New stamp from India..

 

 

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari released a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Maulana Hasrat Mohani, a freedom fighter, at a function held at Vice President House, New Delhi on 25th February 2014.

Maulana Hasrat Mohani (b. 1875 Unnao, d. May 13, 1951 Lucknow) was a Romantic Poet of Urdu language who also penned the very popular ghazal Chupke Chupke Raat Din sung by Ghulam Ali. He was also a journalist, politician, parliamentarian of British India, besides a being a part of the Indian Independence Movement. The real name of Maulana was Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan. Hasrat was his pen name which he used in the Urdu poetry and the word Mohani refers to the native place of Mohan where he was born.

Pakistan Post had also issued stamp in denomination of Rs. 3 to commemorate the Pioneers of Freedom on Maulana Hasrat Mohani on 23rd January, 1989.

Courtesy : Indian Philately Digest

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The Nightingale of India…

 

Philatelic Tributes to The Nightingale of India 

 

 

Today is 135th Birth Anniversary of Sarojini Naidu known as Nightingale of India. Sarojini Naidu, born as Sarojini Chattopadhyay  also known by the sobriquet as The Nightingale of India, was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet. Sarojini Naidu served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949; the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and the first Indian woman to do so.

India Post issued a commemorative stamp on Sarojini Naidu on  13th February 1964. This Post is a philatelic tribute to great poetess  of India.

Palanquin Bearers

Lightly, O lightly we bear her along,
She sways like a flower in the wind of our song;
She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream,
She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream.
Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing,
We bear her along like a pearl on a string.
Softly, O softly we bear her along,
She hangs like a star in the dew of our song;
She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide,
She falls like a tear from the eyes of a bride.
Lightly, O lightly we glide and we sing,
We bear her along like a pearl on a string.

- Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini was born in Hyderabad to Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay and Barada Sundari Debi on 13 February 1879. Her father was a doctor of Science from Edinburgh University, settled in Hyderabad State, where he found and administered the Hyderabad College, which later became the Nizam's College in Hyderabad. Her mother was a poetess and used to write poetry in Bengali. Sarojini Naidu was the eldest among the eight siblings. Her brother Virendranath Chattopadhyaya was a revolutionary and her other brother, Harindranath was a poet, a dramatist, and an actor.

Sarojini passed her Matriculation examination from the University of Madras, but she took four years' break from her studies. In 1895, the "Nizam scholarship Trust" founded by the 6th Nizam - Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, gave her the chance to study in England first at King's College London and later at Girton College, Cambridge.

Sarojini began writing at the age of 13. Her Persian play, Maher Muneer, impressed the Nawab of Hyderabad.In 1905, her first collection of poems, named "The Golden Threshold" was published. Her poems were admired by many prominent Indian politicians like Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Her collection of poems entitled "The Feather of The Dawn" was edited and published posthumously in 1961 by her daughter Padamaja.

 

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Painting and Poetry on New Chinese stamps…

 

 

China Post issued a set of four special stamps “Poetry and Painting” featuring: Mountain and Flowing Water, Yi Qiu lesson believers, Huai pond, Michiko painted wall.

Piano, chess, calligraphy, painting stamps refer to four kinds of the ancient art of self-cultivation, also known as Masato. “Piano”, multi-fingered guqin, also known as “lyre”, is China’s oldest stringed instrument, subtle, deep, representing ancient Chinese musical culture. The “piano” stamp indicates the high status of a piano in the eyes of the ancients. The “chess” stamp, mainly referring to chess, contains the wisdom of traditional Chinese culture and spirituality. The “book”, referring to calligraphy is China’s unique heritage of civilization carrier. The “painting”, referring to the art to depict landscapes, objects, flowers, birds, characters, pure and bright colors, abstract impressionistic style, represents independent aesthetic system and distinctive national style.

Poetry and painting, profound, elegant style, carried from generation to generation, with distinct Chinese characteristics and profound cultural connotation, is a treasure of Chinese nation’s outstanding cultural heritage.

 

Special Cover from Kashmir   Sp covers  0n  World  Wetland Day  and Destination of Water Sports were  released by Chief Postmaster General, Jammu & Kashmir Circle in February and April 2013.

World Wetland Day – 2 February 2013 : Srinagar

Destination of Winter Sports : 20 April 2013 : Gulmarg

: Raj Kumar Chaudhary – Jamshedpur  email : coinrajkumar@gmail.com

 

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Saudi 2013

29th Asian International Stamp Exhibition (Saudi 2013)

The Saudi Arabia Philatelic Society is going to organize Saudi 2013 - 29th FIAP Asian International Stamp Exhibition. The Exhibition will be held at Kingdom Shopping Mall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 11 - 16 December 2013. It will be a 6-day General Asian International Stamp exhibition and will includes Traditional, Postal History, Youth, Literature and Modern Philately classes.

Website : http://www.saudi2013.com/ 

The last date for sending entry forms of Saudi 2013 is 25th July. Interested philatelists may send their entry forms to :

Umesh Kakkeri

G-6, Prathamesh co-op Hsg. Society,

off V.S.Marg, Prabhadevi

Mumbai 400025, (Maharastra

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New stamp from India

 

 

Date of Issue : 25 June 2013

India Post released today a commemorative stamp on renowned Kashmiri Poet Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed Mahjoor.

: Mansoor B. – Mangalore -  http://mbstamps.blogspot.in/

Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad  3 September 1885 − 9 April 1952), better known by the pen name Mahjoor was a renowned poet of the J&K Kashmir Valley,  He is especially noted for introducing a new style into Kashmiri poetry and for expanding Kashmiri poetry into previously unexplored thematic realms. In addition to his poems in Kashmiri, Mahjoor is also noted for his poetic compositions in Persian and Urdu.

Many of the themes of the poetry of Mahjoor involved freedom and progress in Kashmir, and his poems awakened latent nationalism among Kashmiris. His popular verses engaged such topics as love, communal harmony, social reform, and the plight of the Kashmiris. He also wrote on such timeless themes as youth, the flowers of Nishat Garden, peasant girls, gardeners, and the golden oriole. At that time, such songs were unknown in formal Kashmiri poetry.Mahjoor is also recognized as a poet who revolutionized the traditional forms of nazm and ghazal.

 

New stamps from Nepal

Nepal Post issued following stamps on 10th June 2013.

 

  

1. Salpa Pokhari , Bhojpur 2. Lomanathang Durbar, Mustang 3. Malwa Devi (Singer)

 

  

1. Lok Nayak Raja Salhes 2. Sahashra Dhara Jatra

 

: Pradip Jain – Patna : email : philapradip@gmail.com

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Stamp on Mehjoor, famous poet from Kashmir….

 

 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh To Release Postage Stamp On ‘Mehjoor' today..

SRINAGAR, Kashmir -- Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh will release Postage Stamp on Mehjoor at SKICC, Srinagar on 25th June, 2013 in presence of Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, UPA. John Samuel, Chief Post Master General, J&K said in a press release that the Department of Posts is pleased to bring out the Postage Stamp on Mehjoor, a poet of great excellence and doyen of secularism. This is the second occasion that a Postage Stamp on Kashmir is being released at Srinagar. In 2006, the then President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam released a Postage Stamp on J&K High Court on its 150th anniversary at the same venue. Samuel said that the stamp is of Rs. 5 denomination, and the Stamp will be available at Srinagar GPO after the Stamp is formally released.  First Day Cover and Information Brochure will also be released on the occasion.

John Samuel, said that release of the Postage Stamp on Mehjoor is a historic event for the people of Jammu & Kashmir. Stamps represent the cultural and historical importance of the society. The demand for the stamp on Mehjoor is expected to be very high due to the fact that Mehjoor is a well known and very popular poet. After many years, a Postage Stamp on a well known poet from Kashmir is being released by Department of Posts. He was unarguably a propounder of communal harmony and universal brotherhood. Eminent personalities and poets like Tagore and Iqbal who were his contemporaries acknowledged the aesthetic, linguistic, nationalistic and universal dimensions of his poetry.

Special Cover on May Day from Nagpur

 

In addition to Mumbai, Pune & Panaji Special Cover on International Labour Day was also issued at Nagpur on 1st May 2013.

- Ankit Agrawal , Pune

Email : 3dankit@gmail.com

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