Diwali Stamp to be
issued by US Postal Service on October 5, 2016
Wishing you all a very Happy Festive Season !
Dehradun October 2016 Vol. IX No. 106
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RAINBOW
Dear Reader
I am pleased to release October 2016 issue of Rainbow Stamp
News. October is the month of festivals in India. I wish all my readers a very
" Happy Festive Season''. It is a matter of great pleasure and honour for
all Indians and Indian Philatelic community that US Postal Service is going to
issue a postage stamp on Hindu Festival "Deepawali" on 5th October
2016. Recently national level philatelic exhibition "Naturepex
2016"concluded at Bhubaneswar. A big applause for the organizers of this
show and many many congratulations to the all participants and awardees of this
exhibition. The exhibition was very well organized and managed by the Naturepex
2016 team. I thank them for the wonderful show.
Last but not the least I wish to draw the attention of all to a
topic discussed by our columnist Mr Naresh Agrawal in his column of
this issue. Please do send your feedback on " NO
MEASURES FOR THE LEFT AFTER TREASURES".
This is all for this month .Have a wonderful festive time !
Happy
Collecting !
- Jeevan Jyoti
Contents
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From the Desk of Naresh Agrawal
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Recent Indian Issues
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In The News
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Doon Philatelic Diary
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Beginners’ Section
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Specialized Section
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New Issues from Other Countries
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Editor’s Mail Box
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Acknowledgement
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Philatelic Clubs and Society
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Blogs & Websites on Philately
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Current Philatelic Magazines –
Newsletter
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Promotional Section
NO MEASURES FOR THE LEFT AFTER TREASURES
In the last few months we have lost
some known and veteran philatelists in India. Mr. Satish Misra of
Bareilly, an ardent philatelist cum
dealer and then Dr. S.K.Gupta of Meerut
a renowned philatelic jury and a philatelist of noticeable achievements who
authoritatively wrote on Modern Indian Philately. My sincere condolences. I
pray almighty to give their souls peace and further pray for their families to
bear the irreparable loss. I still remember my 19 years long association with
Mr. Misra who helped me a long by providing me the material I required at very
reasonable prices. A thorough gentleman and a good friend. My regular
telephonic conversation always kept me close to his heart. I met Dr. S.K Gupta
only during my visits to exhibitions as I could see that he visited most of the
exhibitions in India. I did sit with him whenever I found opportunity during
the shows and discussed on various aspects of judging, improving exhibits and
other aspects of philately. A man with immense knowledge of philately and always
willing to deliver. A big loss to philately in India.
Well, now I think about philatelic
assets left behind them. What will happen to those treasures? Will those be
sold or preserved? Who will do the job? As I know Mr. Misra’s sons never took
interest in philately and are working as
engineers in different companies at different places in India. Dr. S.K Gupta
must have left behind him a good treasure of philately. From different
philatelists I came to know that in his family too there is no one to have proper
information about value of the assets left.
Friends, I took up this issue for a
very important discussion related to the philatelic assets left after any
philatelists’ demise. His knowledge, if
not shared before goes with him but physical philatelic assets are left. And
left without proper information related to the importance and value . We have
seen from the past experiences that the lifelong collections / accumulations
with rare and rarest of the material are either lost or destroyed or thrown or
sold/ purchased at throw away prices. Those assets either go in to the hands of
people who either are dealers who know their worth or to the people for whom
the diamond is just a stone. What is this?
A country with thousands of noted philatelists, a community with hundreds of thousand philatelists in the
world, there has neither been a thought to look upon this aspect seriously.
Both knowledge as well as physical philatelic asset, if lost is certainly a big loss to philatelic
fraternity. What are we doing to check this? Have we ever thought of doing
something collectively in this direction? I do accept philately is a hobby
which was known to be personal but now it is not. This is a hobby which
needs a group, which needs other persons
to help, it is a hobby which gives pleasure if the accumulations/ collections
are shared, the knowledge gained is shared. I mean it is a social hobby not a personal hobby.
I have certain points in my mind to
share with you all to think and give your suggestions in this regard.
- Every
philatelist or stamp collector should be a member of a club / society so
that whatever he collects is known to the members. His knowledge should be
known to the members who can ask him to preserve the knowledge by writing.
By taking up discussions, classes
etc.
- Every
society or club should be member of the apex body say PCI in India.
- PCI
should formulate certain methods to encourage philatelists to get their
philatelic assets valued whenever required. For this certain fee may be
fixed. To start with the facility to the members or member clubs.
- Philatelists
should be encouraged to share their knowledge by way of writing so that the knowledge/ experiences
benefit the future generations of philatelists.
- Regional
panels of experts/knowledgeable philatelists and dealers may be formed to
help this valuation process. This will help not only to that philatelist
but his known philatelic assets will certainly help the future generations
to get knowledge about unknown/hard to find stuffs and information about
those.
- With
the availability of good and fast communication systems, it is not at all
difficult to take up such jobs.
- Stamp
shows / events are the best place to undertake such jobs. Pre appointments
can be given to the aspirants. As every philatelist love to visit shows,
that can become best place for evaluation.
- Formation
of groups to evaluate, procure and dispose of material at reasonable
prices by charging reasonable fee. This will help the family of the
philatelist and also the material will go to the hands of deserving a
philatelist.
- I
reiterate that local clubs/societies should be active to help.
- I don’t
know but if possible, please check if insurance policies for philatelic
assets is available or possible?
Friends
I have just shown my concern on this important issue. It might look ridiculous
at once but please think over it again and again so that something is done in
this direction. No one knows when he or she will leave this world but whatever
is earned by them needs to be cared, preserved and honoured.
Further to this ,I would like to place
one more issue before you all. Though we know philately is a hobby of kings but
now it has reached the masses. Some insurance policies like group insurance may
be arranged for the members of PCI or the member clubs. This will be another
social safety and help to the families of the philatelists. Let’s think over
it. Let’s rethink over it....and do something.....
Best wishes to all and happy
collecting.....
Take care of yourself and your
assets......treasure.......
- Naresh
Agrawal
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Recent Indian Issues
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5
August 29016 – Rio 2016 – 2 x Rs 5 + 2 X Rs 25 + MS
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8
August 2016 – Orchids – 2xRs5,2 x Rs 15, 2 x Rs 25 + MS
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15
August 2016 – Tourism in India – Rs 25 + MS
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26
August 2016 – Indian Metal Handicraft – 2 x Rs 5, 2 x Rs 15,2 x Rs 25 + MS
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27
August 2016 - Jagadguru Sri
Shivarathri Rajendra Swamy – Rs 5
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4 September 2016 – Canonization of Mother
Teresa – S/S Rs 50
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23
September 2016 – Lady Hardinge Medical College – Rs 5
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2
October 2016 – Swachh Bharat ( Clean
India ) – Rs 5& Rs 25 + MS
Recent Special Covers
3 August 2016 :
Railway Mixed High School. Erode
22 August 2016 :
First Madras
Exchange Light House – Chennai
22 August 2016 : Vijayawada
Book Festival Society, Vijaywada
23 August 2016 : Bapu
Museum, Vijayawada
5 September 2016 : Diamond
Jubilee of the uthradam Thirunal Neerattupuram
Pamba Boat Race (1956-2016)
Pamba Boat Race (1956-2016)
27
September 2016 : Khusro Bagh Allahabad
30
September 2016 : Naturepex 2016, Bhubaneshwar (Chilaka Lake )
1 October
2016 : Naturepex 2016 , Bhubaneshwar ( painting
on nature made by a student Santosh Naik )
1October
2016 : Naturepex 2016 , Bhubaneshwar ( Horse Carried Cover)
2
October 2016 , Naturepex 2016,
Bhubaneshwar (Mahatma Gandhi)
In The News
Naturepex 2016,
Bhubaneshwar
30 September – 2 October 2016
Day 1
Naturepex 2016 was inaugurated at Bhubaneshwar
by H.E. Dr. S. C. Jamir, Hon. Governor of Odisha - 30th September.
Special Cover on Chilaka Lake released on 30th
September 2016.
Day 2
Horse
carried cover released at Naturepex 2016 on 1st October 2016 at Bhubaneshwar.
Horse carried covers were carried from Naturepex 2016 venue to KiiT Post Office
with procession.
Special Cover on the painting on nature made by
a student Santosh Naik released by Mrs. Saswati Bal, President KISS & KIIT
and Shri Bijoyshree Rouutray, Revenue Minister and President of EIPA at
Naturepex 2016, Bhubaneshwar on 1st October. Santosh Naik was also felicitated
at the function.
Day 3
Special Cover and Stamp Booklet on Mahatma
Gandhi released at Naturepex 2016 on 2nd October 2016 at Bhubaneshwar.
Awards List : Naturepex - 2016
National Philatelic Exhibition on Nature and Environment
organised by Eastern India Philatelists’ Association, Bhubaneswar with the
support of Department of Posts.
Venue: KiiT
International School, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Dates: 30th
September to 2nd October 2016.
Jury Members: (1) Shri Rajesh Kumar Bagri, (2) Shri
Rameshwar Das Binani, (3) Shri Dhananjay Desai (4) Shri Prashant H. Pandya (5)
Shri P. K. Bisoi, Director, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy,
Ghaziabad.
Gold
Medal Winners
1.
A.Srinivasan,
Hydearabad - The Humble Banana's
Extraordinary Story
2. Anand Maruti
Kakad, Nashik - Birds Of the Pheasant family
3.
Mayurika G. Shah, Ahmedabad - Pea Fowl- The Oldest Known
Ornamental bird
A.Srinivasan , Anand Maruti
Kakad, Mayurika
Shah,
Jeevan Jyoti , Avipsa Biswal & Shubhrajyoti Behera
Special Awards –
1.A.Srinivasan, Hydearabad - The Humble Banana's Extraordinary Story – Baroda Philatelic Society Award
2
.Jeevan Jyoti, Dehradun (Class - One Frame ) – Rainbow –GPA
Award
3.Avipsa Biswal (Class -Youth) – Pigeons and Dovew, Symbolic Representation
4. Shubhrajyoti Behera ( Class – Youth) - Wonders of Nature- Conserve it or lose it
–Dr DN Rath Memorial Award
5.AGKM High School ( Class - School Collection) –Nature
(Flora and Fauna) – SC Mohanty Memorial Award
Courtesy
- Prashant Pandya
Indian Philately loses great philatelist
Veteran
philatelist, Dr S P Gupta passed away on 7th September 2016 . He was 86 years old. He was a distinguished
philatelists and expert on Modern India .He was the author of the Specialized
Catalogue of Modern Indian Stamps 1947 - To Date and its five supplements.By
profession he was an orthopedic surgeon at Meerut.
Australia released first philatelic issue
for Norfolk Island
Australia Post has issued its first
stamps with the “Norfolk Island” inscription.
The stamps feature seabirds, and the
inscription on the stamps matches the colors of their bills. Norfolk Island
became a regional council of the Australian state of New South Wales on July 1,
and, at the same time, the island’s postage stamps were replaced by those of
Australia.
The items depict the following birds that inhabit beautiful and so
diverse Norfolk Island!
The spectacular Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda
roseotincta) has two bright scarlet tail quills and performs acrobatic aerial
courtship displays. The sub-species found on Norfolk Island has plumage
suffused with pink.
The Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra
fullagari) is named for the small black mask around its large yellow or
yellowish-green beak. The smaller islands of Nepean and Phillip and the smaller
islets off the Norfolk coastline are important breeding habitats for most of
Norfolk Island’s seabirds.
Recent
Stamp Exhibitions
SIPA Diamond 2016, Diamond Jubilee Stamp Exhibition
25th - 27th November 2016
South
India Philatelists' Association will be organizing Diamond Jubilee Stamp
Exhibition from 25th to 27th November 2016 at Chennai.
Venue:
St. Bede's Centenary Auditorium,
No. 37, Santhome High Road,
Santhome, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.
For more information contact: Phone : +91-44-32001626, 32914769,
Mobile : +919840645487, +919444491111
E-Mail : sipagold@gmail.com
BANDUNG 2017 Specialised WORLD STAMP EXHIBITION, 3-7 Aug 2017 Exhibition under FIP Patronage
Shri Sahdeva
Sahoo has been appointed National Commissioner for this exhibition. Intending participants are
requested to contact Shri Sahoo for forms by 7th October 2016
Prof. Sahadeva Sahoo
"Saswat", D-3,
B. J. B. Nagar
Bhubaneswar 751014 (India)
Bhubaneswar 751014 (India)
Phones +91 9337103542 (mobile)
+91 674 2432251 (land line)
emails
: sahadevasahoo@gmail.com
sahadevas@yahoo.com
Exhibition Name
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BANDUNG 2017
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Venue
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Trans Studio Convention Center, Bandung, INDONESIA
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Date
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3rd - 7th August 2017
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Category
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Specialised World
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Competitive classes
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Traditional Philately
Postal History
Postal Stationery
Thematic Philately
Youth Philately
Philatelic Literature
One-Frame Exhibit
Modern Philately
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Total frames
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Ca 2 200
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Frame fee
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US $75
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Frame fee for Youth Class (per exhibit)
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free
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Frame fee for One-Frame exhibit
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US $100
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Frame fee for Literature Class (per exhibit)
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US $ 85
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Frame fee for Modern Philately
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US $75
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Deadline Entries
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30 November 2016
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Deadline Acceptance
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25 January 2017
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Deadline Payment
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31 March 2017
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Webstte
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www.bandung2017.org
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Consultant
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Mr Michael Ho
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General Commissioner
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MrTono Dwi Putranto
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MELBOURNE 2017
MELBOURNE 2017, 34th FIAP Asian International Stamp Exhibition will be held in Melbourne, Australia from 30 March to 2 April 2017.
MELBOURNE 2017 will have
following classes:
FIAP Championship Class, Traditional, Postal History, Postal
Stationery, Aerophilately, Astrophilately,
Thematic, Maximaphily, Revenue, Open, Youth, Literature, One Frame and
Modern Philately (1980 onwards).
The Entry Fee for One-Frame
Exhibit is US$80, and for Literature the Fee is US$55 per exhibit. The
participation is free for Youth Class. The Entry Fee for all other classes is
US$55 per frame.
The
Entry Forms are now available for download
http://stampsofindia.com/MELBOURNE2017.htm
Those
interested in participating may please contact Mr. Madhukar Jhingan, National
Commissioner for India of MELBOURNE 2017.
Last date for submitting the
forms to the National Commissioner is October 14, 2016
CHINA 2016 - 33th Asian International
Stamp Exhibition
CHINA 2016 will be held at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center, Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China from December 2 - 6, 2016.
CHINA
2016 (33th Asian International Stamp Exhibition) will be organized under the
Patronage of the Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) and Recognition of
the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP).Mr Surajit Gongvatana is the
FIAP Co-ordinator of CHINA 2016
This
exhibition is organized by the All-China Philatelic Federation, jointly with
the State Post Bureau of The People’s Republic of China, The People’s
Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and China Post Group.
TELIPHONE + 91 22
22024130/31 MOBILE + 91
98199 03789
FAX
+ 91 22 22843275 E-MAIL : surendrakotadia@gmail.com
PHILATAIPEI 2016 : World Stamp Championship Exhibition
Mr. Anil Suri is the National Commissioner for India of PHILATAIPEI 2016 World Stamp Championship Exhibition being held at Taipei, Taiwan from October 21 to 26, 2016. This is fourth World Stamp Championship show which will be the highest level of competition in philately where the best philatelists in the world will compete for awards. There will be 3 finalists: The World Champion, First Runner Up and Second Runner Up. The World Champion is therefore recognized as having won the highest award in the world's stamp competitive exhibitions.
Doon Philatelic Diary
Cautley, Thomason and Ganges Canal
The Ganga canal was the brainchild of Proby Thomas Cautley. He was commissioned as second lieutenant in Bengal Artillery in 1819. In 1821 he was appointed as assistant to Captain Robert Smith for supervising the reconstruction of Eastern Jumna Canal. In 1836 he was made the Superintendent of Canals. The severe famine of 1836-37 in the Doab region forced Cautley to re-think about having a Ganges canal similar to Jumna canal. Earlier the ambitious project had been examined by Colonel John Colvin of Bengal Engineers, but due to highly discouraging results it had been abandoned. In view of the severe famine, Cautley urged the authorities for a sanction to re-examine the project but there was little support offered. With determination, Cautley, single-handedly completed the survey taking each measurement and level himself. He proposed that 300 miles could be made with head-works at Haridwar. The first twenty miles presented the greatest challenge due to presence of erratic Himalayan torrents. He proposed to build aqueducts, to negotiate the torrents.
Due to the Afghan war, initially there
was considerable opposition from the Government. Lord Ellenborough, the then Governor General
was dead against the project and stopped all the grants citing that it was only
planned to be used for navigation. Cautley got a huge support from James
Thomason who was then the Lt. Governor of the NW provinces. He was a staunch
supporter of Proby Caultley and always pushed his ideas. With the coming of new
Governor General, Lord Dalhousie things changed and with Thomason at his side
Cautley was able to commence the canal work. 750 feet long aqueduct built over
the difficult Solani river is an engineering marvel in itself.
During the making of the Ganges canal,
there was a need of trained local supervisors. With the help of James Thomason,
Caultley managed to open the first civil engineering college of India at
Roorkee in 1847. The Ganges canal was opened on 8 April 1854 and in the same
year the engineering college was rechristened as Thomason College of Civil
Engineering. The institute was elevated to the status of Independent India's
first engineering university in 1949 and on September 21, 2001 Government of
India converted the university into an IIT.
WORLD POST DAY-2016 AND NATIONAL
POSTAL WEEK :
World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October. The event was declared by the 1969 Universal Postal Congress in Tokyo as a means to mark the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union's (UPU) creation in 1874.
The purpose of World Post Day is to bring awareness to the Post's role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development.
As a result, the UPU's member countries are encouraged to organize their own national activities to celebrate the event, including everything from the introduction or promotion of new postal products and services, to the organization of open days at post offices, mail centres and postal museums.
INTERNATIONAL LETTER-WRITING COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE :
For countries participating in the UPU International Letter-Writing Competition, national winners are often honoured on 9 October. The theme selected for the 2016 competition is: "Write a letter to your 45-year-old self." This topic was chosen to mark the 45th edition of the international contest. Children around the world are warmly encouraged to give flight to their imagination, while writing a letter to themselves in the future.
http://www.upu.int/…/international-lett…/about-the-ilwc.html
NATIONAL POSTAL WEEK:
INDIA POST is celebrating National Postal Week from 9th to 15th of October-2016 and week days celebrated as::
09.10.2016: World Post Day
10.10.2016: Savings Bank Day
13.10.2016: Mail Day & Philately Day
14.10.2016: PLI Day
15.10.2016: Business Development Day
Specialized Section
GANDHI KEPT “GITA” BUT- IS HE FOLLOWED?
© Dr.Satyendra Kumar Agrawal
Writing
my Philatelic articles “CHINESE GIVEN
THREE MONKEYS TO GANDHI JI” published in Rainbow Stamps News, October 2015
and another “GANDHI’S THREE MONKEYS NEED
ONE MORE COMPANION” published in ITS Stamp News, Oct-Dec 2015 issues, I
came across few very interesting facts related to Gandhi Ji and Gita which
raises the question –“He only Kept the Gita or also followed it?”
Gandhi’s Three Monkeys, given by Chinese
The
“Bhagavad-Gita” or the sacred song is a Hindu poem with
deep philosophy, spirituality and divinity embodied in it. It primarily is a
wartime counsel between Krishna and his disciple/relative warrior Arjun.
Bhagavad-Gita is a
wartime counsel between Krishna and warrior Arjun
It
is strange but interesting that Gandhi’s first introduction to Gita was in
England and through two English Olcott brothers. Gandhi at that time was
studying law. The brothers read Gita regularly and asked Gandhi to join in.
Perhaps they thought that they may get to know the text in Sanskrit better. But
Gandhi felt sad, because of his lack of Sanskrit knowledge. He read English
version by Sir Edwin Arnold as recommended by his English friends, and was
captivated for life by Gita's message.
He took to reading Gita every day, later, in the original Sanskrit
language.
English Olcott brothers
introduced “Gita” to Gandhi
During his
imprisonment years, he studied the book in detail. Due to insistence from his
friends, he translated it into Gujarati, his mother-tongue which gets published
on March 12, 1930, the never-to-be-forgotten day on which he marched to Dandi
from Sabarmati. Later English
translation also appeared in market.
In his interpretation of
the Bhagavad Gita he expounded his central idea of nonviolence, although
admitting that the Gita apparently approves of war. His explanation was that
the great stories of Hinduism are allegories, not historical accounts, and that
each age must read them in the light of their spiritual knowledge.
Gandhi
has often acknowledged its profound effect on his life. In words of Gandhi
“When disappointment stares me in the face and all alone I see not one ray of
light, I go back to the Bhagavad-Gita.” He always used to say that he carried a
copy of Gita with him. According to him, “Gita is not only my Bible or my
Koran; it is my mother…my ETERNAL MOTHER”. And another book he found of
greatest consolation was ShriRamcharitmanas of GoswamiTulsi Das.
Shri Ram Charit Manas
Gandhi and Gita
The
Gita also became his practical-ethical guide for living: he turned to her for
not just strength and solace, but also for a reasoned approach and for
practical-ethical guidance. He had memorized several shlokas (verses) that
spoke to his heart as well as head; by constant practice of these precepts, he
could restore the serenity of his mind.
But
the question comes in mind is, whether the type of non-violence Gandhi mastered
coming from Gita? Bhagwat Gita starts with the scene of battle ground. The
words of Gita were meant to encourage Arjun to lift his Gandeev (bow) and fight
the war with full heart, though most of the conversations between Krishna and
Arjun were relevant for day to day life.
Gandhi believed in
Non-Violence
In his words: “Krishna
of the Gita is perfection and right knowledge personified; but the picture is
imaginary. The idea of a perfect incarnation is an after growth.”
As
per Gandhi’s doctrine one should never lift the arms even if the enemy attacks
or kills you. Very few will have doubts that what Gandhi says is just opposite
to what Gita prescribes.
In his words: “The
object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way
to attain self-realization.”
Another
most popular ideal of Gandhi is, "If someone slaps your one cheek, offer
him the other cheek or get Slapped Twice”.There are numerous examples of
logical non-violence in Hindu texts. In Ramayana, once Sita asked Rama whether
or not a constant company of weapons (bows and arrows) would turn him from
peaceful to violent. Rama smiled and replied, never if it is to protect dharma
(righteousness). He further promised Sita that he would never attack anybody
including rakshasa (devil) unless there is a sufficient reason for it.
Ram never attacked
anybody unless there was sufficient reason for it
He
was also of the opinion that one warning/chance to enemy can be given. Ravan
for example had done great crime still Rama sent Angada to him on peace mission
before starting war.
Ram sent Angada to Lanka
on peace mission before starting war
Same
instance is found in Mahabharata when Krishna went to Hastinapur with a peace
message before the war was declared formally. Both Rama and Krishna the
incarnations of God in full form clearly indicate that you must fight and
should use weapons if time demands.
“You must fight and should
use weapons if time demands”
Thus,
in Hindu ideology one should not slap anybody in first place. But if somebody
slaps you, you must act. This act may come in the form of forgiving only if the
aggressor is apologetic and ready to undo his mistake. Else you must punish the
aggressor with the most viable means available to you. Be assured that Hinduism
never guides you to offer the other cheek for a second slap.
In
fact, most Hindu Gods and Goddesses barring few like Sarasvati always carry
weapons with them. There should be no doubt that Hindus worship those who are
mighty and who are able to fight and win. Let us pave the way for such leaders
to lead India who have the capability to stick to non violence in general but have
equal aggression to stand and fight against any act of adharma.
(Content
based on an article ”Gandhism, Hinduism and Three monkeys” by Dr. Prashant
Shukla)
Postage Stamps and Postal History of the
Confederate States
-Col
J Dutta & Dr Anjali Dutta
The postage stamps and postal system of the Confederate
States of America carried the
mail of the Confederacy for a brief period in American history. Early in 1861
when South Carolina no longer considered itself part of the Union and demanded
that the U.S. Army abandon Fort
Sumter, plans for a Confederate postal system were already underway. Indeed,
the Confederate Post office was established on February 21, 1861; and it was
not until 12th April that the American
Civil War officially began, when the Confederate
Army fired upon US soldiers who had
refused to abandon the fort. However, the United
States Post Office Department continued
to handle the mail of the seceded states as usual during the first weeks of the
war. It was not until June 1, 1861, that the Confederate Post office took over
collection and delivery, and was faced with the task of providing postage
stamps and mail services for its citizens.
John H. Reagan
Confederate Postmaster General
The CSA Constitution had provided for a national postal service
to be established, requiring it to be self-financing beginning March 1, 1863
(Section 8. Powers of Congress, Item 7). President Jefferson Davis appointed
John Henninger Reagan on March
6, 1861, to head the new Confederate States of America Post-office Department.
The Confederate Post Office proved to be very efficient and remained in
operation for the entire duration of the Civil War (1861-65).
During the first seven weeks of the Civil War,
the US Post Office still delivered mail from the seceded states. Mail that was
postmarked after the date of a state’s admission into the Confederacy through
May 31, 1861, and bearing U.S. (Union) postage is deemed to
represent 'Confederate State Usage of U.S. Stamps'. i.e., Confederate covers
franked with Union stamps. After
this time, private express companies still managed to carry the mail across
enemy lines. The three major express companies in operation throughout the
south were Adams Express, American Letter Express, and Whiteside's Express. They
had been operating freely for approximately two months when the U.S. Post
Office ordered an end to such traffic, effective August 26, 1861. Mail destined
to states that were not among their own unions now had to be sent by Flag of Truce, although some express
companies still continued to run their mail operations illegally; Adams
continued its Southern operations under a nominally-separate Southern Express
Company, in actuality a subsidiary. Mail was also smuggled in and out by blockade-running ships—which, however, were often captured or destroyed by
Union ships on blockade patrol. Because Confederate post offices existed for
only a few years and official and informal records of them are lacking,
relatively little is known about their operations in many regions of the South.
Existing data has been studied by several experts in the field, who have
reconstructed an account of their existence and operation largely from
surviving Confederate covers (stamped-addressed envelopes), and by researchers
specializing in advanced studies of Confederate philately, notably Colonel
Harvey E. Sheppard, United States Army, Fort Hood, Texas; the late Van Dyk
MacBride, Newark, New Jersey; George N. Malpass, St. Petersburg, Florida; Earl
Antrim, Nampa, Idaho; David Kohn, Washington, D. C., and a few others, each
contributing material in the concerted effort to create an overall account of
Confederate postal history.
One of the first undertakings in establishing
the Confederate Post Office was the appointment of John H. Reagan (1818–1905) to Postmaster General, by Jefferson Davis in 1861,
making him the first Postmaster General of the newly formed Confederate post
office. Reagan was a Democratic congressman from Texas (many years after the Civil War, Texas would elect him to
a Senate seat). Upon appointment Reagan became a close friend of Davis and was
Postmaster General for the duration of the war, making him the only PMG of the
short-lived Confederacy
In preparation for wartime mail delivery Reagan
proved to be very resourceful. He sent an agent to Washington with letters
asking the various heads of the U.S. Post Office Department to come work for
the new Confederate Post Office. Amazingly nearly all of them did, bringing
copies of records, and account books along with them. "Reagan in effect
had stolen the U.S. Post Office," notable historian William C. Davis wrote.
Reagan was obviously an able administrator, presiding over the only CSA cabinet
department that functioned well during the war. It established new rates,
rather higher than those in the Union: 5¢
(equal to $1.31 today) per half-ounce under 500 miles (800 km), 10¢ per
half-ounce over 500 miles (800 km), 2¢ for drop
letters and circulars. Later the under-500 miles (800 km) rate was raised to
10¢ also. There was a 50¢ rate for express
mail, and after
1861 Confederate stamp featuring
the image of
Jefferson Davis
1863 a 40¢ rate for Trans-Mississippi mail to cover the costs of smuggling the mail through a
Federal blockade that operated along the entire length of the lower Mississippi River. At the beginning of the war, Union blockades prevented
supplies from reaching their destinations in the South, which from time to time
resulted in the shortage of postage stamps, paper and other basic supplies that
were much needed throughout the Confederate states.
Within a month after his appointment as
Postmaster General, Reagan ordered that ads be placed in both Southern and
Northern newspapers seeking sealed proposals from printing companies for
producing Confederate postage stamps. Bids arrived from companies in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New Orleans and Richmond. However, after the war started, it became evident that
the contract to print Confederate stamps should go to a Confederate firm. The
Confederate Post Office Department therefore awarded the contract to
lithographers Hoyer & Ludwig, a small firm in Richmond. The stamps they
produced were inferior in image quality to the line engraved stamps printed by
the U.S. Post Office, but with what resources they had, they produced some
handsome images by many accounts. The first Confederate postage issues were
placed in circulation on October 16, 1861; five months after postal service
between the North and South had ended. Jefferson Davis is depicted on the first
issue of 1861. The appearance of a living person on a postage stamp marked a
break from the tradition adhered to by the US Post Office, that a person may be
depicted on U.S. postage or currency only after death. During the five months
between the US Post office's withdrawal of services from the seceded states and
the first issue of Confederate postage stamps, postmasters throughout the
Confederacy used temporary substitutes for postal payment. Postmasters had to
improvise and used various methods to apply confirmation of postage to mailed
covers, ranging from the creation of their own adhesive postage stamps to the
marking of letters with either rate-altered hand-stamps or the manuscript
indication “Paid.” The improvised stamps and pre-paid covers are known to
collectors as 'Postmaster Provisionals', so-called because they were used
'provisionally' until the first Confederate general postage stamp issues
appeared. Some Confederate post offices would subsequently experience shortages
in postage stamps and would revert to the use of Provisional stamps and
hand-stamps. There are many dozens of types of Provisional stamps and
hand-stamps from different towns and cities about the Confederacy. In some
circles, Postmaster Provisionals are referred to as 'locals' since they were
intended only for use from the town in which they were issued.
As the
Confederate States of America existed for only four years, it was able to issue
only a modest number of postage stamps, nine basic types in all. During this
brief span, the Confederate Post Office contracted with five different printing
companies to produce postage stamps: Archer & Daly of Richmond, Virginia;
Hoyer & Ludwig of Richmond, Virginia; J. T. Paterson & Co. of Augusta, Georgia; Thomas de la Rue & Co., Ltd., of London,
England; and Keatinge & Ball of Columbia,
South Carolina. Among them, these firms employed
all three methods of printing commonly in use at that time: lithography, typography and line-engraving.
Covers
A considerable number of Confederate covers (i.e. stamped
- addressed envelopes) survived the Civil
War and through the many years since they were mailed and
have been avidly sought after and preserved by historians and collectors alike.
The war had divided family members and friends across the
country, and letter writing naturally increased dramatically, especially to and
from the men who were away serving in either army. Letters written by soldiers
reveal how they would frequently ask parents, wives and family members to write
often and to also ask others to write letters back to them.
Confederate hand-stamped cover Richmond,
Va. 1862, hand-stamped
‘PAID 10’ addressed to: Honorable
William C. Rives.
As mail sent to and from the soldiers became
more commonplace in the mail streams of the divided states, various Christian
charity groups provided pens, paper and envelopes for the soldiers in response
to their constant need for these items, since soldiers on active duty during
war time rarely had the opportunity to buy these things. The variety of mail
from this time period provides the student of Civil War history with an
excellent cross-reference of those times.
Special categories of interest include covers
to and from soldiers, patriotic covers, prisoner-of-war covers, Flag of Truce
and through-the-lines mail, mail carried by blockade runners to and from Europe, and a variety of other types. All of
these specialties have been intensively studied. Although contemporary official
records are often fragmentary or missing, and many details remain unclear, the
covers with their addresses, dated postmarks, special markings and the letters
themselves have provided much insight for historians and collectors in their
studies of Civil War postal history. Some forging of material went on in the
late 19th century, and authentication is a challenge for experts. As a rule of
thumb a collector should be wary of fancy cancels on Confederate mail, as the CSA Post Office never used
fancy cancels. Other common types of forgeries include added stamps to a cover
and forged postmarks. Another common oversight of the forger is postmarking
stamps with dates before the stamp was issued. Many collectors over the years have marked
or destroyed fakes and forgeries upon identification in an effort to keep the
collecting pool safe from such material. This is a practice common to most of
philately.
Confederacy War Dept cover, 1863
During
the American Civil War the number of Union and Confederate soldiers in prisoner of war prisons and camps would reach
an astonishing one-and-a-half million men. The prison population at the Andersonville Confederate POW camp alone reached 45,000 men by the
war's end. At the onset of the war the United States did not recognize the
legitimacy of the Confederate States and refused to establish a system that
allowed for a formal prisoner and mail exchange. By the summer of 1862, more than a
year into the war, prison populations in the north were at alarming proportions
and the US government began to see the necessity of a prisoner and mail
exchange system. On July 2, 1862 it signed what was referred to as a Prisoner exchange cartel, and by
September of that year prison populations were almost emptied. However, as the war dragged on the US
government had increasing distrust for the Confederate Government and stopped
the prisoner and mail exchanges, in June 1863, less than a year after it had
signed the exchange agreement. Flag of Truce mail exchanges resumed a month later and
were used until the end of the war. Prisoner mail that was carried by
Flag-of-Truce had to be put in an unsealed envelope with address and postage
for delivery on the other side, and then placed in an outer cover for delivery
to the exchange point, where the outer envelope would be destroyed and the
inner envelope containing the prisoner's letter was inspected. The letter would
then be placed in and sealed in the stamped addressed envelope and hand-stamped
indicating that the item had been inspected. Often correspondents did not
observe the two-envelope regulation, so there are examples of covers where
instead of an inner and outer envelope arrangement both US and Confederate postage
was applied to the prisoner's letter and where both US and Confederate markings
were applied. These covers are often referred to as dual-use postage covers. Mail
exchange between the divided states was only allowed to cross the lines at
specified exchange points. Mail which was going from the North destined to
points in the South passed primarily at City Point, Virginia, while most of the mail going from the South to the
North passed through at Fortress
Monroe, Virginia, and usually bear an Old Point Comfort postmark.
POW Cover, South to North from Jacob S. Devine Co C 71st Pa
Vol., captured Battle of Gettysburg,
detained at Libby Prison. No Confederate stamp/inspection markings;
received w/US postmarks, Christmas Day, 1863, w/'Due 3' hand-stamp
Blockade mail
At the
onset of the American Civil War it was
imperative for the Confederacy to get crucial correspondence to suppliers and
other mail into and out of the country. On April 19, 1861, President Lincoln proclaimed a blockade along the entire coastline of the
Confederacy to prevent it from obtaining supplies and to prevent it from
communicating with the rest of the world by means of mail. Twelve major ports
and approximately 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of coastline along the Confederate
States were patrolled by some 500 ships that
were commissioned by the US Navy; however, some accounts vary considerably and
place the number of commissioned ships for blockade patrol at about 200, taking
into account the high numbers of Union ships that were withdrawn from blockade
duty for repairs. The blockade played
a major role in the Union's victory over the Confederate states. By the end of
the Civil War, the Union Navy had captured more than 1,100 blockade runners and had destroyed or run aground another 355 vessels. The
Union blockade reduced a vital source of revenue for the south, cotton exports, to a fraction of what they were prior to the
war, as well as preventing much of its mail from being sent or received. In
response to the blockade various specially-built steamers were built and put to use by British investors who were
heavily invested in the cotton and tobacco trade. These vessels were typically
smaller and lighter in weight, often giving them an advantage of
maneuverability and record speeds of up to 17 knots, which enabled them to
evade or outrun Union ships on patrol. Their cargoes were usually small,
light-weight and often included mail.
Blockade cover with
'Steamship' and 'New Orleans' postmarks.
Confederate
blockade-run cover. This cover is from one of the Hincks brothers to his
father. The letter was probably placed aboard a blockade runner and handed over
in Nassau to a ship bound for New Orleans. Upon arrival in New Orleans on
January 8, 1865, the letter was treated as an unpaid incoming ship letter and
marked with ten cents due.
Sepia wash drawing of
Blockade-runner, The Advance, by R.G. Skerrett, 1899.
Patriotic
covers
The years during the American Civil War were a
period marked with strong sentiments and loyalties towards both sides involved,
and this sentiment is clearly displayed on various Civil War correspondence
known to collectors and historians as Patriotic
Covers. Citizens, many of whom had family members and friends off fighting
in the war, or who had died in battle, often expressed their loyalties with
envelopes illustrated with flags, portraits, slogans and allegorical figures
such as that of Liberty, which
clearly captured the sentiments of that time. This practice was most evident in
the North where there were many printers, especially in the larger cities, who
produced an assortment of
envelopes that proudly displayed these designs and which quickly
became popular among the citizenry. The situation in the south was quite
different. The demand for printers in the agrarian South was much less, and consequently established and
qualified printers were generally nonexistent throughout most of the
Confederacy. The South also lacked the North's industrialized advantages and
supplies, and so the various Confederate patriotic covers that have survived
the years are scarce and rare and usually have considerable value.
Adversity covers
Due to
the Union blockade, the South was unable to get many needed basic supplies
including paper, and as such envelopes and writing paper were scarce throughout
most of the South. People would reuse old paper and envelopes, bags, and old
forms and sometimes would use wallpaper to construct envelopes with. These
covers are usually referred to by collectors as adversity covers.
Mourning
covers
Mourning covers are also widely collected. These are covers
which bear signs of sympathy or recognition of an adverse event. The most
common type of adversity cover that occurs in Civil War postal history,
Confederate or Union, are what is referred to by collectors as Mourning covers. Many families shared in the loss of
loved ones and friends who died in battle during the four-year war. Letters of
sympathy were often sent between family members and friends. The covers often
bear various markings, usually pen inscribed by the sender. One of the most
common markings found on these covers is the symbolic black border put about the outer face of the envelope.
As many thousands of men died during the war, the black border became
commonplace in the Union and Confederate mail streams and in Civil War
philately.
Manuscript covers
Manuscript covers are addressed envelopes that were designated as
’Paid’ or where the amount of postage due was
hand-written with pen and ink. Manuscript markings can also be found along with
various hand-stamp markings, or in combination with postage stamps, which were
sometimes applied prior to or after the manuscript marking(s). If the
manuscript cover was mail carried by a blockade runner, the cover is usually
referred to as a blockade cover,
and so forth with patriotic and other covers.
Manuscript
/ blockade cover May 24, 1864 St. George's, Bermuda to Wilmington by
blockade-runner Lynx May 29, 1864 arrived Wilmington with
manuscript 12-cent ship rate due
Further reading
1. Clemens, William Montgomery, (1884). Confederate
Postage-Stamps.
2. Anderson, John Nathan, (2013) Money or Nothing:
Confederate Postal System Collapse during the Civil War, American
Journalism.
3. MacBride, Van Dyk, (1950). Fort
Delaware and Its Prisoner-of-war Covers, American Philatelic.
4. Green, Brian M, The Typographs of the
Confederate States of America: Postage Stamps and Postal History.
Postage Stamps of the
Confederate States
5c 1861 Jefferson Davis printed by the lithograph process by Hoyer and Ludwig of Richmond, Virginia.
10c 1861 Thomas
Jefferson designed by Charles Ludwig of Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond,
Virginia. This issue was printed by two different companies: Hoyer & Ludwig
and, later, J. T. Paterson & Co. of Augusta, Georgia.
5c Jefferson Davis 1862
reissue Produced by De La Rue, London it employed an engraving of
Davis by Ferdinand Joubert
10c Thomas Jefferson
1862 reissue
2c Andrew Jackson issued 1862 lithographed by
Hoyer & Ludwig of Richmond, Virginia. Only one transfer stone used in this
printing. The earliest known usage of this stamp was March 21, 1862.
1c John C Calhoun 1862,
typograph
De La Rue printed and
shipped a typographed 1¢ orange stamp. The Confederate Post Office had planned
to reduce the drop-letter rate to one cent, but this proved impractical and, as
a result, the 1¢ stamp was never put into use.
5c Jefferson Davis issue
of 1862, typograph
2c Andrew Jackson issued
1863
engraved in steel by
Frederick Halpin and printed by Archer & Daly in pale red. A second
printing appeared in brown red.
In 1863, a 10-cent
stamp was released bearing the profile of Jefferson Davis in blue. This issue
was designed and engraved on steel by John Archer and transferred to either
copper plates or steel plates. Many shades exist for these stamps, ranging from
light milky blue and darker blue to shades that tend toward greenish blue and
green. This issue was imperforate and was printed on soft, porous paper
of varying thickness and with colorless gum. The earliest recorded usage is
April 23, 1863.
Frame-line printing
"frame-line" variety is by far the rarest of the stamps issued by the
Confederate Post Office and Type I
Type II and Type TEN
20c George Washington
issued 1863
North-to-South Civil War
POW cover, with dual postage, 1863, via Flag of Truce, Fortress Monroe
Captured Patriotic
cover, Confederate seven star flag with manuscript notation "Captured at
Jackson Miss May 14 63" at side
(the date Jackson, Mississippi fell), entered the mails to Iowa with 3c rose
(#65) tied by illegible postmark. Confederate patriotic covers are rarer than
Union patriotic covers.
Confederate postage
(Jef'Davis, 5-cent, blue) on cover mailed during Confederacy period,
1862.Mourning cover with characteristic black border
Reader’s Right
3 Pies = 1Paisa
It is in response to Dr.
Satyendra Kumar Agrawal’s article “Paper Shortage Given Birth to Map Envelopes
on Stamps” pages 26-35. On page 31 Dr. Agrawal writes “But theory of Jaiswal
for postcard rate seems doubtful as in Kalyan Negal’s collection postcards were
impressed with only one indicum with denomination 1 paise.”
If anything, Mr. Kalyan
Negal’s 1 paisa postcard further confirms my theory that the 3 pie indicium was
in fact produced for postcards. You see, 3 pies was the equivalent of 1 paisa.
See Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_pie
New issues
from other Countries
Ireland
15
September 2016 : Cycling in Ireland
Cycling
in Ireland has grown hugely as a pastime for people of all ages and abilities.
People are getting on their bikes for a variety of reasons, for fitness, as a
commute option, a competitive sport or for charity. The rise of the
MAML or Middle Aged Man in Lycra is an often used term! A better measure of the
popularity of the sport is the 800 events organised annually in the Cycling
Ireland calendar.
From grassroots to elite level there are
competitive Road, Off-road, BMX, CycloCross and Track events with leagues and
racing 12 months of the year. On the Leisure and charity cycling side,
every weekend a plethora of events take place all over the country, often
providing a cash injection to local charities and communities. All of this
happens through the volunteers who make up the 450 registered cycling clubs
nationwide.
Gibraltar
20 September 2016 : Gorham’s Cave
Gibraltar’s Gorham’s
Cave has been granted World Heritage status. To mark such an achievement
Gibraltar Post issued a set of 5 commemorative stamps which has been developed
in very close cooperation with the The Gibraltar Museum.
Gorham’s Cave is a natural sea cave in Gibraltar, considered to be
one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe. Gorham’s Cave
gives its name to the Gorham’s Cave complex, which is a combination of four
distinct caves of such importance that they are combined into a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. The three other caves are Vanguard Cave, Hyaena Cave, and
Bennett’s Cave.
It is located on the south-eastern face of the Rock of Gibraltar.
When first inhabited some 55 thousand years ago, it would have been
approximately 5 kilometres from the shore, but, due to changes in sea level, it
is now only a few metres from the Mediterranean Sea.
United Nations
8
September 2016 : World Heritage Sites from Czech Republic
This set issued by UNPA featuring
world heritage sites of Czech Republic.These stamps are part of a joint stamp
issuance with the Czech Post.This issue also includes a beautiful stamp
booklet.
Heritage is our legacy
from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future
generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources
of life and inspiration. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification,
protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world
considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an
international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the
World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.
47¢ – Historic Centre of
Prague
Prague is one of the most
beautiful cities in Europe in terms of its setting on both banks of the Vltava
River, adorned with its distinctive townscape of houses, palaces with towers,
and buildings. Built between the 11th and 18th centuries, the Old Town, the
Lesser Town and the New Town speak of the great architectural and cultural
influence enjoyed by this city since the Middle Ages. The site was
inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1992.
$1.15 – Holy Trinity
Column in Olomouc
The Holy Trinity Column in
Olomouc is one of the most exceptional examples of the pinnacle of central
European Baroque artistic expression. This memorial column, erected in the
early years of the 18th century, is the most outstanding example of a type of
monument specific to central Europe. Rising to a height of 35 metres, it is
decorated with many fine religious sculptures, which are the work of the
distinguished Moravian artist Ondřej Zahner. It was inscribed on the World
Heritage list in 2000.
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