tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10052921158033554592024-02-06T18:15:02.260-08:00Stamp WorldStamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-50749253634572292682020-04-19T09:57:00.000-07:002020-04-19T09:57:19.434-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<u>Stamps for Potatoes</u><br />
Allan B. Crawford a British meteorologist in 1946 made the first attempt to draw attention to issue first postage stamp of the<br />
remote island of Tristan Da Cunha.On the 8th May ,1946 Crawford submitted a petition for first postage stamps of the<br />
island to the South African Post Master General who forwarded it to the Colonial Secretary in London, which was signed by<br />
2 members of the Island Council.<br />
Along with many pages of petition it contained deign of 9 postage stamps which was atached as an appendix.These stamps were<br />
designed by Crawford himself.what was strange and funny was the denomination of the stamps...and Guess what!!!<br />
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Allan Crawford on Tristan stamps issued in 2008<br />
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An example of Tristan Times - Source: <a href="http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/">http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/</a><br />
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During time of WWII the newspaper "Tristan times" used to get sold at the island at "3 cigarettes or 4 large potatoes".<br />
and here each stamps were denominated by number of Potatoes as local currency. The 1D (4 potatoes) was the postcard rate<br />
it was showing a rock hopper penguin standing in front of a silhouette of Tristan island.The rates were as followed below:<br />
1.5D -local letter rate<br />
2D - empire letter rate<br />
3D - Foreign letetr rae<br />
4D - registered rate<br />
6D- parcel rate/pound<br />
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Picture above shows the facsimile of the design by Crawford.<br />
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Picture shows the facsimile of 1D design by Crawford,and signed.<br />
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The petition was turned down for some reasons in September 1946.<br />
However philatelists started to write to Tristan enclosing potatoes in payment for the 'stamps'. By the time the parcels of<br />
potatoes reached the island most of them were mouldy, and there was a real risk of blight affecting the Tristan crops.<br />
Imagine the post office of the island was full of potatoes on the premises<br />
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However 1D stamp is proven to be very rare . might be only very few local use you would find,as stickers.Crawford got 1D stamp</div>
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printed 20,000 copies earlier.In 1962, Allan Crawford allowed his essays to be reprinted in miniature sheets and sold to collectors provided the islanders would benefit from the sales. The firm Cluett Burns Ltd of Southampton printed two imperforated, gummed sheetlets which were placed on the philatelic market by "Rembrandt Philatelics" of Southampton/Hants. The above pictures are </div>
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exa,ples of the same.These designs were reprinted on 2015 London stamp exhibition sheet along with the first postage stamp </div>
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of Tristan Di Cunha , which was overprinted on St.Helena Stamp.</div>
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-84640072042141039412019-03-03T09:19:00.000-08:002019-08-25T23:50:17.752-07:00Light Camera Action!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
India Is a Country of several Ethnic community and we all have our different ways of expressing ourselves and movie is one of the reflection of our daily lives and several movies reflect and upscale Indian Culture in Global Stage. Bollywood is one of most popular name in world movie industry after Hollywood, and India Post have honored Bollywood in several stamp issues . Bengal's contribution to Bollywood industry is astonishing . Bengal is one of most culturally rich ethnic community and their contribution to industry is astonishing be it a movie direction /actors/Singers/Music directors. i am trying to put some stamps issued in remembrance of Bengal's Contribution to Bollywood and Indian Movie industry !!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Ritwik Ghatak with Scene from "Meghe Dhaka Tara" in back drop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Satyajit Ray with Oscar and scene illustration from "Pather Panchali"</td></tr>
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let's start with movie direction the one of best ever produced by Bengal ever : Ritwik Ghatak and Satyajit Ray stamps issued respectively in 2007 and 1994 , here you See Ritwik Ghatak in the background with his famous movie : "Meghe Dhaka Tara" released in 1960 and Satyajit Ray won Oscar for his movie "Pather Panchali"(Song of Road) based on award winning novel of Bhibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay .</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Bimal Roy was honored in 2007 stamp issue </td></tr>
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I like to mention here another famous Bengali Director Bimal Roy Who have produced such master piece of movies like: "Do Bigha Zamin","Parineeta","Biraj Bahu" and Nitin Bose,Tapan Sinha,Hrishikesh Mukherjee who were honored in stamp issues too .</div>
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Let's take you to the music industry where several Bengal based Singers enriched the Indian music by their timeless Songs .India Post rightly respected several of them in several Stamp issues namely on Kishore Kumar,Manna Dey,Hemant Kumar,Bhupen Hazarika ,Salil Chaudhary,Sachin Deb Burman and his son versatile Rahul Deb Burman. Sachin and Rahul Deb Burman were one of most pioneers brought western punch in Indian music and were able to make perfect fusion.Below few stamps and postcards shows the people behind Indian music industry.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Last row second right Shows music maestro Rahul Deb Burman </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">S.D.Burman was honored in 2007</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Bhupen Hazarika,Hemanth Kumar,Mannadey,Kishore Kumar were </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">celebrated in 2016 </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">singers of India Series</span></div>
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lets talk about few actors namely Uttam Kumar , Ashok Kumar,Dhirendranath Ganguly .Uttam Kumar was a legend of Bengali movie industry who acted a wide range of Bengali movies and was a real legend and India Post honored him in 2009 Issue , below are few stamps and postcards issued to commemorate 100 years of Indian Cinema,hope many more glorious years to come . i am ending this here now as too many stories to tell if i want to continue :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Pane of Stamp on Legendary Uttam Kumar </td></tr>
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P.S. This article got published in "Chalachitrita" published in June 2019 , on account of 3rd Bengaluru Bengali Kannada film festival organised by "Satyajit Ray Film Society " Bengaluru. </div>
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-25706791163479923112016-07-06T03:00:00.003-07:002021-08-18T12:48:15.737-07:00The Girl with Green Eyes!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Since long i have seen the photograph on internet and National Geographic site,this picture of this girl with green eyes caught my attention!!! It almost became to me the face of Afghanistan since then. So when i got a nice picture postcard featuring this girl i could not help but share this joy with you,you can see my excitement as i am writing in my blog almost after a very long time!!!<br />
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like other cards this card also have its own story to tell.. This is the picture of Sharbat Gula. She was photographed back in 1984 by Steve McCurry,which appeared as cover image of 1985 National Geographic Magazine.</div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Back then she was living as a refugee in Pakistan during the time of Soviet Union occupation of Afghanistan . Her eyes bold,straight looking to the camera was described as most " recognised photograph" in the history of NGM. McCurry made several unsuccessful attempt to locate her during 1990s, finally in 2002 a NGM team traveled to Afghanistan and found her. No wonder many girls claimed themselves as Sharbat and many husbands claimed their wives as her :). Finally she was identified at an age of 30 in a remote region of Afghanistan,since she went back to her native in 1992 leaving the refugee camp. She recalled being photographed . And in 2002 she first time saw her picture which was shooted way back in 1984. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">She was happy to pose with the iconic issue of the NGM in 2002.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">More about her life can be found @ : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The pictures i have taken from Google and: NGM page: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/mccurry-photography#/29c28178-ccdd-452c-88ee-222992b4a86c.jpg</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Well it was quite a search isn't it?</span></span><br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-22766664360715252412016-07-06T03:00:00.002-07:002021-08-18T12:46:30.542-07:00The Girl with Green Eyes!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Since long i have seen the photograph on internet and National Geographic site,this picture of this girl with green eyes caught my attention!!! It almost became to me the face of Afghanistan since then. So when i got a nice picture postcard featuring this girl i could not help but share this joy with you,you can see my excitement as i am writing in my blog almost after a very long time!!!<br />
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like other cards this card also have its own story to tell.. This is the picture of Sharbat Gula. She was photographed back in 1984 by <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Steve McCurry,which appeared as cover image of 1985 National Geographic Magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Back then she was living as a refugee in Pakistan during the time of Soviet Union occupation of Afghanistan . Her eyes bold,straight looking to the camera was described as most " recognised photograph" in the history of NGM. McCurry made several unsuccessful attempt to locate her during 1990s, finally in 2002 a NGM team traveled to Afghanistan and found her. No wonder many girls claimed</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> themselves as Sharbat and many husbands claimed </span></span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">their wives as her :). Finally she was identified at an age of 30 in a remote region of Afghanistan,since she went back to her native in 1992 leaving the refugee camp. She recalled being photographed . And in 2002 she first time saw her picture which was shooted way back in 1984. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">She was happy to pose with the iconic issue of the NGM in 2002.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">More about her life can be found @ : </span></span>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl<br />
The pictures i have taken from Google and: NGM page: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/mccurry-photography#/29c28178-ccdd-452c-88ee-222992b4a86c.jpg<br />
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Well it was quite a search isn't it?<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-91787819047654070372015-03-21T13:15:00.000-07:002015-03-21T13:17:31.090-07:00Kayaks through stamps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well this was planned long back,but i could not post due to lack of time and finally i was determined and thanks to some inspiring friends and finally its going to come out.<br />
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What is kayak? A kayak is a small, narrow boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic Inuktitut language, where it is the word 'qajaq'. In the UK the term canoe is often used when referring to a kayak .<br />
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Now the type of kayaks: "Sit on tops", as the name suggests, involve sitting on top of the kayak in an open area..."Cockpit style" involves sitting with the legs and hips inside the kayak hull with a spray deck or "spray skirt" that creates a water resistant seal around the waist. "Inflatables" are a hybrid of the two previous configurations, these
boats have an open deck, but the paddler sits below the level of the
deck. "Tandems" are configured for multiple paddlers..<br />
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Ok now enough technical details...what about some stamps of kayaks?<br />
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One of my most favourite is 2011 ms of Greenland showing communication in Greenland..<br />
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The first stamp shows a kay mail..Kay mail was the common way to transport mail<br />
in the old days – this was, of course, as a supplement the dog sledge transport.The kay mail letters<br />
were folded in a certain way so that they would fit into a kamik, the traditional Greenlandic boot.<br />
A few of the kay mail letters, back from the 17th and 18th centuries, are preserved in private collec<br />
tions today.During the 1950s and 60s, as motor boats were more common in Greenland, the need<br />
for kay mail disappeared gradually. In 1994, POST Greenland printed a modern day kay mail letter<br />
which was very popular. The last of these reprints were sold at POST Greenland’s booth during the fair “Frimærkeforum” in Roskilde in November 2010. I tried to find out an example of kay mail letter picture but was not successful.<br />
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Greenland issued several stamps on Kayaks in various years below are 2 of them engraved by master engraver CZ Slania..<br />
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Kayaks were very much used for fishing in northern regions.typically these kayaks shown in the stamps are "Cockpit style" . Like to share a nice postcard issued by Greenland post showing Kayaking by a man..engraved from the painting drawn by Martin Morck in 2002<br />
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One of another stamp issued by Canada post way back in 1955 shows a man kayaking and on back ground on iceberg...the stamp itself is so cold....<br />
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When it comes to Kayaks its prominent in their mythology as well,the 2008 Nordic mythology MS<br />
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The legend behind the myth is: The myth of the rocks,The Rocks is a less well known legend about a<br />
kayaker’s meeting with the spirit in the rocks. The legend tells about the many adventures a traveller meets during his some times dangerous and long travels. In the legend it was urgent for the kayaker to row through two rocks before they collapsed around him. In the old days, the kayak was a very important property for a sealer in Greenland, so he could go catching or travel far. It was very important that the traveller was good at paddling and make turns with the kayak alone in order to get above water very quickly if he capsized. If he came under water, it was<br />
of vital importance to get above water as quickly as possible. Otherwise he would drown.Therefore it<br />
was urgent for the kayakers to be such good kayakers that they could deal with any dangers they might meet. When a sealer was out kayaking, he was usually alone, and therefore had nobody to help him when the danger was in sight. <br />
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Canoeing and kayaking have been featured as competition sports in the Summer Olympic Games since the 1936 Games in Berlin, although they were demonstration sports at the 1924 Games in Paris<br />
Below is the stamp showing Kayaking as race issued by France in 1969<br />
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The MS showing coastal life of Aland showing a canoe or a Kayak?i am bit confused here.<br />
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Last but not least 1981 Falkland 15p issue commemorating 25th anniversary of Duke of Edinburgh's issue shows clearly a Kayak but the Specialized Heijtz Falkland catalogue named it as Canoeing,may be as in UK they call it as Canoeing?<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-86806169340085217542014-08-31T01:51:00.001-07:002014-08-31T01:53:33.415-07:00End of era for Pick Lick & Stick?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Self Adhesive stamps!!!! I was wondering that how popular it is in the world these days!!!!In my recent visit to Scandinavia on a business trip i found it's quite popular and easy to use.When i was visiting different tourist places like Oslo,Bergen,Copenhagen wherever i went i had a plan to send covers and postcards to myself and i succeeded to do so.The all tourist information centers and postcard shops sells stamps. Though i was carrying a glue stick i never had to sue it ,as they were all self adhesives!!! This way it is easy and stamps are accessible to every common people and more popular no doubt.. And it was easy and convenient for me also to remove the paper and stick them on my covers and cards. Below is a cover from Oslo which i posted to myself.<br />
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The question in my mind was is it the end of era for traditional stamps with gum on back?Because as a stamp collector specially for used stamp collector the gum in philately is of so much importance.As i also get some covers from my friends around the world which have self adhesive stamps,i often try to soak them in water to get the used stamp sample.But i found in most of the cases it is almost impossible to remove them from cover.And complexity of removing them differed from country to country. Specially i found USA stamps are almost impossible to recover and most of the time they goes in trash and i hope you understand its of a so much pain:(..I understand its a great pleasure for post crosser or postcard collectors or tourists who really don't care about the gum stuffs, and its honestly easy and convenient way to send cover/cards to their friends and relatives..So whats the use of traditional gummed stamps?Will they really come to an end?I wonder seeing the popularity of self adhesives ..that the day is not so far.But to my wonder as like the above example of Norway stamp i saw some stamps we got as self Adhesives from the post office but when i bought from Philatelic bereaue they are traditional gummed ones..So may be not the end?There is hope!!!Evn online site of them dont shows the self adhesives either!!!!! Below i sent one cover to myself from Post and Telegraph museum of Copenhagen ,its a combination of both self adhesive and normal gummed one!!! The stamp showing the lady was self adhesive...<br />
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Now we just dig a little bit on the history of the Self adhesive stamps!!!!<br />
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The pioneer of Self Adhesives were produced by Sierra Leone in 1964,printed in Britain by Walsall Lithographic Co. on paper supplied by Samuel Jones & Co. The stamp shows the map of the country.<br />
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Off course by using self adhesives the health risks can be avoided.As most of collectors buy stamps from counter and immediately they lick the back side of it and stick it to the envelope,which may cause spread of bacteria .<br />
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Well USA was next in line to issue self adhesives .In 1974 they issued the christmas stamps as self adhesives and it was a great flop :( ,due to die cutting problem and adhesive damaging the design.<br />
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Though the issue was raised in British parliament just after the issue of first self adhesives by Sierra Leone whether GB can adopt such stamps in future,and it was not accepted until October,1993 when GB came out with their first self adhesive stamps were issued as a booklet of 20 1st class values,as shown below.<br />
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and now happily the tradition is being followed in Post and Go stamps by GB. and i think most of all countries are issuing them as a part of their stamp issues.<br />
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The problem is to remove them by water.Some tells it can be easily by hot water some says it is not.But my experience is USA stamps are worst in this case,but seems they have been designed such a way so no one can use the uncancelled stamps as new stamps again.<br />
Some collectors of used stamps have discovered that although not readily removable by water, the self-adhesives can be removed with Bestine (a hexane solvent), Benzine (Petroleum Ether), or a natural based citrus solvent containing d-limonene (e.g., Pure Citrus Orange is an air freshener product that works for this purpose).<br />
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So what ever it is health issue or bacteria,the debate will be still on ...<br />
So what you prefer self adhesives or traditional gummed ones?<br />
A pain for stamp collectors or paradise for common people?? <br />
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Note:The pictures of early self adhesive stamps are taken from internet.<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-49372830550847795162014-03-12T08:02:00.002-07:002014-03-12T08:02:56.685-07:00Mail from Volcanic Island..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My friends here i share with you my mail from remote volcanic south Atlantic island..Tristan Di Cunha..<br />
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I was always curious of getting letter from remote islands and it would be nice if it contained bird stamps on it..and here you go a nice cover and postcard to my address and these <span style="font-size: small;">Albatross have reached me safely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The stamps are showing Tristan Albatross issued in 2013 as set and 1 miniature sheet and sheetlet bearing WWF symbol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Note the color difference of Albatross beak ..the postcard one is yellow and stamps showing one having pink..the later one is called as </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.834113121032715px;">Southern Royal Albatross</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.834113121032715px;"> ..</span></div>
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-13496173370513804322013-09-08T08:57:00.000-07:002016-02-09T10:50:26.844-08:00Surprise from Mongolia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Surprise and gifts make collections some time more interesting..and so i was while i got this nice cover from Mongolia..from an unknown friend.I don't remember we have communicated any where and i have ever shared my address with some one from Mongolia..So it makes me more curious and surprised..but what ever it was it was great ..<br />
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The miniature sheet is the Mongolian version of India-Mongolia joint issue...and the 2 same stamps shows some is 1999 issue from a stone Sculpture issue showing inscription from Uigur period on stelae <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and it also have stamp of some God it seems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well as the person wanted me to publish this in my blog..so i am doing..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you want to swap with him you can write to him..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">His address:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Enkhbold Jigmid</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">P.OB. -122 Erdenet City</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Orkhon aimag 61000</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mongolia</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thanks again pal..it was so nice of you..</span><br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-77650688783291803792013-07-20T13:14:00.000-07:002013-07-20T13:28:40.472-07:0040th Anniversary of Isle of Man stamps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In July 1973 the Isle of Man Post Of fice became an independent<br />
postal administration..I make my small attempt to look in to different aspects and designs of<br />
IOM stamps which are in my collection so far..I have just selected some stamps to show<br />
them how unique they are in their design, beauty .The few best things i like about their stamps are<br />
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1. Mostly they have strong relevance with Island history and islandic people or Great Britain<br />
connection .<br />
2.The number of issues per year are very much under regulation<br />
3. Even in the philatelic bureau also you wont find much older stock<br />
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The first postage stamp designed especially for the Isle of Man was issued on 18 August 1958.<br />
Local committees were formed to invite and instruct artists, and to adjudicate on the submitted designs.<br />
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For IOM , three artists were approached, Mrs A Humphreys, Miss Margaret Lockwood and John H Nicholson.</div>
And finally from 5th July,1973 IOM post went independent and the first set was issued was designed by John H Nicholson..<br />
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So here goes some of the finest IOM stamps in my collection.<br />
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1. To start with it is from the very first set issued in 1973 designed by John H Nicholson.<br />
the stamp shows <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Port St.Mary</span><br />
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2. This is another stunning issue from 1985 the £5 definitive portraits the Queen.<br />
The main charm of most of the designs that local artists and designers were given priority.<br />
This one was designed by Colleen Collett.<br />
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3. The invasion of Norse Vikings are shown in many stamps as well here one goes from 2008 set showing the Viking..so again an islandic relevance .<br />
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4. Now comes my very favorite artist Dr Jeremy Paul who is mainly a wildlife artist. IOM issued many sets designed based on wildlife paintings by him and to me and most of the stamp collectors they are just wonderful.Here goes the sheetlet of the Manx Birds Atlas which is designed by him and also carries his signature .<br />
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5. As I said earlier local islandic relevance is very common in designs...the 2004 Souvenir sheet shows the commemoration of 150 years of the Great Laxey wheel..Which was build way back in 1854 .<br />
The Laxey Wheel is the largest working waterwheel in the world.<br />
The wheel is water-powered since the Isle of Man does not have a supply of coal but does have an plenty of water resource .<br />
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Notice the left hand side of SS shows inscription designed by the Agency Limited. That is the fact that there were design agencies were formed with well known mostly local artists who used their all skills together to design together some great issues of IOM .<br />
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6. Another great issue of IOM is the 2003 issue showing Lord of Rings Triology . The set consists of 8v and 1 SS.The stamps again designed by the Agency as mentioned above .The stamps shows the movie stills and interestingly the 27p shows John Rhys Davies ,who is a resident of the island.<br />
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7. Time to time the island issued stamps to show the Manx heritage..There are many as such they are maintained and promoted wonderfully through the stamps which helped in return generating good amount of revenue by tourism .<br />
Below is the full set of 2004 Manx Heritage set .<br />
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8. The relation with UK and sports illustrated in different issues one of them is 2009 SS showing the Ashes series which is one of the greatest series in test cricket where two super power England and Australia plays each other..Its very much respected series in the great game of Cricket and both countries take amazing pride in winning it .<br />
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9. War and peace shown in many issues..one of the most beautiful and meaningful to me is the below SS from 2008 a tribute to 90 years of end of the WWI ..<br />
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10. Last but not least he participation of different international commemorative events.<br />
The SS was issued in 2007 to make a step forward like many other countries for Global warming and celebrating the International Polar Year.Thanks to IOM post for sending me as gift.<br />
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and from the year 2007 IOM issuing stamps as a member of SEPAC(Small European Postal Administrations Corporation).It issued in 2007,2009,2011 3 stamps all are wonderful depicting beautiful corner of Europe.Among 3 stamps i chosen the 2007 one which i like a lot showing the European Vintage ploughing championship .I am waiting for this year SEPAC from them the topic is Baby Animals. )<br />
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Another year is going to be end..2012 and 2013 is approaching with new hopes of ray and probably lots of resolutions which we would take and never able to make:) but still we do..like we philatelists have different goals may be which includes filling up missing stamps in our albums or complete some countries or to get a cover from an unknown countries...<br />
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This 2012 i also had some resolutions and some philatelic goals in some sense these were satisfied and some are not.But overall it was again a great successful year for my collections ....i have won some good deals in ebay,some wonderful stamps were issued throughout the world..and gone through some wonderful exchanges..<br />
I was thinking of writing this blog from long time..and today i decided these is now or never..It was really a difficult choice of stamps and covers....<br />
Here i will share my acquisitions of my 2012 in the forms of stamps/SS/Covers...<br />
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The first one i like to share is 1994 India Baroda Museum setenant issue..i was eyeing this for long time but never found at good affordable price..though u see it very rare in ebay.in atleast in perfect condition..so i got a chance and i rightly grabbed the item..<br />
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And another wonderful sheet of Telegraph centenary SS issued by India in 1951..which i bought from the same dealer as the Baroda Museum stamp illustrated before..<br />
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This Wonderful cover was sent to me by my good Friend Anita Bildl ...it's my first cover with unusual stamps on it..Over the years Austrian post issued stamps on unusual substances like polymer,with <span style="font-size: 100%;">dust from a meteorite<b>,</b></span>crystal i have few of them in mint but its always pleasure to have them on postally used cover..These stamps were published in honor of Austrian <span style="font-size: 100%;">embroidery industry the Green stamp was issued in 2005 and another was issued in 2008...the 2005 issue depicts </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Edelweiss an well known alpine flower and the 2008 issue depicts </span>Gentian flower..Thanks Anita for this wonderful cover..<br />
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Anita's Cover was not only surprise it has a wonderful strip of 3 stamps of Austrian polar issue i was searching this issue from way back in 2010..but i waited and finally patience paid Thanks Anita again:)<br />
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This set comprising the first issues from Australian Antarctic Territory..the stamps were issued in 1957-59 and the 5d green stamp was issued in 1961..The 2sh shows the map of antarctica and Australian explorers..<br />
5d brown shows Edgeworth David,Mawson and A.F. McKay (1908-09 South Pole Expedition) .8d shows Loading weasel (snow truck). 1sh, Dog team and iceberg 2sh3p Emperor penguins and map the 5d green shows Sir Douglas Mawson it was issued to commemorate the 50th anniv. of the 1911-14 Australian Antarctic Expedition ..I thanks Richard Martin for sending out me this wonderful stamps...<br />
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The Cover from Lesotho came to me from Mr. Mike Shutts thanks for the wonderful cover i am specially thankful that u have put train stamp on my cover..<br />
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This very cold miniature sheet came from Argentina from my friend Germán Bicego ..it took nearly 3 months to reach me i almost thought it was lost...Thanks German...<br />
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And this is the postcard of elephant seal really posted came all the way from Falkland Island .Thanks to Vanessa(Employee Falkland Philatelic Bereaue) who kept my request to post it and write on it...That was really wonderful..I got 4 cards this is the best one i chosen ....<br />
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And this postcard was sent to me by Mila Pikova ..Spasiba(Thanks So much)..This is Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow its structure amazes me..just love it..read more about this @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral<br />
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Wish u happy new year 2013 and wish ur all dreams (read philatelic dream )get satisfied this year..<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-80331614947106533862012-10-02T10:31:00.002-07:002012-11-30T08:34:17.027-08:00Stamps on Railways Stations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While writing this post firstly i wanted to share a 4v Railways stations set from Algeria..issued in 2008<br />
The 4v set shows 1)Gare D' Alger,2)Gare De' Constantine,3)Gare D' Oran,4)Gare D' Skikda<br />
Super thanks to my Algerian friend Ismail for sending these to me.. <br />
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This is Copenhagen Central station completed its 100 years..and Danish post issued this 4v stamps..<br />
I am also attaching the writeups which was in the presentation folder..<br />
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Bern Railways Station Switzerland 1974..<br />
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Belarus Post issued this stamps/SS in 2010 ..shows <span style="font-size: 10pt;">The railway station “Vilenski” in Minsk, beginning of XX century and <span style="font-size: 10pt;">The railway station in Mogilyov, beginning of XX century.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> These stamps issued by FL post it shows 3 railways stations in liechtenstein..was issued in 1997 it has only 4 railways stations..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This shows Taiping station in way back 1885..on the cover of booklet issued by Post Malaysia in 2010 to commemorate 125 years of Taiping- Port Weld railways service which started in 1885..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This below SS was issued by Romania Post to celebrate 100th anniversary of Oriental Express shows Gara De Nord station in France..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2004 Belarus issue showing <span style="font-size: 10pt;">station in Mosty, beginning of 20th century. and <span style="font-size: 10pt;">in Vitebsk, 19th century.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Israel post issued this beautiful sheet in 2011 on Valley Railways..The tabs shows Turkish period buildings at the Kfar Yehoshua station, which were renovated and restored and currently serve as a visitor’s center.<br />
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India Post issued this sheet on Heritage Railways stations in India in 2009 ..The stamps shows: Howrah,Chennai,Mumbai,Delhi, Stations<br />
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This one is From my country again celebrating 100 years of Doon Valley Railways and shows Deradoon railways station<br />
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2007 Stamp from France shows Nantes Railways station..<br />
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These stamps were issued in 2008 by Turkish Post ...The first stamp shows: Turkey's largest and most magnificent railway station, Haydarpasa, shown on the first stamp, was built in the early 20th century by the German architects Otto Ritter and Helmuth Cuno. Istanbul Sirkeci Terminal (Turkish: Sirkeci Garı), illustrated on the second stamp, is Istanbul's terminus for trains from Edirne and Europe<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-38714803942054475662012-09-01T04:11:00.000-07:002012-09-14T22:09:33.320-07:00Mountain Railways In India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello my fellow collector friends after a long brian storming session on what topic to write i have chosen this mountain railways in India..<br />
Mountain Railways of India is a <b>UNESECO</b> heritage Site<br />
As you all know India is a country diversity so we have many high ranging mountains in both in northern and southern part of India<br />
Here is my small effort to represent them through my stamps:)) Hope you will like it..<br />
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There are six or seven railways lines built in India during early 19th and 20th century during the British period..<br />
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The mountain railways of India are as followed:<br />
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1)Darjeeling Himalayan Railways(1881)<br />
2)Kalka-Shimla Railways(1898)<br />
3)Kangra Valley Railways(1924)<br />
4)Kashmir Railway (2005)<br />
5) Nilgiri Mountain Railways<br />
6)Matheran Hill Railways<br />
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From 1-4 above are on the Himalayan mountains in North India<br />
and rest two are on Western ghats in Southern part of India<br />
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1)Darjeeling Himalayan Railways:<br />
It was built in 1881 during British rule in India..It runs from Siliguri to Darjeeling,in West Bengal<br />
It is often called as toy trains are one of the tourist interest there ..The highest elevation of this railways in Ghoom station its about on 2300 meters(7,500 feet) ..<br />
In 1982 India have issued a stamp on this railways..as shown below:<br />
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The wonderful FDC is showing a nice mountain range of Himalaya<br />
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Bhutan issued a wonderful SS on Darjeeling Himalayan Railways in 1984...<br />
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2)Kalka Shimla Railways: Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh..a wonderful hillstation where i always wanted to visit but so far no luck yet:(..It's on 2,205 meter(7,234 Feet)..and it was summer capital of British India..The railway line was constructed by the Delhi–Ambala–Kalka Railway Company commencing in 1898 in the Siwalik Hills ranges..<br />
The line has 103 tunnels and 864 bridges (multi-arched gallery type, like the Roman aqueducts)<br />
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India Post issued stamps to commemorate the 100 years of this Kalka-Shimla Railways..in 2003<br />
Here is a wonderful blk of 4s and the FDC here<br />
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3)Kangra Valley Railways: The Kangra Valley Railway lies in the sub-Himalayan region and covers a distance of 163 kilometers (101 mi) between Pathankot and Joginder Nagar, a valley known for its natural beauty and ancient Hindu shrines<br />
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India dont have any stamp on this railways so this is the picture from<br />
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4)Kashmir Valley Railways: It was built for Jammu and Kashmir to communicate with rest of India.. The railway starts from Jammu and, when completed, will travel for 345
kilometres (214 mi) to the city of Baramulla on the northwestern edge of
the Kashmir Valley<br />
The scheduled date of completion was August 15, 2007. However, several
unforeseen complications have pushed back the final completion deadline
to 2017 at the earliest so a through service from central India to
Kashmir will not be possible till then....<br />
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Here is a special cover issued on this railways: Special Cover, Kashmir Train,Carried Cover, Railways, Anantnag to Srinagar T N 7<br />
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5)Nilgiri Mountain Railways :It is a single track mountain railways in southern part in India. Coonoor was initialy the last station till june 1989 but it got extended further to Fernhill in september,1908 and to Udagmandalam(Ooty) in October 15th ,1908..The Nilgiri Mountain Railway was inscribed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in July 2005.Ooty is a wonderful place and one of my finest holiday destinations:) i was there 2 times but we did not have time to ride the railways:( Next time i proise i will surely do and update this blog:)LOL<br />
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Here is the wonderful postcard of Nilgiri Railways in Ooty..<br />
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Special Cover issued by India post to comemorate the Centenary of Coonoor -Udhagamandalam Railways on the 9th Novermber,2008<br />
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6)Matheran Hill Railways : Last but not least the Matheran Hill Railways which is one of the heritage railways in Maharashtra built in between 1901 and 1907..The railway line, a 610mm (2 ft) gauge line, covers a distance of 20 kilometers (12 mi), over large swathes of forest territory connecting Neral to Matheran in the Western Ghats hills near Karjat and Mumbai. The line, which generally used to be closed during the monsoons because of the danger of landslides, has, since the 1980s, been kept operational throughout the year.<br />
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India Post issued a set of 4v on mountain railways in 1993 which shows : Matheran Hill Railways,Darjeeling Himalayan Railways,Nilgiri Mountain Railways,Kalka-Shimla Railways<br />
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A Special cover issued on Darjeeling Himalayan Railways: issued for Kurseong Philatelic exhibit in 2005<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-13003631194451982822012-08-26T11:12:00.001-07:002012-09-01T05:47:58.107-07:00Spanish Bull fight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bull fighting is a traditional spectacle in spain..in which one more bulls are baited and then killed in a bullring..A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with Spain.It is also played in Portugal,southern France also in some american countries like Mexico,Colombia,Ecuador,Venezuela,Peru .<br />
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The picture above shows the bullfighting in Spain in different provinces in 19th century when Government itself promoted it as national symbol .<br />
And here goes the bullfighting in Spain in 2012 where we can see in many area it have been stopped and declared as banned.<br />
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It started from prehistoric arena where it was done as a part of bull worship and sacrifice ..<br />
The killing of sacred bull was essential central iconic act of Mithras .The oldest representation of what seems to be a man facing a bull is on the celtiberian tombstone from Clunia and the cave painting "El toro de hachos", both found in Spain.<br />
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The above picture shows the bull leaping Frescos<br />
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Same was shown in 1937 stamp from Greece shown below<br />
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Spanish-style bullfighting is called corrida de toros (literally "running of bulls")<br />
In the traditional way 3 matadores each fights with 2 bulls which are of weight not less than 460kg and ages between 4 to 6 . Each matador has six assistants—two picadores ("lancers on horseback") mounted on horseback, three banderilleros – who along with the matadors are collectively known as toreros ("bullfighters") – and a mozo de espadas ("sword page"). Collectively they comprise a cuadrilla ("entourage").<br />
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Here is a full set of spanish bull fight 16v set issued in 1960 on the Feb 29<br />
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Designs: <br />
15c Lidian Bull<br />
20c, Rounding up bulls.<br />
25c, Running with the bulls, <br />
30c, Bull entering arena <br />
50c bull fighting with cape<br />
70c bullfighting with bandarillas<br />
80c,1p,1.4p,1.5p fighting with muleta in various poses<br />
1.8c mounted bullfighters placing bandarillas<br />
5p 19th century bullfighter,bullring<br />
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Sources and picture courtesy: wiki<br />
More info can be found @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfighting<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-20150986565500587152012-08-23T10:03:00.000-07:002012-09-14T09:28:11.617-07:00Puffins:))<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These are for those who are bored seeing railways stamps only..and for all bird and Puffin lovers...<br />
I personally like them they are so cute............<br />
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This was a Nordia issue in 2009 Thanks Mr. Guðni Friðrik Gunnarsson for this and the FDC below..<br />
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And FDC was issued in Jersey in 1980 on sea birds its a 8v set..<br />
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And this WWF set was issued by IOM post in 1989..its a 4v set..here is the FDC with Puffin cancel..i was looking for this for long time and got it finally.some one told true..Collection needs patience..<br />
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And Many thanks To Mr.Richard Martin from UK for the below sheetlet it came to me in perfect condition..<br />
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And here is the official Maxi card for this issue(Uploading only the Puffin issue)<br />
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Above is the FDC from Faroe island issued in 1978..That was a 3v set of seabirds...<br />
And here goes the 3v set:<br />
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From left to right birds are : Northern Gannet,Atlantic Puffin ,Common Murre<br />
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This beautiful MS is from Hungary issued on Protect polar regions topic..<br />
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My recent acquisition from Gibraltar 1988 Atlantic Puffin..its nice to see sheet value on the edge:)<br />
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Its a 4v set shown below:<br />
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Today i got these two TN postcards from my Facebook Friend Aditi thanks So much:)<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-58868949517247853522012-08-23T08:55:00.001-07:002012-08-29T10:11:06.475-07:00Southern Rhodesia Railways stamps::<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am going to share some of my favourite railways stamps From Southern Rhodesia here:::<br />
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These 4v was issued in 1937 ..the locomotive is 11th class locomotive and the bridge is over the Victoria falls..<br />
Just i am enlarging it so you can see the beauty of it:<br />
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And the below one issued in 1953 it shows a 15th class Beyer-Garraat Locomotive..Its is from 5v set..which i bought in an local exhibition in Bangalore<br />
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Though its of Rhodesia and Nyasaland i thought it to share with you..<br />
This was issued way back in 1959 shows Beyer,Peacock 16th class steam locomotives used in 1930s and<br />
class DE2 disel electric locomotive used in 1950s<br />
Bought it from a UK ebay shop at good price:)<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-54940853488086065712012-08-22T10:26:00.000-07:002012-08-22T10:26:12.347-07:003 New Covers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Though i have many covers from many countries..<br />
But today i am glad to share with you 3 wonderful covers which i received from 3 countries from where these are the first..<br />
Gibralta,Greece,Bulgaria..<br />
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The Gibraltar cover came with a purchase and rest two are from 2 private swaps<br />
Thanks Tsvetana Petrova(Bulgaria) and Dimitris Tsolakis(Greece)<br />
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The Gibraltar stamp is from 2012 issue of 10th anniversary of Chess Fesitval its a 4v issue<br />
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The Greek Letter included the surprise postcard:))<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-18611697857396037212012-08-22T05:57:00.000-07:002012-09-01T07:37:07.825-07:00Railways Stamps from Moldova::<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Moldova issued these wonderful railways stamps in 2005 .<br />
Thanks to Tatiana Kibina who sent me these..<br />
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I specially like the rail lines on the margin..<br />
The 60b stamp is Steam Locomotive<br />
The 1L is Shunting Railways Line <br />
1.5L is Disel Train<br />
4.40L is Highway Railways Engine </div>
Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-6081542484085101862012-08-22T05:33:00.000-07:002012-08-23T04:51:36.901-07:00Good Swapper List Around the world(Stamps+Covers+Postcard)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello All,<br />
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I am going to publish the Good,Reliable swapper here ...whom i have swapped successfully here ..<br />
This is just for reference.<br />
P.S. I will not take any responsibility if you swap with the same persons and dont get any response might be for Postal delay or whatever..<br />
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1. Tahir Arif(India)<br />
2. Kasinath Ra(India)<br />
3. Timothy joko Veltman(Switzerland)<br />
4. Vera Radnell(From Australia currently in Malyasia)<br />
5. Hakan Mutlu (Turkey)<br />
6. Sei Pei Lin(Malyasia)<br />
7.Bin Sze Tay(Malyasia)<br />
8. Peter Gortz Christiansen(Denmark)<br />
9. Tsvetana Petrova(Bulgaria)<br />
10. Ed Lamoureaux(USA)<br />
11. Natalie Gordon(USA)<br />
12. Witti (Germany)<br />
13. Guðni Friðrik Gunnarsson(Iceland)<br />
14. Maryana Hoshovska(Ukraine)<br />
15. Donata Jankauskaite(Lithuania)<br />
16. Rasel Sarkar (Bangladesh)<br />
17. Linda GroundWater(Australia)<br />
18. Ismail(Algeria)<br />
19.Zine Merouane(Algeria)<br />
20. Laroussi Md. amine(Morocco)<br />
21.Sylviane Boyer(France)<br />
22. Jozikk Jurcik(Latvia)<br />
23.Ylo Juulik (Estonia)<br />
24.Vit Rimkevich(Russia)<br />
25.Richard Martin(UK)<br />
26.Pulak Barua(Bangladesh)<br />
27. Manimala chakroborty<br />
28.Zoran Zoki(Serbia)<br />
29.Zeljko Vasilik(Croatia)<br />
30. Jean Pierre Cordier(France)<br />
31.Imre Berkes(Hungary)<br />
32.David Rivera Alonso(Spain)<br />
33.Choonjong Park(South Korea)<br />
34.Adeline wong(SingaPore)<br />
35.<span class="il">UMBERTO</span> DALLA PRIA(Switzerland)<br />
36.Peter Obermaier(Germany)<br />
37. Slavica Radej(Slovenia)<br />
38.michal(Slovakia)<br />39.Patrick Liang(Pakistan)<br />
40.Myron de la Paz(Currently Germany as per FB record) <br />
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Now these i remember i am sure i have exchanged with more people..<br />
Will update as and when i remember..<br />
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Stamp Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854539070096483918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1005292115803355459.post-13108747113995334322012-08-22T05:08:00.000-07:002012-09-22T12:50:14.177-07:00 TGV Railways<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is a beautiful stamp and FDC on TGV railways..I was searching for this kind from long time..<br />
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thanks to my friend Timothy Veltman from Switzerland for getting me this..<br />
this stamp was isssued by France in 1984 to comemorate Postal TGV transport ...Paris-Lyon Mail Service..<br />
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P.S. I am looking for more TGV stamps around the world+TGV cancel...<br />
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This above one issued in 1974 to comemorate the completion of Turbotrain TGV001 project ..<br />
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And this above TGV Atlantique was issued in 1989..<br />
It was bulit between 1988-1992 by Alstom is called Second generation TGV Trains<br />
It can go up to 300kmph ...<br />
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Gabon issued this one in 1981 to comemorate 200th anniversary of George Stephenson<br />
In this its a 3v set+SS..<br />
I have the 3v set and looking for the SS<br />
Here goes the 3v set..Thanks to M.Imran Siddque for this<br />
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The above one was issued in 2007 ..i love the rail road map on it:) shows the route of it in Europe<br />
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And this above 2011 issue was sent to me by my friend Jean Pierre<br />
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TGV and Eurostar in Lille 1993 issue<br />
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PhilaFrance from Mongolia issued in 1989 shows TGV Railways<br />
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This one another from Cuba 2009 issues shows a TGV which achieved 320kmph speed..<br />
On the train its written SNCF is the SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français; "French National Railway Corporation") is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network. <br />
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This is form a 6v set+1 SS shown below illustrates the high speed railways around the world..<br />
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The trains are:<br />
Acela Express - USA<br />
AVE - Spain<br />
Eurostar - Europe<br />
ICE - Germany,Austria,Denmark<br />
ICN -Switzerland<br />
TGV - France<br />
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The SS shows Shinkansen which runs in Japan..<br />
And another wonderful issue from Cuba 2006<br />
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5v set but i am not sharing here the full set as it will be too many types of train in the TGV blog:)<br />
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Issued in 1987 for Mickey Mouse 60th anniversary its a 2v SS set i have this one only:(<br />
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From Cook Islands 1985 8v set<br />
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1998 sheet from Yugoslavia shows TGV<br />
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