The Struve Geodetic Arc - The “measuring tape” of the globe

 

Date of Issue : 6 May 2011

Hi ! Here is the recent stamp from Finland featuring  The Struve Geodetic Arc, The “measuring tape” of the globe. The two stamps in the miniature sheet  are in  within each other in a very unusual style giving a look of single round stamp in the miniature sheet. In fact it is a composite beautiful se-tenant pair of stamps in which The outer stamp is round, and the inner has the shape of the map of Finland. A very interesting design for the collectors of se-tenants as well as those collecting on themes related with  Maps and geography..

In my last post I published the design of medals awarded in Philanippon 2011. Undoubtedly the design of medals  in the form of Japanese Fan is wonderful The idea of the designer is very innovative. Our distinguished member Mr Naresh Agarwal gives compliments to the designers and organizers of Philanippon 2011 for this unique design….. This is all in this Post…Till Next Post …Have a Nice Time ! 

 

The Struve Geodetic Arc
The “measuring tape” of the globe appears on new Finnish stamp issued in May 2011.The Struve Geodetic Arc was used for determining the size and shape of the globe. The arc, which is approximately 2,820 kilometers long, extends from the Black Sea in Ukraine all the way to the Arctic Ocean in Norway. The arc was named after F.G.W. Struve who managed the measurement in 1816–1855.

The arc measurement stations are located in ten countries: Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway. The 34 most representative measurement points of the Struve Arc were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a joint site of ten countries in 2005.

The miniature sheet  indicates the six points located in Finland. The two stamps in the release are within each other in the miniature sheet. The outer stamp is round, and the inner has the shape of the map of Finland.

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From our readers…

Naresh Agrwal writes from Bilaspur (C.G.) …

Magnificent medals of Philanippon 2011….

The medals of Philanippon 2011 are not just  beautiful but innovative  too. In fact, I feel the organizers should be innovative in their approach as we see philately stays in innovation now a days. Stamps of different designs,shapes and dimensions.These innovations are very pleasant. My  heartiest thanks to the organizers who came up with such innovations and showed the philatelic world a new way to be adopted in future exhibitions.

Further, I believe these medals should be presented in a beautiful show case/display pack so that these may be placed otherwise these are just kept in lockers for passing their life time.......

 

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Children’s world on new Finnish stamps

Date of Issue : 5 May 2011

Finnish Post issued a beautiful set of stamps on 9 May 2011 featuring Children theme. The stamps are unique and are in the form of round shape. Finnish Spring and Summer is depicted in these five roundish stamps. Light colours and sweet motifs - for a collector, whose theme is love, nature, summer, even birds! Earlier Finnish Post has also issued stamps of unique shape and designs. A set of Postcards has also been issued with these stamps.

Feel the touch of summer : On this FDC - blue for clear summer sky,white birches, singing birds in the bushes and the stamp sheet in all its light colours.

The Happiness Tree

Postcard

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Bihar

Sun Temple, Deo

BIPEX-2004 Choveller

Earth Day

400 Years of Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev JI

: Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur

New Stamp from India..

 

V. Subbiah

Date of Issue – 7 February 2011

: Jagannath Mani

 

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Andrzej Bek, Poland

 

Kristina, Finland

I received this cover, Postcard  and some nice used stamps  from Kristina of  Finland. But postal address of the sender is not given. Thank you very much Kristina. I found ur name on customs declaration label only. Plz email me your postal address so that a nice cover from India could be sent to you !!.

 

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Date of Issue - 4 February 2011 

A special cover was issued  by Army Postal Service on 15 February 1986 to commemorate Diamond Jubilee of Corps of Signals. A  postage stamp was issued by India Post on 4 February on 100 years of  Corps of Signals.

: Jagannath Mani

 

Hindustan – 7 February 2011

: Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur

Design a Stamp…

 

 

Design a Stamp for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012

An online design competition open to everyone began at the www.futurecity.fi

website.

Helsinki has been one of the success stories among European metropolitan areas in recent years.Helsinki is home to more than one million people – approximately one-fifth of the Finnish population. Helsinki is also home to many of the key players of Finnish society, ranging from arts and sciences to the state government and some of the largest Finnish corporations.

Future City is the theme of the stamp design competition organized by Itella Posti Oy/the Itella Philatelic Center (Finland). The competition is part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 program, and the winning stamps will be sold publicly and used by the World Design Capital Helsinki.

"The traditional visual themes of urban stamps deal with prominent buildings and monuments. We are now looking for fresh, innovative ideas for both stamp themes and implementation. I'm confident that the online competition, open to everyone, will help us obtain a large number of new, open-minded proposals," says Markku Penttinen, Director of the Itella Philatelic Center.

"The design competition is an excellent match with the theme of the World Design Capital Year: Open City - Embedding Design in Life. Everyone may participate in the competition, and design as part of life will show in the stamp design, the themes and the final product. The official stamps of Helsinki's year as the World Design Capital will be the outcome", says Pekka Timonen, Director of the International Design Foundation, in charge of World Design Capital Helsinki 2012.

The competition period is February 3 - April 4, 2011. During this time, contributions should be uploaded to the competition website in digital format as instructed. The competitors may freely select the implementation method of their contributions. For example, the competitors may depict a future living environment in their stamp, a place where they would like to live, or give their visions about tomorrow and a better life.

Everyone may vote for the contributions at the competition website from April 7–25, 2011.

Based on the public voting and the selections by the jury, 30 contributions will be eligible for the finals.

Eight contributions will be selected and made into stamps, and each author will receive ˆ1,500. In addition, four contributions will be selected to be made into postcards, and each author will receive ˆ500. The winners will be announced in May 2011.

Itella Posti Oy/the Itella Philatelic Center will process the winning stamps in their final format. The winning stamps will be released, and they will be available for public purchase in early 2012.

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Special Stamps for Valentine’s Day from Finland…

 

Date of Issue : 24 January 2011

The Finnish Post will released the first new stamps of 2011 which  includes a miniature sheet of five Valentine’s day postage stamps named “Ystävyyden oksalla” (Branches of friendship).

Miniature Sheet

A miniature sheet entitled “Branches of Friendship” is also released  to celebrate Valentine’s Day – known as Friendship Day in Finland. The stamps, illustrated by Janne Harju, show happy bird-like characters in their colorful nests. The open-minded design of the five form-cut stamps in the miniature sheet stands out from traditional stamps. The width of the largest stamp in the miniature sheet is over 11 cm. 

 

FDC

 

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New portraits for Churchill stamp – Smilers on Churchill

Two new portraits of Winston Churchill by Buckinghamshire artist Daniel Rogers feature on a postage stamp issue from Bletchley Park’s secret post office. The portraits that portray Churchill as a young man and a wartime leader recently featured on the cover of the Churchill Centre’s magazine “Finest Hour”. 

The stamps are being issued as two limited edition sheets each of 20 1^st class stamps . They will be released at “Stampex” the London Stamp Fair, 23-26^th February where Rogers will be in attendance to sign them.

For more details visit  :  www.bletchleycovers.com

: Terry Mitchelle

Smilers is the name given to Britain's  personalised postage stamp sheet, issued by the Post Office.The "Smilers" A4 sized stamp sheets contains ten se-tenant "smiles" stamps with a generic label design.

New Stamps on Christmas..

 

 

Finland – Japan Joint Issue

Date of Issue – 5 November 2010

Finnish Post issued Christmas stamps  on November 5, 2010. The theme of the first stamp of EUR 0.55 in value is Santa Claus, and the other illustrates a reindeer . The 1st class NVI Christmas stamp illustrates Christmas magic in Lapland. The design of the new stamps represents how Christmas is seen internationally, particularly in Japan.

This year, a joint issue with Japanese Post will be released together with the Finnish Christmas stamps. A five-stamp miniature sheet denominated in euro is the work of four Japanese designers.The Christmas stamps  will be issued in Japan on November 8.

Christmas Stamps from Canada

Date of Issue – 1 November 2010

 

Christmas Stamps from Greenland

 

Date of Issue – 18 October 2010

Holiday Evergreens Forever….

 

Date of Issue  - 21 October 2010

US Postal Service  issued  new  4 FOREVER stamps on 21 Oct 2010. These are issued in booklet pane of 20 stamps. The postal rate is 44c these days. This is the second issue of Forever stamps by USA the first forever stamp was a single stamp of Liberty Bell issued on 12 April 2007. These were also issued in booklet pane of 20 stamps. At that time the postal rate was 41c.

: Sundar S. Bansal, USA

Holiday Evergreens Forever

Decorating with evergreens during the winter holiday season is a popular and appealing tradition. These beautiful new stamps feature close-up views of the foliage and cones of four different conifers: ponderosa pine, eastern red cedar, blue spruce and balsam fir.

Angel with Lute

 

US Postal Service also issued a single stamp featuring a musical angel.

For the holiday season, angels represent peace on earth. This stamp features an angel playing a lute, an image from a fresco painted around the year 1480 by Italian Renaissance artist, Melozzo da Forli, for the apse of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Rome. It radiates serenity and dignity, along with compassion, while the lute points to harmony and song.

 

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20. 10. 2010 

Atul Agarwal, Aligarh 

 

Cover from Finland

10.10.2010

My sincere thanks to the sender. But unfortunately the address of the sender is not given on the cover. I shall be happy to receive mail from the sender.