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February 6, 2003 India’s Next Issue - Ghantasala 100 Years of Manned Flight Stamps Released New Customized Postal Stationery Forthcoming Exhibitions District Level Shows at Agra and Kaithal Satish Misra Transfers & Postings Of Senior Postal Officers Season The Reason For Snail Mail New Issue Of Sri Lanka Dutch East India Company Philately in Transition in India, Part 43 Readers Forum - Maria Libera from UPU, Vijay Seth from New Delhi Also in the News – Yugoslavia Is Gone
INDIA'S NEXT ISSUE
India Post's next commemorative stamp issue in the denomination of Rs. 5 on Ghantasala is scheduled for release on February 11, 2003.
The issues along with the First Day Cover and the information sheet, at Rs. 2 each, shall be available on sale at nearly 1000 selected Post Offices including all Philatelic Bureaus and Counters. 100 YEARS OF MANNED FLIGHT STAMPS RELEASED
India Post released on February 5, 2003 a set of 4 stamps to mark 100 Years of Manned Flight at 'Aero India 2003' biennial international aero-space exhibition organized at Bangalore by Government of India's Department of Defense Production & Supplies.
Three stamps are in the denomination of Rs. 5, the current inland letter rate and one in the denomination of Rs. 15, airmail overseas letter rate. A Miniature Sheet containing one each of the 4 stamps was also issued on the occasion.
The stamps depict four aircraft models manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The first stamp features HT-2 (Hindustan Trainer # 2) that was the first aircraft designed and developed in India. The second stamp features Marut, a twin-engine transonic ground attack aircraft. The third stamp features LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) that is the world's smallest lightweight multi role combat aircraft. Dhruv the Advanced Light Helicopter is featured on the final stamp of the set.
Kamleshwar Singh designed the stamps, miniature sheet, sheetlets and the First Day Cover, priced at Rs. 2. Alka Sharma designed the pictorial first day postmark. Information Sheet, suitably multicolor for this issue, containing write-up and technical data and priced at Rs. 2 was issued on the occasion.
Calcutta Security Printers Limited of Kanpur printed the stamps by photo Offset in four colors on Matt Chromo paper in the quantity of 3 million each in sheetlets of 20 stamps that is 150,000 sheetlet of each denomination. The Miniature Sheet is in the quantity of 100,000. NEW CUSTOMIZED POSTAL STATIONERY
The 7th issue of the customized envelope was released for National Cancer Control Program.
The 8th issue on PLASTINDIA 2003 exhibition was reported earlier in issue # 94 of December 5, 2002.
The 9th issue consists of two customized envelopes, Rs. 5 (inland letter rate) and Rs. 25 (for registered with acknowledgement due) for South Eastern Railways.
The 10th issue is for NIIT (National Institute of Information Technology).
All envelopes are in the size of 220 x 110 mm.
These issues, like other customized stationery, are NOT available to public or philatelists through the Post Office. FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
February 15 & 16, 2003 - Ludhiana
February 19 - 21, 2003 - Jaipur DISTRICT LEVEL SHOWS AT AGRA AND KAITHAL
Agra Division in the Uttar Pradesh Circle of India Post organized a district level philatelic exhibition at Agra from January 29 to 31, 2003.
Kurukshetra Division in the Haryana Circle of India Post organized a district level philatelic exhibition at Kaithal on December 27, 2002. SATISH MISRA
The well-known auctioneer and dealer Satish Misra of Bareilly informs the change of their postal address. The new address is
Satish Misra, 13 Raja Vihar, Rajendra Nagar, Barrilly 243122 TRANSFERS & POSTINGS OF SENIOR POSTAL OFFICERS
Padma Balasubramanian was promoted and posted from Principal Senior Deputy Director General (CP) to Member (Infrastructure & Financial Services) of Postal Services Board at the postal directorate, New Delhi with effect from February 1, 2003. Earlier Member (Infrastructure & Financial Services) of Postal Services Board, T R Sharma demitted the office on superannuating on January 31, 2003.
R S Natarajamurthy was promoted and posted from Principal Chief General Manager of the Business Development Directorate to Member (Personnel) of Postal Services Board at the postal directorate, New Delhi with effect from February 1, 2003. Earlier Member (Personnel) of Postal Services Board, A S I S Paul demitted the office on superannuating on January 31, 2003. SEASON THE REASON FOR SNAIL MAIL
Marriage season is reason enough for slowing down official work, according to the department of posts.
The defense offered by the department - after it was dragged to a consumer court for allegedly taking "over six months" to shift some savings-account passbooks from a Howrah post office to the Lansdowne post office, in south Calcutta - included pressures of the marriage months as one of the excuses, besides procedural delays and the lack of adequate staff.
The Howrah District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum was not impressed, ordering the postal department to pay Rs 5,500 as compensation to the complainant, Alok Bandhu Trivedi. But the Ballygunge Government High School teacher has not received anything to date, forcing him to fight another round of legal battles.
Trivedi had applied to the postal department to shift his account and passbooks from the Danesh Sheikh Lane post office to the Lansdowne post office in April 2002. But he ultimately got them in October, though the postal department's legal team claimed in September that the passbooks were sent to the Lansdowne post office in July.
The court ordered the department of posts to pay Trivedi a compensation of Rs 5,000 for the harassment he had suffered and Rs 500 to meet the legal expenses he had incurred. The court has now asked the department to "show cause" why the order was not executed in accordance with the original verdict. The next hearing has been fixed for February 14, at which senior department officials must be present. NEW ISSUE OF SRI LANKA
The Philatelic Bureau issued a commemorative stamp on January 14, 2003 to mark the Golden Jubilee of Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo. DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY
Collector seeks VOC = Dutch East India Company revenues and documents. please contact me at hphager@aol.com if you have anything to sell or trade or can refer me to someone. |