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Monthly e-Stamp Bulletin edited and published by Jeevan Jyoti from Dehradun.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Rainbow June 2019



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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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. 

: Naresh Kumar Agrawal email : nareshkumar1992@yahoo.co.in Ph. 09425530514

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

PB/20/2018-19  Pakeezah - Path to successful womanhood - International Women's Day


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
 


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
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.

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
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
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

-       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                             :   01:00 PM
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




Armenia

21 May 2019 EUROPA 2019 National Bird




 Croatia


20 May 2019 : 500 th Death Anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci

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.

France

10 May 2019 : EUROPA 2019 ( National Birds)





Romania

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



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Philatelic Clubs & Societies 

Ananthapuri Philatelic Association, Thiruvanthapuram
Baroda Philatelic Society -  http://www.vadophil.org/
Chandigarh Philatelic Club
Deccan Philatelic Society – Pune, Maharashtra
Eastern India Philatelists’ Association - http://www.filacapsule.blogspot.com/  
The Hyderabad  Philatelic and Hobbies Socirty
India Study Circle -  http://www.indiastudycircle.org/
Indian Thematic Society, Ludhiana -   http://indianthematicstamps.webs.com/
Ludhiana Philatelic Club
Numismatic & Philatelic Association of Vellore Fort 
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Philatelic Congress of India - http://www.philateliccongressofindia.com/
Philatelic Society of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Philatelic Society of India , Mumbai : http://www.psi1897.com/
Orissa Philatelic Association, Mail id-:  orissaphilatelic@gmail.com
Rajkot Philatelic Society – Rajkot, Gujarat
Gujarat Philatelic Association - Ahmedabad
South India Philatelists Association -  http://www.sipa.org.in/
Stamps of India - http://www.stampsofindia.com
The Army Philatelic Society, Pune
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