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National Postal Week - Philately Day in Mangalore (2)

More of the Pics related to the earlier News of Philately day celebrations held at Head Post Office Mangalore.

We thank all the members of DKPNA and the Postal Department for supporting this exhibition and also for providing the photographs.

National Postal Week - Philately Day in Mangalore.

 

As a part of the National Postal Week, a Philatelic Exhibition was conducted at Head Post Office, Mangalore on 12.10.2011 to celebrate Philately Day. The function started with a Prayer song by Mrs.Shantha Bhat . Speaking at the function held at the venue, the guest of honour, Sri. Baikady Srinivas Rao, Vice President of Dakshina Kannada Philatelic Association, who addressed the gathering with a message to the public that,  Philately is the king of hobbies and should be motivated among the children. He also thanked the Senior Suptd. Of Posts and the Sr. Postmaster for the support rendered by them to our activities and also for the efficient working of the Mangalore Bureau, with the help of ever helping Bureau-in-charge.

Our member Dr G.G Laxman Prabhu, Associate Professor of KMC, inspired the gathering with his speech. He emphasized the importance of Post men in the success of Postal Organisation and described the difficulties faced by them in rendering their daily duty, which he said as “the Postmen some times have to face the dog not only outside the house but inside too”. He also spoke on the importance of Philately in today’s world and said that the Postal Department should be lauded for bringing out stamps on various leaders not just the well known, but also lesser known freedom fighters like Veer Savarkar in the year 1970, who had the prophesied the freedom of India when he was is the Cellular Jail.

The Exhibition was inaugurated by Sri. T. G. Naik, Sr. Supdt of Post Offices, Mangalore. Vice President of D.K.Philatelic Association, Mrs. Jane D’Souza, Jt.Secretary, Mr.Mansoor Bolar, Dr. Ratheesh Udupa and Mrs. Hariet Lasrado were also present and exhibited their collection of stamps on various subjects. Exhibition also included the collection of  Sri. Baikady Srinivas Rao and Dr.G.G.Laxman Prabhu, which was open to the public from 9.00 AM to 5.30 PM. The Postmen of the venue Post Office were present and took keen interest in the program.

The gathering was welcomed by Sri Maxi G Pinto ASP (HQ) Mangalore and Vote of Thanks was proposed by Sri S S Mutnal, Sr. Postmaster, Mangalore HO. Smt. Rashma Shetty , Head of Philatelic Bureau  was the convener of the function.

There was a good crowd at the function, the interested public and the visitors enjoyed the exhibition whole day. Some of them even wanted the exhibition to be continued and demanded that this should be done on other occasion too. The absence of students were noted as it was mid term vacation to most of the schools in the area.

Mansoor.B

Jt. Secretary, DKPNA.

More Photos to follow........

Also refer the following News Source:
The Hindu
Megamedianews.com
Mangaloretoday.com
Daijiworld.com

Monthly Meeting of DKPNA

The monthly meeting of the D.K.Philatelic and Numismatic Association was held on 9th October 2011, 10.30 AM at Head Post Office, Pandeshwar,Mangalore.

A Philatelic exhibition on "Kannada Aksharamale" by Dr.Ratheesh Udupa, "Gandhi" by M.K.Krishnayya and  Mrs.Vidya Baglodi was presented.A workshop by Mr.Jayaprakash was conducted to identify some of the fake coins. He explained the various methods to find out the fake coins from the real ones and spoke on the same. New Members were introduced and the exhibitors spoke on thier collections presented. Donations for the association was raised in the form of a Lucky Dip. Letters received were read and discussed in the Meeting and one among them received from the Postal Department in connection with Postal week was discussed and it was decided to exhibit the collection of members on 12th October in the premises of Head Post Office as part of "Philately Day".

There were about 50 members present. Exchange and other activities were held after the conclusion of the meeting.

Postal Week Celebrations.

India Post will be celebrating Postal Week from 9th October to 14th October. To brief up on the activities and importance on the same a meeting was called by the Sr.Postmaster at Head Post Office, Mangalore on 8th October 2011.

 

World Post Day is celebrated on October 9, remembering this date for the establishment of Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in Bern, Switzerland.

Philately Day will be held on October 12, Postmen were asked to celebrate and requested to take part actively in all the programs conducted by the Posts.

It was also announced that a Philatelic exhibition will be held in the premises of the Head Post Office, from 9.30 AM to 5.00 PM on 12th October, with the help of the members of D.K.Philatelic and Numismatic Association and were requested to give wide publicity to the same. The Exhibition is open to the General Public.

Mr.S.S.Mutnal, Sr. Postmaster, Head Post Office Mangalore, Mr.Srinath, Manager, NSH, Mr.Mohan, PRIP, Mangalore, Mrs. Reshma, Philatelic Bureau In Charge, Mr.Mansoor. B. Jt.Secretary, DKPNA were present.