MY COLLECTION OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE

A detailed disscussion about:- WHAT IS PHILATELY?

Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting , which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps. For instance, the stamps being studied may be very rare, or exist onlyThe word "philately" is the English version of the French word "philatélie", coined by Georges Herpin in 1864 .Herpin stated that stamps had been collected and studied for the previous six or seven years and a better name was required for the new hobby than timbromanie , which was disliked.He took the Greek root word phil or philo , meaning an attraction or affinity for something, and ateleia , meaning "exempt from duties and taxes" to form "philatelie".The introduction of postage stamps meant that the receipt of letters was now free of charge, whereas before stamps it was normal for postal charges to be paid by the recipient of a letter. The alternative terms "timbromania", "timbrophily" and "timbrology" gradually fell out of use as philately gained acceptance during the 1860 s.

CELEBRATING 150th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE THROUGH STAMPS AND COINS

                                              

    

Miniature Sheet – Rabindranath Tagore – By India Post Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta into a wealthy and prominent family. His father was Maharishi Debendranath Tagore, a religious reformer and scholar. His mother, Sarada Devi, died when Tagore was very young – he realized that she will never come back was when her body was carried through a gate to a place where it was burned. Greatest writer in modern Indian literature, Bengali poet, novelist, educator, and an early advocate of Independence for India. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 . Two years later he was awarded knighthood, but he surrendered it in 1919 as a protest against the Massacre of Amritsar, where British troops killed some 400 Indian demonstrators. Tagore’s influence over Gandhi and the founders of modern India was enormous, but his reputation in the West as a mystic has perhaps mislead his Western readers to ignore his role as a reformer and critic of colonialism. Date Of Issue: - 07.05.2011 .

List of stamp issue programme in 2011 by india post

1. DOOT 15.01.2011 2. KRISHNADEVARAYA 27.01.2011 3. CH. RANBIR SINGH 01.02.2011 4. MARYWARD-LORETO INSTITUTIONS 02.02.2011 5. CORPS OF SIGNALS 04.02.2011 6. VENKATA SUBBIAH 07.02.2011 7. CENSUS OF INDIA 08.02.2011 8. V.VENKATASUBBA REDDIAR 11.02.2011 9-12 AERO PHILATELY ( Set of 4) 12.02.2011 13-18 LEGENDARY HERONIES OF INDIAN CINEMA (6) 1. KANAN DEVI, 2. DEVIKA RANI, 3. SAVITRI, 4. MEENA KUMARI, 5. LEELA NAIDU, 6. NUTAN 13.02.2011 19 . LA  MARTINIERE SCHOOLS 01.03.2011 20 . SUBHADRA JOSHI 23.03.2011 21 . CHITRALEKHA 20.04.2011 22 . UMRAO KANWAR MAHARAJ SAA “ ARCHANA” 30.04.2011 23-24 RABINDRANATH TAGORE(2) 07.05.2011 25 . 2 nd AFRICA-INDIA FORUM SUMMIT 2011 25.05.2011 26 . D.S.KOTHARI 06.07.2011 27 . THE UNITED THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE 08.07.2011 28 . V.S. PAGE 21.07.2011 29 KASU BRAHMANANDA REDDY         28.07.2011 30 . K.M. MATHEW 01.08.2011 31-34 RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN (4) 05.08.2011 35 . K.SANTHANAM 25.08.2011 36 . DR. MADHAV SHRIHARI ANEY 29.08.2011 37 . SURENDRA NATH JAUHAR 02.09.2011 38 . DEV  NARAYAN 07.09.2011 39 . TEJA JI MAHARAJ 07.09.2011 40 . TRIPURANENI GOPICHAND 08.09.2011 41 . M.B.APPASAHEB KADADI 15.9.2011 42 . ACHARYA JAIMAL JI 25.09.2011 43 . CHITRAPUR MATH 09.10.2011 44 . PARA (SF) 1 PUNJAB 17.10.2011 45 . NAVAL DOCKYARD   Oct. 2011 46 . ICMR 08.11.2011 47 . GRAND LODGE OF INDIA 25.11.2011 48 . KAVI PRADEEP 14.12.2011 49 . GOLDEN JUBILEE OF GOA LIBERATION 19.12.2011 50-53 1. PT. MALLIKARJUN MANSUR 2. KUMAR GANDHARVA, 3. GANGUBAI HANGAL, 4. D.K. PATTAMMAL 2011 54 . SMILE TRAIN / CLEFT PALATE SURGERY 2011 55 . SHYAMA CHARAN SHUKLA 2011 56 . TRAINED NURSES’ ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 2011 THEMATIC STAMPS 57-58 Nature (2) a)     Wild Ass of Laddakh b)     Wild Ass of Kutch Aug. 59-60 Heritage (2) Wall Paintings a)     Shekhawat Paintings b)     Warli Paintings 21.11.2011 61-62 Children’s Day (2) Save Tiger (Children’s Paintings) 14.11.2011 63-66 Transport Railway Bridges (4) 2011