Category: Media

Stamps on ” The Samaja” Oriya Newspaper -India 2019.

Stamps on “The Samaja” Oriya Newspaper -India 2019.

“The Samaja” is an Oriya Language newspaper founded in 1919 by a Nationalist and a Freedom Fighter Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das. It has now a readership of almost 16 Lakhs (1.6 Million) and daily Circulation of 350,000. It is published from eight cities across three states in India (Odisha, Andhra Pradesh & West Bengal).

Some of the prominent personalities who have contributed to its growth and have been associated with it are Lal Bahadur Shastri, Lala Lajpat Rai, Sri Krishna Kant, Balwant Rai Mehta, Purshottam Das Tandon. The “Samaja” is owned and managed by “Servants of People Society” founded by Lala Lajpat Rai.

India Post issued a commemorative stamp of Rs 5 to celebrate Centenary year of  “The Samaja”. The stamp has Braille writing. It was issued on 06 Oct 2019.

INDIA 2019 THE SAMAJA -BRAILLE INSCRIPTION

Postcards of GDR- St Nicholas’ Church Stralsund

Postcards of GDR- St Nicholas’ Church Stralsund

Stralsund is a Hanseatic town on Germany’s Baltic coast and in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Stralsund’s old town is a World Heritage site.

St Nicholas’ Church in Stralsund is the oldest of the three major parish churches in the City. It was dedicated in 1279 to St Nicholas of Myra, the Patron Saint of Sailors. Since 1524  it is an Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Alexanderplatz is located in Central Mitte District of Berlin. It is a large public square and transport hub. It has many malls, stores, S-Bahn connections and has a TV Tower.It is named after Russian Czar Alexander I

GDR issued a postage stamp Alexader Platz on 13 Jun 1973 and the Postcard on St Nicholas’ Church was issued on 17 Apr 1990.

GDR PC ALEX SQUARE
GDR POSTCARDS 1990- ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH STRALSUND

Postcards of GDR- Alexanderplatz 

Postcards of GDR- Alexanderplatz

Alexanderplatz is located in Central Mitte District of Berlin. It is a large public square and transport hub. It has many malls, stores, S-Bahn connections and has a TV Tower.It is named after Russian Czar Alexander I

GDR issued a postage stamp on this monument on 13 Jun 1973 and also a Postcard on 27 Jun 1973.

GDR PC ALEX SQ PLAIN
GDR POSTCARDS 1973-ALEXANDER PLATZ

Stamps on Asian Advertising Congress  – Pakistan – 1989.

Stamps on Asian Advertising Congress  – Pakistan – 1989.

Pakistan issued a set of stamps on “Adasia 89” 16th Asian Advertising Congress held in Lahore on 18 Feb 1989. A Mixed Sheetlet is listed.

1 Rupee –  Logo “Pakistan in Blue”

1 Rupee  – Logo “Pakistan in White”

1 Rupee –  Logo “Pakistan in  Yellow”

PAKISTAN AD ASIA
PAKISTAN 1989-Adasia 89- 16th Asian Advertising Congress Lahore.

Stamps on Kopenick Affair -Germany – 2006.

Stamps on Kopenick Affair -Germany – 2006.

07 Sep 2006 –  55 euro cent

Germany has issued a stamp on Captain of Kopenick or Hauptmann von Kopenick affair. Der Hauptmann von Kopenick ( The Captain of Kopenick) is the title of several Films, Plays and Television shows on Kopenick affair. This was based on Wilhelm Voigt an imposter whose fraudulent life was depicted.

A First Day Cover cancelled at Berlin is listed.

GERMANY KOPENICK
GERMANY FDC 2006- DER HAUPTMANN VON KOPENICK.

Stamps on Gerd Bucerius -Germany – 2006.

Stamps on Gerd Bucerius -Germany – 2006.

04 May 2006 –  85 euro cent

Germany has issued a stamp on Birth Centenary of Gerd Bucerius (1906-1995). He was a German Politician and Journalist. He was founding member of  Die Zeit. It is a German National weekly Newspaper published from Hamburg since 1946.

A First Day Cover cancelled at Berlin is listed.

GERMANY FDC BUCERIUS
GERMANY FDC 2006- GERD BUCERIUS- DIE ZEIT

Stamps on  National Federation of French Press – France 1994.

Stamps on  National Federation of French Press – France 1994.

Stamps on issued by France on the 50th Anniversary of  National Federation of French Press on 09 Dec 1994.

FRANCE 1994 PRESS
FRANCE 1994 – NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FRENCH PRESS