New stamps from Poland

 

World Blood Donor Day

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Date of Issue : 14 June 2015

Polish Post recently issued two beautiful stamps on World Donation Day and Sun Flower.The special feature of these issues is its FDCs which are so beautiful. These would be excellent items for collectors.

Every year on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD). The event, established in 2004, serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products, and to thank blood donors for their voluntary, life-saving gifts of blood.

World Blood Donor Day is one of eight official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with World Health Day, World Tuberculosis Day, World Immunization Week, World Malaria Day, World No Tobacco Day, World Hepatitis Day, and World AIDS Day.

 

 

Sun Flower

Date of Issue : 26 June 2015

The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae, with a large flower head (capitulum). The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 metres tall, with a flower head that can be 30 cm wide.

Sunflower "whole seed" (fruit) are sold as a snack food, after roasting in ovens, with or without salt added. Sunflowers can be processed into a peanut butter alternative, Sunbutter. In Germany, it is mixed together with rye flour to make Sonnenblumenkernbrot (literally: sunflower whole seed bread), which is quite popular in German-speaking Europe. It is also sold as food for birds and can be used directly in cooking and salads. Sunflower oil, extracted from the seeds, is used for cooking, as a carrier oil and to produce margarine and biodiesel, as it is cheaper than olive oil. A range of sunflower varieties exist with differing fatty acid compositions; some 'high oleic' types contain a higher level of healthy monounsaturated fats in their oil than Olive oil.

The cake remaining after the seeds have been processed for oil is used as a livestock feed. Some recently developed cultivars have drooping heads. These cultivars are less attractive to gardeners growing the flowers as ornamental plants, but appeal to farmers, because they reduce bird damage and losses from some plant diseases. Sunflowers also produce latex and are the subject of experiments to improve their suitability as an alternative crop for producing hypoallergenic rubber.

 

Club News

Executive Committee of Chandigarh Philatelic Club

Office Bearers :

President: Abnash Singh Luthra

Vice President : Rakesh Walia

General SEcretary : Vipan Thakur

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Witkacy - creator visionary

 

Date of Issue : 24 February 2015

Polish Post issued a beautiful souvenir sheet on Witcacy featuring him and his famous painting in a very  extraordinary design.Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (24 February 1885 – 18 September 1939)  , commonly known as "Witkacy", was a Polish poet, playwright, novelist, painter, photographer and philosopher.Witkacy was one of the leading members of Poland's poetic and artistic avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century.

Self Portrait of Witkacy

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Stamp Exhibition in Berlin 

Greetings from Oman

Exhibition opening with a large train station

(BDPh) Philately from the Middle East is rarely seen, and certainly not in this compressed form. A range of modern issues and postal history exhibits with high honors in FIP exhibitions currently on view at the Museum of Communication in Berlin. Interesting remarks about the country and people, post utensils and other country-specific exhibits provide an insight into the exotic country.Franz-Josef Pütz Philatelists Association of Berlin Brandenburg  organized the exhibition jointly with the German-Omani society in months of preparation .

Photo: Chairman of the Omani Sultan Philatelic Society Hilal Al Habsi and BDPh President Uwe Decker

The opening ceremony was held on 5 March 2015 and museum director Dr. Lieselotte Kugler opened the exhibition in front of about 400 guests.  Minister of Tourism, Sultanate of Oman SH Ahmed bin Nasser Al Mahrizi, Oman's Ambassador Ba Omar and senior representatives from politics and society  were present. The Philatelists Association Berlin Brandenburg was represented by Frank Walter and his designated successor, Dr. Klaus-Dieter Schuldt and other board members. The representative of the Omani Sultan Philatelic Society Hilal Al Habsi had with BDPh President Uwe Decker a call via the Association of Philatelic on site.

 

The exhibition will be open during the opening times of the Communication Museum on view until March 29, 2015 and provides an opportunity to get to know now the modern state in accordance with ancient traditions in the mirror of philately.

Museum of Communication, Leipziger Str. 16, 10117 Berlin-Mitte

www.mfk-berlin.de

- Wolfgang Beyer- Germany email :

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New stamps on Easter

 

Stamps and Stationery from Poland

Date of Issue : 6 March 2015

Here are some beautiful stamps and stationery from Poland and Finland  scheduled to be issued for Easter .

Postal Stationery

Date of Issue : 9 March 2015

 

Finland

 

Date of Issue : 3 March 2015

Finish Post  released a special stamp to celebrate the upcoming Easter. The issue consisting of one stamp was released on the 3rd of March.

A perfect choice for an Easter greeting stamp this year is the cheerful Spring twitter, in which a great tit sings its heart out on a branch with willow catkins. In the foreground, there is a narcissus protruding over the regular borders of the stamp.

 

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Greetings on Valentine’s Day

I love you stamp from Poland

 

Date of Issue : 6 February 2015 

Today is Valentine’s Day, a very special day  of lovers . Polish Post  released a special stamp and a beautiful FDC, celebrating the holiday of love and sincere feelings. Valentine’s Day (Walentynki) is one of the most romantic days of the year celebrated all over the world on February 14.

Valentine’s Day focuses on love, romance, appreciation and friendship. Chocolates, candies shaped in red hearts, and other gifts are given to loved ones on Valentine’s Day. Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Women’s Day are also observed in Poland, in which friends, partners, and family members received gifts, cards or flowers.

Valentine’s Day has not been celebrated in Poland until very recently. Only after the collapse of the Eastern European Block and the consequent opening of Poland’s borders this well known, especially in English-language cultures holiday entered Polish society. Romantic Poles were very quick in adopting Valentine’s Day and nowadays it as popular in Poland as anywhere else.

When does a kiss count as a stamp?

 

A postal company in the Netherlands has launched a sweet deal for St. Valentine's Day.

MONTREAL — A postal company in the Netherlands has launched a sweet deal for St. Valentine’s Day.On Feb. 13, people in Holland can send a letter to a loved one — but instead of a postage stamp, it can be sent with a kiss.

Just apply lipstick, kiss the envelope where a stamp ought to go and send it off.

A spokesperson at PostNL told the Dutch news website NU.nl that the aim of the initiative was to encourage more people to send real letters. “We believe a card on the doormat is still the most personal way to let someone know you’re thinking of them.”

“On Valentine’s Day, we want to give everyone the opportunity to be loved and to surprise family and friends.” Kissed cards and letters were to be sent to a destination within the Netherlands on Friday, Feb. 13 by 5 p.m.

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Final of The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity

Polish Post issued a beautiful stamp on Final of The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity on 7th January 2015.

 

Date of Issue : 7 January 2015

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World Youth Day stamps from Poland

 

Date of Issue – 14 December 2014

Polish Post issued two commemorative stamps celebrating the World Youth Day. The stamp was released  on  14^th of December. World Youth Day (WYD) is an event for young people organized by the Roman Catholic Church.

World Youth Day was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985. For the first celebration of WYD in 1986, bishops all over the world were invited to schedule an annual youth event to be held every Palm Sunday in their dioceses. It is celebrated at the diocesan level annually and at the international level every two to three years at different locations. The 1995 World Youth Day closing Mass in the Philippines set a world record for the largest number of people gathered for a single religious event (with 5 million attendees).The Church designated Saint John Paul II and Blessed Teresa of Calcutta as the patron saints of the event.

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Commemorative Stamps on 100 Years of Mahatma Gandhi's Return by India Post

Commemorative Stamps on 100 Years of Mahatma Gandhi's Return is proposed to be released by India Post  on 8th January 2015 during Pravasi Bhartiya Divas celebrations. There is proposal of the releae of  two Stamps in denomination of Rs. 5 and Rs. 25 with a  Miniature Sheet Rs. 30.

Youngest FRPSL from India

Markand Dave,  professional philatelist from Nadiad, Gujarat has been elected  Fellow of The Royal Philatelic Society London on 13th November, 2014 .He is the the Youngest Fellow of the society at present.

 

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New stamps from Poland

 

Turkish-Polish - Joint Issue

600 years of Turkish-Polish diplomatic  relations

 

Date of Issue : 28 November 2014

Polish Post issued a beautiful souvenir sheet on 600 years of Turkish-Polish diplomatic relations". It is a joint issue by Poland and Turkey.

 

450th birthday of William Shakespeare celebrated by Polish Post

Date of Issue : 19 November 2014

On occasion of 450th birthday of William Shakespeare Polish Post released a special stamp and  postal stationery. The stamp depicts of the illustrations to the works of this great writer.

Shakespeare’s birthday is celebrated in Stratford-upon-Avon and around the world every April, and this year is bigger than ever as Shakespeare turns 450 years young. Here in Stratford the streets were overflown with music, pageantry and drama as the birthday weekend brings together performers, artists, and ambassadors from around the world in a vibrant celebration of the life and works of William Shakespeare. 

Postal stationery

Club News

Vadophil

Latest issue of Vadophil, No. 140, Quarterly News Bulletin of Baroda Philatelic Society is out. For details pleas visit Baroda Philatelic Society, Email: info@vadophil.org or visit website : www.vadophil.org

 

KARNAPEX 2015 , Bangalore ( 16th to 19th  January 2015)

For dealer’s booth application form for Karnepex2015 Please contact  at the below address  :

Assistant Director (BD)

For Chief Postmaster General

Karnataka Circle, Bangalore-560 001

Ph . 22392537 / 22353393

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New Christmas stamps

 

Estonia

Date of Issue : 20 November 2014

For this year’s Christmas here are new stamps issued recently. Estonia Post introduced two Christmas stamps on the 20^th of November. The items depict gorgeous Christmas decorations.

Christmas time is still the most important holiday celebrated in Estonia. For Estonians, Christmas is a mixture of the traditional, the modern, the secular, and the religious. Like in other Nordic states, Estonia’s celebration of Christmas mostly falls on Christmas Eve, however Christmas season starts in Advent with people buying Advent calendars or lighting Advent candles.

Poland

Date of issue : 14 November 2014

Polish Post has already issued its annual Christmas stamps on the 14^th of November . Christmas in Poland is a major annual celebration, as in most countries of the Christian world. The observance of Christmas developed gradually over the centuries, beginning in ancient times; combining old pagan customs with the religious ones introduced after the Christianization of Poland by the Catholic Church.

Later influences include mutual permeating of local traditions and various folk cultures. Christmas trees are decorated and lit in family rooms on the day of Christmas Eve. Other trees are placed in most public areas and outside churches. Christmas is called “Boże Narodzenie” in Polish (literally ‘God’s Birth’).

 

Finland

Date of issue : 17 November 2014

Finnish Post issued a Santa Claus special stamp for this year’s Christmas  on the 17^th of November.

The Joulun taika (The Magic of Christmas) stamp's based on Antti Kurola’s impressive photograph. In the magical picture, Santa Claus is throwing snow into the air with both hands, and behind the snow-covered spruce tree forest is revealed the city of Rovaniemi. The Santa Claus stamp is a great way to show to the rest of the world where the real Father Christmas is from.

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New Stamps from Poland

 

 

Date of Issue : 10 October 2014

Polish Post issued a set of 8 stamps on the occasion of XXI Warsaw National Philatelic Exhibition 2014 featuring sea life with colorful fishes. The stamps have been issued in separate  magnificent sheets and the First Day Covers have been issued in 4 different designs. Thematic Collectors would love to have these items in their collection.

 

 

 

 

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