Kairali Stamp News-July-2017
Monthly E-Stamp Newsletter edited published By Mahesh Reddiar
Dear Reader & Philatelists,
I am pleased to release Kairali Stamp News –July-2017- Monthly Stamp Newsletter.
GST ON PHILATELY:
Philatelists across the country have sent a letter to the finance minister Mr. Arun Jaitley. They requested to Mr. Arun Jaitley that their hobbies should not be kept under the slab rate of 28 percent tax on Goods and Services Tax. People are scared that the collection of items which includes stamps, paintings, coins and antique items may be categorized under ‘unclassified goods’ and it will be imposed with highest GST rates. Since Philately is a hobby involving a large number of School Children and Senior Citizens the burden of any tax rate under the new GST regime would be unjustified and make it difficult for collectors and philatelists to pursue their hobby. Any lack of interest to participate in the hobby will finally result in the people of India being the ultimate losers.
I am, also the opinion that the high taxation on philatelic and postal material will harm the development of the hobby and thanks to the philatelists who working hard to interact with ministry to get the GST on philatelic material at low percentage or getting full exception. However tax in any form or percentage, if levied it pave way to kill this hobby. Hope government will understand philately is a hobby which gives the opportunity and pleasure to know more and study about any of favorite topics, not a trade.
More in next issue —- Mahesh Reddiar
Contents
- New issues from India
- Forthcoming Exhibition from India & other countries.
- Other world country issues:
- Stamps of the Month:
- First Day Cover of the month
- Special cover & post mark of the month
- Special Days of the Month
- Do You Know:
- Philatelic clubs & Society
- Blogs & Websites on Philately
- Philatelic Magazines & Newsletter
New issues from India:
India Post has issued a commemorative postage stamp(Denomination 5 Rs.) on great warrior Jhala Manna on 18th June 2017 .Stamp was released at Badijhala manna stamp Sadri in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. Jhala Manna. is an outstanding dazzling example of extraordinary valour, bravery and sacrifice who shrouded with the glory of struggle for freedom.In the battle of Haldi Ghati in 1576, jhala Maan decorated himself with the Crown and the royal emblem from Pratap and started fighting valiantly. Jhala Maan has set a unique example of loyalty, bravery and courage by sacrificing his life to save the life of Pratap.
Commemorative Stamps on Survey of India – 22nd June 2017:- Survey of India, the principal mapping agency of the country celebrating 250th anniversary in the year 2017. Origin of the Survey of India can be traced back to year 1767, When the Major James Rennell was appointed the surveyor General of Bengal.It is the oldest scientific department of India and one of the oldest survey establishments in the world. The Survey of India acts as advisor to the Government of India on all survey matters, viz, geodesy, photogrammetry, mapping and mapping reproduction.
Also one miniature sheets issued along with stamps.
miniature sheets – Survey of India
A commemorative postage stamp on 50 years of The Passports Act,2017 of denomination Rs.25 was issued by India Post on 23.06.2017. The stamp was released on 23rd June 2017 by Minister of External Affairs Mrs. Sushma Swaraj and MOS Communication Mr.Manoj Sinha. Stamp depicts two types of passports. The passport work, being on the Union List, was allocated to Ministry of External Affairs. The passport control manual updated in 1949.The Indian Passports Rules 1950 suspended the Indian Passport Rules 1921.
A set of two stamps of denomination Rs.5 and Rs.15 were issued by India Post on Banaras Hindu University on 28.06.2017.The Banaras Hindu University or BHU is an internationally reputed University and is situated in Varanasi. The great nationalist leader, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, founded the Banaras Hindu University in the year 1916. Dr Annie Besant also played an important role in the formation of the BHU. The Banaras Hindu University played an important role in the Indian independence movement. Over a period of time, it has developed into one of the greatest centers of learning in India. The BHU has produced many great freedom fighters and Nation builders. It has immensely contributed to the progress of the nation through a large number of renowned scholars, artists and scientists.
A commemorative postage stamp on Shrimad Rajchandraji of denomination Rs.5 was issued by India Post on 29.06.2017. His full name was Shri Raichandbhai Ravjibhai Mehta. He was born in 1867 A.D. at Vavania in Saurashtra. His family belonged to a well-known merchant community. His father’s name was Ravjibhai and mother’s name was Devabai. His mother was brought up in Jain religious traditions. His grand father was a staunch devotee of Lord Krishna. It was in the garb of an ordinary child that one of the future torchbearers of Jain religion was born, in the town of Vavania in Gujarat, India to Smt. Devba and Shri Ravjibhai Mehta. He was a poet, philosopher, shrimad rajchandraji , scholar and reformer. He was prodigy and claimed to have recollection of his past lives at the age of seven. He performed Avdhan, a memory retention and recollection test which gained him popularity but he later discouraged it in favour of his spiritual pursuits. He wrote large number of philosophical poetry including Atma Siddhi.. He is best known for his teachings on Jainism and as a spiritual guide of Mahatma Gandhi, in a brief journey that lasted 33 years and 5 months.
A Special Cover was released to mark World Milk Day on 1st June 2017 at Davanagere. (Special Cover approval no. KTK/51/2017). Shivamogga, Davanagere & Chitradurga District Co-Operative Milk Union Ltd. is one of the leading milk unions among the 14 district milk unions of Karnataka, is an ISO 22000-2005 Certified Organisation, registered on 25th November 1987. The union is committed to provide maximum possible price for the milk producers and is also committed to provide quality milk and milk products to consumers. World Milk Day was first established to be celebrated every year on world level on 1st of June by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. It was selected on 1st of June as the national milk day was already being celebrated by many countries during this time.
Special Covers on World Environment Day – 5th June 2017
World Environment Day (also called as WED) has been started celebrating as an annual event on every 5th of June since 1973 in order to raise the global awareness about the importance of the healthy and green environment in the human lives, to solve the environmental issues by implementing some positive environmental actions as well as to make aware common public worldwide that everyone is responsible for saving his environment and not only somebody, government or organizations working for it.
Special Covers on World Environment Day – Forest for water
Forthcoming Exhibition from India & other countries.
VENUE – Rajarajeshwari Kalyana Mantapa 2nd Block, Dr Rajkumar
Road, , Rajajinagar, Bangalore – 560010
Enquiries/Details:
K.Chaitanya Dev- +919900196728
Mr Mani Muthu Krishnan – +918904003936
Mr Nikhilesh Melkote – +917760995362
E MAIL – karphilex2017@gmail.com
BRASILIA -2017
Brasilia-2017 is a Specialized World Stamp Exhibition. The Exhibition will open on 24 October 2017 and close on 29 October 2017. Mr Ajay Kumar Mittal is the National Commissioner. Interested philatelists may contact him at email : ajaymittal1957@gmail.com
BANDUNG 2017
BANDUNG 2017 Specialized WORLD STAMP EXHIBITION, 03-07 Aug 2017 Exhibition under FIP Patronage
Shri Sahdeva Sahoo is National Commissioner for this exhibition. emails : sahadevasahoo@gmail.com & sahadevas@yahoo.com Phones +91 9337103542, +91 674 2432251.
Other world country issues:
Latvian Motor Museum – History of Automobiles issued on 02nd June-2017:– The History of Latvian Automobile Construction – The Unique Exhibits of Riga Motor Museum, dedicating the first stamp to the automobile named Krastin built by the Latvian automobile engineer Augusts Krastins (Augusts Krastiņš) in 1903, the only surviving sample of which is found in Riga Motor Museum. The stamp depicts the unique exhibit of Riga Motor Museum – the automobile Krastin, which was built in 1903 in Krastin Automobile Company in Cleveland, USA, and its author was the talented carmaker of Latvian descent, Augusts Krastins. A.Krastins was born in 1859 in Liepaja, but in the late 19th century emigrated to America to increase his proficiency in the profession of a mechanic and a car-builder. Krastin Automobile Company founded by A.Krastins existed a mere four years during which approximately ten unique and different automobiles were built, however, the car depicted on the new stamp is the only known Krastin automobile in the world that has survived to this day.
Clean Croatia of Car Wrecks issued on 05 June 2017:– Croatian Post issued a postcard ‘Let’s free Croatia from car wrecks’ commemorating World Environment Day. Association for Nature, Environment and Sustainable Development ‘Green feet’ from Samobor, Croatia, has been organizing this ecological action for 13 years and Croatian Post postmen have been participating for last 6 years. The action is organized in a way that citizens alarm and also help removing car wrecks and other massive (sturdy) waste (garbage) from woods and parks. Using 4000 postcards, 2400 Croatian Post postmen will communicate illegal dumps. In the past 13 years over 15 000 car wrecks was removed from national parks and nature parks in Croatia.
100th Anniversary Lions Clubs International stamps from Jersey issued on 07 June.2017– The Jersey branch of Lions Clubs International has distinguished itself as one of the most successful fundraisers in Britain with its annual event, the Swimarathon which raises a considerable sum for local charities. This important fundraising event is depicted on one of the six stamps within the set, whilst the remaining stamps and Miniature Sheet feature other significant projects supported by the Lions Clubs International.
200th Anniversary of the Draisine Bicycle issued on 12.June.2017:– History records various examples of vehicles that are powered by human strength so the discovery of bicycle cannot be tied to the name of a particular inventor. The German baron Karl von Drais is mentioned as the first bicycle driver who in 1817 made a bicycle called draisine. Crisis and the lack of food at the beginning of the 19th century prompted him to find a replacement for the horse that would be used for transportation so he invented Laufmaschine (running machine) which was later called draisine.During the following years there were various attempts to develop bicycles such as bicycle with pedals on the front large wheel, then introduction of steering wheel and moving seats to a better position, all in order to make bikes safer and easier to handle. The first real progress has been made with the introduction of chain drive and pneumatic tire. Read more
Animals stamp of Latvia – European Badger issued on 16 June 2017: -Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae, which also includes the otters, polecats, weasels, and wolverines. They belong to the caniform suborder of carnivoran mammals. The 11 species of badgers are grouped in three subfamilies: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (the honey badger or ratel), and Taxideinae (the American badger). The Asiatic stink badgers of the genus Mydaus were formerly included within Melinae (and thus Mustelidae), but recent genetic evidence indicates these are actually members of the skunk family, placing them in the taxonomic family Mephitidae.
Gustav Boesberg 150 Years – Founder of Estonian Heavy Athletics: stamp issued on 19 June-2017- Gustav Boesberg (19. VI 1867 Palmse Parish, Viru Province – 5. VI 1922 Tallinn). In 1888, Father of Estonian heavy athletics he furnished at his at his place of residence in Tallinn a training room and established the Tallinn Voluntary Athletic Club. In 1895-1899 he operated as professional weight lifter, wrestler and circus athlete. He was the founding member of the St. Petersburg Estonian Strength Hardening Society Kalev and its chairman in 1904-1905. He was a correspondent of Russian, German and Estonian magazines. By the Estonian heavy athletics one hundredth anniversary the Estonian Weightlifting Federation opened a memorial at the place of his birth.
Friar Branko (Mate) Marić stamp issued on 21 June -2017:- was born on July 27, 1896 in a picturesque village Vrdi on the slopes of the mountain Čabulja that steeply into the canyons of the rivers Drežanjka and Neretva. He graduates High schools and start study of theology in Mostar and continues in Ljubljana. He graduated in Vienna for the piano teacher in 1935, and two years later, also in Vienna, he received his doctorate on the subject „Die Volksmusik Bosniens und der Herzegovina“. He became priest in Ljubljana on June 29, 1922. Friar Branko studied folk music and musical instruments, ethnography and he was founder of an ethnographic and numismatic collection at the Franciscan classical high school in Široki Brijeg. In 1945 he emigrated and remained in exile until the end of his life. He died in Zurich (Switzerland) on May 2, 1974. His remains, as he desired during the life, were transposed in Herzegovina and buried in Mostar at the Franciscan cemetery Šoinovac. Ph.D. Jasmina Talam from the Institute for Ethnomusicology of the Music Academy in Sarajevo, with her associates, is the most responsible for friar Branko’s rediscovery. In the Proceedings „In honor of 120th birth anniversary of the first Bosnian-Herzegovinian ethnomusicologist friar Branko Marić” Ph.D Talam points out: “His ethnicity, also confirmed during later investigations, was the way for Bosnian-Herzegovinian ethnomusicology.”
Stamps of the Month:
First Fish Skin on stamp: Posta Faroe Islands has issued a special DKK 50,00 stamp featuring a piece of Atlantic Cod Skin on the stamp which has been supplied by fish exporter Nevið in Runavík, tanned by Atlantic Leather in Iceland and printed by Cartor in France. This is a worlds first Fish Skin on a Stamp. The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is commonly found in the waters around the Faroe Islands and Iceland, as well as Greenland – and from Labrador in the north to North Carolina in the south. Tanning of fish skin an ancient art and cod fish leather if properly treated is often stronger than ordinary cowhide. The size of fish skins have made them especially well-suited for producing smaller items, such as shoes, bags, purses and watchbands. Sewn together, they can also be used in the garment industry and to upholster furniture.
First Day Cover of the month:
On April 7, 1940, United States, the Post Office Department (POD), issued a stamp honoring African-American educator Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) as part of its Famous Americans Series. The nation’s first stamp to honor an African-American.Born a slave in Hale’s Ford, Virginia,and after the Civil War he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and Wayland Seminary. Washington was a skilled orator and became a spokesman for blacks in America. Along with Julius Rosenwald, part owner of Sears Roebuck, Washington helped develop over 5,000 small community schools to educate black students throughout the South. Washington and Rosenwald provided organization and matched funds raised by the communities. Washington served as a role model for other struggling African-Americans, and, as founder of Alabama’s Tuskegee Normal Industrial School (renamed Tuskegee Institute in 1937),he profoundly influenced the community’s self-esteem and self-reliance.
Special cover & post mark of the month:
100 years in arrival of railway in kota (1908-2008), this special cover issued during Kotapex 2008, depicts Kotah Railway Station and Dara Railway line. Special Cancellation is an old Railway Engine.
Kota Junction railway station is a railway station on the West Central railway network. It is the headquarters of Kota division of West Central Railway zone. Kota is the only station in Rajasthan followed by Jaipur & Ajmer, connected to all the major cities of India. It is an important station on the Delhi-Mumbai main line
Special Days of the Month: June- 08 – World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day was officially established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008 to be celebrated worldwide on 8th of June annually to resolve the ocean issues and save ocean water. Earlier it was celebrating unofficially every year on 8th of June after the first proposal of it in 1992 by the Canada at “Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”. It has been started celebrating on international level by the collaboration of The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network.
It was celebrated first time in the year 2009 on 8th of June after the official declaration of World Oceans Day in 2008 by the United Nations General Assembly in the resolution 63/111, paragraph 171. The celebration of this event was initiated by the collaboration of many countries worldwide. Oceans are the critical part of biosphere and essential element for the food security and life survival on the earth. World Oceans Day event provides an opportunity to all to combat with the current challenges spoiling the ocean cycle.
Do You Know: The Great Barrier Reef – Australia
The Great Barrier Reef, a 1,600-mile-long behemoth that covers more than 133,000 square miles, is the crown jewel of Australia’s natural offerings, both in biodiversity and tourism value. Of its $42 billion valuation, $22 billion of that was attributed to its value in attracting travelers.The Great Barrier Reef could be considered again for an “in danger” listing by the United Nations World Heritage Committee following the devastating bleaching this year, The news came as a group of prominent lawyers, scientists and NGOs wrote to the committee, urging it to ask Australia to do more to protect the reef.
As a condition of UNESCO not listing the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” in 2015, the World Heritage Committee said Australia needed to report back to the committee on 1 December 2016, detailing the progress of conservation – how new 2050 water pollution targets were being implemented and funded. If UNESCO and the World Heritage Committee find they have not been adequately implemented or funded, the reef could be considered again for inclusion on the “in danger” list at a meeting in 2017.
Philatelic clubs & Society:
Ananthapuri Philatelic Association, Thiruvanthapuram
Chandigarh Philatelic Club
Deccan Philatelic Society – Pune, Maharashtra
Indian Thematic Society, Ludhiana
Ludhiana Philatelic Club
Numismatic & Philatelic Association of Vellore Fort
Rajkot Philatelic Society – Rajkot, Gujarat
South India Philatelists Association
Blogs & Websites on Philately:
http://indiastampsdetails.blogspot.in/ – A beautiful website created by R. Sundar.
Philatelic Magazines & Newsletter:
Ananthapuri Stamp Bulletin – Monthly e -stamp bulletin of Ananthapuri Philatelic Association, Thiruvanthapuram
Acknowledgement:
Ananthapuri Stamp Bulletin-July-2017(Ananthapuri Philatelic Association, Thiruvanthapuram ( P.Mohanachandan Nair).
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