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Special Cover : 80 Years of Kannada Cinema – 3 march 2014 - Bangalore

 

 

: Sreejesh Krishnan - Trivandrum

Akopex - 2014, Fourth District Level Philatelic Exhibition at Akola - 8th - 9th March 2014.

Akopex-2014, Fourth District Level Philatelic Exhibition (6th Exhibition by Akola Philatelic Association) will be held by India Post, Akola Postal Division in Co-ordination with Akola Philatelic Association on 8th and 9th March 2013 at Akola
Venue: Annasaheb Rokade Sabhagruha, Mahsul Colony, Behind New Bus Stand, Akola - 444 001. 

Timing: 11.00 am to 7.00 pm
Inauguration: 8th March 2014 at 11.00 at the hands of Shri B. K. Mistri, Jt. Commissioner, Income Tax, Akola.
Other Programmes:
Quiz Competition - 8th March 2014 at 4.00 pm to be conducted by Shri B. M. Modi and Shri Ajay Agrawal.
Philatelic Workshop - 9th March 2014 at 11.00 am to be conducted by Shri Raja Guman, Shri B. M. Modi and Shri Ajay Agrawal.

- Ajay Agrawal, Akola

Recent Special Covers

Chitrali – 2014 – Kathak – 7 Feb 2014 , New Delhi

Chitrali – 2014 – The Morice Fire Engine – 7 February 2014, New Delhi

: Sreejesh Krishnan - Trivandrum

Musical stamp show - Glimpses

Jagjit Singh stamp presentation ceremony followed  with Ghazal and Stamp exhibition on Legendry Indian Musician and musical instruments organized by Phila - Art at Patna on 1st March 2014

 

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World War I Trench Art

As part of Isle of Man Post Office’s commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, it commissioned a unique miniature sheet recognising “trench art”, an aspect of the “war to end all wars” which reveals more about the people involved in the conflict. The unique miniature sheet design incorporates elements of the rare artworks and a £3 Isle of Man stamp.

An important record of the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, this miniature sheet will be a vital addition to the collection of all philatelic and military enthusiasts.

The issue was inspired by the research and writing of Jane A Kimball, whose book, Trench Art: An Illustrated History, places the diverse body of objects known as trench art within their social and art historical contexts. Ms Kimball, a highly qualified academic and former academic research librarian at the University of California, has been a collector of trench art for many years, owning more than a thousand pieces.

She has contributed the text with appears inside both the Presentation Pack and Filler Card, making this miniature sheet issues as informative as it is decorative. The name evokes images of mud-splattered soldiers in soggy front-line trenches hammering out souvenirs for loved ones at home while dodging bullets and artillery shells.

In fact, most trench art pieces were created away from the front lines. For example, when soldiers were moved back from the front line to reserve trenches, they picked up spent shell casings and other debris on the way to use in crafting war souvenirs. Spent brass shell casings are the most common medium used to create trench art, but other battlefield detritus was transformed into cigarette lighters, match box covers, tobacco boxes, letter openers, models of tanks, aeroplanes or submarines, clocks, inkwells, penny banks, picture frames, candleholders and jewellery. Even a soldier’s military equipment could provide a surface for painted or engraved trench art pieces, while prisoners of war used scrap wood, soup bones, tin and other materials to make vases, trinket boxes and other handmade pieces to sell or barter for food and cigarettes.

 

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On event of 80 years of Kannada Cinema their will be a philately and photo exhibition at Vismaya- Rangoli March  1st to March 3rd and special cover will be released on 3rd March 2014.The event is  being organized by Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy. For more details please contact  Mr Jagannath Prakash 
e mail : chalanachitraacademy@gmail.com

- Jagannath Mani- Bangalore

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People of Polish cinema and theatre….

 

Date of Issue : 31 October 2013 featuring

Polish Post issued a set of three stamps and a Miniature sheet featuring famous personalities of Polish Cinema and theatre, H. Grossówna,M. Ćwiklińska and A. Dymsza.

 

H. Grossówna             M. Ćwiklińska                 A. Dymsza

 

My recent cover

Many thanks to Andrzej Bek of Poland for this nice cover. The cover has a special cancellation of Victory sign.

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New Special Cover

 

Kerala Postal Circle of India Post released a Special Cover on 28-07-2013 on the occasion of Death Centenary of Servant of God Mother Eliswa   1913-2013.

Mother Eliswa was born on 15^th October 1831 at Ochanthuruth in Ernakulam District, Kerala.  She was a valiant woman who left behind the legacy of a religious culture for women which was unfamiliar in her time – 19^th Century  – in Kerala.  She was not only the foundress of religious congregation but also of the first school for girls, boarding  houses, orphanages attached to the school for girl students.  It was one of the first women educational  reformative movements in Kerala.  She was taken to heavenly abode on 18^th July 1913 at the age of 82 years.  In recognition of her contribution to the society n Kerala.

 

Death Centenary of Servant of God Mother Eliswa   (1913-2013)

Edappally  : 28 July 2013

: Sreejesh Krishnan : email :  sreejesh.nt@gmail.com

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Commemorative postage stamps on 100 years of Indian Cinema issued by India Post will be available for sale at the Philatelic Bureaus in third week of August 2013.

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