tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58226517336435741062011-11-27T20:40:20.927-04:00Stamp Collecting: My Personal JourneyYakbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338946177058197137noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822651733643574106.post-68096062389724970332010-11-29T11:06:00.003-04:002010-11-29T11:09:23.301-04:00

It has been almost a year since I posted my last blog. From this day on I am thinking of returning back to active blogging on the subject I love most. Periodically I will be posting new blogs, pictures, and scans on interesting topics on philately.I hope to get favorable response from my followers around the world

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Just last night I received an email from a prominent philatelist in USA on an innovative philatelic product. It is postage stamp depicting 7 different religious deities from Hinduism. Usa-postage.com has created 7 spiritual designs targeted to the Indian community in the United States. These stamps, available on high quality paper are adhesive-backed postage are produced using advanced printing

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On November 20, 1996, a commemorative stamp in se tenant block of four was issued by the Postal Authority of Nepal on butterflies and birds found in Nepal. This mini sheet consisted of 16 stamps. This was by and far one of the most beautiful stamps on fauna issued by the Government of Nepal. The stamps have painting of two butterflies (Papilio krishna) known as Krishna Peacock, and Northern

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Have you ever noticed logo of postal corporations or postal authorities? There are always interesting facts and stories about it. If you take closer look at the official logo of Postal Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago, it consists of a red colored bird adjoining TT POST. Do you know what bird is it? If you live in South America or Caribbean, you would easily know its name. It is a Hummingbird

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The Holiday season is here. It is the time of giving, sharing and bringing out our joy. I see happiness and celebration everywhere. I can see the eyes of little children gleaming and twinkling with enjoyment and expectation as their parents buy the gifts that the kids have wished for. It is certainly a nice time of the year and I feel that I am a child again on December 25th when I open my gifts!

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Brunei Darussalam is well known for its diverse natural environment and rich rainforest. In this regard, the Postal Services Department through its Philatelic Unit today issued stamps and 1st day cover called "Wild Orchids of Brunei Darussalam Series Two".The public can obtain the stamps in the denomination of one dollar, 20 cents and 10 cents at all postal offices throughout the country.

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The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, made by the Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan dynasty during his reign from 272 to 231 BC. These inscriptions are dispersed throughout the areas of modern-day Pakistan, Nepal and India, and represent the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in detail the first

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The Stamp Collecting Round-Up

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Nepal’s first ever stamp on orchids came out in 1994 known as Orchid Series. So far three different issues have been made until the end of 2009. The first issue had four different species on se-tenant block of four in sheet of sixty-four, while the second issue had just one orchid species under Flower Series with other 2 stamps with different flowers and the third issue in 2007 with 16 various

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In 1959, Nepal issued its inland first aerogram. This aerogram had a preprinted rectangular stamp of Garuda, a mythical creature with a strong human body and eagle’s beak and wings. Garuda is associated with Lord Vishnu, who uses Garuda as his mount (Bahana) or mode of transportation. Garuda is revered and worshiped in Hindu and Buddhist religion and mythology. Denomination for this aerogram is 8

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When I was a kid, I remember asking my father a question. “Why do you collect stamps?” He then asked me back, “Why do you ask, son?” Well I told him that I had just heard Buddha’s teaching that said “Do not collect worldly possessions” and to me then stamp collecting was a whole world in itself. That question did not go well with my father at that particular time and moment. And now as I have

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The Trinidad and Tobago Postal Corporation (TTPOST) just issued some beautiful stamps including one of Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) to commemorate Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) from November 27 to 29, 2009 in Port of Spain capital of Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. There are five different stamps and one souvenir sheet. You can get more information in TT Post website:

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Interesting set of mini sheets were issued on April 12th, 2007 by the Government of Nepal. This is the 3rd issue on Orchids from Nepalese Postal Authorities. This mini sheet has 16 species found in the Himalayan region of Nepal. Though it is commendable that Nepal is issuing such type of commemorative stamps bringing joy to the thematic collectors on orchid stamps from around the world, there are

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When I was a child I had a knack of collecting everything. Everything and anything small or big that interested me, I collected. I even cut out pictures from Newspapers and pasted them neatly in a piece of paper. I remember collecting bus local tickets at one time. Once it got to the point that my room was cluttered with lots of collectible materials but my family considered them junk.As I wrote

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When I was a young boy I remember going to the general post office situated in Sundhara, Kathmandu with my dad every time a new stamp was issued. I tagged along because I was just curious boy. I started liking stamps because they were colorful and had many interesting pictures and images. By the time I was a teenager, I had my own collection pasted in some cheap stamp album. I preferred large

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