New Christmas stamps…

 

   

 

The Christmas 2013 stamps by Brazilian Correios celebrate the coming holidays and at the same time commemorate the 50^th anniversary of Monica character.

On the first Christmas stamp Shown above, Monica and Cebolinha are dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus. Cebolinha holds a gift bag with the present he wants to offer Monica – a traditional blue bunny, holding another small gift. The scene radiates harmony, brotherhood and joy – the eternal relationship between characters. The used colors are traditional for Christmas: green, blue, yellow with a predominance of red. The stamp’s edges are partially altered by sinuous curves which makes an effect that the characters look out from within the image.

The second Christmas stamp colored in red and white illustrates Monica leaning her elbows on a gift’s ribbon and wishing everyone “Happy Holidays” in a graceful, spontaneous and childish manner. The edges of the stamp have a triangular shape, thus, when the stamp is applied very close to the edge of the envelope, it seems to be gift-wrapped.

Christmas stamps from Gibraltar

 

 

Date of Issue : 2 November 2013

Gibraltar Post issued a set of festive stamps with a beautiful Miniature sheet celebrating Christmas 2013.Christmas is the annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed holiday, celebrated generally on December 25 by millions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide, which ends after the twelfth night.

 

 

Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world’s nations, is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, Christmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christ kind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.

 

 

Club News

Special Cancellation on 11.12.13 at Vadodara and Ahmedabad - 11th December, 2013.

A Special Cancellation was provided on 11th December 2013 at Vadodara and Ahmedabad Philatelic Bureau to celebrate one of the last sequential date of 21st Century i.e. 11.12.13. Cancellation depicts Mahatma Gandhi's portrait with message "My Life is my Message".

Coutresy : Prashant Pandya : Indian Philately Digest

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Indian Air Force Day

 

8th October is celebrated as Indian Air Force Day. The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict.

    

  IAF Roundel

The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict. It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire and the prefix Royal was added in 1945 in recognition of its services during World War II.

After India achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the Royal Indian Air Force served the Dominion of India, with the prefix being dropped when India became a republic in 1950. Since independence, the IAF has been involved in four wars with neighbouring Pakistan and one with the People's Republic of China. Other major operations undertaken by the IAF include Operation Vijay – the annexation of Goa, Operation Meghdoot, Operation Cactus and Operation Poomalai. Apart from conflicts, the IAF has been an active participant in United Nations peacekeeping missions.

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee serves as the ex-officio Commander-in-Chief of the IAF. The Chief of Air Staff, an Air Chief Marshal (ACM), is a four-star commander and commands the Air Force.

From our Readers…

Mr. Chaitanya Jogdeo shares here a cover prepared by him. The cover has Pune GPO picture and the pictorial cancellation on the CV Raman  stamp.

- Chaitanya Jogdeo : email - chaitanyaphila@gmail.com

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60th Anniversary of Conquest of Everest

Conquest of Everest – 29 May 2013

60 years of 1st human ascent on Everest today

Marking the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, today is the day when Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first duo to climb the Mount Everest. Sixty years ago on 29^th May, two men became the first to stand on top of the world in a remarkable achievement of endurance, strength and survival of the human spirit.

Our  distinguished reader Mr Vijay Deshpande, an  autograph collector and philatelist  from Mumbai shares here a photo with Sir Edmund Hillary and autographs from his collection  of the great Mountaineers  !!

Mr Vijay Deshpande offering  ‘Air India Maharaja model’ to Sir Edmund Hillary

  

Sir Edmund Hillary  

 

 

Sherpa Tenzing

Autograph – Courtesy : Vijay Deshpande – Mumbai : email : vijay2603@gmail.com

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