Showing posts with label British East India Company. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British East India Company. Show all posts

Sunday, February 5, 2012

BIHAR STAMP EXPO-2012


Department of Posts, Bihar Circle is going to organize 11th BIHAR PHILATELIC EXHIBITION, BIHAR STAMP EXPO-2012 from 10th to 13th February 2012 at Wheller Senate Hall, Patna 800005. This will be a mega Stamp Fair and festival.

On this occasion exhibits of Stamp, Postal Stationery and Special Cancellation etc. will be displayed during this Exhibition themewise or chronologically.Special cover, Mxim Card, Booklet,folders etc will be  released on each day. State level Drawing, Painting, Letter writing, Dance and Quiz Competition will be held during the period of Exhibition. A Calendar on the best paintings of children's for the year 2012 may also be released on awarded paintings. Therefore, school children/teachers and guardians are requested
to participate in Stamp Exhibition and visit in a big number at the venue during 10th to 13th February 2012 from 10:00 A.M. onwards, and encourage the students to participate in various activities like Letter writing, Painting, Dance and Quiz etc.at the venue.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Greetings on the eve of Republic Day of India



The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950.
The date 26 January was chosen to honour the memory of the declaration of independence of 1930. It is one of the three national holidays in India, and while the main parade, Republic Day Parade takes place at the Rajpath, in the national capital New Delhi, where the president views the parade, state capitals also have their state celebrations.

An Indian Agni-II intermediate range ballistic missile on a road-mobile launcher, displayed at the Republic Day Parade on New Delhi's Rajpath, January 26, 2004.
Greetings to all Indians and wish you all on the eve of Republic Day.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Pratyush Srivastava -Philateic Collector

Today morning i  saw one of my friends article in the TIMES OF INDIA -Pune Times Edition. His name is Pratyush Srivastava, his name features in the is the Limca Book of Record for the largest collection of stamps od issuing entities.Currently he has stamps of 471 issuing entities

Check out his interview in the TIMES OF INDIA which appears in today's (23 Oct 2010) newspaper.




Pratyush its great to see your name in today's newspaper. Keep up congrats.
 

Thursday, June 3, 2010

USA - The Boston Tea Party stamps


The Boston Tea Party stamps (attached) are Scott #'s 1480 to #1483. They were issued on July 4, 1973,
commemorating the bicentennial of the protest against British taxation without colonial representation.
The Boston Tea Party,(Dec. 16, 1773),  incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbour by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians.The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea (taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company.