Sunday, October 2, 2022

Rainbow October 2022

 


Memoriam - Her Majesty The Queen


The black-and-white set of 4 stamps commemorates the HM Queen Elizabeth II with four portrait stamps, each featuring a photograph over the years. These are the first stamp images to be approved by King Charles III



Date of Issue  : 10 November 2022


Dehradun 0ctober 2022  Vol. XV  Issue No. 178

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Date of Issue: 13 September 2022




Editorial….

Dear Reader,

I am pleased to release October 2022 issue of Rainbow Stamp News. October is the month of festivals .  Greetings to all the Readers on the occasion of Navratri. Many philatelic exhibitions are also being held this month. Have a double fun of hobby and festivities. A national philatelic exhibition AMRITPEX 2023 will be held next year in February at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 12 to 15 February, 2023 with the active support of Philatelic Congress of India. There will be approximately 1500 frames on display. A Special Section will be dedicated to Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Now its time to prepare for the national exhibition. Best wishes to each and everyone for the forthcoming shows . Let’s find some more beautiful themes on stamps and make new exhibits…..

This is all for this month. More in the next issue. 

Have a wonderful Festive Time !  Happy Collecting! 






Contents


§  Editorial                                                                   

§  From the Desk of Naresh Agrawal                         

§  Recent Indian Issues                                                                   

§  In The News   

                                                     

§  Thematic Watch                                                                

 

§  Specialized Section 

                                                         

§  Beginners’ Section                                                                                     

 

§  New Issues from Other Countries                                                   

§  Philatelic Clubs and Society                                  

§  Blogs & Websites on Philately                                             

§  Current Philatelic Magazines & Newsletters          



INVESTMENT IN INDIAN STAMPS : DETERIMENTAL FOR INDIAN PHILATELY



Accumulation of stamps is for the sake of just collecting, collection of stamps for the purpose of relaxation, displaying the stamps for the purpose of joy and exhibiting the stamps for complete fulfilment of the joy.  But what about collection for the purpose of investment, collection with a hope that if not premium but at least the money spent will be recovered in future when the need arises or the charm of stamps reduces in any case.

Stamp collection has always been a hobby of kings and later in the last few decades it reached masses and became hobby of masses though the control on the hobby still remains in the hands of kings. Kings mean the men with huge pockets full of money. People started collecting stamps as one of the best hobbies being educational, versatile in its scope and the one which can be enjoyed alone or by sharing. Being versatile, flexible in nature and the one with huge and wide scope, it soon reached masses.

Well, the world has changed tremendously in the last few decades. People become materialistic, joys become temporary, sharing become purposeful and  so the  procurement or buying of stamps become a planned  investment.  That has given entry to investors who looked at stamps as a fruitful mean of investment which could yield huge amount. 

In India, the practice blossomed after 2000 when lots of investors recognized the potential in investment in Indian Stamps and started ruling the philatelic world of stamp lovers of Indian Stamps. The huge investments caused seldom hike in prices which also tempted genuine stamp lover to invest in stamps according to his will and financial capacity. For last about 15 years, these stamp investors regulated and controlled the Indian philately at their will and wish which in fact exploited the genuine stamp lovers as the prices of stamps reached their record heights. Later, when the market collapsed, small buyers / collectors found themselves cheated. A few new upcoming investors were practically ruined. The price hike of Indian stamp material also motivated DOP to think in those lines. The price of stamps increased and DOP also indirectly changed its stamps production, pricing and sale schedules. The genuine low budget collectors suffered a lot due this price hike caused by investments. 

Stamp dealers who invested in Indian stamps to get good gains initially enjoyed but later they all repented for the investments done.  Slowly the scenario changed. Genuine philatelists who initially turned in to investors lost their genuine interest in Indian stamps. That caused overall disinterest in India philately by the Indian stamp lovers. There have been other factors also but what we see today is that Indian stamps are not being looked forward as those were a few years back. This in other words is a big setback to Indian philately.

Hence, there is a great need to look upon this cause and some methodology has to be evolved to regenerate the interest of philatelists in Indian stamps to help promotion of Indian philately. Indian stamp designs, pricing, production and sales policy has to be monitored, checked and formulated. 

Hope Indian philately will revive soon.


: Naresh Agrawal : email :
nareshkumar1992@yahoo.co.in Whatsapp : 9425530514


Recent Indian Issues

2 August 2022 : Journey of the Indian Flag – MS Rs 75

20 August 2022 : Ondiveeran – Rs 5

1 September 2022 : 2nd International Tiger Forum – Rs 5


New Special Covers

20 September 2022 : 34th All India Postal Tournament, Shimla 2022-23

22 September 2022 : Harmony of the Pines, Himachal Pradesh Police Orchestra

23 September 2022 : Rajiv Gandhi Govt Degree College, Shimla

24 September 2022 : Durga Puja

2 October 2022 : Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2022








New Picture Postcards from India Post

Five  Picture Postcard issued today during 13th M. P. State Level Philatelic Exhibition MAPPEX-2022 at Jabalpur.

 


 

27 September 2022 : World Tourism Day : 15  Picture Postcards : Kashmir/Ladakh “In Panorama” with Specia Postmark on World Tourism Day.

   

New Special Cancellation

1 October 2022 : World Postcard Day

26 September : Ghatstahapna

28 September 2022 : Donate Blood and Save Life





In the News


‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ conferred to Shri Madhukar Deogawanka


Bharatiya Daktikit Sangstha (BDS) conferred ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ on Shri Madhukar Deogawanka for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Philately on 4th September 2022 in Kolkata. Shri Dipok Dey, President of BDS, handed over the trophy to Shri Deogawanka. Shri Dilip Das, Vice-President of BDS, and Shri Abhijit Gupta, Secretary of BDS gave the Certificate and Uttariya to Shri Deogawanka respectively. Eminent philatelists Shri Partha Chakraborty and Shri Babul Dey were also present.

Forget Me Not


On 26 September 2022, PostNL issued the « Forget-me-not » stamp sheet of six stamps marked with ‘International 1’ for post weighing up to 20g destined for delivery outside of the Netherlands. The stamp sheet was designed by Audrey Large, who was born in France and works in Schiedam. Large won the Young Designer Award at the Dutch Design Awards 2021.


The « Forget-me-not » issue is part of the Dutch Design series. Each year, for this series, PostNL gives winners of prestigious design competitions a free commission to design stamps. They can use their own interests for inspiration, as well as anything that intrigues and influences them. In other words, their personal passions play a leading role.

The « Forget-me-not » stamp sheet was designed by Audrey Large and is based on a 3D digital image of a futuristic mythological creature. The beast’s body is on the bottom edge of the sheet. The neck runs across the tabs on the left of the stamp sheet and the head is on the stamp in the top left-hand corner. From the torso, a second neck grows parallel to the first neck over the middle of the sheet. Bulges are attached to the second neck in the form of vases and pots in various shiny colours. The bulges form the central image elements on the other stamps. The image element on the stamp in the bottom-right hand corner is again linked to the body shape on the bottom edge of the sheet. The long horn on the stamp in the top right-hand corner continues through the tab next to it onto the upper sheet edge, where it crosses the short horn. The coloured areas in the background of the 3D image have a wavy colour gradient.

The typography of the texts is based on the Ulm Grotesk (2018), designed by Ilya Naumoff (France) and published by Indian Type Foundry from Ahmedabad (India).

Designer Audrey Large is best known for the images she creates using 3D software and then transforms into material objects using 3D printers. She was surprised and intrigued by PostNL's request to design this year's stamps for the Dutch Design series. ‘After all, I’m neither a graphic designer nor an illustrator. But PostNL explained that they were interested in the visual language of my 3D objects, and that I was given free reign in terms of the image I wanted to create for the stamps. I also realised that a stamp is just like an object, only two-dimensional.’

A floating image

Large’s approach to design did not involve first coming up with a well-defined concept. ‘That’s not how I work. I had complete freedom to come up with this floating image, and my initial idea was that one day, six elements would travel away from it. For me, coming up with the concept and implementing it happen at the same time. I create the shapes in my head and draw them spontaneously with a pen on my tablet at the same time. I sometimes copy existing elements. For example, I have created the flowers in the object before to represent pawns on a 3D chessboard. Those flower shapes also travel, in this case from one object to another. The overall image is a limitless world in itself – an open world where you can focus on each individual element. Every stamp has its own character, but each shape leads to another. I build the image digitally, print it on paper and then make changes on the computer until it’s finished.’

Light and cartoonish

In this visual and intuitive approach, the ambiguity of the objects' surfaces plays an important role. Large: ‘I chose shiny surfaces so that the objects could be both ancient and futuristic. Of course, I could tell a nice story about why my images look the way they do, but it doesn't work that way. The image isn’t abstract at all – you can identify lots of things in it, such as the archetypal vases and pots on the stamps – but I don’t want to describe or interpret my objects in language. When I work in my free space, I simply have fun and visually translate how I feel at that moment. In this assignment, that resulted in images that are light creative collaboration with me. We added a separate layer containing all the typographical information, making a clear link between text and image.’ That fusion of text and image is enhanced by the oval shape in which NETHERLANDS 2022 and INTERNATIONAL 1 are positioned on the stamp. ‘I aim to literally embrace each object on the stamp by placing the text in circles around them,’ says Breen. ‘The light blue line in the background reinforces that effect. The circle is open, floats and adds movement through the changing width of the line. It has become an image in itself, creating a link between object and typography.’

N for NASA

The correct font was not discovered straight away. Breen: ‘I often choose a font based on one or two letters that I like. Audrey talked about space, travelling and floating. For this assignment, I therefore looked for a font that had an ‘n’ that resembled the ‘n’ in the old NASA logo – a beautiful ‘n’. We only found that letter at the end of the design process: the Ulm Grotesk by Ilya Naumoff. The typography therefore really came into its own – both in terms of form and content, to allow the various elements to merge.’

Continuity in motion

According to Large, the image on the stamp sheet can have a lot of meaning for others, though she does not use words to explain it. ‘It is an open image in which all of the elements are interwoven,’ she says. ‘That’s why I’m so happy with the open circle for the typography. It creates continuous movement. At the same time, it 

Cape Town 2022 International Stamp Exhibition 



Mr. Shakil Ahmed is Indian National Commissioner for the Cape Town 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

Visit : https://capetown2022.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

Visit : https://www.liberec2022.eu/en/aktuality-en/


IBRA 2023


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 is Indian National Commissioner for the IBRA 2023. 


Madhukar Jhingan :  Email: mj@stampsofindia.com   (M) +91-9811160965

IBRA 2023 is being organized by the German Federation of Philatelists (BDPh) under the Patronage of International Philatelic Federation (FIP) With a capacity of 2800 display frames, IBRA 2023 is the first General World exhibition since 2019, with participation open in all Classes - FIP Championship, Traditional, Postal History, Postal Stationery, Aerophilately, Astrophilately, Thematic, Maximaphily, Revenues, Modern Philately, Open Philately, Picture Postcards, One Frame, Youth, and Philatelic Literature. 

For the Rules of exhibition (IREX) please visit : https://ibra2023.de/wpcontent/uploads/2022/03/IREX-IBRA-2023-english.pdf

and for the Exhibit Application forms please visit

https://ibra2023.de/wpcontent/uploads/2022/03/IBRA2023_ApplicationForm_engl.pdf

Please submit the duly filled Forms with a copy of the first page of the exhibit to the

National Commissioner for India, Madhukar Jhingan, mj@stampsofindia.com +919811160965

ANDHRAPEX- 2022

A state level philatelic exhibition will be organized by the Andhtra Postal Circle in October 2022 at Vishakhapatnam. Visit : andhrapex2022.blogspot.com

HYPEX – Diamond 2022

Hyderabad Philatelic and Hobbies Society is going to organize an exhibition of stamps ,coins, notes and other collectibles from 19 to 21 November 2022. For more details plz contact : Shri Prakash Agrawal Ph. 9346777206 email : spagarwaal07@gmail.com

ASSAMPEX 2022




For detail visit : http://www.assampost.gov.in/

UPHILEX 2022

12th Uttar Pradesh Philatelic Exhibition UPHILEX-2022 is being organised by Uttar Pradesh Postal

Circle from 15.10.2022 to 17.10.2022 at Lalit Kala Academy, Regional Centre, Lucknow. 



GUJPEX 2022

State Level Philatelic Exhibition GUJPEX-2022 will be held by Gujarat Postal Circle from 5

to 7 November 2022, at Shreemati Sushilaben Ratilal Hall, Navarangapura, Ahmedabad.



News from Philatelic Societies/ Clubs/Philatelists

A collector’s delight




Sir Thomas Edward Ravenshaw must be a very happy man. In the nearly 150 years of its glorious history, an alumnus had paid back to his alma mater in the form of an artistic tribute. The set of postcards are really wonderful, the first time for any heritage university in the country. 

I remember that the idea had germinated in my mind when the centenary celebrations of the East Hostel were being planned. I had told Hitesh Bhai to wield his pen/pencil and give a visual presentation of the great institution that Ravenshaw was and is. Initially, it would have been an INTACH sponsored project, with India Post being roped in in its official capacity.

 


The proposal had all been finalised, but got mired in red tape and could not be released in the centenary celebrations of the East Hostel. I had felt very bad, as Hitesh Seth had really worked hard and sketched nearly two dozen aspects of the hallowed institution. Not just the tangible structures, but also the ethos and essence of the University. The canons, the sun-dial, the University logo, the masala-mudi cone were all wonderfully captured in the final 16 that were chosen.

 


I had once again proposed that we release the set during the Centenary Day celebrations of the English Department. However fate turned a full circle, and the State Level Philatelic Exhibition was slated to be held at Ravenshaw. This time, the officials of India Post cleared things in a hurry and the release of the covers was one of the high points in the three day celebrations. Thanks to Ms. Madhusmita Padhi, Kashinath Sahoo and Manas, the covers were made ready in a record time. 

The set of 16 postcards, each individually autographed by the artist and posted and stamped at the century old Ravenshaw Sub Post Office inside the campus, will be every collectors delight. It will be a valuable addition to every philatelists’ collection. Sadly, a very limited number were printed, just 400 sets. They will be on sale at the Philatelic Bureaus at Cuttack and Bhubaneswar GPO's. Take yours while you can. 

As for me, I am proud of the small part that I played in the release of the covers. Look out for more from the restless pen of Hitesh Bhai. This is just the beginning. 

-Anil Dhir : email - anildhir2k5@hotmail.com

New Book Marks featuring stamp images

 

A set of philatelic bookmarks were released by Drishti Daan on the 5th September 2022. The Governor of Odisha had released the set. A set of bookmarks were presented to the CM of Odisha.





-Anil Dhir


OPHILEX 2022 , Cuttack



Result & Glimpses

Visit : http://rainbowstampclub.blogspot.com/2022/09/ophilex-2022.html




-Shubhrajyoti Behera, Bhubaneshwar




Discover New Themes

Local Products

There are some items which are locally produced in a particular area and are popular with the local people and the tourists as well. This is a part of Tourism . One can take up this theme and prepare exhibit since many countries have issued stamp on locally produced items it can be handicraft, beverage, cuisine or any vegetable or fruit. The theme could be developed in a very nice way .

Glogg, the best drink of Christmas from Aland  and traditional ‘knäck’ toffee.


Handicrafts

 


Regional Cuisines from India



Stamps on Locally Produced Beverages



Luxembourg : 13 September 20222

Faroe Islands : 16 May 2022

Jersey : 24 May 2022

Liechtenstein : 7 June 2022

Monaco 14 June 2022

Guernsey : 22 June 2022

Malta : 13 September 2022

Aland : 6 September 2022









Locally Produced Beverages

This year’s theme for the Sepac stamp series issued by the small European postal administrations is locally produced beverages. As stamp motif, Åland Post decided to highlight sea-buckthorn, Åland’s own super berry. A varied range of sea-buckthorn beverages is produced in Åland. Tiina Tahvanainen has photographed the motif of the stamp to be issued on 6 September.

Åland is one of a few areas in Finland where sea-buckthorn grows in the wild. The wild shrubs grow in dense stands and thrive best on stone and gravel beaches. The thorny branches make the berries difficult to pick. The small orange, juicy and sour berries of the sea-buckthorn ripen in the autumn and contain high amounts of beneficial vitamins, antioxidants, and fats. Squeezed from the berries, the raw juice is used as such, but also as the base of jams, marmalades, syrups, and ice cream. The fruit pomace is also used in various products.


Specialized Section

On big demand of many readers the article 'Disinfection of Mail' by Naresh Agrawal is being published here again in a series. The article was highly appreciated by the readers around the globe. -Editor

DISINFECTION OF MAIL












the sender to the addressee. Climatic, geological and biological conditions all around the world differs from place to place and time to time. Sometimes there are some epidemics or contagious, infectious and communicable diseases spread in some area which are likely to be transmitted through the mail. Also sometimes there are chances of chemical or bioterrorist attacks by so called militants through the mail system, sometimes some viruses  get attached to the mail which  are then spread to wherever the mail goes and whosoever handles it or the mail in contact with the mail adds to the threat.

Contd. from the last issue…

QUARANTINE   : 

Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease. Quarantine was applied to humans, cattle, goods, mail, packages etc. Though quarantine refers to forty days but  could be as long  until the person was healed properly with no threat to others, and might be very short, such as in the case of a suspected anthrax attack, in which persons were allowed to leave as soon as they shed their potentially contaminated garments and undergo a decontamination shower. Or had a shower in a decontamination tent. 

1799 fumigated folded letter quarantine outside Philadelphia at Health Station situated about 10 miles from main township which initially an island


Fumigated  Ship letter dated 16.07.1829 from Havana,Cuba to Boston, held in quarantine for 21 days on  Rainsford Island in Boston Harbor due to Yellow fever in the West Indies.

HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF QUARANTINES  :   The concept of quarantine  is deeply related to heath practices prevailing during middle ages and thereafter as a protection and prevention measure especially during epidemics involving isolation of the diseased men or infected material.

When a smallpox epidemic struck Rome around 164 A.D., Galen is said to have hastily returned to his home in Pergamon on the Ionian Coast of modern-day Turkey. When plague returned to London in 1665, Thomas Sydenham, a physician, prudently sought safety in the countryside.

The Bible mentions the separation of infected people in order to prevent the spread of disease as early as 1513 BC, as recorded in Leviticus chapter 13 of the ld testament.

It was as early as in the 14th century, most citizens could not flee pestilences, plagues and epidemics threatening their towns, but civil authorities sought to protect them by excluding suspected human carrying disease and merchandise from outside. In 1347 when bubonic plague reached ports on the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea were among the first to deny entry to ships coming from infected or affected areas, notably from Turkey, Middle East or North Africa. Florence, on the Arno River, issued restrictions on travelers and goods as early as 1348. The Venetian Republic formally excluded "infected and suspected ships" in 1374. The earliest such action in the America was by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1647 to 1648, when it barred ships coming from the West Indies thought to be carrying yellow fever.

The first  recorded system of disinfection and decontamination was basically isolation, restriction, protection and separation for  good required period until the infection was checked satisfactorily, was quarantine. Decontamination of mail was for hundred of years an aspect of quarantine, as a part of the larger effort o to destroy the agents of epidemic disease likely to spread through transmission of mail.

In 1377 it was first at Ragusa in Dalmatia, on the eastern shore of the Adriatic that all persons coming from an infected region were detained at a point distant from the city for thirty days.   ( trentina). This period was soon found short and then extended to 40 days (quaranata giorni), from whence the word quarantine, and for the first time this was enforced in Merseilles in 1383. 


                             Ships docking at the Lazzaretto Vecchio, Venice, 14th century

Later, other cities established isolation stations on shore or on nearby islands. Ragusa's use of an offshore island in 1377 was an early example of such a quarantine station. In spite of Ragusa's seeming priority, various sources claim that the first such station was a pest house built on the island of Sardinia in 1453 or buildings erected at Pisa near the church of San Lazzaro in 1464. The Bible mentions the separation of infected people in order to prevent the spread of disease as early as 1513 BC, as recorded in Leviticus chapter 13 of the ld testament.

The disinfection of letters was first attempted in Venice around 1493 by dipping them in vinegar In North America during the 1743 epidemics of smallpox and yellow fever, an early quarantine station was established in Philadelphia on Providence Island in the Schuylkill River. Other major U.S. cities soon thereafter organized quarantine stations to cope with later epidemics of smallpox, yellow fever, typhus and cholera.


         Rock carving of 1697 by infected and detained persons at Sydney Quarantine Station

The Sydney Quarantine Station has hundreds of rock carvings made by  crew-members from the Himalaya during their detention. Periods of detention for smallpox contacts could last a few days to a few months depending on circumstances and vaccination history. Rock carving was a popular way to pass the days.

Different laws and acts were made in the different parts of the world like Italy, Germany, France, Australia, America, West Indies  at different time to control and regulate the quarantine practices.

LAZARETTOS (QUARANTINE STATIONS)

Quarantine stations in southern Europe were originally called lazarettos. These stations were the places where the infected human, cattle, goods, packages, mail etc. were detained, treated and after the goods were  decontaminated or the persons were healed of the disease they suffered / infected under supervision of the health authorities and their clearance and certification , they were sent to the final destination. The period was never specified for such detainment or quarantine.

The quarantine stations / places were made outside far away from the townships or at distant banks, islands to check spread of any virus, epidemic or contagious disease carried by the incoming ship through the man and material it carried. These could be temporary housing, temporary hospitals but were made in isolation.


QUARATINE  METHOD   :

As described above, quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation, typically to contain and stop the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease. Though the word quarantine, in fact  means forty days isolation  applied to humans, cattle, goods, mail, packages etc.  but this  period could be very long   as un till the person was healed properly and there was no threat to others, and might be very short, such as in the case of a suspected anthrax attack, in which persons were allowed to leave as soon as they shed their potentially contaminated garments and undergo a decontamination shower even in a tent.


         A treatment tent for infected persons planted near an old quarantine station


                            Private Ship Letter dated 25.10.1883 from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands via St. Coix shows QUARATINE marking

In some parts of the world like Australia mail was treated to prevent spread of disease to humans. Nowadays it is treated to protect indigenous wildlife and our agricultural industries. Mails have been sprayed, gassed, scorched, baked, irradiated, detained and soaked in the pursuit of cleanliness. The most sought after covers are those from detainees in quarantine or from ships arriving with cases of infectious disease aboard.

OTHER  METHODS   :

Apart from the quarantine the letters were treated by three basic methods, perforation, to let out the harmful “ miasma” and let in clean air; immersion or sprinkling of vinegar or sea water ( both ) thought to have phylactic properties and heating and fumigating properties  briefly detailed as under  :

PIERCING OR  SLITTING OR MAKING HOLES

The usual practice was to puncture the envelope with small holes, often in a grid pattern. The mail / letters were pierced by the use of spike headed “ rastel” , tongs, needles, or knives. Practice varied from one area to another. The perforation also varied from place to place at that time. The use of rastels and tongs made very deep perforation normally  penetrating the letters completely and are readily visible. In many cases however, the perforation took the form of a fine slit, often so fine as to escape the notice, until the letter is handled and careful observation revealed the slit or the cut. 



1830 RASTEL, A PERFORATING MALLET



Entire letter Dtd. 05.07.1858 from Galatz to Paris, disinfected with rastel punches

Piercing for the purpose of disinfection may generally be distinguished from accidental damages by the presence of cuts at two or more places. However, in some cases there can be one cut also.

01.09.1832         U.S. Navy folded letter written at Port Mahon, and disinfected by sulphur fumes in a steam kettle. This letter contains unusual chisel slits and punctures in a star shaped circular pattern which are only known from this Naval installation.


                           Russia 1849 cover/disinfection slits, punch holes/Odessa quarantine

Entire letter  dated 15.11.1852 from Braila to Marseille, rastel punched for disinfection 


     May 21 1847 entire from Alexandria to written in French, apparently several slits


10.06.1847 entire from Alexandria written in Italian several slits 

SNIPPING OFF CORNERS  : 

The usual practice was to puncture the envelope with small holes or to snip off one or more corners, in order to let the fumigation gases in. In addition, a special postal marking used to be done to note the disinfection process


Cover dated  28.02.1926 from Kalaupapa to Detroit, Michigan, disinfected prior to leaving the leprosy settlement. All four corners of the envelope were cut off prior to fumigation. 

   27.04.1900 Soldier letter clipped at the corners. The plague quarantine lifted on  April 30, 1900 following a month in which no new plague cases occurred.


Cover dated 08.09.1930 from a detainee who was suspect of smallpox at the North Head Quarantine Station, Sydney using the envelop of the K.P.M. steamship company. Envelop corners clipped to admit fumigant gas, before taken to Quarantine P.O..

IMMERSION / DIPPING / SOAKING  :

Immersion in liquid has  the effect of causing inks to run, sometimes to the point of producing illegibility, and in case of vinegar – very widely used –causing a brown staining. Sprinkling from vinegar, less obliterate, produces a splash pattern of brown staining. Sprinkling of vinegar, less obliterate, process a splash pattern of staining. Immersion in sea water, commonly used in ports and quarantine harbors, had very bad effect on mails. As with all evidence of “Disinfection”, the damage provided a reassurance to the recipient.

In Malta, the  disinfection was existence even in 1678 and till 1787 like in Marseilles Incising the letter and  soaking it in vinegar and continued even after 1809.

SPRINKLING :  

 Sprinkling of disinfectants on the mail was also in practice to disinfect the same. Vinegar was one of the major disinfectants in use being less obliterate but  produced a splash pattern of brown staining on the over

Sprinkling did not confine to the mail articles only but to the room or the building also to check spread of the infection. In November 2001, chlorine dioxide gas was sprayed into the partly contaminated Hart Senate Office Building, while the Postal Service used a 10% solution of bleach to "sterilize" its mail sorting centers. As some suspected mail had arrived in that building.


Entire Letter dated 19.12.1590 from Bologna to Castle Bolognese with VINEGAR STAINS for Disinfection. Vinegar Stains for disinfection not disfiguring the document

HEATING / BURNING / BAKING /SCORCHING  :

Heat disinfection involved holding the letter over glowing coals. The effect here was to scorch the letter, leaving unburnt patches where tongs had held the letters / items for treatment.


Instruments used for disinfecting mail by smoking

STEAMING :

Putting the mail in steam of water or vinegar water solution was one of the methods to disinfect the mail. This method mainly treated the outer surface. However , for treatment of the contents  large slitting was done on covers giving way to steam to enter and treat the contents.


Registered Letter dated 21.06.1897 from Peshawer (N.W. India) to Bokhara, directed via Odessa Sent by  P.& O. India from Bombay to Brindisi. By rail ( Italian and Austrian ), to frontier had 32 days transit.      The letter had been disinfected by steam under Govt. regulations dated 19th April, 1897

FUMIGATION  :   

Fumigation is the process of exposing letters to sulphur fumes or smoke. Letters were slitted / cut and fumigant gas in form of smoke or spray was put in side it so that all the letter inside and outside both is disinfected. But during this process discoloration occurred. It was not uncommon for letters long journey to be treated in one or more health stations separately during its transmission. Later, some common fumigants like Propylene oxide, Ethylene oxide Eto, Methyl Bromide were in use.                    .


1799 fumigated folded letter quarantine outside Philadelphia at  Health Station situated about 10 miles from main township  which initially was an island


Small outbreak of smallpox in Launceston in 1903 is perhaps the most written incident that caused the fumigation of mail. The disease was attributed to a traveling performer who visited Launceston after contracting the disease on tour in India. Mail was fumigated and hand stamped as shown on the cover

Most countries have instituted mail fumigation at one point or another, and investigation of the specific incidents is an active area for postal history

                               


            
Letter fumigators from the quarantine station at Torrens Island here in Adelaide   presently  displayed at the National Museum in Canberra. It is believed that all Australian  quarantine stations received a pair of these. 


  1817 DISINFECTED COVER WITH WAX SEAL CORSE FRANCE TO TUSCANY ITALY 

Entire Letter dated 04.09.1817 from BASTIA (Corsica, French Island) to Cavalier Spannocchi  disinfected on arrival with a fumigation procedure that resulted in light browning of the paper, leaving lighter areas where the tongs holding the letter made contact with the paper during fumigation. It was fumigated inside and outside and then re-sealed by opening the letter by breaking the seal of the sender (at right, middle of back flap). The re-sealing was done by applying two red wax disinfection seals featuring the House of Lorraine Coat of Arms of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

PERFUMING AND EXPOSING  : 

During quarantining of vessels, at some places of the world ( Malta 1720 ) the rules were passed not to take delivery of correspondence ( packets and letters)  unless those were perfumed thoroughly prior to unloading  from the ship followed by opening of mail and double perfuming the same and leaving the same open exposed for the action for at least 24 hours.

SMOKING   : 

Apart from the above mentioned methods which remained in practice for hundreds of years throughout the world which  damaged the mail substantially in some cases up to the extent of illegibility of text or burning of or hard to handle ; some other methods were also tried and employed not only to disinfect the mail covers or packets but also to the place where those were kept such as exposure to smoke and various fumes. The eventual widespread use of burning sulfur yielding sulfur dioxide (with its "sharp, irritating odor") may have been based on an ancient idea that the more foul a medicine, the more effective it might be. In the late 19th century, sulfur gave way to chlorine or formaldehyde gas.

NOTE  : Fumigation, quarantine, baking, splashing, steaming, smoking, immersion and sprinkling vinegar were one of the methods widely used not only in Europe ( great Britain 1671 to 1850 ) but in Russia and other parts of the world since 14th century due to limited medical  and scientific knowledge based on the assumption and belief that paper products and paper are one of the major carriers of these epidemics like plague, cholera, yellow fever, typhus, smallpox etc. until early 19th century  when the causes of all these epidemics were identified  and so these traditional  disinfection methods were considered useless. In some cases for additional safety, the letters were exposed to all the three or even more than one treatments.

To be contd…..

 : Naresh Agrawal : email : nareshkumar1992@yahoo.co.in Whatsapp : 9425530514


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Beginners’ Section


The World Series of Philately


US #1474 was issued in response to collector calls for a “stamp of their own.” On September 19, 1968, the American Philatelic Society (APS) introduced the World Series of Philately (WSP). 

The competition was unveiled at the 82nd Annual APS Convention held in Rochester, New York that ran from September 19-22.  The structure of the competition was developed by Postmaster General Gordon Morison and was an answer to calls made by serious collectors for several years. 


Item #UN188-89 – These UN World Weather Watch stamps were issued at the 1968 APS show.  

Prior to the WSP, collectors could only see large numbers of award-winning stamp exhibits at international exhibitions.  As a result, most stamp shows didn’t have many exhibits.  The WSP encouraged stamp shows to improve their exhibits by holding a national competition.  Collectors could exhibit their most impressive stamps at national exhibitions.  Each show would declare a winner, and those winners would then compete to be the Champion of Champions at that year’s annual APS Stamp Show. 


US #1474 – First Day Cover Proof card.

From the time it was announced, the WSP was widely popular.  It gave show organizers a reason to plan even bigger and better shows.  They actively sought high-quality exhibits, promoted their shows on a wider scale, and held their shows on weekends that didn’t compete with other WSP shows.  Their shows also offered interesting seminars and encouraged collectors to participate in the APS. 

US #2198-2201 was issued in 1986 for the 100th anniversary of the APS.

Because many shows and collectors wanted to participate in this prestigious competition, the APS established a set of strict rules to qualify. 

To participate in the WSP, exhibitions are required to meet all of the APS’s requirements and be certified by the APS.  They also have to maintain those standards to continue to participate.  The APS limits the number of shows eligible to participate to 35.  Other shows that qualify are placed on a waiting list. 


US #UX110 – Postal Card honoring stamp collecting.

Winners of the Champion of Champions award are then eligible to participate in international exhibits if they chose.

Source : Mystic Stamp Co.


New issues from other countries

Israel

13 September 2022 : Israel- Mexico 70 Year of Diplomatic Relations


France



26 September 2022 : Guide Dogs for the Blind

Guide Dogs For The Blind

The French Federation of Guide Dog Associations (FFAC) FFAC is a charity gathering guide dogs schools in France. Our common aim: provide the visually impaired with guide dogs as a mean for a safe independence and a better integration in society.

New Zealand

5 October 2022 : Christmas 2022




Portugal


27 September 2022 : Solidarity with Ukrainian People


Slovenia 

23 September 2022 : Wells in Slovenia




Wells in Slovenia

Well with weighted pumping mechanism in Lož – a rarity among wells

The well in the centre of Lož, a settlement in the south- western Notranjska region, is a rarity among wells in Slovenia. Not by virtue of its role as a former gathering place for the local population – a function shared by the majority of village wells – but because of its special pump, operated with the help of a weighted lever.

By moving this lever manually to the left and right, water was pumped from the well. It is this that makes the well a remarkable piece of technical and cultural heritage. It was built in 1876, as confirmed by the year on the ornamental metal flag on its pavilion hipped roof. Although Lož was connected to the water supply in the 1960s, individual villagers continued to go to the well for water. The well was restored in 2006.

The large trough next to the well was used to water livestock, although in Austro-Hungarian times this was prohibited by a notice that read “Watering draught animals prohibited – penalty 3 crowns”. A similar well is found in nearby Stari Trg pri Ložu. It is believed that the wells in Lož and Stari Trg pri Ložu are the only two wells of their type in Slovenia.

Spain


26 September 2022 : Eruption of Cumbre Vieja Volcano 2021, La Palma

28 September 2022 : 50th Anniversary of the University of Cordoba


 


Eruption of Cumbre Vieja Volcano 2021, La Palma

At 14:10 hours on 19 September 2021, the eruption began on the island of La Palma, specifically in the area of Cabeza de Vaca, in the municipality of El Paso, after days of intense seismic activity.

The volcanic origin of the Canary Islands is well known and, for decades, the activity of the whole archipelago has been monitored 24 hours a day by the Scientific Volcanological Committee of the Canary Islands, which makes the necessary predictions, thus guaranteeing the safety of all citizens.For this reason, just before the terrible eruption of Cumbre Vieja, many people living in the danger zone were evacuated.

Many families lost their homes and their livelihoods. Entire villages were buried by the rivers of lava that the volcano spewed forth relentlessly for three months.The volcanic eruption officially ceased on 25 December and is now in a phase of degassing and cooling of lava flows.

The island has the youngest territory in Spain and a new appearance in a portion of its territory, reminiscent of the volcanic origin of the Canary Islands. Throughout those three months, the island received the support and attention of the rest of Spain, which threw itself into helping the people of La Palma by organising the sending of materials, personal belongings and economic resources.

There is still a long road to reconstruction and La Palma still needs a lot of help to start again, to continue. But we must not forget that the island is much more than the 10% affected by the volcano and invites the world to visit it and enjoy a unique natural space.

The Post Office issues a miniature sheet with a die-cut in the shape of the island's silhouette. In the background, the image of Cumbre Vieja and on the stamp, one of those impressive and beautiful moments, in spite of everything, when on any given night during those three months of hell, the volcano let out all its strength in the form of fire and lava from its interior.


Philatelic Clubs & Societies

 

Prayag Philatelic Society - https://prayagphilatelicsociety.org/

Ananthapuri Philatelic Association, Thiruvanthapuram

Baroda Philatelic Society -  http://www.vadophil.org/

Chandigarh Philatelic Club

Deccan Philatelic Society – Pune, Maharashtra

Eastern India Philatelists’ Association -http://www.filacapsule.blogspot.com/

The Hyderabad  Philatelic and Hobbies Society

India Study Circle -  http://www.indiastudycircle.org/

Indian Thematic Society, Ludhiana -http://indianthematicstamps.webs.com/

Ludhiana Philatelic Club

Numismatic & Philatelic Association of Vellore Fort 

http://numismaticphilavellore.site40.net/index.htm

Philatelic Congress of India - http://www.philateliccongressofindia.com/

Philatelic Society of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Philatelic Society of India , Mumbai : http://www.psi1897.com/

Orissa Philatelic Association, Mail id-: orissaphilatelic@gmail.com

Rainbow Stamp Club -http://rainbowstampclub.blogspot.com/

Rajkot Philatelic Society – Rajkot, Gujarat

Gujarat Philatelic Association - Ahmedabad

South India Philatelists Association -  http://www.sipa.net.in/

The Army Philatelic Society, Pune

Stamps of India – http://www.stampsofindia.com


Blogs & Websites

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Indian Philately Digest

Stamps of India

Rainbow Stamp News

Se-tenant Stamps of India

Flags & Stamps

Europa stamps

Welcome to Indian Philately

Blogs by Kumar Biswas

The Philatelist

Prayag Philatelic Society

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Current Philatelic Magazines – Newsletters

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-ITS Stamp News - Quarterly - Editor: Suraj Jaitly Publisher: Indian Thematic Society website - 
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-Ananthpuri Stamp Bulletin - Monthly e -stamp bulletin of Anathapuri Philatelic Association, Thiruvanthapuram 

-Journal of the Army Philatelic Society

-India Post – Quarterly Journal of the India Study Circle publishes original articles submitted by members of ISC. 

-Deccan Philatelist edited by Dr Anjali Dutta email :
dranjalidutta0303@gmail.com from Deccan Philatelic Society, Pune.

-The Hyderabad Philatelist from Hyderabad Philatelic and Hobbies Society Editor – Shri Prakash Agrawal 

-SIPA Bulletin issued by South India Philatelists’ Association 

Acknowledgment

- Ananthapuri Stamp Bulletin October 2022 issue edited by Mohanachandran Nair

- Judaica Thematic Society UK  October newsletter edited by Gary Goodman

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