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Stamps
of India Collectors Companion August 23, 2001
FAKE
STAMPS RACKET UNEARTHED NEW
STAMPS RELEASED The Indian National Congress at its Bombay session in
August 1942 passed the famous ‘Quit India’ resolution, calling for a mass
struggle under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. “Do or Die” was the mantra, which Gandhiji gave the
people of India. However, even
before the Congress could start the movement, the British administrative
machinery came down swiftly and heavily. All
the major leaders were arrested and the Congress itself was declared illegal.
A dismayed India reacted spontaneously against this repressive act.
Popular revolts broke out across the length and breadth of the country,
with the battle cry of “British Quit India”. A prominent feature of the Quit
India Revolt was the chain of ‘National Governments”, which came to be
established in many parts of the country, though most of them could survive only
for a few weeks. In Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh the revolt started
with protest demonstrations of the students.
The arrest of a few girls and at-random firing by the police in the
market sent a wave of indignation into the hearts of the people.
The resultant anger and excitement led to spontaneous acts of protest
like removal of rails, cutting of telegraph wires and burning of railway and
police stations in the rural areas. In
less than a week the local people raided the police stations, treasuries and
other government offices of the District and occupied them.
The authorities surrendered immediately and the national flag was hoisted
over these buildings. Having occupied the whole District and disrupted the
colonial administrative machinery, the onus of setting up a parallel
‘government’ fell upon the leaders of the revolt. They undertook the task in a most responsible and efficient
manner and a National Government was set up in Ballia on the 19th of
August. Chittu Pandey, a
charismatic leader described as the “Tiger of Ballia” by Jawaharlal Nehru
and Subhas Chandra Bose, headed the Government.
The entire population of Ballia supported the National Government and
donated thousands of rupees to enable the Government to carry on its
administration. The stamp carries a picture of the monument at Shaheed (Martyrs) Park, Ballia. The stamp is of Rs 4 denomination, the current inland letter rate. Sankha Samanta designed the stamp, Suresh Kumar designed the First day Cover, and Alka Sharma designed the pictorial first day postmark. An informative brochure containing write-up and technical data, priced at Rs. 2, was also brought out. Calcutta Security Printers Limited of Kanpur printed the stamps by photo-offset in four colors on matt chromo paper in the quantity of 400,000. The issued sheet contains 40 stamps. The stamps, First Day Cover along with the information sheet are available on sale at all Philatelic Bureaus and Counters and at selected Post Offices. NEW
ISSUE UPDATE PHILATELIC
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HAFNIA
01 WORLD PHILATELIC EXHIBITION 2001 Dhananjay
Desai – Sorath, Dilip Shah – Gwalior, Valmiki Desai – Philatelic Terms,
Ashok Kumar Bayanwala – Meter Post, Kishor Chandak – Hand Struck Postage
Stamps of India, Ilyas Patel – Bridges, Parthvi Desai – Mahatma Gandhi,
Prashant Shah – Speed Post, Ilyas Patel & Dhananjay Desai – Indian Telegraphs 1851-1914 Philatelic & Operational History
(Literature),
Radha Krishan
Sarawagi – Brahmini Dak, (Literature). India Post will have a Sales Booth at the show. And yours truly will also be there for coverage. PORTUGUESE INDIA 100 REIS DISCOVERED ON SOFT PAPER A previously unrecorded stamp of Portuguese India issued in 1872 has come to light. Collector G.C. Gonyea of Potsdam, N.Y., made the discovery. The stamp is a 100 Reis yellow-green Numeral of Value on soft wove paper, one of the locally produced stamps of the 1870s. Read
the full story at http://www.linns.com/print/archives/20010820/news2.asp
NEW PHILATELIC MAGAZINE FROM PAKISTAN Mohammed
Ali Jahangir of Karachi, Pakistan has announced the launch of ‘Stamp Times’
from September 2001. Mohammad Ali Jahangir is a keen stamp collector. He
collects Pakistan and worldwide postage stamps, postal stationeries and other
philatelic material concerning Pakistan and other countries of the world. He is
also a collector-cum-dealer, again mainly of Pakistan and worldwide stamps and
stationeries, both mint and used. He has a philatelic office-cum-shop in
Karachi. He not only collects Pakistan stamps, but also promotes philately in
Pakistan by using latest facilities like E-mail and Internet. He is a Life
Member of the Philatelic Federation of Pakistan and the Stamp Society of
Pakistan of which he is also a member of the executive committee. He has his own
website which has contacts with about 2000 collectors and he also plans to start
publishing from September
2001 a bimonthly magazine on stamps and philately. He was associated with the first Iranian Stamp
Exhibition in Karachi. He personally organized a stamp exhibition in Karachi,
viz. UNIPEX 95. He runs a service called ‘Service for Pakistan Collectors’
through e-mail where collectors can ask questions about background and details
of Pakistan postage stamps and postal stationeries. Mike Pagliari, UPU
Consultant on Philately, has visited his office and exchanged ideas and views on
the promotion of philately in Pakistan. He was closely associated with the
publication of the book, “Fifty years of Pakistan stamps” by M. J. Zahedi. M. A. Jahangir participated in three non-competitive Stamp Exhibitions held at Karachi: viz. Pak-French Stamp Exhibition November 11-20, 1999, at the Alliance Francaise; International School of Karachi and the National Museum, both held to celebrate Pakistan Day, 2001. Jahangir won a Silver Bronze in NEPHIL 2001 (South Asian International Philatelic exhibition) held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in February 2001, with his exhibit on Flowers. He has written many articles on philately in general, specially on Pakistan stamps, in magazines and newspapers, which have greatly contributed to introducing and promoting Pakistan stamps and philately. NEW PUBLICATIONS ICSRI is the only society in the world to have brought
under one roof all types of collectors. It
came into existence in May 1995 as “Collectors’ Club”.
It was renamed as ICSRI in January 1996. The Society has more than 100
members collecting various items. The
Society holds regular meetings, talks by eminent scholars on various subjects
and holds exhibitions on different subjects. Twelve members of the society have
found a mention in the “Limca Book of Records” for various collections from
time to time. The president of the
society already features in the Guinness Book. The Society has held many exhibitions, which were mostly
held for the first time in India. The
notable among them are: 1. Exhibited 100 different collections, 2. Exhibited
Rare items in Commemoration of 50 years of World War II, 3. Exhibited Dinosaur
Eggs, Rare Minerals and Zeolites, 4. Exhibited Rare Hollywood Photographs, 5.
Exhibited Rare Items in Commemoration of 50 years of India’s Independence, 6.
Exhibited Rare Pre & Post Independence Currency Notes, 7. Exhibited Shivaji
Maharaj’s “Hon” – a very rare coin, for the first time in India, 8.
Exhibited Rare Items in a unique exhibition titled “Towards New Millennium”. The Society has published two books: 1. Coin Collecting
for Beginners. (First edition sold out), 2. Guide to Indian Paper Money (1861
– 1997). ‘Natural History on Indian Stamps’ is the third book of the
Society and it intends to provide the collectors with different books on
different subjects in near future. The Society has taken part in various social activities
and the main aim is to provide “Knowledge through Hobbies”. The future
projects of the Society are 1. Establish “Young Collectors Club” in every
school, 2. Establish a “Museum” on Natural History in Pune, 3. Establish a
database and library for reference on different types of collections. These types of ambitious projects require funds. The members of the Society take part in the activities purely on voluntary basis. The Society requires help from philanthropists. The donations given to the Society are given 50% rebate on income tax under section 12 G & 80 G. PUBLICATIONS
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date given is the date the item was actually made available at Philatelic
Bureau, New Delhi. It is possible that at other places in India it was released
for sale earlier or later. Following acronyms for printers have been used: ISP:
India Security Press, Nashik; SPP: Security Printing Press, Hyderabad; MSP:
Madras Security Printers, Chennai; CSP: Calcutta Security Printers, Kanpur Part
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