Thursday, August 14, 2014

Gadagpex 2014

Gadagpex-2014 was held at Gadag on 9th and 10th August 2014. 2 special covers released on 9th August 2014, at the recently concluded Cluster Level Exhibition at Gadag consisting of 6 postal divisions of the Brahma Jainalaya, Lakkundi and Dodda Basappa Temple, Dambala.



Courtesy: Jayaprakash Rao.
 

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Exhibition of Indian Currency Notes

An Exhibition of Indian Currency Notes was held on 10th August during the monthly meeting of our Association. Our member Mr.Richard Lobo exhibited his collection of British India and Republic India notes. There were various notes like the 1 rupee notes with the signatures of various Finance Secretaries, other notes with signatures of Governors and Birthday notes of eminent Personalities.

Also read the Media News: The Hindu 

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Of stamps that emit pleasant fragrance, and others...

Here 's a newspaper article published in " THE HINDU" dated 06.08.2014 which is about the fragrance and other unusual stamps featuring M.K.Krishnayya, our ex-president.

Some stamps give out fragrance, some are three-dimensional


Did you know some stamps give out a pleasant fragrance, while some stamps can be seen wearing spectacles to get a 3D effect? There are also some stamps with silk and khadi textures, while some stamps are gold and silk embossed.

Read the full news here : THE HINDU