Today Philately News ( 17.07.2021)
1994-Water Birds of India FDC with stamps -(withdrawn shortly after issue as said the stamps being printed with soluble ink.)REGISTERED COMMERCIALLY USED COVER WITH 1994 WATER BIRDS (WITHDRAWN) ? STAMPS.#BIRDSINPHILATELY XX
A set of four stamps was released on 23 Nov 1994 carrying images of four different birds- one endemic, two migratory and one possibly extinct. We shall look at these stamps one at a time. It would be relevent to record here that the stamps were printed by a private printer. The ink used turned out to be defective and water soluble. This resulted in the stamps being withdrawn from use after they had been sold over the philatelic counters. Today, these four stamps sell for exorbitant sums of money because of there being very few available.
The first stamp, in a denomination of Re 1 depicted a flying and a swimming Andaman Teal (Anas albogularis). Endemic to Andaman Islands, not all authorities agree that it is a separate species. Inskipp et al say that a split from Sunda teal (Anas gibber
courtesy: Mr.Sushil Mehara.
*U Tirot Sing Day (Meghalaya)*
*U Tirot Sing Syiem,* was one of the chiefs of the Khasi people in the early 19th century. He drew his lineage from the Syiemlieh clan. He was Syiem (chief) of Nongkhlaw, part of the Khasi Hills. His surname was Syiem Lieh. He was a constitutional head sharing corporate authority with his Council, general representatives of the leading clans within his territory. Tirot Sing declared war and fought against British attempts to take over control of the Khasi Hills.
Nabakalebara also spelled as Navakalevara is a symbolic recreation of the wooden forms of three Hindu deities (Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra, and Sudarshana) at Jagannath Temple, Puri. In the cult of Jagannath, the ritual is performed during the eighth, 12th, or 19th year after the previous Nabakalebara.
Nabakalebara is an important festival in the Hindu Odia calendar, observed in the Jagannath Temple, Puri. It was first organised in 1575 A.D by Yaduvanshi Bhoi King Ramachandra Deva. It marks the demise and rebirth of Lord Jagannath at Puri.
According to temple rituals, the deities are changed. Made from the neem tree, musk, sandalwood and other combinations, they undergo a change before the adhika ashadha ends. Agama shastras followed in other parts of India for Vishnu worship, such as the Vaikhanasas, also prescribe the change of wooden deities under a specific astrological combination.
The event involves installation of new images in the Jagannath temple and burial of the old ones in the temple premises at Koili Baikuntha.
The recent ceremony was in 2015, 19 years after the 1996 ceremony. More than three million devotees visitrd the temple during the Nabakalebara 2015.
Courtesy : Mr Basakar , SIPA
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad and commonly known as Montr├йal 1976, were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam on May 12, 1970. Montreal is the second French speaking city to host the Summer Olympics after Paris, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles. It was the first and, so far, only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada.
India issued a set of four stamps on Hockey, Shot Put, Shooting and Sprint.
Courtesy : Mr.Basakar , SIPA
+91 75040 15515: A commemorative postage stamp Issued on (17/July/1968) In 1968 , the birth of the Green Revolution was announced by India Government by issuance of a special stamp titles the wheat revolution.The Green Revolution was meant to donate that the pathway for the advanc of food production is increase in productivity per hectare not area expansion. wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed , a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food.The man species of wheat together make up the genus Triticum , the most widely grown is common wheat ( T.aestivum).
The archaeological record suggest that wheat was first cultivated in the regions of the fertile Crescent around 9600 BCE . Botanically , the wheat kernel is a type of fruit called a caryopsis / The design of the stam is horizontal and depicts stalks of wheat , the Indian Agricultural Research Institute ,New Delhi in the background and the histogram showing the growth in the production of wheat in respect of the years 1951 and 1968 .
Courtesy: Mr.Bibhuti Mohan Mohanty
MAPNA 3 life members and student members selected one sheet Philately Exhibit in American Topical Association
Philatelic Bureau closed
*Gordon Gould,* American physicist and academic, *invented the laser.*
*Gordon Gould,* born on 17 July 1920, was an American physicist who is widely, but not universally, credited with the invention of the *laser* (Others attribute the invention to Theodore Maiman). Gould is best known for his thirty-year fight with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to obtain patents for the laser and related technologies. He also fought with laser manufacturers in court battles to enforce the patents he subsequently did obtain.
On 17 July 1955, *Disneyland* was dedicated and *opened by Walt Disney* in Anaheim, California.
*Disneyland,* is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on 17 July 1955. It is the only theme park designed and built to completion under the direct supervision of *Walt Disney.* It was originally the only attraction on the property; its official name was changed to Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the expanding complex in the 1990s. It was the first Disney theme park.
On 17 July 1918, The *RMS Carpathia,* the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the *RMS Titanic,* was sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives were lost.
Flying Officer *Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon,* PVC, born on 17 July 1943, was an officer of the Indian Air Force. He was posthumously awarded the *Param Vir Chakra,* India's highest military decoration during war time, in recognition of his lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against a PAF air raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He was the only member of the Indian Air Force to be so honoured.
*World Day for International Justice*
*International Justice Day,* is an international day celebrated throughout the world on 17 July as part of an effort to recognize the emerging system of international criminal justice. 17 July is the date of the adoption of the treaty that created the International Criminal Court.
Each year, people around the world use this day to host events to promote international criminal justice, especially support for the International Criminal Court.
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