Posted in Covers, First Day Covers, India Stamps, Organisations, Philatelic Covers, Philatelic Items on Nov 28th, 2011
First Day Cover – Grand Lodge of India – By India Post Freemasonry society in India was established in 1729 at Kolkota. The apex body of Freemasonry is called “the Grand Lodge”.After the independence of India Lodges in India decided to constitute a sovereign body of Freemasonry and accfordingly the Grand Lodge of India was [...]
Posted in India Stamps, Medical/Health, New Issues, Organisations, Philatelic Items on Nov 15th, 2011
Stamps Of India – Indian Council Of Medical Research – By India Post The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world. As early as in 1911, the Government of [...]
Posted in Covers, First Day Covers, Medical/Health, Organisations, Philatelic Covers, Philatelic Items, Thematics on Nov 11th, 2011
First Day Cover – Indian Council of Medical Research – By India Post The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world. As early as in 1911, the Government of [...]
Posted in Covers, Organisations, Philatelic Items, Special Cover 2011, Special Covers on Nov 10th, 2011
Special Cover – 125 Years Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow – By India Post Isabella Thoburn College, the first Christian institution for women in Asia, celebrated 125 years of its existence. This institution has produced several big names, which very few colleges in the country can boast of. These include Padmashri Dr Mohini Giri, first chairperson [...]
Posted in Covers, Organisations, Philatelic Covers, Philatelic Items, Special Cover 2011, Special Covers, Thematics on Oct 31st, 2011
Special Cover – Delhi International Arts Festival – By India Post DIAF Mission:-To re-instill in our cultural and artistic traditions in the new generation, while simultaneously exposing them to the “Arts and Cultures” of the World so as to develop a healthy understanding and appreciation of diverse cultural practices. Date Of Issue:-30.10.2011.
Posted in Fauna, Organisations, Philatelic Items, Sheet Let, Thematics, Water, Wild Life/Animals/Birds, World Stamps, WWF on Oct 28th, 2011
WWF – Lined Seahorse/Hippocampus erectus – Bermuda Seahorses are rarely seen in Bermuda. They can be found in sea-grass bedsand algae-covered bottoms, where they wrap their tails around a plant for support and use their colouring as camouflage. Seahorses can also be seen on mooring lines and around docks. Seahorses are unlike other fish, as [...]
Posted in Birds, Fauna, Miniature Sheet, Organisations, Philatelic Items, Thematics, Wild Life/Animals/Birds, World Stamps, WWF on Oct 27th, 2011
WWF – Christmas Islands Frigatebird/Fregata andrewsi – Australia The Christmas Island Frigatebird is a very large seabird with a mainly black body, a glossy green sheen to the feathers of its head and back, and varying patches of white on the underbody. It has slender, long wings, a deeply forked tail and a long bill [...]
Posted in Fauna, Fishes, Miniature Sheet, Organisations, Philatelic Items, Thematics, Water, Wild Life/Animals/Birds, World Stamps, WWF on Oct 23rd, 2011
WWF – Riff Fish/Cephalopholis sonnerati/Cephalopholis argus – Aitutaki in the Cook Islands Fish in the Aitutaki Lagoon have been over netted for years however there are still many beautiful tropical fish amongst and protected from netting by extensive live coral. Even more beautiful tropical fish are on the outer slopes of Aitutaki’s reef. Opercular spines [...]
Posted in Fauna, Fishes, Miniature Sheet, Organisations, Philatelic Items, Water, Wild Life/Animals/Birds, World Stamps, WWF on Oct 22nd, 2011
WWF – Reef Fish of the Pitcairn Islands Flame Angelfish Centropyge loriculus – brightly coloured, the Flame angelfish are diurnal and feed primarily off sponges and algae. All species are hermaphrodites, starting life as females and changing sex later to males. They are most commonly found between the Hawaiian Islands, Great Barrier Reef and the [...]
Posted in Butterflies, Fauna, Organisations, Philatelic Items, Wild Life/Animals/Birds, WWF on Oct 21st, 2011
WWF – Grune Flussjungfer/Ophiogamphus cecilia – Weissrussland Ophiogamphus cecilia is a species of dragonfly in family Gomphidae. It is an Odonata family that contains about 90 genera and 900 species. They are commonly referred to as clubtail dragonflies. The name refer to the clublike widening of the end of the abdomen (abdominal segments 7 through [...]
Posted in Fauna, Organisations, Philatelic Items, Sheet Let, Wild Life/Animals/Birds, World Stamps, WWF on Oct 21st, 2011
WWF – Fischkatze/Prionailurus viverrinus - Vietnam Sheet Let of 8 stamps , The Fishing Cat is a medium -sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. In 2008, the IUCN classified the fishing cat as endangered since they are concentrated primarily in wetland habitats, which are increasingly being settled, degraded and converted. Over the lastdecade, [...]
Posted in Covers, Organisations, Philatelic Items, Special Cover 2011, Special Covers on Oct 19th, 2011
Special Cover – Bosco Public School – By India Post Bosco Public School, Delhi has been imparting education since 1985 with the motto “Knowledge is the road to power” Date Of Issue:-19.10.2011.
Posted in Birds, Fauna, Miniature Sheet, Organisations, Philatelic Items, Wild Life/Animals/Birds, World Stamps, WWF on Oct 19th, 2011
WWF – Macau Birds - China Souvenir Sheet of 4 stamps , Light-vented Bulbu, Spotted Dove, Yellow Bittern, Greater Coucal Date Of Issue:-11.09.2011. PTCS 1.50 , 2.50, 3.50, 4.50 Cost :-Set of 4 Rs 125/-. Contact:-08860120900
