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Editorial….
Dear Reader,
I am pleased to present March 2022 issue of Rainbow Stamp News. First of all,
heartiest congratulations to all the winners at LONDON 2022. There were 26
entries from India in different categories. All of them were awarded very well.
Rainbow Stamp News won a silver medal in the Literature class. I thank all my esteemed
readers and contributors for their support and contribution to Rainbow. As the
COVID 19 Pandemic seems to end…. physical Philatelic exhibitions have started
taking place…But it will take some more time to end completely so precautions
are still to be taken by one and all…. Let’s hope that it vanishes soon and
normal everyday life may start and of course the virtual philatelic activities come to
real !
This is all for this month. More in the next
issue. Happy
Collecting!
Contents
§ Editorial
§ From the Desk of Naresh Agrawal
§ Recent Indian Issues
§
In The News
§
Thematic Watch
§ Specialized Section
§ Beginners’ Section
§ Lighter Side
§ New Issues from Other Countries
§ Philatelic Clubs and Society
§ Blogs & Websites on Philately
§ Current Philatelic Magazines & Newsletters
Forget Politics : Enjoy Philately
As
usual, I re-iterate that philately is a hobby and is purely for enjoyment,
entertainment and relaxation. We do get deeply involved in to it and look
forward for high appreciation by others for our collection, exhibits and study.
Appreciation by philatelic organizations in form of awards do set a mark of
quality and standard of philatelic exhibit but
actually it is level of appreciation by the organizations under set parameters and guide lines. As is human nature, a philatelist exhibitor
always looks for higher award to get high recognition and appreciation
irrespective of the actual standard and quality of his exhibit.
It
has been observed that a good
number of exhibitors show their dissatisfaction on the awards given by the
jury. Reasons are many, genuine and others but again it is a matter of
acceptance and level of satisfaction one has. I have been hearing so many
reasons for disappointment of the exhibitors such as incompetent jury, mistakes
by jury, misjudgement by the jury, favors, politics etc.. But of late, I once
again came across a word POLITICS in
judgment quoted by one of the very senior and renowned philatelist. That’s
which motivated me to take up this matter again before you
all.
In
fact, the resentment has been shown by a senior philatelist as his Postal
History exhibit has been adjudged par below his expectation. No doubt that
exhibit has already received highest awards in many previous FIP exhibitions in
the last few years. This was nothing less than a shock for him. And he quoted
that there was a politics in the judgment of his exhibit by lowering the awards
already won by him.
I
won’t give any remark on judgment but I must say from my experience that
politics is one of the spices of
philately. Some times sweet, sometimes sour. Yes, it is
disheartening for any philatelist who come across such acts. But again
what does politics means in philately? Is it
giving higher awards to non-deserving exhibit or lower award to
deserving one? Or is it lowering the stature of a philatelist in philatelic
fraternity? Or Does it have any impact
on the cost or rare philatelic material
or exhibit which helps in regulating the philatelic market at higher
level? However, my concern here is the judgment of exhibit and allocation of
award which causes dissatisfaction in exhibitor.
Well,
one must appreciate the fact that it is easy to reach certain level but very difficult to maintain that level
particularly at the top ranks and positions.
If allowed in the system, there should be a system where in exhibits are awarded higher than “ Vermeil “
may be placed before FIP for revaluation
/ judgment of the exhibit by fresh jury panel if requested by the exhibitor. But there needs to be stringent norms to entertain /undertake this.
We
see that not only in Postal History but in every class of philately one has to
keep improving his exhibit. Thematic philately as gone in 5th
generation exhibiting. Though in postal history, as I understand, the exhibitor
himself is the master of his exhibit because he has to do extensive and focused
search, research and study to reach that level. But at the same time he is
expected to do regular search, research study and procurement of rear finds and
may be the rarities, varieties, errors etc. and keep upgrading and improving
his exhibit.
Philately
is for pleasure and leisure and not for resentment, disappointment and despair.
One should enjoy the display and appreciate whatever award is given. In fact,
there is no competition in competitive philately because every exhibit is
different prepared in different ways, in
different time span, by different cadre of people with different size of
pockets, contacts etc etc.. It is just valuation or judgment of the standard /
level of the exhibit which is in one way appreciation of exhibitors efforts and
in other way to help exhibitor to work more to improve the same. There is no
question of lowering of bettering any award. But as it is demanded and looked
forward by exhibitor, disappointment comes in because exhibitor considers
himself the best judge of not only his exhibit but of others too.
I
know, I am not competent enough to speak on this subject of judgment but I
understand for sure that not every exhibit can be perfectly judged and not
every exhibitor can be satisfied.
My
appeal to the exhibitors is that enjoy the display, enjoy your collection,
enjoy the fact that so many visitor have watched your exhibit, appreciate the
fact that your exhibit has been judged to help you to improve…. That’s all.
Finally
I would conclude by saying that let there be politics (if it is) , let there be misjudgements, let
there be favors ; keep enjoying your collection and displays and try to learn
even from the low quality exhibit.
So
forget politics, enjoy philately !
Tailpiece
Hats off to
PCI
Philately
is changing, philatelic methodologies are changing, philatelic administration
and promotional techniques are changing
and also philatelic aspiration are changing……. I think every one is witnessing
this changing scenario in philatelic field. From mare stamp accumulation and
sticking in albums to a display of well researched exhibit, physical displays to digital displays and
transactions, giving away awards and prizes during exhibitions to honoring philatelists for
their work in promotion, life time achievement awards, certificate of
appreciation & aspiring for awards
that too higher award by philatelists instead of being satisfied by public acceptance and
appreciation of their exhibit / collection. So all in all there is a change.. a
gross change.
We
all have observed change in the working
of Philatelic congress of India in the
last few years. The think tank has shown its concern not only for development and promotion of philately in
India by way of organizing various programs through its regional wings but has promoted
digital philately also. Promotion of digital philately is the outcome of
pandemic COVID 19 but handling the situation successfully for not only keeping philately in pace rather speeding up its
development through digital means. .
This aggression and serious concern thus shown deserves all appreciation
by one and all.
Of
late, two major steps taken by PCI has certainly improved the image of PCI and
restored good confidence in it. Appreciation of philatelists efforts through its awards and secondly publishing the
profile of member philatelists. The process of collecting data /profiles of
philatelist members is in progress.
These are undoubtedly highly appreciable acts of PCI. It is said that
before to love other learn to love yourself….. so is it is better to appreciate yourself first
before you expect appreciation from other. This certainly will strengthen the
bond of philatelic fellowship amongst the members and will inspire non- member
to come in to fold of PCI.
Well,
my hats off to PCI and its working committee members and wish PCI to come up
with more and more such appreciable acts to keep philately alive and
philatelists motivated.
-Naresh Agrawal: email – nareshkumar1992@yahoo.co.in
Recent Indian
Issues
5 February 2022 : 50th
Anniversary of ICRISAT - Rs 5
16 February 2022 : Delhi Police – Platinum Jubilee – Rs 5
18 February
2022 : Joint celebrations of the year of 50th Anniversary of UAE's formation
and the 75th Anniversary of the Independence of India – Rs 25
20 February
2022 : 50 Years of Arunachal Pradesh – Rs 5
21 February
2022 : President Fleet Review 2022 Visakhapatnam - Rs 5
New Special Covers
27 January 2022
: Operation Cactus Lily Golden Jubilee : Bangalore
21 Febtruary
2022 : Remembering Lata Mangeshkar, Kolkata
22 February
2022 : World Thinking Day 2022 : Bangalore
22 February
2022 : Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar : Indore
View : Complete Award List
The Grand Show : Award Ceremony
1.World Stamp Championship Award : James Peter
Gough
2. Grand Prix International Award : Vitoria
Morani
3.Grand Prix National Award : Howard Hughes
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Indian Winners
In other
classes
1. Anil Suri 2.Pradip Jain 3.Praggya Jain 4. KS
Mohan 5.Markand Dave 6.Ramu M. Srinivasa 7. SS Rath 8.Lallan Singh 9. Anil
Reddy
Rainbow Stamp News awarded Silver medal
According to the UNPA’s Bulletin for collectors, the administration issues the Endangered Species stamps “to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora, and to raise awareness about the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people.”
Commissioner for HELVETIA 2022, Philatelic Exhibition
The
exhibition will include WSC, Traditional, Postal History, Aero-Philately,
Postal Stationery, Thematic, One Frame (TR, PH, PS, AE & TH) and Philatelic
Literature Classes only. Details at : website www.helvetia2022.ch
Email: anilksuri@email.com Mob : +91 9811176908, 8130827029
Commissioner for HUNFILEX 2022, FIP Specialised Exhibition
Mr Ajay Kumar Mittal has been appointed National
Commissioner for Hunfilex 2022, FIP Specialised exhibition, to be held at
Budapest, Hungary from 31st March to 3rd April, 2022. The
exhibition will have the following classes :With WSC, Traditional, Postal History,
Revenue, Thematic, Open, One Frame (Trad., P. H. and Thematic only) and Phil.
Lit. only.
Email: ajaymittal1957@gmail.com Mob : + 91 98110 32311
CAPEX 22
Specialised Exhibition CAPEX 2022, to be
held from 09 – 12, June, 2022 at Toronto, Canada. Awards will be treated as
Continental awards. The One Frame exhibition will include : Traditional, Postal
History, Postal Stationery, Aero-philately, Astro-philately, Thematic,
Maximaphily, Revenue, Youth, Modern Phil., Phil. Lit. and Picture Postcards,
Classes only. Mr. Angeet Suri has been appointed National Commissioner.
ANGEET SURI, Email: angeet86@hotmail.com
Phones: +91 9891370070, 8588077077. +91 11 40523366 : Vist : http://www.capex22.org
LIBEREC 2022
European
Stamp Exhibition and Polar Salon “LIBEREC 2022”
is organized by Svaz českých filatelistů, z.s. (Union of Czech
Philatelists) in cooperation with club “Evropská výstava poštovních známek
LIBEREC 2022, z.s.”, established for this purpose under FEPA patronage and with FIP recognition.
Venue:
Wellness Hotel Babylon https://www.hotelbabylon.cz/en/
Date: October 13th – 16th, 2022
Exhibition
size: 1200 exhibition frames
European Stamp Exhibition and Polar Salon LIBEREC 2022 : IREX
Visit : https://www.liberec2022.eu/en/aktuality-en/
CAPE TOWN 2021
Philatelic Exhibition
The Cape Town
2021 Exhibition has been postponed. The new dates will be 8th – 12th
November 2022.The date that Entry forms must be received by the National
Commissioners will be no later than 15 May 2022.
• Last date for receipt of Literature
exhibits 1 October 2022
Mr. Shakil Ahmed is Indian
National Commissioner for the Cape Town 2021, FIP Specialized World Stamp
Exhibition to be held at Cape Town, South Africa from 8 to 12 November,
2022.Exhibition Classes: Traditional, Postal History, Aerophilately, Postal
Stationery, Revenue, Thematic, Open, Modern Philately, One Frame, Philatelic Literature
and Picture Postcards only)
Shakil Ahmed : Email: ahmedshakil99@gmail.com : (M)
+91-9437225760 / +91-7008025663
TAIPEI 2021
Mr. Rajan
Jayakar has been appointed as Indian National Commissioner for the Taipei 2021
38th FIAP Asian International Stamp Exhibition, Taipei, Chinese
Taipei to be held from 6 to 10 May, 2022
Rajan
Motiram Jayakar : Email:
rajanjayakar1948@gmail.com
Phone: +91-22-22820570, +91-22-22820572, (M) +919821072417
IBRA 2023 and 33st International Stamp Fair will be held at Hall 1 and 2, Messe Essen, Germany from 25 to 28 May, 2023. Mr. Madhukar Jhingan has been appointed as Indian National Commissioner for the IBRA 2023.
Madhukar
Jhingan : Email: mj@stampsofindia.com (M) +91-9811160965
News
from Philatelic Societies/ Stamp Clubs
EIPA
A Philatelic Exhibition
and Dealers Meet
Date : 25-26-27 March
2022 10.00 AM to 6 PM
Venue : Hotel Keshari, Station
Square, Bhubnehswar
The Desi Philately Club, Prayagraj
The
first postcrossing meeting of Prayagraj was orchestrated by "The Desi
Philately Club" on 22-2-22 (22-02-2022).In this, a post card exhibition
was organized in the Philately Bureau in collaboration with Prayagraj Division
of the Department of Posts. It was inaugurated by Shri. Rajesh Kumar
Srivastava, Senior Postmaster, Head Post Office, Prayagraj. The program was promoted
by Public Relations Inspector, Head Post Office, Mr. Rajesh Verma.
On
this occasion the club director Dr. Aditya Singh along with Mr. Anil Rastogi,
Mr. Umendra Kumar Jain, Dr. Maneeshi Bansal, Mr. M. Gulrez, Adv M. Shariq, Mr.
Hamza Reshad, Adv. Aman Bhardwaj, Mr. Joy Jyoti Ghosh, Mr. Kireetee Sarkar and
Mr. Nooman. played an important role. "The Desi Philately Club" also
released 150 commemorative postcards that were sent to stamp lovers around the
world.
This
date had many specialties, the date 22 February 2022 being considered a rare
date, as it is not only a palindrome but also an ambigram. If you notice, it
can be written numerically as 22/02/2022, so it is a palindrome date, it is
also an ambigram because it will look the same when you turn it upside down in
the mirror. This rare date fell on Tuesday and people also called it Twosday.
Postcrossing
is an online portal that allows its members to send and receive postcards from
all over the world. The project's tag line is "Send a postcard and get a
postcard back from a random person somewhere in the world!" Its members,
also known as postcrossers, send postcards to other members and return
postcards from other random postcrossers. One always wonders where postcards
come from. Its membership is free.
As
of January 2022, Postcrossing has more than 8 million members in 208 countries,
who have registered and exchanged over 60 million postcards that have traveled
over 330 billion kilometers. It currently has 10,838 members in India and has
sent 3.8 lakh cards and received 3.8 lakh cards in India.
Sikkim Philatelic and Numismatic Society
Roshan Prasad
bag’s Large Silver in Royalpex Stamp Exhibition, New Zealand
03.03.22, Singtam: Roshan Prasad, a popular philatelist from Singtam, Sikkim has won
an International Medal at Royalpex 2021, New Zealand.
His five-frame exhibit "The
Story of Cricket" won Large Silver in the thematic class .
Roshan
Prasad is a member of the Philatelic Congress of India, Emirates
Philatelic Association, and Sikkim Philatelic & Numismatic Society.
Shital Pradhan, Secretary, Sikkim Philatelic and Numismatic Society has congratulated him for his success and wished him many more successes in days to come. He is the only International Philatelic Medallist from Sikkim told Pradhan. ‘The Story of Cricket’ has won nine titles so far at State, National, International Philatelic Exhibitions, and World Championship in India, Taipei, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, and the United Arab Emirates, reads the press release.
Through the collection, Prasad had shown the history of Cricket from the time it started till the present date. His collection comprises collectibles over 100 years old related to cricket and the most valuable and rare item – a press telegram of India – Pakistan Test Match Series 1954-55, this was the first tour of India to the neighbouring country after Independence.
Royalpex 2021 is a New Zealand Stamp Exhibition
organized by the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Inc., under the
patronage of the New Zealand Philatelic Federation (NZPF). The exhibition was
scheduled between 19th – 21st September 2021 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
the event had been postponed and rescheduled for February 2022.
- -Shital Pradhan, Sikkim
Karnataka Philatelic
Society
New KPS Committee Members
President
- K. Chaitanya Dev
Vice
President- Shri Sushil Mehra
General
Secretary-Shri Naveein OC
Treasurer
- Shri G K Shenoy
Committee
Members - Shri Akhil Reddy, Shri Anurag Sourabh, Shri Manish Jain
New Picture Post Cards released
Cuttack
Release
of picture post card on birth centenary of Late Shri Biju Patnaik at Anand
Bhawan, Cuttack ( Residence of Biju Patnaik, then Chief Minister of Orissa.
Goa
PPC released in Goa on the Malabar Tree-Nymph on butterfly March 3 , 2022 . It is the first of it's kind augmented reality PPC.
Thematic Philately
includes exhibits on variety of themes. Here is a wonderful theme ‘National Parks’ for the nature lovers. I am
pleased to publish here a specialized article 'National Parks of USA on stamps’ by noted
philatelist and philatelic writer Shri M. Lokeswara Rao Madiraju in this column.- Editor
National Parks of USA on stamps
1.Category Ia Strict nature
reserve:
Category Ib Wilderness area:
2.Category II National park:
3.Category III Natural
monument or feature:
4.Category IV Habitat/species
management area:
5.Category V Protected landscape
or seascape:
6.CategoryVI Protected areas
with sustainable use of natural resources:
A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national pride. A national park is a forest area and if need be the surrounding areas as notified by the government established for the protection and propagation of the flora and fauna (Plant and animals) of the area. This comes under Category 2 of the IUCN classification.
There are
total of 423 national park sites in the USA but only 63 are National Parks. State
with the most national parks in California. Seventeen states without any
national parks. State with the most national park land Alaska 54 million acres.
The United States established
the first "public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment
of the people", Yellowstone National Park, in 1872. Although Yellowstone was not
officially termed a "national park" in its establishing law, it was
always termed such in practice and is widely held to be the first and
oldest national park in the world. In
1778, the area surrounding Bogd Khan Uul Mountain located south of
the country’s capital, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, is probably the oldest national
park, predating Yellowstone by nearly a century. The first area to use
"national park" in its creation legislation was the
U.S.'s Mackinac, in 1875. Australia's Royal National Park,
established in 1879, was the world's third official national park. The largest
national park in the world meeting the IUCN definition is the Northeast
Greenland National Park, which was established in 1974. According to the IUCN,
there are 6,555 national parks worldwide that met its criteria in 2006.
The National Park System in the USA has grown to include
some 423 units since 1872, encompassing national parks, monuments, historic
sites, trails, reserves, and other designations. Within this system, the
National Park Service has a management mandate to provide for public enjoyment
in a way that will leave resources “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future
generations.” To help achieve this objective, through both policy and law,NPS
has a clearly defined process for screening proposals for new park units. This
process assures that only the most outstanding natural, cultural, historic, and
recreational resources are added to the National Park System by an act of
Congress.National Parks can only be designated by an act of Congress unlike
many units in National parks systems which can be designated through executive
action or even secretarial order.
1934 National Parks Issue Stamps:
As a stamp collector,
President Franklin D. Roosevelt personally oversaw the selection of stamp
subjects and designs during his administration. As Roosevelt was reviewing
suggestions for the 1934 schedule, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes saw
an opportunity to advertise the national park system. Ickes felt many Americans
were unaware the federal government had set aside vast amounts of land for
their enjoyment and for future generations. At his suggestion, 1934 had been
declared National Parks Year. Ickes now proposed the legacy of the national
parks be portrayed on postage stamps to give people a glimpse of their diversity
and natural beauty. FDR approved the idea immediately, and ten parks were
chosen, each to be pictured on a different denomination ranging from 1¢ to
10¢.Parks honoured: El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (California), The
Grand Canyon (Arizona), Mirror Lake at Mount Rainier (Washington), Cliff Palace
at Mesa Verde Park (Colorado), Old Faithful at Yellowstone Park (Wyoming),
Crater Lake (Oregon), Great Head in Acadia Park (Maine), Great White Throne in
Zion National Park (Utah), Mt. Rockwell and Medicine Lake in Glacier National
Park (Montana), and Great Smokey Mountains National Park (North Carolina).
1947 Florida’s
Everglades National Park:
1966 National Park Service Stamp:
1966 National Park Service stamp Issued at Yellowstone
National Park, this stamp celebrates the 50th anniversary of the United States
Park Service.In 1916, President Woodrow
Wilson signed the Organic Act that integrated all existing parks and monuments
into a single federal system with its own administration, a common mission, and
a director to serve as a permanent advocate in Washington, D.C. The National
Park Service mission is "to conserve the scenery and the natural and
historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of
the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the
enjoyment of future generations. “More than 20,000 National Park Service
employees care for America's national parks and work with communities
across the nation to 1966 National Park Service stamp help preserve local history and create close-to-home
recreational opportunities. .
Canada in 1911, becoming the world's first national service dedicated to
protecting and presenting natural and historical treasures.
1972 National parks Centennial :
This issue was unique in that it combined four stamps in a block
that contained one overall design Cape Hatteras National Seashore is pictured.
That area contains some of the earliest sites of English colonial settlement.
Located along North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Wolf
Trap Farm National Parks Centennial Located in Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap Farm was the first
National Park for the performing arts. Wolf Trap Farm Park for the
Performing Arts: Wolf Trap Farm is the only National Park dedicated exclusively
to the performing arts. Located in Vienna, Virginia,
Old Faithful Yellowstone National Parks Centennial
This stamp marks the 100th anniversary of Yellowstone
National Park. Its number-one attraction is the geyser, "Old
Faithful." The vast majority of Yellowstone lies in Wyoming,
although it stretches into Idaho and Montana. This gigantic park covers
2,200,000 acres, which include deep canyons, majestic waterfalls, pristine
lakes, dense forests, and vast meadows. The park has more geysers and hot
springs than any other area in the world. These include Old Faithful,
which sends a 100-foot stream of boiling water into the air about every 73
minutes. Yellowstone also has the distinction of being the largest
wildlife preserve in the United States. Bears, bison (buffalo), elk, bald
eagles, trumpeter swans, moose, cougars, and white pelicans are among the many
animals that enjoy the park’s pristine environment.
“Top of the Continent” Mount McKinley
Mount McKinley is located in south-central Alaska, in the Alaska Range of mountains Mount McKinley National Park was established in 1917. The Native Americans call Mount McKinley Denali, which means “The Great One.” Over 3,000 square miles of the park surround Mt. McKinley, which is the highest mountain in North America at 20,320 feet.
2009The Grandest
Things: Our National Parks in Words, Images, and Stamps
In 2009, the U.S. Postal Service worked closely with the National Park Service published ”The Grandest Things: Our National Parks in Words, Images, and Stamps” a richly illustrated 116-page hardcover book that explores how the National Park System began, the changes it has endured and the astounding array of sites it includes. The Grandest Things included eight Scenic American Landscapes stamps and the 8-cent National Park Centennial stamp from 1972 featuring Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park. The back of the book features spaces to collect park-related stamps, as well as blank spaces for future issuances.
2003
United Nations Stamps world Heritage sites:
A Philippines stamp issued in
1932 mistakenly shows Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park, instead of
Pagsanjan Falls in Luzon.
2016 National Park stamps
The pane
includes 16 different stamps, each with a view of the national park or an associated
plant, animal, object, or structure. Small type on the margin of each stamp
indicates its location. The image at the centre of the sheet is a detail of the
1-cent Yosemite stamp which was issued in 1934.
2016 sixteen
National Park Service sites featured on Forever Stamps are Acadia
National Park, Arches National Park, Assateague Island National Seashore,
Bandelier National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Everglades
National Park, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Grand Canyon National
Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Haleakalā National Park, Kenilworth Park
&Aquatic Gardens, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park,
Mount Rainier National Park, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park,
Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Yellowstone National Park. The stamp pane,
designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD, includes 16
stamp images featuring existing art or photography representing the regional diversity
of the National Park System. Kessler arranged the stamps to approximate their
locations around America: Alaska’s
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve on the upper left; Maine’s Acadia
National Park on the upper right; Hawaii’s Haleakalā National Park on the
bottom left; and Florida and Mississippi’s Gulf Islands National Seashore on
the bottom right.
The top row includes four stamps Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The second features Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State . The third shows a detail from the oil-on-canvas painting “Scenery in the Grand Tetons” by Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), currently held at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont. The fourth is Acadia National Park in Maine.
The fourth row from the top includes two stamps, one on either side of the central selvage image. The stamp on the left features Frijoles Canyon at Bandelier National Monument New Mexico. The stamp on the right features Everglades National Park in Florida.
The United States
Postal Service ( USPS) has been
promoting nature education and creating awareness among people for conservation of natural resources by
issuing stamps on National Parks and other natural resource stamps like wild
and scenic rivers of the USA, O Beautiful, Nature of America series and
conservation of Soil, Air and Water.
Bibiliography:
1.Bonnett, A. (2016). The Geography of Nostalgia: Global and Local
Perspectives on Modernity and Loss. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-315-88297-0.
2.Evolution of the Conservation
Movement, 1850-1920 U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. 17, Chap. 24, pp. 32-33.
"An Act to set apart a certain Tract of Land lying near the Head-waters of
the Yellowstone River as a public Park." [S. 392]
3.Hardy, U. (9 April 2017). "The 10 Oldest
National Parks in the World". The CultureTrip. Retrieved 21
December 2017.
4.IUCN Guidelines for Applying
Protected Management Categories Edited by Nigel Dudley Best Practice Protected
Area Guidelines Series No:21
https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5646/
5..https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/articles/the-10-oldest-national-parks-in-the-world/
6.https://info.mysticstamp.com/lea
7.https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2016/pr16_032.htmrn/1934-national-parks-issue/
8.https://morethanjustparks.com/list-of-national-parks-by-state/
: Lokeswara Rao Madiraju
Shri Lokeswara Rao Madiraju is a
renowned philatelist and philatelic author. He has won several International
awards for his exhibits and for literature exhibit book ‘Buddhism on Stamps’.
Recently he won Vermeil and Large Silver medal in Literature Class for his book
at Emirates2022 and LONDON 2022 International Philatelic Exhibition
respectively. He is from Indian Forest Service of 1983 batch and retired as
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force, Nagaland. He
may be contacted at : email : madirajul@gmail.com
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BRIEF INSIGHT IN TO SIKKIM
EXPERIMENTAL
ROCKET MAIL 1934 to 1944
MAIL
CARRIAGE AND DELIVERY EXPRIMENTS ;
Carriage and delivery
of mail by different means has always been an interesting part of postal
history of the world. Surface, water and air and also through cable /
electronic means have been the basic mediums which further had several other
ways to carry the mail /message/missive. Exciting and innovative experiments to
carry mail has always been a matter of interest for enthusiasts and the then
administrations too helped in that cause. There is rich history of mail by air
such as carriage by homing pigeons, followed by balloons and then so many other
experimental means but experiments on carrying mail through rockets or missiles
gives an interesting study.
ROCKET MAIL EXPERIMENTAL FIRING SEQUENCE :
In all, in 1935 there were 20 nos. successful
experimental Rocketmail flights including the first rocket parcel mail held in
Sikkim at 5 places namely Gangtok, Sarumsa, Ray, Singtam and Rangpo. The rocket
launches were made from at different times of the day, across rough terrain and
across rivers. The flights started on 7th April 1935. The brief
details of flights is as under :
7
APRIL 1935 :
On this red
letter day, a unique Rocketmail experiment was done in Gangtok, Sikkim to see world’s first Rocketmail carrying
letters/missives .The rocket had been launched from Gangtok Post Office to
Durbar High School. Later in the day other firings were also done from
different locations..
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments: 1935 (Apr. 7) Gangtok
Post Office to Durbar High School, cover bearing special blue and yellow 2r.
label tied by fancy cachet ''ROCKET EXPERIMENTS/SIKKIM'', 200 flown, signed by
Stephen H. Smith
8 APRIL 1935 :
The second day of launching experimental Rocket mail.The rockets had
been launched by Sir Tasji Namgyal. The covers were signed by him too.
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments: 1935 (Apr. 8) special
printed green and orange card used for test firing vertically, bearing ''ON
SIKKIM DARBAR SERVICE'' and ''TASHINAMGYAL/FIELD 8/4/35'' cachets, 388 flown,
signed by Stephen H. Smith and with facsimile printed signature of Tashi
Namgyal, King of Sikkim
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments: 1935 (Apr. 8) special
printed blue-green card fired from Tashi Namgyal Field to the Post Office,
bearing ''ON SIKKIM DARBAR SERVICE'' and ''TASHINAMGYAL/FIELD 8/4/35'' cachets,
slight crease, 410 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith and with facsimile printed
signature of Tashi Namgyal, King of Sikkim
APRIL 9,
1935 :
The
second day of launching experimental Rocket mail. The rocket had been launched
from Dak Bungalow to Gangtok Post
Office.175 covers were flown
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments: 1935 (Apr. 9) Dak Bungalow to Gangtok Post Office, cover bearing special green 2r. label tied by fancy cachet ''ROCKET EXPERIMENTS/SIKKIM'' 175 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith
10 APRIL 1935 :
At 15:35 on April 10th 1935, a rocket to deliver a
parcel containing 12 items including a packet of tea, sugar, spoon, toothbrush
and cigarettes about a kilometre across a river Ranakhali was launched. The
launching had been one from both the side of the river that is from Surusumsa
to Ray and also from Ray to Surumsa
ROCKET MAIL SIKKIM 1935 SURUMSA ROCKET
PARCEL EXPERIMENT
Card bearing Green Jubilee Rocketgram
label affixed at upper left, with Sikkim overprint, 'MAIL' crossed out with
manuscript 'PARCEL'. Violet handstamps, including 'Over River/Ranakhali' and
'April 10th.35/Surumsa to Ray'. Slignatures include Smith and two others .On
back is handwritten listing of parcel contents, including medicines,cigarettes,
matches,tea, sugar & toothbrush & 50 of these cards sent
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments: 1935 (Apr. 10) Surumsa to Ray, cover bearing special red 2r. label tied by fancy cachet ''ROCKET EXPERIMENTS/SIKKIM'', with ''ON SIKKIM DARBAR SERVICE'' ''OVER RIVER/RANAKHALI'', fine, 158 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments: 1935 (Apr. 10) Ray to
Surumsa, cover bearing special blue 2r. label tied by fancy cachet ''ROCKET EXPERIMENTS/SIKKIM'',
with ''ON SIKKIM DARBAR SERVICE'' ''OVER RIVER/RANAKHALI'', 186 flown, signed
by Stephen H. Smith
11 APRIL 1935
: Rocket Number 54 Launched. On April 11th
1935, following a successful firing of his rocket number fifty four, a certificate
was awarded to him in the presence of the king. This formal recognition was
“certifying the utility of the rocket as a means of transport during floods and
landslips”.
13 APRIL, 1935
:
Cover with Jubilee label and overprint, fancy rocket mail cachet, 'Over River Rungpo' handstamp, stamps postmarked 4/13/35 in Rangpo. Only 100 flown
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments:
1935 (Apr. 13) over Singtam River, cover bearing special blue and yellow 2r.
label tied by fancy cachet ''ROCKET EXPERIMENTS/SIKKIM'', with ''OVER
RIVER/SINGTAM'', fine, 118 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith
27 SEPT 1935 :
Sikkim Durbar Rocket
Experiments: 1935 (Sept. 27) Sir Tashi Namgyal Field to Gangtok Post Office,
missive bearing special purple 2r. label overprinted ''PARCEL'', tied by violet
Mountain cachet ''SIKKIM ROCKET EXPERIMENT'', with ''MY-ONA R.83'', 190 flown,
signed by Stephen H. Smith
SEPT 28,1935 :
But it was September
28, 1935 a rocket mail experiment was conducted in Gangtok in which a cock was
lifted in the rocket number 84. A cock with 155 Sikkim Rocketgrams were also
launched along with it.
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments: 1935 (Sept. 28) from Gangtok Telegraph Office, missive bearing special purple 2r. label overprinted ''LIVESTOCK'', tied by violet Mountain cachet ''SIKKIM ROCKET EXPERIMENT'', with ''SIKKIM R.84'', 190 flown, signed by Smith.
29
SEPT 1935 : Two rocket despatches by rocket numbers
85 and 86 were done.
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments:
1935 (Sept. 29) to Euchay Gompa, missive bearing special red 2r. label tied by
violet Mountain cachet ''SIKKIM ROCKET EXPERIMENT'', with ''COMDR. NORCOCK
.85'' and ''DESPATCHED BY H.H./THE MAHARAJAH'', , 170 flown, signed by Stephen
H. Smith.
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments: 1935
(Sept. 29), missive bearing special purple 2r. label, with violet Mountain
cachet ''SIKKIM ROCKET EXPERIMENT'', with ''ORYON. R. 86'' and ''DESPATCHED BY
H.H./THE MAHARAJAH'', fine, 260 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith
1 OCT
1935 :
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments:
1935 (Oct. 1) missive fired from Tashi Namgyal Field to the British Residency,
bearing special 2r. label in purple, tied by violet Mountain cachet ''SIKKIM
ROCKET EXPERIMENT'', and with ''SIR TASHI NAMGYAL FIELD/TO, BRITISH
RESIDENCY'', 200 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith
4 OCT 1935 : On this day the launching / firing had been done from telegraph office. The covers had special 2r. label in red, tied by ''ROCKET MAIL. PRINCESS/PEMTSIDON.
Oct. 4th. 1935'', with violet
Mountain cachet ''SIKKIM ROCKET EXPERIMENT''.Covers had been signed by Smith with date. Rocket Number
had also been written on the cover. 137 covers had been flown.
Sikkim Durbar Rocket Experiments: 1935 (Oct. 4) missive fired from Telegraph Office
SILVER JUBILEE ROCKET MAIL
FLIGHTS :
Most Silver Jubilee rocket mail
flights occurred in India. Stephen Smith, Secretary of the Indian Airmail Society, was an avid
rocket fan and was responsible for overseeing all 16 flights. The first flights
were at Diamond Head on March 23rd and the last at Burnpur, northwest of
Calcutta, on June 29th, 1935. Most rocket mail flights occurred in SikkimThe
covers contained no contents and bore special Silver Jubilee Commemorative
labels. Postcards were similarly adorned. Most of the covers and many of the
labels were signed by Smith. Of interest is the fact that the proceeds of the
sales of the covers and labels were handed over to the Royal Silver Jubilee
Fund and later to the Quetta earthquake disaster fund. A more detailed description of the various flights with illustrations can be viewed.
-Naresh Agrawal : email : nareshkumar1992@yahoo.co.in Mobile : 9425530514
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Beginners’ Section
Do You know ??
“Happy Birthday to You”
On March 4, 1924, the song and melody of
“Happy Birthday to You” were printed in a songbook. One of the world’s
most famous songs, it has been the center of controversy over ownership and
copyright status for years.
1.Part of the 1987
Special Occasions set.2. from the 1988 Special Occasions set.
According to tradition, the tune we all know
today as “Happy Birthday” was originally written in the late 1800s as “Good
Morning to All.” Sisters Patty and Mildred Hill claimed they wrote the
song for kindergarteners in Louisville, Kentucky.
The sisters wanted to
create a song that would be easy for the children to sing. Reportedly,
they may have taken some of the tune and lyrical ideas from other existing
songs, such as “Happy Greetings to All” “Good Night to You All,” “A Happy New
Year to All,” and “A Happy Greeting to All.”
The sisters’ song went “Good morning to you, Good
morning to you, Good morning, dear children, Good morning to all.” The
sisters first published the tune in their songbook, Song Stories for
Kindergarten in 1893. It’s likely that the class may have added
in “Happy Birthday” to the tune to celebrate the children’s’ birthdays, which
may have led to later printings including “Happy Birthday.”
In the coming years, versions of the song
appeared in various books, some which included the “Happy Birthday” lyrics in a
later verse, though it’s unknown who actually wrote them. Then on March
4, 1924, Claydon Sunny printed the melody and “Happy Birthday” lyrics together
in a songbook. This was reportedly at the request of Jessica Hill, sister
of Patty and Mildred.
The “Happy Birthday” song quickly caught on and
soon it was being used without royalties. In 1931, it was in the Broadway
musical The Band Wagon. Western Union also used it in their
first singing telegram, leading Jessica to campaign for the song to be
copyrighted. In 1934, she managed to secure a copyright for “Happy
Birthday” because of its similarities to “Good Morning to All.” The
following year, several piano arrangements and an unused verse of “Happy
Birthday to You” were copyrighted by the Summy Company, crediting Preston Ware
Orem for the piano arrangements and Mrs. R.R. Forman for the lyrics.
However, his claim was later found to be baseless.
The “Happy Birthday” song quickly caught on and
soon it was being used without royalties. In 1931, it was in the Broadway
musical The Band Wagon. Western Union also used it in their
first singing telegram, leading Jessica to campaign for the song to be
copyrighted. In 1934, she managed to secure a copyright for “Happy
Birthday” because of its similarities to “Good Morning to All.” The
following year, several piano arrangements and an unused verse of “Happy
Birthday to You” were copyrighted by the Summy Company, crediting Preston Ware
Orem for the piano arrangements and Mrs. R.R. Forman for the lyrics.
However, his claim was later found to be baseless.
The Hill family had the copyright for the song
if it was used for profit through 1991. This was then extended to
2030. In 1988, Warner Music assumed ownership of the copyright and
received $2 million in royalties every year for it. They claimed copyright
for the song anytime it was used in film, television, radio, and anywhere in
the public where the majority of the people singing weren’t family or friends.
Over the years, some argued the validity of the
copyright, particularly the fact that it’s unknown who wrote the lyrics to
“Happy Birthday.” Beginning in 2010, a campaign was launched to disprove
the Hills’s ownership of the melody. In 2013, a filmmaker took Warner
Music to court over the song. Then in 2015, a judge ruled that the song
wasn’t under copyright, and royalties wouldn’t need to be paid to Warner Music
anymore. This made the song part of the public domain.
According to the Guinness Book of World
Records, “Happy Birthday to You” is the most popular song in the English language.
Source :
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Lighter Side
Crossword
Puzzle #2…
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3. Three or more unsevered postage stamps,
from the same row (5)
5. Inscription on stamps of many nations
for mail carried by air (7)
7. Block of four or more stamps with a printed thin arrow in
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8. A stamp, mark or signature that shows payment of postage on
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11.
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13.
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(7)
4. Postal duty overprinted on an existing postage stamp
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6. Air Mail (5)
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10. Two or more stamps issued by different countries to
commemorate the same event, topic, place or person (5,5)
12. Stamps representing the payment of various taxes (7)
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