult task as today’s kids do not
come across stamps and letters. So they don’t know anything about the fun and
pleasure of stamp collecting. This may be possible to some extent if
Postal Department takes step to organize stamp fairs and workshops in schools
and city centres with the help of local philatelists. The involvement of local
philatelists is very important in such activities as they can demonstrate the
art of philately very well. Attractive stamp packets , Stamp collecting
kits, small stamp exhibitions, posters featuring importance of stamp collecting
, interesting and easy to follow “Power Point presentations on philately”
should be the essential parts of these fairs and workshops. To make
this successful it is necessary that there should be understanding
and cooperation among postal department staff and philatelic community.
This is all for this month. More in next Issue.
Happy Collecting !!
Contents
§ From the
Desk of Naresh Agrawal
§ Recent
Indian Issues
§ In The News
§ Doon
Philatelic Diary
§ Beginners’
Section
§ Rose
Philately
§ Specialized
Section
§ New Issues
from Other Countries
§ Philatelic
Clubs and Society
§ Blogs &
Websites on Philately
§ Current
Philatelic Magazines & Newsletters
LET’S EXPLORE OTHER IMPORTANT THEMES
The
other day while going through one of the WhatsApp philatelic group of which I
am also a member, I saw all the posts, chats, contents, philatelic
material related to Mahatma Gandhi only.
Otherwise also on regular basis I find a good number of posts and chats related
to Gandhi not only on this group but on
other such philatelic groups too. Undoubtedly, it is pleasing to see such
material and to know more and more
researched material on Mahatma Gandhi. I could see, of late, some pages
of the FIR related to Mahatma Gandhi Assassination… I mean beyond doubt very
interesting and well researched, rarest
of the rare material is displayed and even on some groups offered for sale.
Such information is not only interesting but very informative also. I could see
that philatelists have done a huge research and unfolded several unexplored
aspects of life of Mahatma Gandhi. The statement that philately is for
education. Or philately is an educational hobby is truly and fully justified.
Gandhi
is not a personality… it is a way of life, it’s a thought process.. it is a way
of living.. a school of life. Every small aspect of Gandhi is found depicted through philately
such as stamps, cancellations, stationery, post marks, labels, special covers, vignettes,
folders and ephemera and even fiscals
and other collectible materials.
I feel
proud, fill with pleasure to see such material. Though I never thought of
collecting Gandhi philatelic material yet I have a good collection of Gandhi.
It just happened by the time because Gandhi is there in mind of all Indians.
One of my friend in Raipur City of Chhattisgarh State and also another in Akola
are hardcore Gandhian Philatelists and admirer of Gandhian philosophy. They not
only believe in Gandhian school of thoughts, and way of living and looking at
world but have adapted to this also in their lives. Shri Surendera Goyal of Raipur has a separate big room dedicated to Gandhi
where one will find various other
collectible and displayable material other than philatelic ones. Such is the
affect of Gandhi on philatelists. The
one from Akola, Maharashtra is old one but is popularly known / called as
Gandhi by the friends. Her wife who too is a stamp lover, looks like Kasturba
Gandhi. Her way of living is similar to Gandhian way of living i.e. simplicity….
love…Ahimsa …. determination etc.
He too
possesses huge Gandhian philatelic material which includes original letters
written by Mahatma Gandhi. There are many hardcore Gandhian philatelists in
India who possess very unique material related to Gandhi Ji. In India, one can
see Gandhi Philatelic Clubs and societies, groups which are dedicated to Gandhi
philately. There are philatelic exhibitions organized regularly on Gandhi theme
only. These exhibitions are not only
participated in good number by exhibitors but are visited by not only
philatelists but general public also in good number.
Likewise, I see some themes such as Birds,
Flowers, Churchill, Mother Teresa, Taj Mahal etc. are being explored on such
groups. It is known that philatelic research has certainly added important
pages to the established history of many subjects like Mahatma Gandhi. Though I
can discuss a lot on this subject but my motive behind above discussion is
to put before the philatelic fraternity
that this fraternity has a huge potential to explore any theme and to help give
social message to general public. May it
be any theme like Gandhi , Mother Teresa, Churchill, Water ,Earth, Climate, Space, Birds, Flowers
or any other theme. I mean any small theme can be explored in such a way that
it becomes big and important and can serve human society in many ways.
Why
not we start a campaign on any other burning issue such as WATER. Water conservation is the burning need of the
day. The scarcity of water is more threatening than nuclear war. Water tables
under the soil are lowering throughout the world. Deforestation, urbanization,
formation of concrete jungles, non-storage and preservation of water and water
resources, widening of roads, unplanned diversion and play with river waters,
use of air conditioners, power plants and industrial usage has brought in
scarcity of water. Our life styles are affected. Drinking water is not
available. I see a very dark future of water availability. But I don’t want to
see water distribution pumps installed in line with the Patrol and Diesel pumps
in cities in future, if such scarcity continued..
Let’s
help our society to help ourselves. Let’s show the human society that philately
is also the one wing which can help promoting social awareness. Let’s start
collecting and exploring this theme. I understand, it might not have much
historical aspects to explore but when we start, new aspects, interesting
aspects automatically come on the surface.
In the past, in previous Yugas (say 1000 to 2000 years before) when
there was not so much of modern
technology and developed science like we claim to have today, how the water
was preserved and served? Once we start exploring. .. new ways will come in to light. Lost
technologies of that era come on the surface and so we can put those not only in front of the philatelic fraternity but
before the general public also which will
act as a source of awareness amongst the people but also help them to
fight against this calamity..if I say so. Believe me, like Gandhi’s life is
explored immensely through philately, we can explore different aspects of water conservation and preservation
. Likewise, we can select any such theme and postal administrations should help in issuing and coming up with
huge and regular quantity of such related material. Local clubs and societies
too should come up with such innovative and informative material. Philatelists
should search all related material and put before.
I mean
it is high time that we should concentrate on other important themes of social
/ public interest in general like water
problem is a universal problem now. It needs to be explored. Cleanliness (Swachhta)
is another one. Climate ,of course is also the one needs to be checked…. I mean
there are numerous other important themes, subjects which are of common
interest and can well serve not only
philatelic fraternity but the people of the whole world.
I
request all the WhatsApp groups ,Face book and other groups on social media which are quite active and informative, the societies and
clubs & of course the postal administrations to think upon this and help .
New stationery, cachets, cancellations, postmarks, labels, tags, leaflets,
slogans, postage stamps, pictorial receipts with slogans etc. containing social
messages in this regard may be issued regularly . Definitive stamp series may
be started on this subject may be issued. Philatelic displays and workshops on
this subject may be organized. UPU should start depicting such images on the
stamps and other material it issues instead of its Logo.
Not
writing too much let’s think and re-think, let’s dwell upon this idea… let’s
leave Gandhi, Teresa, Churchill etc. for some time and concentrate on other important social themes.
Let’s explore these. Let’s help general
public to help ourselves. Let’s make philately
a constructive hobby. Let’s take out all our philatelic stuffs related
to water, all the philatelists want to sell their philatelic stuffs should
first take out all material related to water, all the philatelic dealers should
also help in this cause…I mean all around water and thinking of water. Let’s show the people that philately is not only
for pleasure but for education also. It is not for enjoyment only but can help
society also. Philatelists can also contribute to help solving or giving
solutions to the social problems. it can inculcate awareness in the public. Let’s
not forget that small ideas can sometimes help in a big way. Specialized
exhibitions at school or community level can be organized on such themes. There
are several ways explore particular theme and to give different dimensions and direction to philately.
Correction
: In May 2019 issue of Rainbow Stamp News, in the article ‘’Death
of Traditional Postman and The Traditional Postal System’ by Naresh Agrawal, please
read the third line of the second paragraph as in 2014, instead of in 1914...,and
third line of 8th paragraph as May 2017 instead of May 1917. - Editor
Recent
Indian Issues
12 April 2019 : Punjab National Bank – Rs 5
13 April 2019 :
100 Years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre – Rs5 + Rs25 + MS
2 May 2019 : 750th Birth Anniversary of Vedanta Desikan
Recent Special Cover
4 June 2019 : 5 June - World Environment Day
25 May 2019 : MR Radha
Memorial Trophy Star Cricket, Coimbatore
19 March 2019 : V-Tech Engineers, Inventors of Arecanut Peeling
Machine
V- Tech
Engineers, established in 2006, are the inventors of the arecanut peeling
machine. It is known for production of quality farmer-friendly equipment at
affordable price. Under the able leadership of the founder Sri K Vishwanath,
the organization continues research and development in farming equipment.
16 March 2019 : Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple
Mallikarjuna
Swamy Temple In Thogarsi village, about 10 Kms from Shiralakoppa In Shivamogga
District, is a Chalukyan style temple of 12th century A D. It was restored by
the Keladi Nayakas in 16th century A D and further renovated by Sri Dharmastala
Manjunatheshwara Dharmothana Trust in 2007-08.
8 March 2019 : Pakeezah
Pakeezah is a social health initiative of District Administration Patiala in collaboration with Bharat Petroleum to make the girls and women of Patiala aware about healthy Menstrual practices and providing low-cost sanitary pads. The project plays a subtle role in building social capital and social mobilization at grassroot level by providing an interactive platform where young adolescents of both genders can come together and talk about mensuration which has been considered a forbidden thing in traditional Indian society. Pakeezah as the name indicates has all pure intentions to inspire women to accept mensuration as a natural part of them and more aware about it scientifically. District administration Patiala released this special cover on the occasion of International Women's Day.
18 March 2019 : Hirekalmata, Honnali
Hirekalmata is a sacred place located in
Honnali of Davanagere District in Karnataka. Sri Matt has an history of 800
years. The main slogan of matt is 'Right reward for right effort and the life
of sincerity there by Sri Matt is a Kamadhenu for the devotees.
In The News
Winners at Stockholmia 2019
Heratiest Congratulations to all the winners !
Pradip Jain, Praggya Jain, Chaitanya Dev, Markand Dave, Ramu
Srinivasa & Dr KS Mohan
1. Ramu
Srinivasa-Indian Rocket Mails - Large Vermeil
2.
Chandrajit Ghose -India 1854 lithograph study - Silver Bronze
3. Markand
Dave - 1929 Airmail Stamps of India - Vermeil
4.
Chaitanya Dev - French India 1800-1954 -Vermeil
5. Pragya
Jain - Study of first issues of India - Gold
6. Sunil
Ranasaria- Mahatma Gandhi Memorial issues 1948 - Large Vermeil
7. Pradip
Jain - Mahatma Gandhi - Large Vermeil
8. Piyush
Khaithan - Indian Airmails - Vermeil
9. Dr. K S
Mohan - Cochin - Large Vermeil
Forthcoming International Stamp
Exhibitions
CHINA 2019 World Stamp Exhibition
CHINA
2019, FIP General World Stamp Exhibition to be held in Wuhan, China from 11 to
17 June, 2019.
Mr. Anil
Suri has been appointed commissioner for 'CHINA 2019'
His e-mail
address is anilksuri@email.com
and Phone number is +011-40523366, 09811176908 and his address is as
follows :
Mr. Anil K. Suri,
Khushal Villa, E-70, Kalkaji, New Delhi 110019.
Commissioner for NEW ZEALAND 2020
Philatelic Exhibition (FIAP)
Mr. Ajay Kumar Mittal has been appointed as
Indian National Commissioner for the NEW ZEALAND 2020, FIAP Asian International
Stamp Exhibition to be held in Auckland, New Zealand from 19 to 22 March, 2020.
For details contact : Mr. Ajay Kumar Mittal
Email: ajaymittal1957@gmail.com
Phone: (M) +91 9811032311
Phone: (M) +91 9811032311
Commissioner for LONDON 2020 Specialized World Stamp
Exhibition (FIP)
Mr. Surendra Kotadia has been appointed as Indian
National Commissioner for the LONDON 2020, FIP Specialised World Stamp
Exhibition to be held in London from 02 to 09 May 2020. The exhibition will be
held in two parts from 02 to 05 and 06 to 09 May 2020, by changing over the
exhibits on the evening of May 05.
Eligibility: The minimum eligibility for participation in a FIP
exhibition for Senior Class & Youth Class (Groups B & C) is a Vermeil
Medal and for Youth Class (Group A) a Large Silver Medal secured at a National
Exhibition.
For details contact : Mr. Surendra A. Kotadia
Email: surendrakotadia@gmail.com
Phone: + 91 22 2202 4130 / 2202 4131/ 2284 3244
Fax : + 91 22 2284 3275
Mob : + 91 98199 03789
For details contact : Mr. Surendra A. Kotadia
Email: surendrakotadia@gmail.com
Phone: + 91 22 2202 4130 / 2202 4131/ 2284 3244
Fax : + 91 22 2284 3275
Mob : + 91 98199 03789
London 2020 exhibit
applications due in June
Applications for
the London 2020 international
stamp exhibition are due this summer on June 30.
The individual regulations and application forms are now available online at the London 2020 website, london2020.co. The roughly 2,800-frame exhibition will be held May 2-9, 2020, at London, England’s Business Design Centre under the patronage of the Swiss-based Fédération Internationale de Philatélie.
The individual regulations and application forms are now available online at the London 2020 website, london2020.co. The roughly 2,800-frame exhibition will be held May 2-9, 2020, at London, England’s Business Design Centre under the patronage of the Swiss-based Fédération Internationale de Philatélie.
Fees are £70
($120 Cdn.) a frame for multi-frame exhibits and £90 (about $150 Cdn.) for
one-frame exhibits. Youth and literature exhibits are both £25 (about $45
Cdn.).
Commissioner for SINGPEX 2019 Philatelic Exhibition (FIAP)
Mr. Anil Suri has been appointed as Indian National Commissioner
for the SINGPEX 2019, FIAP General Asian International Stamp Exhibition to be
held in Singapore from 31 July to 4 August, 2019.
For details contact : Anil Suri Phone: (Res.) +91-11-2643 0813 /
(Off.) +91-11-2647 4681
(M): +919811176908
Email: anilksuri@email.com
(M): +919811176908
Email: anilksuri@email.com
PHILAMUSICA 2019
This philatelic
exhibition will be held from June 8th to June 10th 2019 in Mondorf-les-Baines
(Luxembourg).Indian Philatelists and from other countries are invited for
a participation in this important philatelic exhibition.
For more Details note: www.philcolux.lu
For more Details note: www.philcolux.lu
Courtesy: Mr .Roger Thill, Philcolux and Mr. Wolfgang Beyer, German
Philatelic Federation
CHICAGOPEX 2019
CHICAGOPEX 2019 will be held from Nov. 22-24th
at the Westin Chicago Northwest USA.This year in CHICAGOPEX 2019 American
National Stamp Exhibiton, five societies are participating, Polonus Philatelic
Society, the Rossia Society of Russian Philately, the Lithuania Philatelic
Society, the Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic Society and the India Study
Circle.
CHICAGOPEX is one of the largest and one of the
most prestigious philatelic exhibition of USA. Limited Exhibits will be
accepted from Indian Participants who are members of India Study Circle for
Philately. I will represent India Study Circle in CHICAGOPEX 2019 for Indian
Participants.
All those interested in the participation
please contact Mr. Ajay Kumar Mittal with details of their exhibit, earlier
participation with that exhibit and awards won if any. Email: ajaymittal1957@gmail.com Ph. / Whatsapp No.: +91 98110 32311
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Ajay Kumar Mittal
Membership
Secretary, ISC
News from Philatelic Societies and
Clubs
Ananthapuri
Philatelic Association
PHILATELY SUMMER CAMP
Thiruvananthapuram Philatelic Bureau
organised summer camps for school children from Class VI to Class IX, in
association with Ananthapuri Philatelic Association.
It was an activity-based summer camp for three days to help/improve their
skills in letter writing and create awareness about philately. Participants were familiarised with the basic
features of postage stamps and stamp collecting. Students got basic knowledge in peeling of
stamps from covers, arrangements of stamps in stock books, preservation of
stamps and how to exhibit stamps in an exhibition. They were also learned about the functions of
a Post Office, PDA Accounts of philatelic bureaus and salient features of Deendayal
SPARSH Yojana.
Fifteen students were participated in each batch. The duration of the camp was 9.30 am to 12.30
pm. The first batch started from 6th to
8th, second batch from 13th to 15th, third
batch from 20th to 22nd and fourth batch from 27th
to 29th May, 2019. A sum of
Rs.250 charged from participants for which the students were provided with
philatelic materials.
Each batch was inaugurated by Shri. Mohan Achari, Senior Superintendent
of Post Offices and classes were handled by Shri. Mohanachandran Nair,
Secretary, Ananthauri Philatelic Association, Shri. Boben J E, Executive
Committee Member, Ananthapuri Philatelic Association and Smt. Meena, Office
Superintendent, Thiruvananthapuram GPO.
The Philatelic Bureau in-charge Smt.Bhageerathy took the keen role in
conducting these summer camps.
APEX 2019 ( 9 - 11 August 2019 )
Venue :
Bhagyamala Auditorium, Palayam, Thiruvanathapuram
-Mohanchandran Nair, Ananthapuri Philatelic Association
“ Hypex - 2019 ”
We are pleased to inform you that we are organizing “ HYPEX -
2019“, a three day exhibition cum Stamp, Coins and Currency dealers meet from
September 6-8, 2019, to celebrate :
1. 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
2. 150 th anniversary of the first postage stamp of Princely
State of Hyderabad.
at FEDERATION HOUSE,
FTCCI Lane, Near Pragati Art Printers, Red Hills, Hyderabad 500 004.
For further details and correspondence please contact :
Shri Prakash Agarwaal, President, HPHS : Ph. 93467772016
Emails: spagarwaal07@gmail.com ; spagarwaal@yahoo.com
Sri B.K. Nagpal, Vice-President, HPHS ,Ph.: 98850 31013 ;Emails
: rrnbkn@yahoo.in
-B.K. Nagpal,
The Hyderabad Philatelic & Hobbies Society
KARNAPEX 2019, Mangalore
KARNAPEX 2019 is scheduled to be held from 12-15 October at
TMAPai Convention Hall, Mangalore.
PCI Regional Meeting
at Bengaluru 13th July 2019
The Regional Meeting of the
Philatelic Congress of India will be held on Saturday, 13th July,
2019 at Bengaluru, Karnataka at the following venue and time.
Venue : Meghdoot Hall,
5th Floor, GPO,
Raj Bhavan Road, Bengaluru
- 560 001
Time :
Registration of
members
: 10:00 AM
Commencement of the Meeting : 10:30 AM
Vote of
Thanks
Agenda
Regional Meeting (10:30
AM to 1:00 PM)
1.
Meeting called to order.
2.
Welcome address.
3.
Proposed National Philatelic Exhibition organized
by the PCI during 18-22 December, 2019 in Mumbai.
4.
Promotion of Philately at all Levels.
5.
Any other matter with permission of the Chair.
6.
Vote of thanks
Doon Philatelic Diary
St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun is a
co-educational Indian Certificate of Secondary Education school
in Dehradun, the capital of the state of Uttarakhand in India.
A special cover was released by Uttarakhand Postal Circle of India Post on 28 January 2012. Founded in 1934, the
school is governed by the Society of the Brothers of St. Patrick (Ireland).
It is located in the heart of the city of Dehradun on the main
thoroughfare Rajpur Road. St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun celebrated the
bicentenary of the Patrician Society and the school's 75th anniversary in 2009.
St. Joseph's Academy was formally opened and blessed on 2 March, 1934 by Rev.
Fr. Antanasius. Rev. Bro. A.M. Keogh was the first principal of SJA. When it
opened its doors the roll-call was 21; in 1959, over a thousand students were
attending the school. At present, the school boasts of a student strength of
3400 and 120 teachers.
St.
Joseph's Academy has an auditorium, built in 1984 and inaugurated by Mother
Teresa. The auditorium has a sitting capacity of nearly 1300 and has one of the
best acoustic systems in the town.
Beginners’ Section
Stories
behind stamps...
19
June – Father’s Day
On June 19, 1910, one of the first Father’s Day celebrations was held at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington. Another of the first recorded US Father’s Day celebrations was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia. Grace Golden Clayton organized that event.
While Clayton
mourned the death of her father in 1907, a mine exploded in nearby Monongah
killing 361 men, 250 of whom were fathers. This disaster left about 1,000
children without fathers and Clayton spoke to her pastor about doing something
to honor all of those fathers.
However, the event that Clayton planned did not become widespread because it was held on July 5, and was overshadowed by the Independence Day celebrations of July 4. Between the festivities and the sudden death of a young girl, the local church didn’t think to promote the event and it wasn’t held again for several years.
In the
years that followed, there were other attempts to establish a Father’s Day. In
1911, Jane Addams suggested a Father’s Day celebration in Chicago, but her idea
was rejected. And in 1912, Vancouver, Washington held a celebration of their
own. Harry C. Meek of the Lions Club also claimed that he had come up with the
idea for Father’s Day in 1915, stating that the third Sunday in June was
selected because it was his birthday. The Lions Club calls him the Originator
of Father’s Day.
However,
many sources credit Spokane, Washington, as the originator of today’s Father’s
Day. Their celebration was held on June 19, 1910, at the local YMCA. Sonora
Smart Dodd, whose single father had raised her and five siblings on his own,
planned the event. After hearing about the 1908 Mother’s Day festivities in
West Virginia, she suggested to her pastor that they hold a similar event for
fathers. Dodd initially suggested the event be held on June 5 to celebrate her
father’s birthday, but the pastors didn’t have enough time to compose their
sermons, so they decided to hold it on the third Sunday of June. On that day,
pastors at several different churches around Spokane delivered sermons honoring
fathers.
By 1913, a bill
was introduced to Congress in support of the holiday. And in 1916, President
Woodrow Wilson visited Spokane to speak at the Father’s Day celebration. He
tried to make it a federal holiday, but Congress opposed the idea out of fears
it would be commercialized. Calvin Coolidge also suggested Father’s Day
celebrations in 1924 but didn’t issue a national proclamation.
In the
1920s, Dodd started studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Father’s
Day celebrations in Spokane ceased. But when she returned in the 1930s, she
began to promote it again, gaining national attention. Dodd gained the support
of businesses that would most benefit from the holiday – makers of ties,
tobacco pipes, and other traditional gifts for fathers. By 1938, the New York
Associated Men’s Wear Retailers founded the Father’s Day Council to promote a
unified holiday.
Many people opposed Father’s Day because they believed it was an
attempt by businesses to recreate the commercial success of Mother’s Day.
However, in 1957, Senator Margaret Chase Smith submitted another proposal for
Father’s Day, accusing Congress of ignoring father’s for 40 years while
honoring mothers and “[singling] out just one of our two parents.” In 1966,
President Lyndon Johnson gave the first presidential proclamation for fathers,
calling for the third Sunday in June to be celebrated as Father’s Day. Then six
years later, Richard Nixon made Father’s day a permanent national holiday in
1972.
Courtesy - Mystic
Stamp Co.
In Memory
of Dr Satyendra Agrawal….
Rose Philately
Say it with Flowers
Finnish Post issued a set of six greeting stamps featuring
flowers on 8 May 2019. 3 stamps in this set feature lovely roses. The FDC
cancellation also features Rose.
Specialized Section
The Inverted
Jenny
-Col J Dutta & Dr Anjali Dutta
Glenn
H Curtiss, a young American engineer, began his aircraft building carrier in
1907 when he joined Alexander Graham Bell’s aircraft team in Nova Scotia. In 1909 he joined forces with AM Herring and
established his own company. Curtiss’s
plane served America well during World War I and was known by its nickname
‘Jenny’, derived from the JN prefix in its construction number. The JN-4 taught thousands of Allied pilots to fly
during World War I and can be seen today at the Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum in Washington. After
the war, a peacetime role was found for these biplanes when the US Post Office
began air mail routes. To prepay the
airmail postage rates, the USPO issued a set of 3 stamps all depicting the
Curtiss Jenny. The 6c and 16c stamps were for short haul flights and were
printed in orange and green respectively.
The 24c stamp prepaid letters on the New York to Washington route via
Philadelphia.
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.
The Inverted
Jenny plate block of four, note the blue plate number 8493 is inverted as well.
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.
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.
Stamp number 26 with vertical
guideline
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.
Inverted Jenny “Locket Copy”
The error stamp is
gum side back to back with a
regular 24¢
Robert A. Siegel Auction
Galleries of
New York sold one Inverted Jenny
in November 2007, for US $977,500 and on
31 May 2016 they sold another, position 57 for $ 1,351,250 - a world record
for a single Inverted Jenny.
Robert
Siegel of New York sold in
November
2007, for US $977,500
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. Another one, No. 65, turned up in New York in
1981 and was donated to library, which was given ownership rights by McCoy
before her 1980 death. The whereabouts of the last two stolen Jennys remained a
riddle. In March 2016, Keelin O'Neill contacted
the Spink auction house and said he thought he had found an Inverted Jenny in a
box he inherited from his grandfather, who had bought it at a rummage sale. He
had no idea about the history and importance of the stamp. George Eveleth, the
head of the philatelic department at Spink at first assumed it was a forgery. When later it was brought to Spink's they
found the specimen had been altered at some point, probably to hide its identity,
and Spink's experts couldn't immediately determine if it was genuine. They
brought it to the Philatelic Foundation, where experts confirmed that it was,
indeed, the stolen Inverted Jenny No. 76. Scott English of the American
Philatelic Society got the FBI involved, and the stamp was put under a
protective order through the federal courts until it was legally transferred to
the 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.
The forgery on cover
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.
Indian Birds on stamps
-Col J Dutta & Dr Anjali Dutta
Over the years India Post has released a number of stamps
on birds indigenous to India. They make
an interesting collection and a fascinating topic for study. They truly represent the fauna of our country
and are a grand display of the natural history of India for the world to see.
The
first Indian stamps on birds were issued on 31 December 1968. It was a set of
four stamps namely, 20p blue magpie (Urocissa crythrorhyncha), 50p
brown-fronted wood-pecker (Dendrocopos auriceps), 1 Re white browed scimiter
babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps) and 2 Rs crimson sunbird (Aethopyga
siparaja).
The blue magpie (Urocissa crythrorhyncha), is
about the size of a pigeon with the two central feathers of the tail 15 to 17
inches long. The head, neck and breast are black and underparts greyish white.
The tail feathers are tipped white. The bill and the legs are crimson. The male
and the female are alike. It is found throughout the Himalayas, upto an
altitude of about 10,000 feet. This magpie is a common bird at all West
Himalayan hill stations. Its flight is noisy and slow, but with the long tail
spread, a bird in flight makes a charming spectacle. It is about the same size
as the Eurasian magpie but has a much longer tail, one of the longest tails of
any corvid.
Male and female
The brown-fronted wood-pecker (Dendrocoptes
auriceps) is a hill bird, is about 8 inches long and is common in the forests
of Western Himalayas, at elevations between 2000 and 7000 feet. Its back is
cross-barred black and white. There is a red patch under the tail. The crown in
the male is golden-brown in front, crimson behind. The female lacks these
colours on its head.
The white browed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus
schisticeps) is a dark-brown bird with white throat and breast, prominent white
eye-brows and curved pointed yellow bill. It is found in forested country
throughout India. It is a medium-sized bird of a length slightly over 8 inches,
the male and the female being alike. It is a shy bird, usually rummaging on the
'ground under dense under-growth for insects and grubs. Its flight is feeble
and ill sustained. The male bird's call is flute-like with 4 notes.
Male and Female
The
crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) is of the size of a sparrow, this is a brilliantly
coloured, purple, green and crimson sunbird, with a long pointed metallic
green' tail and a distinctive yellow rump. It is found in moist evergreen
forests throughout India. It flits about restlessly like a gem in the sunshine
among shrubs, sometimes hanging upside down to probe into flowers for nectar.
It also feeds on insects and spiders. Most species can take nectar by hovering
like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed most of the time.
31 December 1968 Bird stamps
on a First Day Cover. Note that the postmark incorporates a bird
We propose to serialize
these very interesting stamps in the forthcoming issues of this magazine and
hope that our readers will enjoy it as much as we do in bringing the knowledge
of the philatelic aspects to those interested in the hobby of ornithology.
- Col Jayanta Dutta & Dr Anjali Dutta : email : doctorjayanta2009@gmail.com
New issues from other Countries
Aland
7 June 2019 : Postcrossing
21 May 2019 EUROPA 2019 National Bird
One of the greatest artists and scientists in human
history, Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italian town Vinci
near Florence and died in Amboiseu, France on May 2, 1519. He lived and worked
in the time of Renaissance, one of the most creative period which lead to great
reversals in science and art.
Da Vinci was educated and versatile genius who was
in front of his time, led by research spirit and the inexhaustible desire for
new knowledge. Extremely talented, interested in different fields of life from
architecture and mechanics, mathematics and physics to painting and sculpture.
His ideas are contained in more than 6.000 records
and preserved drawings reveal brilliant talent for drawing up the sketches
created by the careful observation and precise documentation. The most famous
works are the wall fresco in the Santa Maria delle Grazie monastery in Milan
“The Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa” the most famous portrait of all times located
in the Parisian museum Louvre.
10 May 2019 : EUROPA 2019 ( National Birds)
9 May 2019 : Tourism - Welcome to Romania
Welcome to
Romania! A traditional greeting addressed to guests eager to
experience the natural, spiritual, historical and architectural beauties of
Romania. Romfilatelia introduces into
circulation a postage stamps issue with the title of the aforementioned wish,
on Thursday, May 9th, current year, date coinciding with Europe Day, also
celebrated in Romania, as a State of the European Union.
On the postage stamp with the face value of Lei 1.60 is
illustrated the Sturdza Castle from Miclauseni, also known as the Sturdza Palace, built
between 1880 and 1904 in the Gothic style by Gh. Sturdza and his wife Maria
(born Ghica), on the site of an old manor house dating back to 1755.
On the postage stamp with the face value of Lei 1.80 is
depicted the Hunyad Castle, one of the most important
monuments of Gothic architecture and feudal art in Romania and in Europe,
impressing with the various architectural styles and legends woven around it.
On
the postage stamp with the face value of Lei 1.90 is
illustrated the Peles Castle in
Sinaia, rightly considered the “Crown Pearl” and one of the most beautiful
castles in Romania.
On the postage stamp with the face value of Lei 1.80 is depicted the Hunyad Castle, one of the most important monuments of
Gothic architecture and feudal art in Romania and in Europe, impressing with
the various architectural styles and legends woven around it.
On
the postage stamp with the face value of Lei 1.90 is
illustrated the Peles Castle in Sinaia,
rightly considered the “Crown Pearl” and one of the most beautiful castles in
Romania.
On the postage stamp with the face value of Lei
5 is illustrated the Barsana Monastery,
located in the historical Maramures region, on the Iza River valley and built
in 1711 on the site of an old monastery whose history began with the
documentary attestation of Barsana village in 1326.
The unfavourable
circumstances caused its translocation twice until 1795, when it was placed in
the middle of a cemetery for plague victims. The indoor walls were repainted by
Hodor Toader in the year 1806, the paintings being made on wood, the walls
being flattened with textile pieces fixed to the walls and covered with lime,
according to the custom of those times.
On
the postage stamp with the face value of Lei
8.50 is presented the Rupea Fortress, a representative historical monument of Brasov County, that
has documentary attestation since the year 1324, being the refuge of the
Transylvanian Saxons from the armies of King Charles I of Hungary.
On the postage stamp with the face value of Lei 12.00 the Neamt Monastery distinguishes,
which is part of the national artistic and historical heritage, being called
the “Jerusalem of the Romanian Orthodoxy” because it occupies a very special
role in the Romanian religious culture through its magnificence and beauty.
The
Neamt Monastery imposes itself as one of the most interesting and
representative monuments of the 14th-15th century
architecture, both from plan and the mastery of the decorations point of view.
On the
perforated souvenir sheet of the issue having the postage stamp with the face
value of Lei 28.50 is
illustrated the panoramic image of the urban area known as the Great Square, with the Sibiu City Hall building in
the foreground, as an emblematic edifice for the city of Sibiu, venue of the
Informal Summit of Heads of State or Government of the European Union, to be
held on May 9th, 2019.
17 May 2019 : Peafowls
Peafowls
are named in the Indian mythology the “the gods’ vehicles”, because the legend
says that Shiva’s son, Karthikeya, is represented flying on the back of a
peafowl.
The peafowl originates in Sri
Lanka and India, but the beauty of its plumage has made it spread even in other
parts of the world, being adopted as an ornamental bird. In other times, the
peafowls were a symbol of opulence, being present in the gardens of European
noble families. The male’s tail is the element that defines the exotism of the
species and the main reason they are known throughout the world. Besides the
multi-coloured plumage, they distinguish by their intense cries and elaborate
mating dance. The peafowl is a solitary bird, diurnal, and sleeps in the trees
to protect itself from predators.
It is one of the largest
flying birds, but spends more time running, than flying. The average lifespan
of the peafowls in captivity is 25 years, and in the wild they live to the age
of 30 years. Peafowls are omnivores, and their diet consists of plants, ants,
seeds, locusts, termites, ticks, petals of flowers, reptiles, amphibians and
arthropods.
The Congo peafowl or the African peafowl
(Afropavo congensis) is spread in the tropical rainforests of the Congo River,
and is illustrated on the first postage stamp of this issue, with the face
value of Lei 1.80. This type of peafowl has a large-size appearance. The length
of the male is up to 70 cm, with a short tail measuring between 23-26 cm and
the females have dimensions between 60-63 cm, with a tail between 19.5 and 22.5
cm. The difference in weight between the sexes is considerable, the males
weighting 1,475 g, and the females weighting 1,154 g.
Their plumage is special, with
white stripes on the crown, some specimens having their neck partially
discovered.Their habitat is varied, usually choosing lower areas below 1,200 m
in altitude, being very difficult to spot in the wild.
The green peafowl (Pavo muticus) is part
of the peafowl family (Phasianidae), the Galliformes order, originating in
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh or Nepal, and is represented on
the second postage stamp of this issue, with the face value of Lei 5.
It is divided into three
races: Pavo muticus spicifer, pavo muticus imperator Delacour and Pavo muticus
Linnaeus, the races having varied colour feathers, an element through which
they are differentiated.
The males measure between 180
and 250 cm, with a tail that can be between 140 and 160 cm. Their weight varies
between 3,850 g and 5,000 g. Females measure 100-110 cm, with a tail that can
reach up to 45 cm. Females resemble males, but they have shorter legs and do
not have the plumage so brightly coloured, a feature which makes them very difficult
to confuse. They set up in open forests or at their periphery, but avoid
tropical forests, preferring a habitat at altitudes ranging from sea level up to
3,000 m.
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is of
a legendary beauty, declared the national bird of India, known in two colour
variants: blue and white, the subspecies being represented on the third and
fourth postage stamp of the issue with the face values of Lei 8.50 and Lei 12.
It is part of the family of peafowls (Phasianidae) and of Galliforme order,
originating from India.
Males
at adult age have a length of 180 to 230 cm, their tail measuring between 140
and 160 cm and their weight ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 g. The wingspan of this
species varies between 130 and 160 cm. Males have a distinctive morphological
appearance, and their open tail is in the shape of a fan.
Females
are smaller and measure between 90 and 100 cm, with a tail measuring between
32.5 and 37.5 cm, with an average weight of 2,750 to 4,000 g. The wingspan of
the females is from 80 to 130 cm.
There
are varieties of the Indian peafowl feathers. One of the most spectacular
Indian peafowls is the white peafowl, which is not albino, but is a pure
species, with hazel eyes. The Indian peafowls choose to set up in open forest areas
with shrubs, but at an altitude of up to 2,000 m.
Singapore
8 May 2019 : Singapore-Israel Joint Issue
2019 is a special and important year for
Singapore and Israel as both countries celebrate 50 years of close bilateral
relations and warm friendship. To commemorate this significant milestone,
Singapore Post and Israel Post jointly release this joint stamp issue. The
theme for this joint stamp issue is “Flowers”. Featured in this joint stamp
issue are Bougainvillea, Dancing Ladies, Ixora and Pigeon Orchid in one stamp
and Anemone, Cyclamen, Narcissus and Senecio in another stamp. Together with
the flowers in both stamps are two birds, the Crimson Sunbird and the Hoopoe.
Israel
– Singapore Joint Issue
Date
of Issue : 21 May 2019
New pictorial Postmarks and stamp issues from Korea
1. 23 May 2019 :Postmark :
Cheongyecheon Stamp Exhibition
2. 30 May 2019 : Postmark : Kakao Friends (10 stamps
issued)
3. 5 June 2019 : Stamps : Protected Marine Species 4
stamps; Corals
Postmark
: Protected Marine Species; Corals
4. 21 June 2019 : Stamps : Korean Singer 2 Stamps; Baek
seolhee, Hyun in
Postmark : Korean Singer
5. 4 June 2019 :Postmark : Hyunchungjae Stamp
Exhibition
6. 5 June 2019 :Postmark : Jangneung Stamp
Exhibition
7. 11 June 2019 : Postmark : China Beijing Stamp
Exhibition; korean
Postmark
: China Beijing Stamp Exhibition; english
8.31 May 2019 :Tourism Postmarks : Seodaemoon
Prisoner Museum,
Tapgol Park, An changho Memorial, Sukjeongmoon,
Yeoju Godalsa Tower, Jeamri 3.1 Movement Memorial
Acknowledgement
- Ananthapuri Stamp Bulletin
April & May 2019 issue edited by Mohanchandran Nair
- Judaica Thematic Society (UK) June 2019
Newsletter edited by Gary Goodman
- Deccan Philatelist Vol 19 No 2 2019 edited by
Col Jayanta Dutta
- Journal
of The Army Philatelic Vol 17 No 2 2019 edited by Col Jayanta Dutta
-
Vadophil Jan-Apr 2019 issue edited by Prashant Pandya and Timir Shah
-The Hyderabad Philatelist May 2019 issue edited by
Prakash Agrawal
-The Hyderabad
Hobby Magazine May 2019 issue edited by
Prakash Agrawal
Blogs & Websites
Philatelic Clubs & Societies
Ananthapuri Philatelic Association,
Thiruvanthapuram
Chandigarh Philatelic Club
Deccan Philatelic Society –
Pune, Maharashtra
The
Hyderabad Philatelic and Hobbies Socirty
Ludhiana Philatelic Club
Numismatic
& Philatelic Association of Vellore Fort
http://numismaticphilavellore.site40.net/index.htm
Philatelic Society of
Rajasthan, Jaipur
Philatelic Society of India ,
Mumbai : http://www.psi1897.com/
Rajkot Philatelic Society –
Rajkot, Gujarat
Gujarat Philatelic Association
- Ahmedabad
The Army Philatelic Society,
Pune
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