New stamps on Mushroom

 

 

Date of Issue : 6 March 2014

Here is a new set of  stamps featuring mushrooms issued by Swiss Post. The four stamps feature edible mushrooms.

Mushrooms

Picking edible mushrooms such as morel, porcini and chanterelles is a popular leisure pursuit in Switzerland. This is putting pressure on the mushroom populations of  forests, prompting many cantons to introduce picking restrictions. However, humans only pick the fruiting body; the major part of the mushroom, with its root-like filaments, lives concealed underground and performs important functions in the forest ecosystem.

The chanterelle is one of the most popular edible mushrooms and has a delicate, apricot-like flavour. This mychorrizal mushroom is widespread in deciduous and coniferous forests and grows best in acidic soils.

Some mushrooms specialize in breaking down deadwood,leaves and needles and returning these materials to the nutrient cycle. So-called mychorrizal fungi have a close symbiotic relationship with tree roots and improve the absorption of nutrients and water by woodland trees, while pathogenic fungi regulate biodiversity in the forest.

Fungi propagate by means of microscopically small spores which are formed on the underside of the cap in the shape of gills, tubes, ridges or spikes and are spread by the wind. If, for instance, you tread on a puffball, you’ll see a dark cloud of spores escape.

The chanterelle is one of the most popular edible mushrooms and has a delicate, apricot-like flavour. This mychorrizal mushroom is widespread in deciduous and coniferous forests and grows best in acidic soils.

The sooty milk cap is commonly found in alpine coniferous forests, as a mychorrizal partner to the spruce. It is prized as an edible mushroom and has an attractive, velvety surface. When damaged, it releases a white milky substance which turns salmon pink when it hits the air.

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New pictorial cancellation from Germany

On November 9th 2014 a new pictorial cancellation will be issued in 74405 GAILDORF. The cancellation is featuring a Eurasian Green Woodpecker(Picus viridis)-Bird of the Year 2014 in Germany- and two ants.Interested philatelists may please contact: Wolfgang Beyer, Vice Chairman of the German Philatelic Collector Group ARGE ZOOLOGIE. Mail:
Wolfgang.beyer1@aol.de. Postage rates: 0,75 Euro AIRMAIL ,2,90 Euro Registered AIRMAIL.
Courtesy: Axel Brockmann(AIJP).

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Death Cap Mushroom

 

Date of Issue : 12 September 2013

Estonia Post issued a stamp on a variety of mushroom, Amanita phalloides which is highly poisonous and the stamp shows a skull denoting a highly dangerous variety.

Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the death cap, is a deathly mushroom with a long period of latency as its poisons cause major damage to the liver and the kidneys. The death cap is so poisonous that it should not put even into the same basket with mushrooms intended for the kitchen, which can then become equally poisonous. In Estonia the death cap grows in broadleaved forests in August and September. Its cap is greyish, yellowish, and brownish green, olive brown in the centre. When old the cap is up to 15 cm across and slimy fibrous yellowish brown with no fluffs. The cap is slightly sticky in wet weather but dry and shiny on dry days. The gills do not reach the stem, but come close to it. The stem is white from 5 tp 15 cm long and 1 to 2 cm in diameter. The base of the stem is bulbous, up to 4 cm in diameter and is contained within a cup-like structure called the volva.

 

New stamps from UAE

 

Date of Issue : 28 July 2013

Emirates Post issued a set of two  stamps to  commemorate the Sky Diving Championship & Yola Dance championship.

: Kennth Sequeira – Dubai – UAE

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News from German Philatelic Club

DAYS OF PREDATORS

During the Stamp Fair  2013 at Sindelfingen a philatelic exhibition will be held with the title DAYS OF PREDATORS from October 24th to October 26th  2013.The exhibition is being held in cooperation between the German Philatelic Youth Association, LR Southwest with participation of the German Collector Group Ar Ge Zoologie.The following exhibits will be shown at the exhibition:

Bears                                                      3 frames   exhibitor: Celina Thuro
Eagles - kings of the airs                         2 frames   exhibitor: Jonas Heil
Big Cats                                                   5 frames   exhibitor: Heike Schunck-Stopp
Big Cats-hunters of the wilderness            2 frames   exhibitor: Marcel Müller
Hunt for Moby Dick                                  1 frame     exhibitor: Axel Brockmann  
My favourite museum Senckenberg           1 frame     exhibitor: Quinten K.Schauer

Fascination of the wild cats-from the Sand cat to the Amur tiger   7 frames   exhibitor: Siegfried Pohl

Beloved Cats- "Tigers of the home"               2  frames   exhibitor: Bianca Doll
The wild small cats of Europe and Africa      4  frames   exhibitor: Marianne Ehlers 

: Wollfgang Beyer,Vice Chairman of the German Collector Group ArGe Zoologie
e-mail: Wolfgang.beyer1@aol.de

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New stamps from Croatia

 

Date of Issue : 4 September 2013

On 4 September 2013 Croatian Post  put into circulation commemorative postage stamp Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića). The illustration on the stamp has been taken from the 1974 issue of Lapitch the Little Shoemaker.

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker is children's novel by the most famous Croatian woman writer Ivana Brlić Mažuranić (1874 – 1938). The granddaughter of the first Croatian governor commoner and poet Ivan Mažuranić began to write literature for her own children and was soon recognised in Croatian literature so that her works were translated into forty foreign languages. She was a Nobel Prize candidate and was nicknamed Croatian Andersen.

Mushrooms from Croatia

  

Date of Issue : 3 September 2013

Here are new stamps featuring Mushrooms, issued by Croatia Post on 3 September 2013.

MUSHROOMS - PARASOL MUSHROOM

Parasol mushroom is a generally known kind of mushroom which grows in many parts of the world. It is edible and of excellent quality but only its cap can be used since its stem is fibrous and tough.

 MUSHROOMS - WHITE TRUFFLE, BLACK TRUFFLE

Both truffles fall in the category of gourmet delicacies. They are prepared in various ways but are best raw, because thus they keep their specific flavour in dishes, what makes them the most expensive mushrooms in the world.

MUSHROOMS - ROYAL BOLETE

For its beautiful carmine red colour of its cap Royal Bolete is a veritable king among the family of Boletacae. This excellent edible mushroom is in Croatia no rarity while it is a mushroom event when it is found in north parts of Europe.

 

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NEW STAMP ON JAIN AACHARYA GYANSAGAR ON 10th SEPT. 2013

- Sudhir Jain.

On 10th Sept. 2013, India Post is going to issue a stamp on Digamber Jain Aacharya Gyansagar Ji Maharaj. Central Minister Shri Sachin Pilot will release this stamp in a function at Kishangarh, near Ajmer, Rajsthan at 9.00 A.M.

Aacharya Gyansagar Ji was born at village Ranoli, District Sikar (Raj.) and his childhood name was Bhooramal. His father was Chaturbhuj Chhabra and mother was Ghritbhari devi. He was second of five brothers. After completing primary studies in his village, he further studied Sanskrit and swadwad in Banaras. He was initiated kshullak Diksha by Acharya Veersagar Ji who belonged to the lineage of Acharya Shantisagar. He was then named kshullak Gyanbhusan. He remained a kshullak for 2 years and 2 more years as Ailak before becoming a Muni. He was initiated a monk Diksha by Acharya Shivsagar Ji Maharaj Khaniya ji, Jaipur on 20th June 1959. He was further elevated to the Acharya status in 1968 at Naseerabad, Rajasthan. He had conferred his Aacharya status to his follower Vidhyasagar Maharaj on 22nd Nov. 1972. He died on June 1, 1973 in Naseerabad.

As an expert in Sanskrit, he had been a great composer in Sanskrit. At least 30 researchers have studied his works and were honored doctoral degrees. At least 300 scholars have presented research papers on his work. His works includes 4 Sanskrit epics and 3 more Jain Granthas and that too in the time when the Sanskrit composition was almost obsolete. These creations have always surprised the modern Sanskrit scholars.

Coin on Lord Ganesha

 

 

 

Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) is going to release a commemorative coin featuring Hindu deity Ganesha on September 9th during 'Ganesh Chaturthi'.

The coin will be minted by Mayer Mint of Germany. It will be a silver Proof coin with .999 finesse and weigh 25 grams. The coin will also be studded with a Swarovski crystal. The denomination is fixed at 1001 CFA Francs.

This one promises to be a collector's item for Lord Ganesha believers. A a limited collectors' edition currency coin minted in Germany will be issued from Africa.

Made from Germany's Mayer mint, the coins are of pure silver with a coloured image of Lord Ganesha on 'peepal' leaves inscribed with the Sanskrit 'sloka' 'Vakratunda Mahakaya'.

Weighing 25 gms, the SWAROVSKI crystal studded FRANCS CFA 1001 coin is available for booking at Rs 8,001 and will be delivered on Ganesh Chaturthi on September 9.

The Ganesha coins have not been issued by any government and are therefore treated as bullion, unlike commemorative currency coins which have a much higher value.

Kolkata-based firm AG IMPEX, which has the sole rights for marketing the coins internationally, has started accepting orders for the commemorative collection.

- Cdr. G Sri Ramarao – Vishakhapatnam

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