Tsunami hits Japan….

Breaking News….

Massive earthquake followed by tsunami hits Japan

ONE of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded has hit Japan today, unleashing a 10-meter high tsunami that tossed ships inland and sparked fears that destructive waves could sweep across the Pacific Ocean.

The devastating 8.9-magnitude quake left many people injured in coastal areas of the main Honshu island and Tokyo.

A monster 10-metre wall of water was reported in Sendai city in northeastern Miyagi prefecture.Helicopter footage showed massive inundation in northern coastal towns, where floods of black water sent shipping containers, cars and debris crashing through streets. An oil refinery was ablaze near Tokyo.

 

The tsunami also reached Sendai airport, submerging the runway while a process known as liquefaction, caused by the intense shaking of the tremor, turned parts of the ground to liquid.

The tsunami roared over embankments in Sendai city, washing cars, houses and farm equipment inland before reversing directions and carrying them out to sea. Flames shot from some of the houses, probably because of burst gas pipes.Elsewhere, large fishing boats lay upturned on land, some distance from the sea.

Japan's northeast Pacific coast, called Sanriku, has suffered from quakes and tsunamis in the past and a 7.2 quake struck on Wednesday. In 1933, a magnitude 8.1 quake in the area killed more than 3,000 people. Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. The country accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.

Tsunami

A tsunami or tidal wave is a series of water waves (called a tsunami wave train) caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, usually an ocean, but can occur in large lakes. Tsunamis are a frequent occurrence in Japan; approximately 195 events have been recorded.Owing to the immense volumes of water and the high energy involved, tsunamis can devastate coastal regions.

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations of underwater nuclear devices), landslides and other mass movements, meteorite ocean impacts or similar impact events, and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.

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SIMPEX 2011

A district level stamp exhibition has been organized at famous Gaiety Theatre Shimla from March 10 – 12, 2011. Local philatelists and some school children exhibited their collections in the exhibition. Sh.S.C.Jarodia, Chief Postmaster General, H.P.Circle was the Chief Guest and Sh. Ambesh Upmanyu was the guest of honour at the exhibition.

: Bhumika Sharma, Shimla

Patna philatelists exchange views..

A meeting of Patna philatelists was held at the residence of Mr Lallan P. Singh on 6th March to discuss different aspects of thematic exhibiting on the background of just concluded INDIPEX-2011. Every philatelist including senior most philatelist of Bihar, Dr.Ranjeet Singh Gandhi, participated in this meeting. All shared the valuable information gathered during the discussion with jurors during jury session on 18^th of February at INDIPEX-2011. The prominent philatelists in the meeting included . Dr.R.S. Gandhi (G),Sr.Lallan P.Singh (V); Sr.Pradip Sarkar (B); Sr.R.K Mishra; Sanjay Jain (LS); Sr.Paramjeet Singh (LS) & Sr.Pragya Kothari (V)

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Stamp Festival and Exhibition in Europe….

 

Nordia 2011 – A big show

This year, Nordia 2011, the Nordic stamp exhibition, will be organized in Jyvaskyla, Finland, on April 1-3. The exceptionally large-scale exhibition has one of the greatest collections among all stamp exhibitions organized in Europe this year.

Itella Posti (Finland) will publish new stationeries and stamp the first day postmark on them at the exhibition. In addition to Posti, the event will be participated by all other Nordic postal services, as well as those from Estonia and Germany.

 

Stamp Festival in France

The French Post has issued a stamp dedicated to the Stamp Festival 2011.

In France, the Stamp Festival is held every year since 1938. Since December 1944 the French Post has been issuing a postage stamp on this occasion. Until 1999 this stamp was focused on the postal history, after on comic books or literature characters to attract the young audience.

In 2010-2011 the Stamp Festival supports artistic creation and is committed to sustainable development. In 2010, the theme chosen for the traditional Stamp Festival was water; the theme of this year is devoted to the Earth. The first stamp issued at this occasion is a stamp repeating the design of French definitive stamps, the very famous Marianne. On the left side of the stamp is written "Let's protect the Earth" and shows a hand planting a plant.

 

From our Readers……

Doot Magazine old and new cancelled with Doot stamp and First Day cancellation

Prepared by Vijay Modi, Himmat Nagar ( Gujarat)

email : vijay_idom@rediffmail.com

 

 

Rainbow at INDIPEX 2011 -

- Jagannath Mani, Bangalore

The Violet reminds me the fire works of "Exhibitors"

The Indigo reminds me the shadows of "New Philatelist"

The Blue reminds me the rain of "Khadi stamp"

The Green reminds me the the Pickles of "My stamps"

The Yellow reminds Me the Bumble bee daily Indipex 2011 news "show daily"

The Orange reminds me the sour taste of the orange of "INDIPEX 2011" when some officials found sitting on the mat and collecting the exhibits at "INDIPEX 2011

The Red reminds me the lady bug of the Indian Post "The Organizing committee"

At last after I saw walking India post box unable to receive any letter and few kids were enjoying and smile on their faces I have seen the rainbow  in word INDIPEX .

- Jagannath Mani
www.olympicgamesphilately.blogspot.com

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China 2011 - 27th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition

 

China 2011 - 27th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition

The 27th Asian International Stamp Exhibition China 2011 , co-sponsored by State Post Bureau, Jiangsu Government, China Post and All-China Philatelic Federation, will be held in Wuxi Taihu International Exposition Center from November 11 to November 15, 2011. This exhibition will be a large international stamp culture exchange activity. held in China after the 2009 World Stamp Exhibition.

Exhibition Date: November 11 – 15, 2011, will run for five days. 
Exhibition scale: competition and non-competitive exhibition:  1300, plans 1100 exhibits outside , China (mainland) exhibits 200 . Exhibition area of 4,000 square meters. 100 Sales Booth: 100  outside the Post and 40 stamp dealers, stamp collecting domestic companies and 60 private dealers.

Exhibition aims: to promote the development of our culture; promote the cause of China's postal and philatelic career development; promote the holding of the economic, cultural, all-round coordinated development; to promote philately in Asia and Oceania-round development; to promote international cultural exchange of people.

Venue :  Taihu International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Organizers: the State Post Bureau, Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, the China Post Group Corporation, China National Philatelic Federation. 

Sponsor: Wuxi Municipal People's Government.

Website : China 2011

 

 

PHILANIPPON 2011: World Stamp Exhibition

Date : July 28 – August 2, 2011

National Commissioner : Anil Suri

Email : anilksuri@email.com

Venue : Pacifico Yokohama, Exhibition Hall.1-1-1.1 Minatomirai Nishi-ku,

Yokohama 220-0012, Japan

Patronage : Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP)

Auspices : Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) http://www.philanippon.jp/english/

 

Great Poets of India

Philatelic Tributes to Firaq Gorakhpuri

Today is Death anniversary of famous Urdu poet Firaq Gorakhpuri. Firaq Gorakhpuri's real name was Raghupati Sahay. He was born in 1896 in Gorakhpur, India. He left his imprint on three important genres of Urdu poetry - ghazal, nazm and rubaayee. He wrote more than 40,000 couplets. He was a poet of love and beauty. His poems are published in three anthologies - Rooh-o-Qaayanat, Gul-e-Ra'naa, Nagma-numaa. He passed away on 3rd March 1982 after a long illness.

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Courtesy: Srini Thevearyan, Klang Malaysia : Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur

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Glimpses of SINE…

 

The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr Karn Singh on 10th December.

Hi ! I am back to my blog after vacation. Here are few pics  with  the glimpses of SINE. The pics have been contributed by Mr Jagannath Mani of Bangalore, Sandeep Chaurasia and Ashwani Dubey from Gorakhpur.

 

Mr Kishor Chandak of Solapur was honoured with Grand prize and jury felicitation.

 

The award of best thematic collection went jointly to “Sports in modern world” of Mr Dinesh chandra Sharma and “Images of summer Olympic” of Mr Jaggannath Mani of Bangalore.

 

L to R : : Sh. Dipok Dey, J. Jyoti. Dr Satyendra Agarwal, Madhukar Jhingan

 

 

L to R : Sandeep Chaurasia, Madhukar Jhingan,Ashwani Dubey, Mr Zaidi

At dealers’ Stalls

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Winners at World Philatelic Exhibition - PORTUGAL 2010

 

Indian Participation at PORTUGAL 2010

Following Indian participants were awarded at Portugal 2010, recently held in Lisbon from Oct 1 –10, 2010. Heartiest Congratulations to all participants.

Traditional Class

Dhanajay Desai – Soruth Indian Feudatory States – Large Vermeil

Postal Stationery Class

Dhananjay Desai - Portuguese India, Postal Stationery - Silver Bronze

Literature Class -

1. Umesh Kakkeri - Postal History of Portuguese India  - Silver
2. Praful Thakkar- Collector´s Guide to First Day Covers & Folders of India 1947-1964  - Silver Bronze
3. Vijay Seth - Indian armed forces through philately – Silver Bronze
4. Vikas Singh - Philatelic Handbook on Indian Railways - Bronze
5. Jeevan Jyoti - Rainbow Stamp News – Bronze

Bangladeshi winners at Portugal 2010

1. Mannan Mashhur Zarif: Fiscals of Kishangarh 1871-1948- Vermeil
2. Sheikh Shafiqul Islam: Post Office Hand over print “Bangladesh” Pakistan Stamps & Stationery - Silver
3. Mohammed Monirul Islam: Postal Stationery of Bangladesh: from Pre era to 1986- Silver
4. Md. Zahidul Islam: In Search of Mahatma Gandhi- Silver Bronze

Award List – PORTUGAL 2010

Thematic Philately

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177751

 

Revenues

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177749

 

Postal History

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177746

 

Postal Stationery

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177743

 

Philatelic Literature

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177738

 

Open Class

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177729

 

One Frame

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177725

 

Maximaphily

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177722

 

Astrophilately

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177720

 

Aero philately and Astro philetly

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177717

 

Traditional Philately

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177715

 

Youth Class

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39177712

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Club News

 

 

On 5th Sep, US postal Service released commemorative Postage stamp on Mother Teresa. Earlier the date of issue was mentioned 26 August on this Blog. The mistake is regretted.

 

Stamps of India National Exhibition

 

 

Stamps of India National Exhibition  will be held in New Delhi from 10 to 12 December 2010. It’s first Bulletin has already been brought out. Here are some contents from the bulletin for Reader’s info. More info can be obtained at following links :

http://stampsofindia.com/ChaloDelhi/sine.html.

http://stampsofindia.com/ChaloDelhi/sinevenue.htm.

 

 

New Books

Famous Stamps : “ The Romance of Rarities”. - By Anil Dhir

Mr Anil Dhir may be contacted at  email : anildhir123@gmail.com & amadeusbooks@yahoo.co.in

Year Book of Indian Philately 2009

For more details about this book contact Mr Madan Middha : e mail : madan_middha@yahoo.co.in

New Member

Prithwiraj Purkayastha, Jorhat, Assam

E-Mail…prithwiraj.jothat@gmail.com

Postal Address :

PUB BONGALPUKHURI,    

WARD NO. 17, JORHAT

PIN- 785001-23

ASSAM, INDIA

Collecting Interests....... INDIAN STAMPS, FDC, MS AND STAMPS OF INDIAN SUBCONTINENT COUNTRIES. AT PRESENT WORKING ON TWO THEMES 1. STAMPS/FDCs ON NORTH EAST INDIA. 2. INDIAN STAMPS ON NATURAL FAUNA.

I am collecting stamps since school days.I have also participated in State level exhibitions. I would like to exchange stamps from all.

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Club News

Hi ! I have just published June issue of Rainbow Stamp News on Blog. I am sorry that this issue is a bit delayed due to my over busy schedule. Somehow I spared time to publish it on Blog today. The issues will be sent to subscribers soon. It may take sometime. To view this issue just click to http://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.com/ .I have received some pics from Mr Pradip Jain to share here with all of you of LONDON 2010. Heartiest Congratulations to Mr Jain who won Gold Medal with Best in Class award at this International Philatelic Exhibition ! This is all for this evening….Till Next Post…Have a Nice Time !

LONDON 2010….MEMORIES…BY PRDIP JAIN

The London 2010 was a grand show to be remembered. My new exhibit in one frame class did very well scored 94 points. The Gold Medal announced on 11th May. There were five Gold Medal given in the one Frame Exhibit Class including me .

The one frame exhibit is now FIP Official Class from London - 2010. Earlier The one frame was in FIP experimental class . On 15th May the Palmare - Award night of London - 2010, Only six Awards were presented the London - 2010 Grand Prix and the 'Best of Class' in each. The details are given below.

I was thrilled and over joyed when India & My Name was announced there as one of the recepients of 'Best of class Award'. All the jury Presidium highly praised and complimented my exhibit . I am very happy that this prestigious Award of London - 2010 came to India.

From Patna Mr. Sanjay Jain, a philatelist also joined me in this journey to London - 2010 .

The winners of the Best in Class Awards

• Traditional Class
  Yo-Chi Kim
  South Korea
  Great Joseon and Daeha Empire (1884-1909)
• Postal History Class
  Steven Walske
  United States
  Heart of the West: San Francisco as a Postal Hub from 1849 to 1869
• Postal Stationery Class
  Alan Holyoake
  United Kingdom
  The Introduction and Usage of the Mulready Envelope and Letter Sheet Stationery
• One Frame Class
  PradipJain
  India
  The Development of the Airmail Route Cairo-India 1918-1929
• Aerophilately Class
  Peter Motson
  United Kingdom
  Newfoundland Airmail Stamps & Airmail Flights: 191 9-1 948
• Thematic Philately Class
  Joshua Magier
  Israel
  Land Cultivation from the Beginning of Agriculture to the Present Time

A view of LONDON 2010

Awards & Special Prizes

Mr Pradip Jain with his family at exhibition hall ( Mrs Pramila Jain & their son - Praggya Kothari)

Praggya Kothari, Mr Sanjay Jain & Mr Pradip Jain

Raymond Todd FIP Vice President & Jury, London 2010 showing Gold Award Badge on Mr Jain’s one Frame exhibit

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