Botanic Gardens on stamps..

 

 

Date of Issue : 23 April 2013

Australia Post issued a beautiful set of stamps featuring Botanic Gardens of Australia on 23 April 2013.Botanic gardens are an important resource, maintaining collections of living plants for scientific research, conservation, education and enjoyment. The five stamps in the set feature famous Botanic Gardens of Australia.

Hobart's Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens has historical plant collections, trees and convict-built walls all dating from the 19th century, and has the world's only Subantarctic Plant House.

The Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, ACT maintains some 6,200 species, representing around a third of Australia's native plants from all parts of the country.

The Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah in New South Wales is set in the World Heritage-listed Greater Blue Mountains on the summit of a basalt-capped peak, 1000m above sea level. Its southern beeches from South America provide a spectacular autumnal colour display.

The Darwin Botanic Gardens in the Northern Territory has approximately 450 species of palms and all eight species of Adansonia or the Baobab tree.

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne, Victoria covers 363 hectares and includes heathlands, wetlands, woodlands, Australian flora, art and architecture.

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Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013

 

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Here is a magnificent stamp issued by Korea to commemorate Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013. The stamp is just beautiful and  a wonderful stamp for themes on environment, Tourism and flower and Birds !!

The Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013, authorized by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH), is being held in Suncheonman Bay from April 20, 2013.

The expo will be divided into three sections: the main expo site (564,000m²), featuring 10 country gardens and 60 themed gardens; the International Wetland Center (100,500m²), featuring an animal/plant exhibition hall, a theater, an ecology learning hall, and a wetland experience hall; and an arboretum (253,000m²). Connecting the main expo site and the wetland center will be a bridge, constructed using freight containers decorated with 160,000 artworks created by children from all over the world.

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Organized under the theme ‘Garden of the Earth,’ the Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013 is a global festival is being held for six months from April 20 to October 20, 2013 in Suncheon City of the Namdo region. Suncheonman (Suncheon Bay) is a coastal wetland registered on the Ramsar Convention. Korean photographers often select Suncheonman Bay as one of the best spots to watch sunsets in Korea.

Suncheon Bay

A place with never-ending field of reeds with hooded cranes roaming about, Suncheon Bay comprises one of the world’s top 5 coastal wetlands and is a rich ecological repository where 235 species of migratory birds and 120 species of plants inhabit.

The beautiful natural setting of Suncheon Bay will be the host site of “Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013″. Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013 will be held under the theme of “Suncheon Bay, the Garden of the Earth”, for 6 months from April 20, 2013 to October 20 around the Suncheon Bay.

For this Expo, 83 gardens will be created: “World Garden Zone” where visitors can appreciate various and unique garden cultures of various countries; 70 or so of “Participation Garden Zone” created by world famous garden designers and installation artists; “Oriental Herbs Experience Center”; “Kids’ Garden”; “International Wetland Zone”; and an “Arboretum Zone” where visitors can appreciate a Korean traditional garden and a Southern Forest Path. What makes the Expo more exciting is  the “Suncheon Lake Garden” created by the world-renowned gardener Charles Jencks; “The Dream Bridge”, a recycled container, designed by Kang Ik-jung, an installation artist, that displays 140,000 pictures drawn by children around the world about their future dreams; and PRT (Personal Rapid Transit), transportation that connects the Expo site with Suncheon Bay.

In hoping for the success of the Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013 which pursues environment-friendly values as shown by the recycling of the discarded trees, stones and containers, as well as the reed fences, compost manure made by worms, etc.,

Korean post has issued a postage stamp featuring a view of Suncheon Bay.

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Tourism in Norway

 

    

Date of Issue : 19 April 2013

“Active Holidays”  is the subject featured on new stamps issued by Norwegian posten. The activities range from glacier climbing for experts and rafting for the brave to an easy climb up Gaustatoppen (Mount Gausta) for the ordinary tourist.

Gaustatoppen (1883 meters above sea level) towers above Rjukan in Telemark. From the top you have the best panoramic view in Norway. There is a tourist chalet near the top which has about 30,000 visitors each year, but very few go to the very top because it is located on a sharp ridge some hundred meters further on and is difficult to reach.

A pleasant walk up Gaustatoppen contrasts dramatically with being left to your own resources in white-water rapids churning between ominous cliffs and huge rocks. This is Rafting. It attracts people with an urge for excitement and is thus a great tourist magnet.

Glacier climbing has its risks too. This is an activity that is best left to specialists.

The stamps of the issue illustrate:

• Ice climbing on the Jostedal Glacier
• Boya Glacier, arm of the Jostedal Glacier
• Hiking at Mount Gaustatoppen
• Hiking at Mount Gaustatoppen
• Rafting on the Sjoa River
• Riverboarding on the Sjoa River.

Club News

Young philatelist wins scholarship

A young philatelist from Jamshedpur, Yamini Tiwari has been awarded a scholarship of 1 lakh 20 thousand dollars by Timken Company for higher studies. Yamini is the daughter of Mr Ashok Tiwari a noted philatelist of Jamshedpur. Timken has awarded  scholarship to 38 students  ( Associated with Timken) at 24 different places all over the world . Yamini is the student of Rajendra Vidyalaya, Sakchi.

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Jwalamukhi Temple, Kangra

 

Jwalamukhi Temple, Kangra ( Himachal Pradesh)

Jwalamukhi Temple pictorial cancellation shown above  is the third and last permanent pictorial cancellation of Himachal Pradesh, being provided at Jwala Mukhi, Kangra ( Himachal Pradesh). The other two which I had  posted earlier on this blog are Monal from Shimla and Hidimba Temple, Manali.

Note : The place of the pictorial cancellation is not proper on this postcard it should have been on the stamp place.

The special cover on Jwalamukhi Temple  was recently issued during KANGRAPEX 2013, Dharamshala.

Jwalamukhi is famous temple temple, 30 km south of Kangra valley of the goddess Jwalamukhi with flaming mouth. In this temple there is a copper pipe through which natural gas comes out and the priest of the temple lights this. This flame is worshiped as a manifestation of the goddess Jwalamukhi. The nine flames have been named after goddesses - Mahakali, Unpurna, Chandi, Hinglaj, Bindhya Basni, Maha Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ambika and Anji Devi, continuously burning without any fuel, or assistance, may be seen erupting from a rock side. Now housed in the shape of nature is worshipped as a goddess, known as Jwalamukhi.

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Israel National Trail..

 

     - Take a trip with the Israel National Trail stamp sheet – packed with fun attractions and unique sites -

HI !

Here is a beautiful stamp sheet to be issued in May by Israel Post on Tourism. The stamp sheet shows complete National Trail  and along the trail various tourist activities in Israel have been featured. It is a beautiful sheet for those collecting on Tourism. Of course a wonderful sheet for my Tourism collection !!

News from Germany

ANIMALS IN PHILATELY : Stamp Exhibition

In Zoological Park of Hirschfelde in the near of the town Zwickau in Germany  a philatelic exhibition will be held from  August 23th to August 26th with the title : ANIMALS IN PHILATELY. A pictorial cancellation featuring a DEER will be available during the exhibition.

The exhibition is being held in cooperation between  the German Philatelic Youth Association,Philatelic  Collector Club of Zwickau and the German Collector Group ArGe Zoologie.

The following exhibits will be shown at the exhibition:

ORNAMENTAL  FISHES by Reinhard Heisig (1 frame),

THE COLOURED WORLD OF ANIMALS ON STAMPS by Philatelic collector group of the youth from Hirschfelde (4 frames),

THE BIRDS ON STAMP OF THE UN-POSTAL ADMINISTRATION by Rudi Siegemund(1 frame),

THE WORLD OF BIRDS IN ASIA by Rudi Siegemund (1frame),

ROLLERBIRDS by Wolfgang Beyer(3 frames),

BUTTERFLIES by Heinz-Günter Hofmeister (1 frame),GIANT SNAKES by
Eberhard Günther(1 frame),

RARE ANIMALS OF THE NATURE RESERVE SPEEWALD by Lothar Brehme (1 frame)

PELICAN-THE BIRD WITH THE BIG MOUTH by Axel Brockmann (1 frame)

KINGFISHER-BIRD OF THE YEAR by Axel Brockmann (1 frame)

PICTORIAL CANCELLATIONS BIRDS OF THE YEAR FROM POSTOFFICE GAILDORF by Axel Brockmann(1 frame)

THE WORLD OF BIRDS IN EUROPE by Rudi Siegemund(3 frames),

THE WORLD OF BIRDS IN AMERICA by Rudi Siegemund(1 frame)

ADVERTISING FRAME by German Collector Group ArGe ZOOLOGIE(1 frame)

:  Wolfganh Beyer -  Germany : email : wolfgang.beyer1@aol.de

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New stamps from India …..

 

Date of Issue : 12 April 2013

Heritage Buildings

India Post released a set of 2 stamps and a miniature sheet on 12th April 2013 on the occasion of 100 Years of Mumbai GPO and Agra HPO.

: Kasinath R. – Tanjore : Blog - http://shipthemegallery.blogspot.com/ 

 

 

Architectural Heritage of India

Date of Issue : 11 April 2013

India Post  released a set of two Commemorative Postage Stamps & a MS on Arasavalli and Srikurmam temples of Srikakulam district on the occasion of Ugadi on 11th April, 2013.  The set of stamps have been released in the series on Architectural Heritage of India.

PHILATELIC EXHIBITION & SEMINAR ON 'WOMEN EMPOWERMENT' AT SRI NAGAR

The Department of Posts, J&K Circle is organizing a seminar on Women’s Empowerment during the Philatelic Exhibition being held on April 15, Monday at 10:30 A.M. at Government College for Women, M.. A. Road, Srinagar. Chief Post Master General, Shri John Samuel will inaugurate the Philately exhibition on the same theme. The inauguration will be followed by release of special cover and seminar.

Source :  IPF  http://www.indianphilately.net/

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New Special Covers from Bihar..

 

Special  covers released in district level exhibition in Bihar at Rajgir and Nawada on 16th, 17th and 20th 21st March 2013. All covers are available at PHILATELIC BUREAU PATNA GPO.

Kinldy contact 0612-02236937 or mail order through MO.The rate of each spl. cover is Rs 15. Collectors may send orders to :

The Chief Postmaster

Philatelic Bureau Patna GPO

Bihar – 800001.

 

 

 

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New Special covers from Dharamshala

 

Shri Chamunda Devi Mata  Temple, Kangra

Two special covers were released during district level philatelic exhibition  KANGRAPEX 2013, held in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh from 21 – 22 March 2013.

 

Mata JwalaMukhi Temple, Kangra

 

New stamp from India

Date of Issue : 22 March 2013

India Post released a stamp on Shiv Ram Hari Rajguru, a freedom fighter,  on 22nd March 2013.

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

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Prettiest Outhouses…

 

Date of Issue : 8 March 2013

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Here is a beautiful set of stamps from Finland  featuring prettiest Finnish outhouses . The stamps  feature four different  types of outhouses with exclusive designs using different material in each outhouse to build. This reminds me of beautiful outhouses made in Himachal Pradesh in private and government  accommodations using logs . These are so beautiful and very exclusive in design. So just wish to tell my readers you can see such beautiful outhouses not only in Finland but in towns of Himachal Pradesh too. These are definitely some of the prettiest tiny wooden structures one can find !!

This is all for today…Have a beautiful Sunday !!

Which one of these outhouses you prefer: the log outhouse, the one painted with bright colours or the other, which reminds of the sea mark? The forth is built of bales of hay – what a great idea!

The motifs of new Finnish stamps were chosen in a photo contest arranged by the Ilta-Sanomat newspaper and Itella Posti Oy. The judges chose the prettiest Finnish outhouses from among more than 500 candidates. The four winners are located in different parts of Finland: Uusikaupunki, Polvijarvi, Mustasaari, and Kerimaki.

Have a trip around Finland and try to find them live!

Club News

Glimpses of LUPHILEX 2013, Faizabad (UP)

1.  Philately Workshop conducted by SM Zaidi 2. Summer Olympic Exhibit

: Ashwani Dubey from Faizabad

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Special Cover on Mahashivaratri

 

Mahashivratri : 10 March 2013

Kumbh Mela Prayag 2013

A special cover was issued today at Allahabad on the occasion of Mahashivaratri. The covers are available with Mr Ambrish Kumar. He may be contacted at email : moni_kumar20@rediffmail.com

: Ambrish Kumar – Allahabad

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New Special cover on Kumbh Mela

 

Magh Purnima – 25 February 2013

Kumbh Mela Prayag

Hi !

I am on way to Chandigarh and writing this Post from Train so have a limited Internet access and cannot publish news in detail. More in Next Post…Until then…Have a Nice Time !!

 

: Ambrish Kumar – Allahabad : email : moni_kumar20@rediffmail.com

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New Special Cover on Basant Panchami ..

 

 

Basant Panchami : Kumbh Mela Prayag 2013

15 February 2013

A special cover was released at Allahabad  on Basant Panchami during Kumbh Mela, Prayag. All special covers released during Kumbh Mela are available with Mr Ambrish Kumar of Allahabad, email : moni_kumar20@rediffmail.com  Phone : 9305478831

: Ambrish Kumar, Allahabad

Basant Panchami

Today is Basant Panchami which is being celebrated by worship of Devi Saraswati. Jain Saraswati is also described in the Holy books and many ancient idols of Jain Saraswati are available at different places. Two stamps were also issued on Jain Saraswati in the year 1974.

: Sudhir Jain Satna (MP)

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New Special Cover

 

 

Kumbh Mela Prayag 2013

Mauni Amavasya 10 February 2013

The Covers are available with Mr Ambrish Kumar email : moni_kumar20@rediffmail.com 

Ph. 8576099474 & 9305478831  Postal Address : Ambrish Kumar 205, LIG Preetam Nagar,  P.O PAC Dhooman Ganj, Allahabad PIN 211011 .

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New Special Covers….

VADOPEX 2013 : 10 January 2013

Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd.

125  Glorious Years  Faculty of Performing Arts, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Hira Gate

:Ilyas Patel – Ahmedabad

Takhat Sri Harmandir Ji Patna Sahib : 18 January 2013

: Philatelic Bureau - Patna

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