ART & CULTURE OF INDIA

Philately Division of Department of Post issued this beautiful 10 pages hardcover book, containing 42 stamps and 1 M/S issued on various themes like Greetings, Taj Mahal, Paintings, Handicrafts, Textiles, Gems & Jewellery, Miniature Paintings, Festivals, Musical Instruments, Dance, Masks etc. The book is available at all Philatelic Bueaux @ Rupees 2500/- each.

List of 50 stamps - 100 Years of Cinema

List and Images of 50 stamps

Collectors will have to maintain a list of 50 stamps issued on 03.05.2013 on Cinema personalities, which might be the very first time in Indian philatelic history that on a single day 50 stamps are issued. It is learnt that these stamps are issued in Miniature sheet format only, however, they must find their place in year wise collection of year 2013.

   In alphabetical order :

1	Allu Ramalingiah
2	Ashok Kumar
3	Ashok Mehta
4	Balraj Sahni
5	Bhalji Pendharkar
6	Bhanumathi
7	Bhupen Hazarika
8	B.N Sircar
9	B.R Chopra
10	Chetan Anand
11	C.V. Sridhar
12	Dev Anand
13	Dhirendranath Ganguly
14	Durga Khote
15	Geeta Dutt
16	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
17	Kamaal Amrohi
18	Kannadasan
19	Madan Mohan
20	Majrooh Sultanpuri
21	Mehmood
22	Motilal
23	Nagesh
24	Naushad
25	Nitin Bose
26	O.P. Nayyar
27	Prem Nazir
28	Prithviraj Kapoor
29	R.D Burman
30	Raichand Boral
31	Raj Khosla
32	Rajendra Kumar
33	Rajesh Khanna
34	Ruby Myers
35	S.V. Ranga Rao
36	Salil Chowdhury
37	Sanjeev Kumar
38	Shailendra
39	Shakeel Badayuni
40	Shammi Kapoor
41	Shankar Jaikishan
42	Smita Patil
43	Sohrab Modi
44	Suraiya
45	Tapan Sinha
46	Tarachand Barjatya
47	T.R .Sundaram
48	Utpal Dutt
49	Vishnu Vardhan
50	Yash Chopra

MY-STAMP : 2nd Series in MICHEL Katalog

Internationally reputed katalog publishing company MICHEL has listed 4 Flower stamps of 2nd series of MY-STAMP issued by Indian postal department; in their monthly review 7/2013 edition, along with other Indian stamps issued during 2012. Many collectors have not included these four stamps in their collection, even though they are issued officially by Indian Postal Department,  and they can be used as valid postage. 

Wild Ass - Ghor Khar of Kutch - Maxim Card

India-Post issued 2 stamps and 1 M/S on Wild Ass of Kutch and Ladakh on 10th May,2013; and CPMG, Gujarat Circle, Ahmedabad had issued a set of 12 Postcards from Gujarat in 2012, depicting Wild Asses of Kutch in one of them.  This Maxim card shows the stamp and the post card of Wild Ass of Kutch with special cancellation of 10.05.2013.

100 YEARS OF INDIAN CINEMA

 50 STAMPS ON 03.05.2013

It is learnt from reliable source that India-Post will issue 50 different stamps today in a special function in New Delhi on 100 Years of Indian Cinema in 6 Miniature Sheets. This material will arrive at Philatelic Bueaux during June 2013.

786 Holy Number Banknotes

Banknote collectors of Fancy Numbers will have absorbing time going thru this collection where only 786 numbers will be found in different combinations.