Stamp On Namboodiripad E.M.S

 

Today is the day First Chief Minister Of Kerala E.M.S Namboodiripad Passed Away In The Year 1998.Today’s stamp for the day is dedicated to him.

 

E.M.S Namboodiripad was born on 13th of June 1909.He was the son of Parameswaran Namboodiripad, at Elamkulam, in Perinthalmanna.

E.M.S. Namboodiripad started his political career as a Congress worker in Kerala during Indian Freedom Struggle Movement.Namboodiripad later showed Interest in Marxism. Namboodiripad was among the founding members of the Communist Party in Kerala and created history in the 1957 elections by leading it to power in the state. The first popular ministry of Kerala headed by Shri EMS Namboodiripad, leader of the Communist Party, was sworn in on 5 th April 1957

As Chief Minister of Kerala, he started many reforms which directly touched the downtrodden. The reforms like Land legislation brought solace to millions of people. E.M.S Namboodiripad was also Chief Minister of Kerala during 1967 - 69.E.M.S Namboodiripad inspired many with his writing and he used to contribute earnings from his royalty to the party development funds.

 

First Day Cover Released On Personality Series -Socio Political Development - EMS Namboodiripad

Traffic Light For The Stamp On Namboodiripad

Number	NYA
Stamp Name	E.M.S Namboodiripad
Stamp Denomination	300
Stamp Issue Date	12/01/2001
Stamp Currency	Paise
Stamp Type	Multicolored
Stamp Perforation	13
Stamp Paper Used	Unwatermarked Adhesive Coated Stamp Paper
Stamp Printed At	MSP
Number Printed	0.4 Million
Number In Sheet	40
Printing Process	Photogravure

 

Perinthalmanna Where E.M.S Namboodiripad was born

Clickable Aerial Map Of Perinthalmanna Taluk Where EMS Namboodiripad was born

Stamp On Lala Har Dayal-Founder Ghadar Party

 

Today was the day in 1939,Lala Har Dayal Indian Revolutionary Leader and founder of the Ghadar Party Passed Away.Through stamp for the day,let us pay rich tributes to him.

 

Lala Har Dayal was born in Delhi On October 4th,1884.Lala Har Dayal was the sixth of seven children of Bhoti and Gauri Dayal Mathur Couple.

During his childhood he was influenced by Arya Samaj. Lala Har Dayal associated with Shyamji Krishnavarma, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Bhikaiji Cama. Lala Har Dayal also drew inspiration from Giuseppe Mazzini, Karl Marx and Mikhail Bakunin. He was an atheist, a revolutionary and a Buddhist.

Lal Har Dayal completed his schooling at the Cambridge Mission School and received his bachelor's degree in Sanskrit from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, India .He completed his master's degree alin Sanskrit from Punjab University.

In 1905, Lala Har Dayal secured scholarships to Study Sanskrit at Oxford University. Because of his anarchist ideas,he was put under surveillance by the police. Later that year, he gave up his Oxford scholarships and returned to India to live a life of austerity. It was during this period  he got acquainted with the anarchist Guy Aldred, who was put on trial for printing The Indian Sociologist.

He moved to Paris in 1909 and became editor of the Vande Mataram.He moved to the United States in 1911, where he became involved in industrial unionism. He had served as secretary of the San Francisco branch of the Industrial Workers of the World alongside the National Bolshevik, Fritz Wolffheim.

Basanta Kumar Biswas's attempt on the life of the Indian Viceroy, Lord Hardinge, on December 23,1912 had a major impact upon him.Lala Har Dayal started the Gadar Party in the U.S. and published a journal Ghadar in six languages from USA. Millions of copies of the journal were distributed in India and to Indians around the world. Copies of the journal were concealed in parcels of foreign cloth sent to Delhi.

In April 1914, he was arrested by the United States government for spreading anarchist literature and fled to Berlin, Germany. He subsequently lived for a decade in Sweden. He received his PhD in 1930 from the University of London. In 1932, he published Hints of Self Culture and embarked on a lecture circuit covering Europe, India, and the United States.

Lala Har Dayal died in Philadelphia in On March 18th.1939.

 

First Day Cover For Stamp of India On Lala Har Dayal

Number	NYA
Stamp Name	Lala Har Dayal
Stamp Denomination	60
Stamp Issue Date	18/03/1987
Stamp Currency	Paise
Stamp Type	Deep Violet
Stamp Perforation	13
Stamp Paper Used	Unwatermarked Adhesive Coated Stamp Paper
Stamp Printed At	ISP
Number Printed	1 Million
Number In Sheet	40
Printing Process	Photogravure

 

Delhi Where Lala Har Dayal Featured On Indian Stamp Of 1987 was born

Request To Release 98 Indian Personality Stamps Pending Before Philatelic Advisory Committee

As Per The Reports filed By Press Information Bureau,Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in response to a question in Indian Parliament gave the following facts about Stamp releases about personalities

 

After Independence of India, since August, 1948 to February, 2011 total 815 Commemorative Postage Stamps on prominent personalities/dignitaries have been issued.

Applications containing proposal for release of stamp in the name of various personalities received are placed before Philately Advisory Committee (PAC) for consideration. A list of  ninety eight personalities is awaiting consideration of the Philatelic Committee. Decisions will likely be taken after the recommendation of the PAC at its next meeting.

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1948 Mahatma Gandhi Mourning Stamps Issue

 

10 Rs Mahatma Gandhi Stamp Of 1948

1 And 1/2 Annas Mahatma Gandhi Stamp Of 1948

3 And 1/2 Annas Mahatma Gandhi Stamp Of 1948

 

 

12 Annas Mahatma Gandhi Stamp Of 1948

The Gandhi stamps which was supposed to be issued to celebrate his 80th Birthday on 2nd October was released later for 1st Anniversary of India's independence. The set of Gandhi stamps were released 6 months after Gandhi's death.

These set of 4 stamps are the only Gandhi stamps to contain descriptive text both in Devanagiri (Hindi) and Arabic (Urdu) script.

 

 

First Day Cover Of The Set Of Gandhi Mourning Stamps Issue In 1948

Stamp Number	005	006	007	008
Stamp Name	Mahatma Gandhi	Mahatma Gandhi	Mahatma Gandhi	Mahatma Gandhi
Stamp Denomination	1 1/2 Annas	3 1/2 Annas	12 Annas	10rs
Stamp Issue Date	15/08/1947	15/08/1947	15/08/1947	15/08/1947
Stamp Currency	Annas	Annas	Annas	Rupees
Stamp Type	Commemorative	Commemorative	Commemorative	Commemorative
Stamps Color	Brown	Violet	Grey Green	Purple Brown
Stamp Perforation	11 1/2	11 1/2	11 1/2	11 1/2
Stamp Paper Used	Granite Paper	Granite Paper	Granite Paper	Granite Paper
Stamp Printed At	Courvoisier	Courvoisier	Courvoisier	Courvoisier
Number Printed	25 Million	2.5 Million	3.75 Million	0.25 Million
Number In Sheet	50	50	50	50

INDIPEX 2011 Stamps Miniature Sheet On Personalities Of India From Tuvalu

Polynesian Island Of Tuvalu released a beautiful miniature stamp sheet featuring Woman Painter Amrita Sher Gil, Physicist S Chandrashekar,Artist And Film Maker Satyajit Ray,Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore The Miniature sheet has a motif of INDIPEX-2011 logo.

Personalities Of India Stamp Miniature Sheet Featuring

Amrita Sher Gil,Prof Chandrashekar, Satyajit Ray,

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

Taj Mahal Stamps Miniature Sheet From Guyana

The Finest example of Mughal Architecture “ The Taj Mahal “ is the theme of stamps released by Guyana to mark the INDIPEX 2011 The set of four stamps feature Taj Mahal like never before on stamps with  eye catching pictures of Taj Mahal.

 

 

A Miniature Sheet Of Stamps Featuring Taj Mahal

Amrita Sher Gil Stamp From Tuvalu

Amrita Sher-Gil was a famous woman painter of 20th century India .The Government of India has preserved her works as National Art Treasures and most of them are exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi and as philatelic tribute to her, painting 'Hill Women' was released on Postage stamp in 1978 by India Post and a road in Lutyens' Delhi, was named after her, Amrita Shergill Marg.

 

Indian Stamp Of Painting Amrita Sher Gil Named Hill Women

 

Beautiful Miniature Sheet On Indian Personalities Released During The INDIPEX 2011 Featuring Amrita Sher Gil

 

Geographical Tag For The Stamp On Amrita Sher Gil,Funafuti is the capital city of Tuvalu Islands

Rabindranath Tagore Stamp From Tuvalu

 

May 9th will mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.To mark the event many countries have started to release stamps on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.Polynesian Island released a miniature sheet with the stamp Of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

Beautiful Miniature Sheet On Indian Personalities Released During The INDIPEX 2011 Featuring Rabindranath Tagore

Geographical Tag For The Stamp On Rabindranath Tagore,Funafuti is the capital city of Tuvalu Islands

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PHILANIPPON 2011 Update : Exhibition As Scheduled

In an email communication to collectindianstamps.com Mr.Toshiki Asakura from PHILANIPPON '11 Secretariat for Exhibitors has confirmed that International Philatelic Exhibition will go an as scheduled from 28th July 2011.

PHILANIPPON 2011 will be held from July 28 - August 2, 2011
at the Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall, Yokohama

PHILANIPPON 2011 is being hosted by Japan Post Service Co., Ltd.
Philatelic Federation of Japan and Japan Philatelic Society, Foundation

PHILANIPPON 2011 will have patronage of Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) and Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP)

Around 2500 Frame of Stamp Exhibits will be display during the exhibition

 

Official Website : http://philanippon.jp/english/

Stamp Of D V Gundappa-Noted Kannada Writer

Dr. D.V.Gundappa ( Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa ) popularly known as DVG, was a prominent Kannada writer and a philosopher.He was born this Day in the year 1887

 

Dr.V.Gundappa was born on March 17th 1887 in Mulabagilu In Kolar (see geographical tag for the stamp) .DVG completed his primary school education in Kannada in the year 1898. He also attained basic education in English apart from learning Sanskrit on his own interest. Later he continued his education in Mysore from the Maharaja high school. Even though DVG did not pass matriculation exam his essays were selected as chapters for Graduation text books and PhD thesis

Dr.D.V.Gundappa is renowned for Manku Thimmana Kagga, a collection of poetic verses.Mankuthimmana Kagga is one of the most famous and popular major literary works in Kannada and was published in 1943. The title of this work can be translated as "Song of Mankutimma". Kagga is a beautiful and profound collection of 945 poems. Each poem is of four lines. Some of the poems are in old Kannada style (halegannada). Kagga poems are profound, and poetic. Most of these can be sung

Dr. DVG was awarded Padmabhushan by the Government of India in 1974. The State of Karnataka under Chief Minister Sri Veerandra Patil honored him for his services to Kannada Literature in 1970. Dr DVG donated the entire award money to found the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) (Featured On The FIrst Day Cover Of The Stamp)

 

First Day Cover Of The Stamp On D.V.Gundappa Featuring Gokhale Institute Of Public Affairs Founded By Him

Number	NYA
Stamp Name	Dr.D.V.Gundappa
Stamp Denomination	60
Stamp Issue Date	17/03/1988
Stamp Currency	Paise
Stamp Type	Slate Blue
Stamp Perforation	13 1/2 x 13
Stamp Paper Used	Unwatermarked Adhesive Coated Stamp Paper
Stamp Printed At	ISP
Number Printed	1.5 Million
Number In Sheet	35
Printing Process	Photogravure
First Day Cover Design	Sankha Samantha
Cancellation Design	Smt.Alka Sharma

Clickable Map Of Mulubagilu Where D.V.Gundappa Featured On Indian Stamp Was Born