Australian Legends of Silver Screen

Hi ! There were some philatelic activities in last few days in different parts of the country. The biggest festival of stamps concluded in Ahmedabad on 1st February . Workshop & exhibitions were held in Orissa and Chandigarh. Here are some highlights with photographs of Festival of Stamps. Recently Australia issued stamps on 22 January 2009 honouring Australian legends of Silver Screen. Here are the bright and beautiful stamps and FDC. This is all for this evening.....Till next Post....Have a Nice Time..!

The legends depicted on stamps are Australian film actors who have been recognised worldwide. All have won Academy Awards for acting.
The four legends are:

Nicole Kidman AC
Russell Ira Crowe
Cate Blanchett
Geoffrey Roy Rush

Club News

Festival of Stamps in Ahmedabad

Gujarat Philatelists' Association organized one of the biggest Festival of stamps in Ahmedabad from Jan 30-Feb 1, 2009. The festival was inaugurated by Lt. Col. D.K.S.Chauhan, PMG, Gujarat Circle. Philatelists and more than 50 dealers from different states attended this festival with great enthusiasm. There were many stalls of stamps and philatelic items by the dealers of different cities.

A Special Cover and three Stamp Booklets were released during the festival. Noted philatelists of India Mr. Madhukar Jhingan, Mr Manik Jain, Mr. A.S. Mittal and Mr. Markand Dave were honoured by Gujarat Philatelists, Association with life-time achievment award for their valuable services to the field of philately .

GPA President : Mr. Mainak Kathiara,Chief Guest : Lt.Col. D.K.S.Chauhan - PMG Gujarat Circle ,Guest : Mr. Jignesh Vasavda - Radio Mirchi - Mr.Madhukar Jhingan