Empanelment of Writers in Philately Division of Department of Posts who are interested in writing on the subject matter of the stamp

 

F. No. 33-1/2015-Phil

Government of India

Ministry of Communication & IT

Department of Posts

(Philately Division) 

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg

Dated 08.02.2016 

Advertisement for Empanelment of Writers

in Philately Division of Department of Posts

 

Department of Posts issues Commemorative Postage Stamps on various subjects, themes, institutions, personalities, events, etc. With the release of Commemorative Postage Stamps, this Department also issues Brochures and First Day Covers. A brief write up of about 700-1000 words on the subject matter of stamp and technical data is included in the Brochure. Specimen of brochure is enclosed.

 

2. Philately Division, Department of Posts invites applications from individuals who are interested in writing on the subject matter of the stamp. The suitability of the applicants for the job will be judged based on their credentials and work experience such as published work, articles, write-up in Newspapers and Magazines, etc.

 

3. The Remunerations will be paid as per the prescribed rates of the Department of Posts as given below:

 

Work assigned	Rates
Brochures writing (both in English and Hindi)	Commissioning fees	Adoption Fees
	Rs. 1,700/-	Rs. 5,000/-

 

 4. The format of the application is enclosed herewith. Complete application should reach within 10 days from the date of the publication of this advertisement to the following address.  

Director (Philately),

Department of Posts,

Room No. 332, Dak Bhawan,

Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110001.

e-mail : directorphilately@indiapost.gov.in

Click here to download the Application Form and other details

India Post launched new website for Philately

Directorate has launched new website for Philately. www.postagestamps.gov.in  All members and track in viewers are once again requested to open philatelic deposit account (PDA) at any philatelic bureau to get new released stamps and stationary at door step by free of cost. 

Commemorative Postage Stamp on Ruchi Ram Sahni released on 24/10/2013.

Ruchi Ram Sahni (1863-1948) was the first person from Punjab to make a career in science. He was the first Indian officer in the India Meteorological Department (1885). Moving by choice to teaching, he became the first Indian science professor at Government College Lahore which he served from 1887 till his retirement in 1918. The University instituted Ruchi Ram Sahni Declamation Contest Prize in his honour. He is also India’s first nuclear scientist who published two research papers in 1915 and 1917 working in the laboratory of Ernst Rutherford in Manchester where he interacted with Niels Bohr. (Interestingly, in his laboratory work, he was assisted by his son Birbal Sahni, the well known pale botanist, who was at the time studying in Cambridge.) Sahni entered Punjab Legislative Council as a member of the Swaraj Party.

 

Ruchi Ram was a conscientious and inspiring teacher who spent six months learning carpentry for the sake of laboratory work.He was an enthusiastic advocate of Punjabi (and regional languages in general) ‘as a vehicle of scientific ideas’. He gave public lectures in Punjabi in Lahore, other towns and even remote villages. All his lectures were ‘illustrated with easy experiments, often with simple apparatus which any one could make for himself’.

 

A life-long adherent of the Brahmo Samaj principles, he held all religions in high esteem. In or after 1945 he wrote Struggle for Reform in Sikh Shrines, which was later edited by Dr Ganda Singh and published by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC). With his characteristic thoroughness, he preserved all the press communiqués on the subject which SGPC had issued from time to time and subsequently presented a complete set to SGPC whose own collection had gaps.

 

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PA/SA/IPO/PS Group B MODEL QUESTIONS.

1. Which state Police in India utilised the ‘Pigeon Post Service’?

Ans. Orissa State Police

2. When was the first commemorative stamp issued in India ?

Ans. In 1931 (to mark the inauguration of New Delhi)

3. The Cricketer from Australian Test Cricket team belongs to Australian Postal Service ?

Ans. Brad Hogg

4. The first Non Royal to appear on U.K. postage stamp?

Ans. William Shakespeare (1964)

5. In which language the first Megdoot Post card issued?

Ans. Tamil

6. First Postal stamp in the World?

Ans. Penny Black

7. When, the Indian Postal Stamp was cancelled at Mount Everest?

Ans. 1996 May 10 (by ITBP. Indo-Tibet Border Police)

8. Which is India’s first General Post Office?

Ans. Calcutta GPO (in 1774)

9. Which country issued the first self adhesive Postage stamp?

Ans. Sierra Leone (1964)

10. The first country issued new year greeting cards through Postal service?

Ans. China

11. When was the first Postal Stamp issued ?

Ans. 1840 May 6th

12. The first Indian Personality who was depicted in foreign stamps?

Ans. Mahatma Gandhi

13. Which picture was depicted in First world stamp?

Ans. Queen Victoria’s Head

14. The busiest Post office in India?

Ans. Mumbai GPO

15. First Indian Postage stamp?

Ans. Scinde Dawk

17. India’s third scented postal stamp?

Ans. Jasmine (Rs. 15)

18. What is water mark ?

Ans. A design / mark on paper given at the time of production.

19. The first post card issued in Cochin state?

Ans. 1898 at the time of Raja Rama Varma I

20. Which country issued the first commemorative stamp in the world?

Ans. Romania

22. Highest Denomination of Indian Commemorative stamp ever since issued?

Ans.

1) Mother Theresa , Rs. 45/-

2) Acropora Formosa , Rs. 45/-

23. First burnt-wood smelt postage stamp issued by:

Ans. Brazil (1999) in connection with hazardous effect of forest fire.

24. Where was the first Gandhi stamp printed ?

Ans. Switzerland

25. No. of world countries now in UPU (Universal Postal Union)?

Ans. 192

26. First coffee scented stamp issued by:

Ans. Brazil

27. First personality in whose name the first Commemorative stamp was issued while he was alive ?

Ans. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

28. The only country in the world where home delivery and redirection of postal articles exists:

Ans. India

29. When India Post celebrated its 150th year of existence?

Ans. 2004-2005

30. When was the first Children’s day stamp issued:

Ans. 1957 Nov. 14 (Three stamps)

31. Who cancelled the Indian Postal Stamp in space suite?

Ans. Rakesh Sharma

32. Name of the Indian Post Office at Dakshin Gangotri (Antartica)

Ans. Maitri BO

33. Which stamp is called ‘Mourning stamp of India’?

Ans. Stamp of Mahatma Gandhi issued on 15.8.1948