Love 2021
The USPS continues
its popular Love series with a new stamp in 2021. The first stamp in the series
was issued in 1973. This new stamp features a colorful and light-hearted
digital illustration.
Dehradun February 2021 Vol. XIV
Issue No. 158
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Dear
Reader,
I
am pleased to present February 2021 issue of Rainbow Stamp News. February is
the month of Love. So find in this issue
with a very special article on scented
Love stamps by renowned philatelic writer Late Shri SK Agrawal. Dr Agrawal is
always remembered for his excellent articles related to Thematic Philately on a
variety of subjects. He was a prolific writer… This article is also an
unforgettable memory of Dr Satyendra Agrawal who loved Roses, collected Roses
and wrote for Roses ! This article is a sweet philatelic memory of him… February, the month of
Love Celebration – a time for Valentine’s Day and remembering love –
emphasizing the importance of love in our lives, wishing you all a very happy
time, and extending my greetings for this very special month. Have a great time,
collect ‘Love’ stamps and make Love your new theme !
This is all for this month. More in
the next issue…
Happy Collecting !
Contents
§ From the Desk of Naresh Agrawal
§ Recent Indian Issues
§ In The News
§ Thematic Watch
§ Book Review
§ Interview
§ Beginners’ Section
§ Specialized Section
§ Philatelic Tributes to First-line Warriors –COVID-19 Pandemic
§ Editor’s Mail Box
§ New Issues from Other Countries
§ Philatelic Clubs and Society
§ Blogs & Websites on Philately
§ Current Philatelic Magazines & Newsletters
There
have been talks about the present scenario of philately, future of philately
and lastly the survival of philately. The origin of philately is from
collecting of stamps which expanded later to collection of related postal material and then its study.
The motive of philately is pleasure and relaxation. This should be the present,
future, and then the reason for the survival of philately. But what we see… the
scenario is different. The world runs by emotions, controlled by administration
and moves on commercialization. Why I
gave this statement is that we are social beings and hence it is obvious that if
there are no emotions, there is no personal hearty connection and so no bond of
love and then no contentment in life. The same is the case with a collection of
stamps... it is not just accumulation but it is getting involved with these small paper pieces… into the colors, the
pictures, designs, and the subject matter. Stamp collection is an emotional
bonding with stamps, not a commercial bonding. This emotional bonding gives
relaxation when one feels stamps being
a part of his life and its lovable possession and also feels that stamps
reciprocate the same feelings as they also smile when you smile at them. That’s
how one is relaxed.
Well
, the world is “controlled by administration” but stamp collection is
controlled by one's own satisfaction level and availability of time and other sources. Stamp collection is a collection of stamps with
efforts and not just getting at once. The pleasure of accumulation and
collection by hard work, persuasion, and efforts is different from just
procuring any stamp by money instant. One must not forget it the pleasure of
collection and not the instant procurement. It is not the number of stamps but
the extent of pleasure of getting a
piece by share persuasion, search, and effort. So what to collect, how to collect, how much to collect is one’s
personal will which gives pleasure and not the money which buys one’s what he wants
which in other words is controlled by the size of the pocket one has.
The
third part of statement is that “the world moves on commercialization”.
Commercialization has now entered in each and every part of human life. One’s
emotions are also purchased nowadays as true human love, connections move
only by the force of commercialization. The value of life is measured in terms
of money. Hence, people try to find love, satisfaction, relaxation and contentment
through commercialization i.e. by exchange with money without much effort in
search, research, and hard work. Time is less with people due to changing life
styles and set ups in human societies &
so they find ways for instant relaxation. Spend money get what you want
which gives instant relaxation and the story ends. But the motive of collecting
stamps is not instant and short-time
relaxation, short time bonding and short time company but it is permanent, strong
and ever pleasing.
In
fact, the thought of whether stamp collecting is collection of stamps or just
procurement of stamps forced me to think that collection means getting stamps
by means of exchange, by putting efforts to get, by visiting places, requesting
people, and searching for stamps. This long effort, hard work gives immense
pleasure of getting and preserving. It gives pleasure always whenever one
thinks about those collected stamps or sees them. But instant procurement does
not necessarily mean collection (collection by persuasion and hard work) but
it is procuring by means of cash and /or kind instantly. No big search,
research, persuasion, exchange, or not much of emotional attachment with the
procured stamps or related material. Hence, based on the above discussion,
procurement is not an intense emotional activity where as the collection is purely
emotional. Hence procurement gives short terms pleasure but collection gives
long-lasting pleasure and relaxation. Though some people insist that even procuring
material instantly by throwing money is collection. But collection is one’s individual efforts and
procurement is supported achievement. The collection is purely emotional activity
and procurement sounds to be professional activity. Further, the joy of
collected and personally prepared exhibits is ever lasting where as the joy of
procured and paid preparation of exhibit
is totally different and is very short-lasting. Hence, the basic purpose of the
hobby is defeated. Professionalism and commercialization have changed the basic
characteristic of the hobby. The transformation from collection to procurement,
self prepared exhibits to paid exhibits,
won awards over-purchased / favored awards has taken the hobby to a
dead stage. Philately is dying… and so will die if the commercialization is
kept on going. There is no need of stamp markets or stamp industry as it is
pronounced nowadays but there is a strong need of stamp services, hobby
houses, stamp help desks. There is a need to take stringent steps to evolve, to
fill motions in the hobby…..
Recent Indian Issues
23 January 2021 : 125th Birth Anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose – Rs 25
25 January 2021 50 Years of full Statehood of Himachal
Pradesh – Rs 5
New Special Covers
16 January 2021 : Roll out of COVID 19 Vaccination Drive
22 January 2021 Indian Coir : Special Carried Cover
23 January 2021 : Palm leaf manuscripts of Kerala
25 January 2021: National Tourism Day 2021 - 4 Covers
25 January 2021 : First Flight Cover : Belagavi to Nashik
30 January 2021 : 11 Vows of Mahatma Gandhi : Allahabad
30 January 2021 : Martyr’s Day : Panchkula
30 January 2021 : Leprosy can be cured : Bangalore
Palm Leaf manuscripts of Kerala : 23 January 2021
AN EXTRAORDINARY SPECIAL COVER was released on 23 January at GURUVAYUR Kerala. The novel UNIQUE Feature
is a PORTION OF PALM LEAF pasted on 2021the
left lower portion of the cover. Zoom and see the writing Tapal in Malayalam
Tamil and Sanskrit. Palm leaves manuscripts are made out of dried palm leaves.
Palm leaves were used as writing materials in South Asia dating back 5 th
century. In Greek the palm leaves is the symbol of NIKE the winged Goddess of
Victory.
In The
News
Special Cancellation on 125th Birth Anniversary of
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
The Birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was celebrated as Parakram Diwas. India Post issued special cancellation on this special occasion across India.
Picture Postcard on Subhas Chandra Bose
A commemorative Picture
Postcard was released on 23 Jan 2021 on
commencement of Quasquicentennial Birth
Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by Mrs Sharda Sampath , CPMG Karanataka
circle at Bengaluru.
Forthcoming International Philatelic Exhibitions - updates
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PHlLANIPPON 2021 Update
Surendra Kotadia : Email: surendrakotadia@gmail.com : Mob : + 91 98199 03789
NEPEX
2021 was held from 28th to 31st January 2021. The
exhibition was organized by CPMG NE Circle, Shillong in association with North
East Philatelic Society.
Visit : https://nepex2021.com/index.php
View Exhibits : https://nepex2021.com/exhibits.php
News from Philatelic Societies
Stamp release on 50 Years of Statehood of Himachal Pradesh
A postage stamp was
rereleased in Shimla to commemorate Golden Jubilee celebration of Statehood of
Himachal Pradesh. Maj.(Dr) Ritu Kalra, President of Himachal Pradesh Philatelic
Club exhibited her collection of stamps related to Himachal Pradesh in an exhibition organized at the Ridge, Shimla to celebrate 50 years of statehood
of Himachal Pradesh.
Cover & Postcard by Central India Philatelic Society
Central India Philatelic Society prepared a cover and Postcard to commemorate 125th Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on 23rd January 2021. Satna H.P.O. provided special cancellation of Parakram Diwas.
Supplement – 1 to First Edition Meghdoot Cards Guide (2015-2020) released..
The First Supplement of
Meghdoot Cards Guide (2015-2020) By P.D. Heda has been released and available now.
This Supplement features details of all
Meghdoot Cards released between 2015 –
2020 with released date, Year & Motif, description , language and Printed Quantity
. It also includes the pics motif &
designs of all the Meghdoot Cards
released between 2015-2020 period. The design, printing and layout of the Book
is very good. It is useful for all the collectors of Meghdoot Cards and postal
stationery.
The Price of the Supplement
is Rs. 160 ( Including Postage in India) For the book Please Contact : Purushottam Das Heda Email :
pdheda@gmail.com Mob : Whatsapp :
9848089049
Thematic Watch
Observations / Experiences / Facts
In the exhibitions, we find various types of exhibits displayed which have been presented in different ways some found very attractive with common mistakes but still these are highly awarded. If one knows about the exhibiting rules, one can easily differentiate such exhibits technically. As I have written earlier the best award given to a particular exhibit is not the final decision about the quality of an exhibit. It should not be one’s ultimate choice to accept it as the best exhibit. The decision of the jury may vary … and there are several other reasons that affect the final result…. So it is important to follow the correct guideline of exhibiting….sooner or later it would be recognized… Here are some points and presentation on Thematic exhibiting to follow and improve one’s exhibit…
Appropriate Place of Philatelic Material
In
Thematic Exhibiting, the best use
of the philatelic material at the right place of the page is very important. In the following presentation by renowned
Thematic Philatelist Yukio Onuma , has
been explained very well as to which place one should use the right philatelic
item. There may be more than one place for an item, but one should ensure that
it goes at the best place. Also ensure that what is on the page fits the
chapter concerned. Look for items that illustrate your knowledge of the theme
especially in greater depth or in a new way. One must avoid those philatelic items –which are
extraordinary, but unconnected to the theme. There should be a link between the
chapters: in the last line of the last page of each chapter provide a linking
text to the next chapter.
Range of Philatelic Material
A
variety of philatelic items add colors to a Thematic exhibit. It should include
as many different philatelic categories as possible and be from as many
countries as possible. Vary the material on each page – and one should aim for 3-4 different
philatelic items per page One should not show a complete page of stamps,
Cancellations, Miniature sheets, Covers, stationery or metermarks.
What Not to Include …
The
exhibit should not include private picture postcards, private covers, underpaid
cancellations, a cancellation on an unaddressed cover, illegal issues,
Cancelled To Order, FDCs and postal stationery printed to
private order As none of these items
were produced by a Post Office for use through the normal postal service. So
any item which has not been issued by
Post office for the postal service should be strictly avoided.
Here is the best presentation “Analytical Approach toward Thematic Philately” by Yukio Onuma. One must view his Exhibit on Beethoven
Contd. From the last issue ……..
Thematic
Importance: This is the degree of relevance to subject. In other words how
closely materials concerned are related to topics.
Thematic Class Area: The
shaded area (1st Quadrant) can be called “Thematic Class Area”, since items in
this area only are eligible for thematic philately
No Good Area: Materials in this area (3rd Quadrant) is neither usable for thematic nor philatelic purpose
How
about this area (2nd Quadrant) with a question mark?
“Surprise Element” or “Unexpected Element”: Materials in this area (2nd Quadrant) which, at a glance, has nothing to do with the subject can be used only if you can provide persuasive reason. I call this as “Surprise Element” of “Unexpected Element”. In this case material in P area will shift to Q area.
http://beethoven-philately.com/2018_ThailandR/index.htm
Courtesy - Yukio ONUMA Website: http://beethoven-philately.com/index_E.html
Yukio Onuma : Vice-Chairman of Japan Thematic Philatelist Club, an accredited Judge of Japan Philatelic Society
Collecting interest: Music Stamps with special emphasis on Beethoven
Awards History:
Thematic Collection: “L.
v. Beethoven-His life in a historical context and his legacy”
2009: August Massari
Prize (The Oscar of Music Philately, Italy)
2010: Grand Champion
(National Topical Stamp Show, ATA)
2013: LG (FIP World
Barsiliana2013)
2014: LG (FIP World
PhilaKorea2014)
2015: LG (FIP World
Singapore2015)
2016: Champion Class
(WSS New York 2016) 2017: Champion Class Melbourne2017 (FIAP)
Membership: JPS, PFJ, RPSL, AIJP, ATA, AAPE Motivgruppe Musik e.V. Verein Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Publications: L .v. Beethoven- His Life in a Historical Context (Sairyusha 2007) W. A. Mozart-His Life & Travels (Sairyusha 2008) The Ninth and Japan-A History of Encounter by Dr. Nicole Kämpken（Translation Supervision-Sairyusha 2011)
Special Exhibition: “L. v. Beethoven-His Life and Times” at Beethoven-Haus Bonn from 19th March to 24th June 2012
Website: http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms/detail.php/63993
Book Review
"Buddhism on Stamps" is an exclusive book by Shri M.
Lokeshwara Rao. Buddhism is one of the largest religions with millions of
followers in different parts of the world. It is also a popular theme for the
philatelists and many have formed excellent exhibits on this theme. The book
tells the story Gautam Buddha through different kinds of philatelic items. It
focuses on several types of philatelic items related to Buddhism theme such as
stamps, First Day Covers, souvenir sheets, maxim cards, miniature sheets, 3 D
stamps, Gutters, se-tenants, postcards, Covers, stamp booklets, postal
stationery. telegrams, errors, varieties, proofs and many other philatelic
items from different parts of the world that are part of thematic philately
today. The best part of the book is that narration of Buddhism theme is very
good through philatelic description of several types of philatelic items.
Thematic philatelists would like it very much and learn as to how one can use a
variety of items in one's chosen theme with study and minute observation
of philatelic material.
It has 22 Chapters on the Buddhism theme. Each chapter has
been explained well with the help of stamps and other philatelic material. The
book covers each and every aspect of Buddhism like Buddhist festivals, musical
instruments of Buddhism, Borobudur Ship Expedition, Buddhist sacred places of
the world, Buddhism and World Peace besides the main chapters of Buddhism Jatak
Kathas,Birth of Buddha, Twelve deeds of Buddha,Symbols of Buddhism,
Monasteries, Teachings of Buddha Buddhist Mudras and other important
chapters.. This book is based on thorough research of the author in finding out
a variety of philatelic items related to Buddhism theme. The design,
printing quality, and layout of the book is excellent. The book shows more than
1100 philatelic materials in color with their detailed description.
This book will be very useful for all philatelists and Thematic
collectors as well as for academicians, students, researchers, followers of
Buddhism, and for every book lover. I recommend this book for the libraries of
schools, colleges, and research centers as well as for the philatelic libraries
of the philatelic societies for the benefit of philatelists and thematic
collectors. It is also a very good Coffee Table Book for everyone who loves
reading.
About the author
-Jeevan Jyoti
Interview
Shri M.Lokeswara Rao with his exhibit at International Philatelic exhibition Macau 2018
Interview with M. Lokeswara Rao
I am pleased to share here the interview of
Shri M. Lokeswara Rao. Shri Rao is a multi-faceted personality. He is a retired
IFS officer, a great Wildlifer, very good artist, author and award winner
philatelist. Here he tells about his philatelic journey and answers some of the
questions of today’s stamp world asked by Mr Naresh Agrawal .- Editor
1. Please tell us about your first love with stamps and how the bond strengthened, grew and your deep involvement with stamps along with painting your second love?
Sometime in 1974 I had collected some flower stamps afterwards I discontinued collection of stamps various reasons. Only after my retirement in September 2017 I started collection. This happened when one of my friends came to Bangalore to attend the exhibition and he asked me to start collecting. It all began.
My painting happened
when I was in Hyderabad in 2010 I used
to like the rich colour Tanjore painting
and I used to go to the teacher after office hours to learn the Tanjore
painting. Later I switched to contemporary painting; Buddha teachings are related
with nature, peace and non violence, Ahimso Paramo Dharma. These influenced me
and I used to paint Buddha because it is serene and peace one gets. Many people
have painted only head of Buddha. But I
have done all aspects of the Buddha, lotus Buddha, Buddha pada etc. since I have
done Buddha painting I chose Buddhism as thematic philately. I have exhibited
my works in many exhibitions in Bangalore, New Delhi and other places.
2 You are an ardent stamp lover, a prolific philatelic writer and philatelist of high stature. Tell us about your philatelic journey ……How you came to this field?
I started my collection only in September 2017 within two months I collected orchid stamps made an exhibit and submitted in National Philatelic Exhibition. I participated first time straight (I never exhibited in district level or state level exhibitions earlier) in National Philatelic Exhibition December 2017 in Mumbai. To my surprise I got Bronze medal I was virtually shocked and astonished. This encouraged me to pursue the hobby. Then I started collecting two other themes Buddhism and Post office cancellation on Penny Red stamps. From 2017 onwards I participated in several exhibitions and won awards. My Buddhism Exhibit got large silver in Sydney stamp Expo, Australia.
My article “Orchid
stamp collection” appeared in “Orchid” magazine of American Orchid Society,
USA. And I published my first book in 2004 (with few flower stamps I collected
in 1974 and more text in the book) Plant Biodiversity of world.. My article
“Stamping home the message of orchid conservation” appeared in The Hindu 2018
and about my “Buddhism” stamps in The Hindu and New Indian Express in 2019.
3. Busy and extremely busy you were but love for philately always grew. How did you manage your time during your service days (pre retirement) because you also spared time to your other hobby i.e. painting?
As you know well I belong to one of the All India Services Indian Forest Service (IFS) I was Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force Nagaland, the job is very stressful, as people say hobbies are stress busters it is true.
To de-stress I took
the hobby of painting, after work during evening when you do painting one has to
concentrate and deeply involved in it, you will forget your stress.
4 You have been a high cadre forest officer and lived very close to flora and fauna, wildlife and experienced environmental effects, change in climate quite in detail and were master in this field. But we see your philatelic collecting interests were not in these fields. Can you tell us why you chose subject like Buddhism and other postal history subjects whereas you could have pursued themes like wildlife, environment, Forests or other related topics?
I will differ with you, I chose
Buddhism because Buddhism and nature are inseparable, and I am Forest officer and nature lover.
Buddhism was born in nature in the sense that the ascetic Buddha, attained
enlightenment under a Bodhi tree in a forest on the bank of the Nerañjara River
and he delivered his first sermon in the Deer Park. He spent quite a
significant part of his life in natural surroundings. Nature is never absent
from the four main events of the Buddha’s life: Birth, Enlightenment, First
Sermon and Death. Moreover, he always appreciated nature and encouraged others
to do the same. Buddha’s message clearly is that
caring for nature must go hand in hand with
respect for fellow human beings. Buddhism is relevant to present world because
of environment crisis we are facing at present and we are heading mass
extinction of species. Recent one COVID19 crisis happened because we destroyed
forests.
Second topic is orchids which is related to my
field, Orchids are abundant in North East India and my place of work Nagaland
and Western Ghats. It is a queen flower. The world trade of orchids is billion
dollars and many countries grow orchids . My exhibit title is “orchids:
Distribution, habitat destruction and conservation. I have not chosen wildlife
subject because many are already doing it in detail. I started collecting
National Parks and Sanctuaries but I have not exhibited this theme.
Third topic I like the post office cancellation on Penny Red, no one has done on this topic in India.
5. Well, we understand the love for flora fauna, wildlife can never vanish particularly from the heart of a man like you. Can we see an exhibit from you on any of the related subject in near future as we understand you might have collected sufficient material?
Yes I have done exhibit titled “orchids distribution, habitat destruction and conservation” this I exhibited first in Nationals Mumbai 2017, I got Bronze, exhibited in Colorado USA I got silver and again in Mumbai 2019 I got Large silver.
6. Your book on Buddhism is exhaustive and has lot to learn in terms of philately and thematically. Please tell us how the idea of publishing this beautiful book came to your mind and why you recommend this book to philatelists /stamp lovers all over the world?
When I started doing my exhibit on Buddhism I collected lots of Buddhism stamps. I searched internet for comprehensive book on Buddhism. Buddhism is global theme. I have to be meticulous and very careful while presenting data to global audience There are very few books on Buddhism but they are not comprehensive not covered all aspects of Buddhism, so I decided to do a comprehensive book on Buddhism to tell the story of Gautama Buddha through Philatelic materials. More over for the past one year world is in crisis and people are losing peace because of COVID19 and destruction of nature I thought a book on the teaching of Buddha is relevant for this time. Then I sorted out my philatelic material related to each chapter. So began with starting chapter Jathaka Kathas the moral stories of Buddha’s previous birth and continued in sequence with Buddha’s Birth and ended with Buddhism and World Peace with total 22 chapters.
While doing book I faced problems about data the details about each stamp, I used to search internet to get detail information about each stamp. It used to take days to get information about some stamps. I must say postal department of different countries have done lot of research before releasing these stamp, they collected information from different sources and compiled it. So I gave every detail about each stamp in the book. Through the Buddha I am symbolising the peace that everyone needs in today’s world. I feel and I look Buddhism as one of the basic institutions which is irrespective of caste creed and religion, everyone likes. The first thing that comes to mind when one sees/ thinks of the Buddha is sense of peace. So with this I say the book is relevant to people from all walks of life... Academicians, Philatelists, Researchers, followers of Buddhism, Environmentalists (Buddha lived in nature and taught non violence Ahimsa Paramo Dharma) Students etc.
I have used 1127number different philatelic material in the book “Buddhism on Stamps” for this I set Asian Book of Records and National book records.These institutions have investigated thoroughly my book and counted the no of philatelic material used in the book by me and confirmed title Maximum philatelic material used in book to narrate the story of Gautama Buddha.
In modern days there are many ways to present the Dharma. Buddhist Stamp collection and exhibitions is one of the unique and skillful means to that path. As Lord Buddha said “Sabba dānaṃ dhamma dānaṃ jināti” the Dhamma is the noblest of all the gifts. Therefore it certainly can be said that this type of sharing through book “Buddhism on stamps” will benefits not only common people but also young generation .
7. How do you feel setting a record in Asian book of records and India book of records by using Maximum philatelic materials 1127 in your book Buddhism on stamp.
I am happy about it. The authorities hav. thoroughly investigated my claim of using 1127 maximum philatelic material used in my book. I have also sent my claim to Guinness book of world record. It will take time, it is under process.
8. We are anxious to know about your future plans as a philatelist like new exhibits in making, new books under your belt and other philatelic projects etc.
I have already started my work on a book “Orchids” I am already working on it. I want to do a book exclusively on “Mudras.
9. Social
media is very active nowadays and is a big help in promotion of
anything. We understand, you too are quite active on this media for promoting philatelic activities. Tell us your opinion about how this
media can be better used for philately?
Yes social media is most important for
market your ideas and your book, before publicizing in social media you have to
do research carefully before putting any thing on social media. I use Facebook,
Whatsapp, Linkedin etc.
Recently I started a group “Buddhist
philately” on Facebook there is tremendous response. One has to be very careful
and cautious with social media.
10. As we see that Philately has become a very expensive hobby these days. Philatelists are more interested in Thematic Philately as it is affordable as compared to other classes of philately. In your opinion what is the future of Thematic Philately ? As per recent trends and rules it is also not very easy to win a Gold Medal in Thematic Class as it also demands the inclusion of rare items from Traditional Philately and Postal History in order to win a higher award.
Philately is stress buster. It was hobby for everyone but now it is rich
man hobby unfortunately, Yes Philately is multi billion business. It is not
affordable by students and middle class and poor people. Many collectors have
become dealers and hiking the price of the philatelic material.. It is true one
has to take reasonable profit but not be greedy. The hobby is slowly dying.
There is no body to control the pricing of philately materials. Several
philatelic groups are mushroomed which is good sign for philately I used to argue with administrators of the
groups please control the price. Many philatelic materials are cheaper on ebay
than the collector/ dealers sell in the group. People should look for cheaper
price in different sources before purchasing. The highest philatelic body of
the country should look on these issues and they should frame strict rules to
control prices. Finally one should not be greedy, follow ethics and moral
values.
Thematic philately is an ocean and has
large scope. If you see recent exhibitions you can see variety of themes on
thematic philately, as I said you have to score marks in every section and
subsection especially rarity part. The
rare material is very expensive and cannot be afford by students and common
people. As I used to say if you get large vermilion in thematic exhibit it is
equal to the postal History Large gold medal. FIP should look into these issues and
change guidelines of Thematic philately so that people can get gold and Large
Gold.
11. What is your opinion about online philatelic exhibitions? Some online exhibitions (due to pandemic) were recently held but it created controversy as These exhibitions displayed some virtual exhibits. Do you think such exhibitions should be held ?? If yes What should be the criteria ?
There should be checks and balances.
1 .organizer should get the photo images of the hard copies of exhibits along with image of the exhibitor.
2. The participant should get certificate from
president of local philatelic society stating that he his having hard copies of
the exhibit and two other philatelists also sign on certificate.
Interview : Naresh Agrawal
Global Stamps
Specialized Section
MAKE YOUR VALENTINE’S POST MORE FRAGRANT
- © Late Dr. Satyendra Kumar Agrawal
(
Remembering Dr Satyendra Agrawal who had contributed more than 100 articles for
Rainbow,. This article was published in Rainbow
February 2016 issue. Dr Agrawal had special love for Rose philately and
had an excellent exhibit on Roses. Sharing his beautiful article in this
special Valentine’s Day issue. )
Sending
an e-mall or SMS doesn’t have the same impact as a card we choose personally
and accompany with a hand written message of love on Valentine's Day. We can make
it more romantic by mailing this heartfelt love letter in an envelope bearing a
Rose stamp with sweet fragrance of roses.
Thanks
to Bhutan first in producing many special stamps also came up with this
exciting idea of stamps with rose scent on 30 Jan 1973 issuing a set of six
beautiful stamps and a Miniature Sheet
featuring l5ch Wendy Cussons, 25ch Iceberg, 30ch Marchioness of Urquijo,
3Nu Pink Parfait, 6Nu Roslyn and 7Nu Blue Moon roses and on s/s again as Airmail stamps. During the
production of these stamps, each stamp was perfumed to smell like a rose by
soaking in rose essence. Each stamp smelled like the rose variety that was
depicted on the individual stamp. Since these stamps have an expected
scent-lifespan of only about 3 months, the issue went unnoticed.
After a long gap of 27 years in year 2000 South Korea released a scented rose stamp as its Love issue. This 170 Weun heart shaped stamp depicted the American Sign Language for “I Love You" -a personified hand within heart holding a rose releasing sweet fragrance of rose.
This
idea of rose scented stamps revived in a great way in.200l which in true sense
can be enthroned with the title “Year of
Scented Stamps" as philatelic market flooded with various aromatic
issues having scents of rose, coffee, tea chocolate orchid etc. All this made
possible due to striking innovation of printing stamps with special ink where
scent is held within microcapsules/bubbles. As the ink surface is damaged by
gentle rubbing, the bubble bursts and the scent is released. Stamps, printed
with such type of ink are expected a scent life span of 3 -5 years or more,
depending upon the amount of scratching done to the stamp.
South
Korea used this scratch and sniff technology to commemorate Philkorea-200l
releasing two diamond shaped stamps featuring Red Queen Rose and Pink Rose with sweet scent of rose on 18th
July 2001 also as two stamp mini sheets. Again a scented rose love issue on 2nd
Aug 2001 along with a S/s depicting heart filled with red roses.
Norway issued its first set of aromatic stamps in the form of two self-adhesive booklets on 22 June 2001. They contain Red Roses -"Heidenk onigin"(Queen of the Heath) and Pink Roses -"Old Master" and Grand Prix & Champagne roses. All are designed by Enzo Finger and printed in offset by John Enschede; The Nederlands corresponding to the first class domestic rate 5.50 Nok denominated these stamps are always ready to release delicate scent of charming garden roses if they are gently rubbed by finger.
To promote tourism and its perfume industry, Norfolk Is also adopted this fascinating idea of issuing scented stamps . On 9th June 2001 it released a set of 6 floral stamps which smell like perfume. One of these depicted a woman with roses and has a tab also featuring a beautiful rose branch with the perfume of rose.
The Netherlands honoured the International Horticultural Exhibition "Floride-2002 issuing a lovely pane of 10 stamps on April 27, 2002 with 6 floral designs including a rose with rose smell.
The
appeal and beauty of the rose has stood the test of time and is the only flower
that is understood universally. To symbolize love and dignity no other flower
has been able to replace the rose since the dawn of the civilization. From 2002
an onwards most of the scented issues from different parts of the world came
out as greeting issues and Roses were their most favorite choice.
The
single biggest sales day for "The World's Favorite Flower" is
Valentine Day when more than 1.5 million roses are delivered each year as a
tangible expression of words unspoken around the globe. Austria filled the Valentine's
mail of year 2002 with the delicate scent of rose coming out of the bouquet of
flowers featured on its Euro 0.87 denominated stamps issued on 8 Feb.
South Korean 15thJan 2002 greeting issue was a unique set having 4 different smelling stamps out of which one has rose on it with rose scent.
Valentine Day is commemorated with passion and excess in Thailand with commercial business taking the lead in promoting this day of Love while florists, hoteliers and restaurants make in huge profit. Thai postal authorities also dropped their toes in this stream of water and in 2002 they released their first aromatic stamp featuring Antonia Ridge –rose variety with thick and soft, velvet like petals. The very beautiful red rose scented stamp printed 4 million in quantity, all sold out within hours.
This warm welcome of scented issue in philatelic world and great economic prospect, Thai post made a regular practice of issuing scented rose stamps commemorating Valentine’s Day each year afterwards. In 2003 the country’s postal authorities released a set of two 4b stamps depicting one heart shape stamp with unusual Blue Nile rose – a lavender colour sweet fragrant blossom while the other shows a bear holding a rose bouquet. In terms of Language of Roses, Orange symbolizes ‘desire’ and this colour of rose was chosen for1 Feb 2004 issue.
‘Red’ symbolizes love and respect, and this color rose was featured on its unique 2005 Valentine’s Day issue printed on flocked paper impregnated with rose scent.
Pinkish red was the colour of rose chosen by Thai post for its 2006 issue. But this time your fingers too can feel its presence by touching as it was embossed.
Malaysians
also received an early whiff of love when the country’s postal authorities
released a set of 4 stamps m portraying pink, red Rosa hybrida and in pair
yellow Rosa hybrida & Floribunda and a S/S
featuring a Floribunda miniature and a highly scented Centifolia rose
used for preparing Attar.
: Late Dr .Satyendra Kumar Agrawal
Philatelic Tributes to the First Line
Warriors - Corona virus COVID-19 Pandemic
Contd.. from the last..
GERMANY - Postal cachet
Thanks to all heroes and
heroines and We stay at home (since 1st May 2020)
GERMANY - Personalised stamps with pre-defined motifs
Thanks
to all heroes and heroines, We stay at home, Stay healthy, Stay at home and
collect postage stamps (since 1st May 2020)
GERMANY - Propagation machine
cancellations
Together against Corona, protect yourself and others (since 1st July 2020)
GERMANY - Blue meter mark
Maintain distance, stay healthy (27th May 2020)The Leipzig Post Office uses a meter machine with a blue information text calling for compliance with measures against the spread of the COVID-19 corona virus: "Haltet Abstand / Bleibt Gesund" (= Maintain distance / stay healthy).
Croatia and the world against the corona virus pandemic COVID-19 (30. 4. 2020)
Source : Tribute to First Line Warriors COVID 19 Pandemic
Editor’s Mail Box
Dear Madam,
Heartiest
congratulations on entering the 14th year of the publication of the Rainbow
stamp News Magazine.
I have been its reader
since a long time and keep enjoying every month about the philatelic
developments as well as come to know various aspects by the valuable and
thought provoking articles by esteemed authors.
I wish you many more success in the years to come.
With best regards,
Sammir Sakhare
Ahmedabad
New Issues
from other countries
Australia
25 January 2021 : Memorable Momen
ts
Finland
20 January 2021 : Congratulate
with Flowers
20 January 2021 : Union of
Journalists
20 January 2021 : Flower Garden
New Zealand
3
February 2021 : Pride
3 February 2021 Holiday at
Home
Slovenia
29 January 2021 : A greeting card for the love of all kinds
UK
26 January 2021 : Celebration
USA
2 February 2021 : Lunar New Year of Ox
Acknowledgment
- Ananthapuri Stamp Bulletin February 2021 issue edited by Mohanachandran
Nair
- Judaica Thematic Society (UK)
February 2021 Newsletter edited by Gary Goodman email - judaicathematicsociety@talktalk.net
-The Hyderabad Philatelist January 2021 issue edited by Prakash Agrawal
-The Hyderabad Hobby Magazine January2020 issue edited by Prakash Agrawal –
-Latest issue of Deccan
Philatelist Vol 20
No 1 2020 edited by Col Jayant Dutta
- Deccan Philatelist Vol 21 No 1 2021 edited by Col Jayanta Dutta
- Latest Issue of Vadophil
July – October 2020 edited by Prashant Pandya & Timir Shah
Blogs & Websites
Philatelic
Clubs & Societies
Ananthapuri
Philatelic Association, Thiruvanthapuram
Baroda
Philatelic Society - http://www.vadophil.org/
Chandigarh
Philatelic Club
Deccan
Philatelic Society – Pune, Maharashtra
Eastern
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The
Hyderabad Philatelic and Hobbies Society
India
Study Circle - http://www.indiastudycircle.org/
Indian
Thematic Society, Ludhiana -http://indianthematicstamps.webs.com/
Ludhiana
Philatelic Club
Numismatic & Philatelic Association of Vellore
Fort
http://numismaticphilavellore.site40.net/index.htm
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
Rainbow
Stamp Club -http://rainbowstampclub.blogspot.com/
Rajkot
Philatelic Society – Rajkot, Gujarat
Gujarat
Philatelic Association - Ahmedabad
South
India Philatelists Association -http://www.sipa.org.in/
The
Army Philatelic Society, Pune
Stamps
of India – http://www.stampsofindia.com
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