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Hobby TimesOctober 2021 Volume 1 Issue 10

In this issue

1 Editorial - Vijay Seth ................................................................2

2 Old Matchbox labels - Samir Arya ............................................3

3 Events Calendar .......................................................................4

4 Quiz - Hobbywalla .....................................................................5

5 Events Calendar .......................................................................6

6 Events Calendar .......................................................................7

7 Book Reviews ...........................................................................8

8 Postcrossing - Sunil Mandalia .................................................9

9 Autographs - Prasad Deshpande .......................................... 10

10 Scientists on FDC - Ashwani Mumjal.................................. 11

11 Social & cultural in! uence of Collectibles - Eeshita Basu .. 12

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Vijay Seth, Cinematographer, Aviation photographer, publisher of books on aviation & philately by profession is also an aero-philatelist and editor of Stamps Today. He has collection of 1,00,000 Indian civil & military aviation images. Collector of worldwide picture postcards, stamps, covers & banknotes on aviation. He also collects label Pins on aviation, Indian Aviation Squadron Patches and Medallions. Collector of books and all published material on Indian aviation. A passionate aviation and postal historian by choice, with a passion for stamps, coins and banknotes.

Editorial

The hobby of collecting all things that move on wheels has reached a new level. Many car and motorcycle owners have a passion for all things old and have started the collecting of vintage and Classic Cars. This led to the formation of over forty clubs related to automobiles in India in the last seventy years. The most popular events hosted by the Statesman in Calcutta (Kolkata) and Delhi is the annual vintage car rally. Passionate car collectors get together on this day and enjoy their vintage beauties, with loads of people ogling over them.

Some collectors can afford to maintain their family heirloom car and some buy them for the sheer love of the beauty. Some collectors pick them from junk and restore them to its former glory. This is the passion that drives a vintage car collector to the 8th HMCI National Auto Jumble held on the Delhi/Gurgaon border at the Throttle Shrottle Moto Cafe on 23rd & 24th October 2021.

The cafe is bang on the main road, a regular joint for bikers old and new, they get together here to share their passion for bikes. Occasionally a vintage bike also comes to fi ll its tank here, as shared by Gurmukh, a passionate vintage bike restorer based in Gurgaon. He spent two full days at the show and also managed to fi nd an original owner of a 1917 Triumph that was on display at the Auto Jumble, ironically, the bike was also starting with one kick, after being in storage for over a hundred years.

The Auto Jumble was visited by many club members and local residents who came to know about this unique sale of old items, related to cars/bikes and anything vintage. That included old household items, music, photos, books, cameras, decorative items made of wood, glass and metal of the yesteryears etc. Some artists were also there from other cities, sharing their passion for automotive art.

The event was also witness to some spot stunts by the bikers, who are regular visitors to this pit to fi ll their tanks and bellies. It was a treat for many to fi nd all sorts of trinkets and display items that may fi nd a place in their living rooms. I also managed to share my aviation photographs and souvenirs with the automobile freaks and connoisseur.

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He has mastered the balance between working as a Directors in three companies and collecting matchboxes, labels & other things related to matchboxes.

He started collecting in 2019, and has over 10000 INDIAN matchbox, labels & other items in his collection.

Phillumeny and the art of collecting Matchboxes, Labels

6 Different WIMCO “SHREE KRISHNA” Matches

GROSS, 1/2 GROSS, PACKET & Box Labels from

Samir Arya's collection.

Samir Arya, IndiaPhillumenist

The oldest labels in his collection dates 05/09/1913.

He also has four records for his collection.

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Exhibitions & Events

Date Event Location (Country) Type Organiser

2021

19-22 November NOTOS 2021 Athens (Greece) Philatelic International (FEPA)

2022

19 - 26 February LONDON 2022 London (UK) Philatelic International (FIP)

31 March - 3 April HUNFILEX 2022 Budapest (Hungary) Philatelic International (FIP)

6 - 10 May TAIPEI 2022 Taipei, (Chinese Taipei) Philatelic International (FIAP)

18 - 22 May HELVETIA 2022 Lugano (Switzerland) Philatelic International (FIP)

9 - 12 June CAPEX 2022 Toronto (Canada) Philatelic International (FIP)

4 - 9 August INDONESIA 2022 Jakarta (Indonesia) Philatelic International (FIP)

13 - 16 October LIBEREC 2022 Liberec, (Czech Republic) Philatelic International (FEPA)

8 - 12 November CAPE TOWN 2022 Cape Town (South Africa) Philatelic International (FIP)

2023

25 - 28 May IBRA 2023 Essen (Germany) Philatelic International (FIP)

Date Event Location (Country) Type Organiser

2021

14 November Militaria / Arms fair Kortrijk XPO, Belgium Militaria DIPRO Events

28 November Collector's Fair ICC Gent, Belgium Miniature, Toys DIPRO Events

12 December Music Fair Antwerp Expo, Belgium Music Instruments DIPRO Events

10 - 13 February Torino (Italy) Genk, Belgium Railway Models DIPRO Events

5 - 6 March Euromodelbouw 2022 Genk, Belgium Car Models AutoMotoRetro

Commercial Airline Memorabilia including: Models,

dining service, postcards, wings, timetables,

stickers

Show held Saturday April 30 - $5 admission


Quiz - Oct 2021

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Ashwani Munjal is no ordinary currency collector. He has passion for banknote collection and he takes this to a next level. he has authored book 'Beyond Currencies - Worlds Most Incredible Minds'. This beautiful hardcover book is result of his meticulous research, collection rare notes, coins, stamps and fi neexample of visual story telling. Banknotes, coins and postal stamps from various countries depict eminent scientists, economist and philanthropists including Nobel Prize winners. This well illustrated book covers 185 banknotes, coins and stamps with brief details about the contribution of the personalities.

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Date Event Location (India) Type

22 - 24 October RNS Numismatist Fair 2021 Haryana (HR) Numismatics, Philatelic, Artefact

23 - 25 October HYPEX 2021 Hyderabad (AP) Numismatics

13 - 14 November Numisphilex 2021 Murshidabad (WB) Numismatics, Philatelic

19 - 21 November Sonica Coin & Currency Fair Coimbatore (TN) Numismatics

19 - 21 November RANG Fair 2021 New Delhi (NCR) Numismatics

26 - 28 November Delhi Mudra Utsav 2021 New Delhi (NCR) Numismatics

17 - 19 December Mudra Utsav Kolkata (WB) Numismatics, Medals, Tokens

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21 - 23 January NagMoney 2022 Nagpur (MH) Numismatics

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Book Reviews

The defence forces of a nation play an important role in the safety and security and its people. They have been highlighted since the opening of the fi rst Indian Field Post offi ce in Bushire, South Persia in 1856. Since then till 1947 Indian Field Post Offi ces have served with all military contingents sent out of India in all its frontier campaigns. In 1879 the fi rst envelope was issued in 9 pies for use by Indian and British soldiers, by 1895 the envelope was overprinted with a crown and uprated to One Anna. By 1900 Indian forces deployed abroad were using envelopes and postcards overprinted C.E.F. (China Expeditionary Force), during WWI Indian forces were using I.E.F. (Indian Expeditionary Force) envelopes and postcards.

These campaigns helped India build a very positive image, they were also deployed with the IIC Commissions in Indo-China states of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the early 50s. Indian stamps were overprinted and used in the Indian FPO’s. This overprinting of stamps continued till 1968. By 1958 the fi rst set of commemorative stamps was issued by the Indian Air Force. This was followed by a set of stamps in 1963 on our defence efforts during the 1962 Chinese aggression.

The army postal service started issuing special covers on the Indian armed forces after the Indian forces victory of the 1971 Indo-Pak war. Commemorative stamps have been issued on almost all the arms of the Indian army that includes the peace keeping forces under the UN, eminent offi cers and men, honours & awards, president's bodyguards, armoured regiments, mechanised Infantry, Infantry regiments,

artillery, air defence, army aviation, engineers, signals, logistics and medical services, training institutions and formations.

This was followed by Indian Air Force squadrons and units. Indian naval ships, aircraft and establishments have also found their place. The territorial units of the Indian army and Indian Coast Guard stamps are also illustrated.

The 88 page soft back book has it all. A ready reference book, it’s an important guide for any new comers in this fi eld, who are making a study and collection of Indian Armed Forces artefacts and history.

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Postcrossing - Hobby for those with passion for collecting and writing

Postcrossing is all about exchanging postcards with random people around the world and living by our

Upanishad phrase “वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम”् which means The World is One Family.

India has 10643 postcrossers, who enjoy this hobby and have sent 369700 postcards as of Sep’21.I came across this hobby of exchanging postcards when I met a few postcrossers at Bangalore GPO and have never stopped since then.

Today, I eagerly wait for my postman to come and deliver to me that piece of joy on paper coming from far off lands. Or I wait for that email which tells me that my postcard has reached someone and helped them to know a little more about India by either the stamps that I have used on the postcard or with the help of a postcard. In the world of emails, text messages and whatsapp, this is a welcome change that is bringing me back to writing postcards.

As part of this hobby called Deltiology (Collecting & study of Postcards), and Postcrossing, I also came across a society dedicated to this wonderful hobby; “Postcrossing Society of India (PSOI)” which is lead by veteran Col. Akhil Kumar and a few enthusiastic fellow postcrossers.

This society has organized many great events To highlight a few, recently PSOI in association with India Post and Directorate General of Lighthouses And Lightships (DGLL) organised events to commemorate two historic lighthouses namely Pulicat lighthouse, Tamilnadu and Hajira Lighthouse in Surat, Gujarat. Permanent Pictorial Cancellations (PPC) were released at both these events and also released postcards on lighthouses.

Such events not only bring the postcrosers across India together, but also spreads knowledge on events such as International and Indian Lighthouse Day and many more. In the past PSOI has organized and

released 12 postcards in collaboration with PostcardsVille on Traditional Toys of India, each one from a different state of India – which was well received across the globe by postcrossers and postcard lovers.

India's $ rst on-line exhibition on Postcards named Debutpex: Award ceremony at Communication Museum,Bangalore presided over by Mrs Sharada Samth, CPMG Karnatka circle on 21 Oct 2020.

Sunil Mandaliya, India is a philatelist, avid postcard collector, foodie and traveling enthusiast. By profession he works in IT industry, and collecting stamps and postcards to teach about goodness of world to his daughter and nephew. By sending and receiving postcards or stamps, he is trying to teach them about the diversity of the world, the goodness that we spread comes back to us multifold. He has complete collection of miniature sheets of post independent India and trying to compete his complete his collection of commemorative and de$ nitive stamps.


Autograph Collecting

Imagine about thirty-fi ve years ago, kids without mobiles or video games. How did they pass their time in holidays? Fortunately they had various hobbies. Reading comics and other story books, Collecting stamps and coins was popular among the kids. Getting autographs of famous people and artists was one of the hobbies. I started collecting autographs from schools days. My school felicitated famous Marathi Authors and I got the opportunity to get autographs of eminent Marathi writers such as Shirwadkar. My teachers encouraged me and helped me getting autograph of Kusumagraj, recipient of Dyanpith award in literature.

Once I met Bhai aka Pu La Deshpande and requested his autograph. Instead of giving autograph he asked me read his book, contemplate and write two to three lines. After that send a letter requesting autograph. Today I am proud, I have his autographed letter. Similarly, when I had the opportunity to meet senior scientist Jayant Narlikar, he asked me to ask any one of the scientifi c questions or any question paper in science, and I would reply to that letter and send my signature.

The purpose behind doing so is that, school children should study science with curiosity, by doing new research from it. Today I can proudly say that I have a letter in my collection with an answer to my classical question.

When I got the chance to meet a beautiful Marathi actress Sonali Kulkarni, I requested her for autograph. She asked me "what about selfi e?" I was overwhelmed to get her autograph and selfi e. Trekking is also

one of my favorite hobbies. Eight years ago, an organization from Sangamner had arranged a book

reading event on the highest mountain peak in Maharashtra, Kalsubai. It was an unforgettable memory to

climbed to the top, listen to book reading of "Last for Lalbagh" from the author Vishwas Patil's. He shared

his writing experiences and read some of the highlights of his book. Not to mentioned I got his autograph.

For many years, I have been attending lectures, awards and felicitation ceremonies of many dignitaries. I

try to meet the dignitaries at the end of the program to get autographs. Many times I get, but sometimes

I don't get autographs.

When I went to meet the famous actor Nana Patekar at a similar event, he was taken aback by the

excitement of his fans, who were pushing and shoving him to take a photo with him. He refused to give

autograph in the chaos and left the event. In the days where selfi e is more common politely requesting

autograph is long gone and forgotten. Sometimes the rudeness and pushy selfi e enthusiast force personal

security guards to cordon off the celebrity and a genuine collector miss autographs.

Prasad Sulbha Sahebrao Deshpande (India) is Autograph with Biography collector and Social activist for Environment and Safety issues. He loves Reading, Story/Poem writer. He is also a acomplished Short Film Writer/Director and Produced, Wri" en-Directed Award Winning Films on Environment and Safety.His collection of autographs with biographies includes eminent persons in various $ elds of literature, art, sports and scientist etc. He has been collecting autographs for last 27 years and he has more than 1000 autographs in his collection.


Ashwani Munjal (India) runs packaging business. Since childhood numismatics fascinated him. He collects Currency Notes, Coins, FDCs and Stamps depicting Scientist and Mathematicians.

He wish to enlighten the children by using coins, banknotes and FDC depicting top Scientist and Mathematicians.

He also has authored a book Beyond Currencies.

Ashwani Munjal is no ordinary currency collector. He has passion for banknote collection and he takes

this to a next level. He has created a unique theme for his collection. In this series he presents Banknotes,

coins, postal stamps and FDCs from various countries depicting various scientists.

Great Scientists of the world - Offi cial First Day Cover. Endorsed by The Museum of Science and Industry.

1987 Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

FDC - First Day Covers depicting various scientists

Archimedes with 14/2/1987 cancellation

Benjamin Franklin with 14/2/1987 cancellation

Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician,

physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor.

He is regarded as one of the leading scientists in

classical antiquity. His other achievements include

deriving an accurate approximation of pi, de$ ning

and investigating the spiral that now bears his

name; & devising a system using exponentiation for

expressing very large numbers.

He was also one of the $ rst to apply mathematics

to physical phenomena, founding hydrostatics and

statics.

Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath

who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor,

statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political

philosopher.

The kite experiment is a scienti$ c experiment in

which a kite with a pointed, conductive wire a" ached

to its apex is ! own near thunder clouds to collect

electricity from the air and conduct it down the wet

kite string to the ground.


Eeshita Basu (India) is a teacher and she is associated with one of the most prestigious schools in India, for more than twenty years. She teaches Computer and Science. She conducts workshops at various schools to promote philately and other collectibles. She collects Postage Stamps, Coins, Bengal Dolls, Kites, Beads and Jewellery, Antiques, Bookmarks, Autographs, Catalogues, Posters, Picture Postcards, Paper Cu" ings, Books.

She has participated in various exhibitions, both solo and group, and have received many awards.

During ancient time, worshiping trees was a most common ritual. It is believed that Durga was created

by the three gods -Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma who are symbolized by the Banyan tree. In

Hinduism, according to another belief, the roots of Peepal tree are Brahma, the trunk is Vishnu and the

leaves are Shiva and to please Lord Shiva, leaves of Bel tree are offered to Him.

Durga puja starts from Shasthi. The three main events are:

Kalparambha, Bodhan, Adhibas and Amontran which takes place

at Beltala, i.e. under the Bel tree, (wood apple) in the evening

hours. During this ritual, the process of invocating Ma Durga

takes place, as Bel tree is considered to be Ma Durga herself.

On Saptami, during the morning hours, the most auspicious

event is the Bathing Ritual of the Kolabou or Nabapatrika.

Nabapatrika actually was a ritual performed by the farmers for

having a prosperous harvest. People worshiped Nature.

Idol-worship was not common then. During the Autumn season,

the crops ripen and are harvested. The peasants worshipped

Goddess Nabapatrika for good harvest. Later when Durga Puja

gained popularity, this ritual was added to it.

Mahishasura is a Sanskrit word meaning “buffalo demon”.

According to Christopher Fuller, Mahishasura represents the

forces of ignorance and chaos hidden by outer appearances.

Mahishasuramardini-The Killer of Mahishasura is actually the

story of “the triumph of Good over Evil".

Here is an exquisite clay model of Mahishasuramardini, from Gorer Haat, Uttarpara, from Taluk- JoyNagar,

district South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. The famous clay dolls of JoyNagar are handcrafted and

boasts of an unparalleled earthen appeal of its own. They are uniquely baked. These are made by hand

and is very traditional but this majestic art form is struggling from becoming extinct. The use of a wide-

array of colours makes these fi gurines look exclusive and lively. Garjan oil is used on these dolls to

enhance their lustre and make them look more appealing.

Devi Durga, Kolkata, West Bengal.

The clay model of Mahishasuramardini, from Gorer Haat, Uttarpara, JoyNagar, South 24 Parganas is made by artist Sri Manilal Pal.

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