INDONESIA 2012-Indonesia Releases Rabbit Stamps

Indonesia has issued two sheetlets of stamps with indonesia2012 logo printed on it.Throughout the year Indonesia will release stamps as a run up to the International Stamp Exhibition Scheduled in the year 2012.

Sheetlets Of Stamps On Rabbits From Indonesia with INDONESIA2012 Logo

Stamps On Dandi March- The Day Gandhi Started Salt Satyagraha

 

Today was the day Mahatma Gandhi- Apostle Of Peace,started His Dandi March.Today’s  Stamp For The Day Features Indian Stamps On Dandi March released on 2nd October.1980

The Salt Satyagraha started with the Dandi March on March 12, 1930.Dandi March was a momentous event of the Indian independence struggle. Dandi March was a movement of nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.

Dandi March was the most significant organized challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920-22, and directly followed the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930.

Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi march from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad, to the sea coast near the village of Dandi (See the Geographical Tag for the Stamp). As he continued on this 24 day, 240 mile (390 km) march to produce salt without paying the tax, more  Indians joined as he marched. When Gandhi defied the salt laws in Dandi at the conclusion of the march on April 6, 1930, it sparked large scale acts of civil disobedience against the British Raj salt laws by millions of Indians.

After making salt at Dandi, Gandhi moved southward along the coast, producing salt and addressing meetings on the way.Group led by Gandhi planned to stage a Satyagraha at the Dharasana Salt Works, 25 miles south of Dandi. However, Gandhi was arrested on the midnight of May 4-5, 1930, just days before the planned action at Dharasana.

The Dandi March and the consequent Dharasana Satyagraha attracted worldwide attention to the Indian independence movement through extensive newspaper and newsreel coverage. The satyagraha against the salt tax continued for almost a year, ending with Gandhi's release from jail and negotiations with Viceroy Lord Irwin at the Second Round Table Conference.Over 80,000 Indians were jailed as a result of the Salt Satyagraha.The campaign had a significant effect on changing world and British attitude toward Indian independence and caused large numbers of Indians to participate in the struggle for the first time.

 

First Day Cover Of  Dandi March Indian Stamps Featuring Mahatma Gandhi

Traffic Light For The Stamps Of Dandi March

 

 

Number	NYA	NYA
Stamp Name	Dandi March	Salt Satyagraha
Stamp Denomination	35p	35p
Stamp Issue Date	02/10/1980	02/10/1980
Stamp Currency	Paise	Paise
Stamp Type	Multicolored	Multicolored
Stamp Perforation	14 1/2 x 14	14 1/2 x 14
Stamp Paper Used	Unwatermarked Adhesive Coated Stamp Paper	Unwatermarked Adhesive Coated Stamp Paper
Stamp Printed At	ISP	ISP
Number Printed	2 Million	2 Million
Number In Sheet	25 Pairs	25 Pairs
Design	S Ramachandra	S.Ramachandra
Printing Process	Photogravure	Photogravure

*NYA - Not Yet Assigned

Dandi Where Mahatma Gandhi Started The Dandi March ( Stamps Above)

• Related Blog Post : What Is Satyagraha ?
• BBC History Site On Gandhi : Click Here
• Video Footage Of Salt Satyagraha : Click Here

Hungary Stamp On 50 Yrs Of Yuri Gagarin’s Space Filght

Magyar Posta (Hungary Post ) will release a stamp to mark the 50yrs of Yuri Gagarin’s Space Flight.Hungary will be issuing the stamp on 12th April.2011

 

April 12,2011 will mark the 50th anniversary of this flight. The countdown for the much-awaited celebrations has started which will aim to promote the importance of space among the younger generation. As the countdown clock is ticking away, Postal organizations all over the world are awaiting to release stamps to mark the occasion.

 

• Blog Post On Yuri Gagarin Stamps : Click Here
• Russian Fedaral Space Agency Site : Click Here
• Blog By A Indian Space Journalist  : Click Here

France Stamp On Forests To Mark International Year Of Forests

France Postal Department will release a stamp as part of International Year Of Forest 2011.

In France, the forest coverage has increased by half since 1950. 30% of the territory is covered by forests.Forest constitute a major asset for the French economy, particularly in rural areas. The French forest-wood chain has 425 000 jobs or twice more than the automotive industry, and generates a turnover of EUR 40 billion to the exchequer.

Stamp Of Savitri Bai Phule-First Woman Teacher Of India

 

 

Today is the day Savitri Bai Phule Passed away in 1897.Savitribai Phule (depicted On Stamp Of India Released In 1998) is synonymous among the teaching community in India as the “ first female teacher of the first women's school in India”.Today’s Stamp for the day is dedicated to Savitribai Phule

SavitriBai Phule was born in Naigaon Thaluka of Khandala Dist In Satara on 3rd Jan.1831.Her Father's name was Khandoji Nevse and mother Laxmi.

 

In 1840 she tied nuptial knots with Jotirao Phule and started her education in 1841.She passed with flying colors the third and fourth year examination from Normal school.

 

During 1847 Started school with Sagunabai in Maharwada .Country's first school for girls was started at Bhide's wada in Pune and Savitribai was nominated as the first head mistress of the school.

On 1st of Jan.1848, A School for adults was started at UsmanSheikh's wada in Pune. Left home with Jotirao to educating Shudra and ati Shudra communities .During 1852,Phule family was honoured by British government for their works in the field of education and Savtribai was declared as the best teacher.

 

Savitribai Phule was a poet as well.In 1854 she published "Kavya Phule"-the first collection of poems.A night school for agriculturist and laborers was started in 1855.She Published Lectures of Jyotiba' in 1856,She started a orphanage in 1863 for the deprived.When untouchability was at peak she opened usage of well to the untouchables during 1868.

 

When Plaque stuck in 1897,She worked hard for the victims of plague, where she organized camps for poor children. It is said that she used to feed two thousand children every day during the epidemic. By a strange irony, she herself was struck by the disease while nursing a sick child and died on 10 March 1897.

 

 

 

First Day Cover Of The Stamp Released On Savitri Bai Phule

Pictorial Cancellation Released On Stamp On Savitri Bai Phule

 

Block Of Four Stamps Of Savitribai Phule

Number	NYA
Stamp Name	Savitribai Phule
Stamp Denomination	200
Stamp Issue Date	10/03/1998
Stamp Currency	Paise
Stamp Type	Deep Brown
Stamp Perforation	13 1/2 x 13
Stamp Paper Used	Unwatermarked Adhesive Coated Stamp Paper
Stamp Printed At	ISP
Number Printed	0.4 Million
Number In Sheet	35
Printing Process	Photogravure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Khandala District Where Savitribai Phule Was Born

• A Write Up From Manase.org : Click Here
• Salute to Women Liberator : Click Here

Stamps On Landscapes Of Malta

Republic Of Malta released a set of 3 Stamps on “Treasures Of Malta”.The philatelic stamps will feature some of Malta’s cultural and unique landscapes which are Valletta, Manoel Island and Cittadella

Stamps From Malta Featuring Cittadella

   Stamp From Malta Featuring Valletta            Stamp From Malta On Manoel Island

Republic Of Malta Which Will Release Stamps On Landscapes

Sri Lankan Stamp On International Year Of Chemistry

Sri Lanka Philatelic Bureau with the help of Institute of Chemistry Ceylon  issued  a commemorative Stamp on the 30th  of January 2011.

The IYC Stamp and the First Day Cover were ceremonially cancelled in the presence of the Director of Sri Lanka bureau,  Dean Of College of Chemical Sciences, the President, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon and the invited guests.

 

Stamp Featuring Madame Marie Curie And Professor M.U.S Sultanbawa. The Stamp Also Features Sri Lankan Gem- Blue Sapphire with Chemical Structure Of Constituent Aluminum Oxide ( Al2 O3 )

 

Professor M.U.S Sultanbawa featured on the Stamp,hailed from Dutch Fort of Galle and was brought up under the watchful eyes of the reverend Jesuit Fathers and eminently qualified teachers at St. Aloysius' College, Galle in the early 1930's. Sultanbawa chose not leave to Sri Lanka in lieu of greener pastures to the West.

He took up an assignment at Nigeria for a brief period and soon returned to Sri Lanka to contribute by leaps and bounds to the intellectual well-being of Sri Lankans. He fearlessly executed all assignments that were shouldered on him by Late Sir Ivor Jennings, who recognized the talent in Sultanbawa during early research years at Peradeniya.

Prof. Sultanbawa was conferred the D.Sc. in 1978 by the University of London. He was honoured with the title 'Vidya Jyothi' in 1990 by the President of Sri Lanka and made a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science. Sultanbawa was also the winner of the Guinness Award for Scientific Achievements in 1978.

Prof. Sultanbawa was actively involved with the work of the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon and the Ceylon Association of the Advancement of Science (CAAS presently known as SLAAS) and held office of the General President of CAAS in 1972. He was instrumental in organizing a series of islandwide school exhibitions under the patronage of CAAs. Prof. Sultanbawa functioned as the Chancellor of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka (1986) from its inception

 

Sri Lanka Post First Day Cover Released To Mark The International Year Of Chemistry

Block Of Four Stamps Of The Stamp Issue By Sri Lanka Post On The Occasion Of IYC 2011

Clickable Map Of Dutch Fort At Galle From Where M.U.S Sultanbawa (Depicted On Stamp ) Hailed From