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PAK NET MAGAZINE ISSUE # 57 DATE:- 15/11/2005 FOUNDED:- 1989 The Club has bought its own domain. The address of the Website is www.paknetmag.com. Please visit the site and express your views on it. We shall add new items in the site by time to time but once again as we always said that in order to make it a good and worth full site we need your assistance and co-operation. If you have any information or article regarding stamps and you think so that it is beneficial for the collectors, mail us or post us, so that we could include it in our next magazine. Our member Mian Sajid Ali’s article on the great philosopher and poet, Allama Mohammad Iqbal on his 129th birthday Anniversary was published in the Sunday Magazine of Daily Khabrain Lahore on Friday, November 04, 2005 and this article really got wonderful response. The members, who understand Urdu, should read this article. We shall try to get this article in English, so that we could include it in our magazine. On the request of the some members, club is now thinking to publish a magazine as it has published a magazine in the past. Now the club wants to ask the members that what should be included in it. Write us so that in the light of your suggestions we could prepare the magazine. There is another important announcement, please use group mail as minimum as possible, so that it could not disturbed the other collectors. MEMBER’S INTRODUCTION (268) Name:- H.P.Singh. E-mail:- [email protected] . Profession/Sex:- Industrialist / Male. Mail address:- P.O.Kot Mit Singh, Amritsar-143022. India. Wanted:- Bird, Butterflies, Waterfalls, Holograms, Odd shapes/fancy stamps, Trains, Lions, Planes, Roses, Medicine, Cricket, Columbus, Rotary, Ship, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Coins on stamps, Issued after 2000 and Qantas 1953 FF covers, Pakistan and Bangladesh stamps mint and used. Offer:- Mint and Used India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and many other countries, FDC’s, Postal Stationery of Queen Victoria and Edward period and current one. Countries are interested:- British Commonwealth. Known Languages:- English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. Catalogues used:- S.G. (269) Name:- Hiren M Zaveri, Date of Birth:- 9th April 1965, Residential postal address:- 24 -Ashirwadbunglows, Piplod, Surat 395007. INDIA. Phone number [R] 00912612227222, [Cell Phone] 09374713434. E-mail address:-[email protected] Nature of Collection:- Used Stamps,INDIA-1852 to 1947.[complete collection] Type of Collector:- Advance. Themes/Topics:- Music [instrument & musician] & Space Catalogs used by me:- SG. [GB} (270) Name:- Syed Fakhar Abbas. E-mail address:- [email protected] I am a senior advance collector and I am deeply interested in historical Islamic places (Mosque, Tom, Masjid-e-Nabvi and Khana Kaba etc). If any members have stamps regarding my theme and he also want to exchange, please contact me. In exchange, I can provide Pakistan mint and thematic world wide stamps. NEW INTRODUCTION:- EXTRAS Here the club is introducing a new feature. If you have any extra stamp or any other material, give your add to the club to exchange it with some one. Club will publish your add under the title “Extras”. In this way, it might be possible that you could get some thing of your choice. Similarly if some thing is extra or use for you, it might be worthy for some one else. An other reason to introduce it is to reduce the volume of group mails. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS We are going to introduce a new section named “Questions and Answers” in our magazine. The purpose of this section is to provide information to the world wide collectors regarding world wide & Pakistan's Philately. So if you want to get any information about Philately of any country, you can mail us for this and we will answer your questions in this section. In this way not only the concerned person but also the other members would be able to get knowledge about Pakistani & world Philately. NEW ISSUE OF PAKISTAN PAKISTAN ISSUES STAMPS FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF Pakistan Post issued stamp sheets of Rs 100 and Rs 25 on October 27, 2005 in Order to help promote the cause of relief and rehabilitation activities in the Earthquake affected areas. Addressing a news conference at the capital Islamabad, Minister for Communication Shamim Ahmed Siddiqui said "Stamps worth Rs 32 out of stamp sheets of Rs 100 will be able to use and 68 rupees will be deposited in the President Relief Fund aimed at rehabilitation and reconstruction of the earthquake-hit Areas of NWFP and AJK". Minister said that as many as 0.6 million stamp sheets having a total value of 45 million rupees had been issued in the first phase for the relief of the Earthquake victims and the more would be released in the second phase after the Response of the public. Responding to the query regarding the post offices in the quake-hit areas of the NWFP and AJK, he said that as many as 48 post offices had been totally collapsed during the earthquake and the mailing system in the areas was not working. He said that post offices in areas of Balakot, Naran, and Bagh were badly damaged and still the post system was not working in these areas due to disconnecting of road links and Rs 77 million would be needed to rebuild the buildings of the post offices." However, temporary post offices will be set up in these areas as the road links restore," he added. 2005 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPS NOVEMBER 05, 2005 SALIENT FEATURES Size of stamp:- 40 x 30 mm Size of print:- 36 x 26 mm Perforation:- 13 Denomination:- Rs.5/= Printing:- Multi Colour Litho Offset No. of Stamps in Sheet:- 20 Stamps (4x5) Paper / Grammage:- Special Anti-Counterfeit PVA Gum Paper 102 GSM Paper Security Features:- Invisible Blue Fibers (visible only under UV light) Paper Manufacturer:- Shanghai Kailum Paper (Group) Co. Ltd. China. Colour Separation Processed on:- Crossfield Drum Scanner / Processor Quantity:- 0.5 million Stamps Designer:- Raza Ahmed Printers:- Pakistan Post Foundation Press (Security Division) Karachi. The Un General Assemble considering the role of sport as means to promote health, education, development and peace adopted a resolution entitled "sport for peace and development" and " international year of Sport and Physical education" and decided to proclaim 2005 as the international year of sport and Physical education. Noting that sport and physical education in many countries face increasing marginalization within education systems even though they are a major tool not only for health and physical development but also for acquiring values necessary for social cohesion and intercultural dialogue and acknowledging with concern the dangers faced by sportsmen and sportswomen in particular young athletes, the General Assembly, invited the Government, the United Nations, its funds and programmes the specialized agencies, and sport related institutions to promote the role of “sport and physical education for all” when furthering their development programmes and policies. The General Assembly has invited the Governments and sports bodies to assist the developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing states, in their capacity building efforts in sport and physical education. The General Assembly also encourages the Government and United Nation system to seek new and innovative ways to use sport for communication and social mobilization, particularly at national, regional and local levels, engaging society through active participation and ensuring that target audiences are reached. To highlight the event Pakistan Post is issuing a commemorative postage stamp of Rs. 5/- denomination on November 05, 2005 TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF TWO DECADES OF SAARC IN 2005 COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPS NOVEMBER 12, 2005 SALIENT FEATURES Size of stamp:- 29 x 34 mm Size of print:- 29 x 34 mm Perforation:- 13 Denomination:- Rs.5/= Printing:- Multi Colour Litho Offset No. of Stamps in Sheet:- 20 Stamps (5x4) Paper / Grammage:- Special Anti-Counterfeit PVA Gum Paper 102 GSM Paper Security Features:- Invisible Blue Fibers (visible only under UV light) Paper Manufacturer:- Shanghai Kailum Paper (Group) Co. Ltd. China. Colour Separation Processed on:- Crossfield Drum Scanner / Processor Quantity:- 0.5 million Stamps Designer:- Adil Salahuddin Printers:- Pakistan Post Foundation Press (Security Division) Karachi. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was launched on December 08, 1985 in Dhaka. The SAARC Charter affirms the desire of the seven South Asian states to promote peace, stability, amity and progress in the region. The broad objectives are to promote the welfare of the peoples of South Asia; to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development; and to promote and strength collective self-reliance of South Asia. The members of SAARC are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. By virtue of hosting the 12th Summit on 4-6 January 2004, Pakistan is currently the Chairperson of SAARC. The summit was an eminent success. It has opened up new avenues of regional cooperation among the South Asian countries. The documents signed during the Islamabad Summit included SAARC Social Charter, South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Framework Agreement and Additional Protocol to the SAARC Convention on Suppression of Terrorism. During its Chairperson, Pakistan has made substantive efforts to promote regional cooperation in diverse field such as Science and Technology, Energy Cooperation, Communication, Information and Communications, Technology, Information and Media, Trade and Economic matters. Sectoral Ministerial Meetings, Working Groups, Workshops and symposia on various issues were organized to give impetus to regional South Asia. During this period SAARC was granted Observer status by the United Nations in December 2004. SAARC Chairperson will be handed over to Bangladesh at the 13th Summit to be held at Dhaka. SAARC is completing two decades of its existence in 2005. In order to promote tourism in the South Asia Region, it has been decided to celebrate 2005 as “See South Asia Year.” To celebrate the Completion of two decades of SAARC in 2005 a Commemorative Postage Stamp of Rs. 5/- denomination is being issued by Pakistan Post Office on November 12, 2005. DINOSAUR ON STAMPS (Part XVI) By:- [email protected] Surprisingly modern looking frogs, salamanders, turtles, and crocodiles lived in the rivers and lakes. Snakes had only begun to evolve, but there were many lizards, along with primitive furry mammals. All these animals provided food for small predatory dinosaurs. The long tailed pterosaurs from the Jurassic were replaced by short tailed ones, including Anhanguera, Tropeognathus, and Tupuxuara. As Laurasia and Gondwanaland broke into smaller continents, dinosaurs on the separated continents evolved differently. England and Belgium contain the best studied Early Cretaceous rocks. The most famous herbivore of this time was lguanodon. The remains of its smaller, speedier relatives Hypsilophodon, Valdosaurus, and Vectisaurus are scarcer. All these ornithopod dinosaurs were closely related to the Jurassic dinosaurs Othnielia, Dryosaurus, and Camptosaurus. Other plant eaters from this area include the sauropod pelorosaurus, with a long, slender upper arm bone; it seems to have been a brachiosaurid. Craterosaurus is the only known stegosaur; the ankylosaur Hylaeosaurus seems to have been quite a bit more abundant than Craterosaurus. Armored dinosaurs were short and probable ate lower growing plants. The small herbivore Stenopelix also lived during this period. It was possibly the earliest known ceratopsian. Yaverlandia is thought to be a very early pachycephalosaur. Since North America was still joined to Europe (via Greenland), it had dinosaurs quite similar to those of Europe. Iguanodon is known from the Early Cretaceous rocks of the western United States. Hypsilophodon was also present. Huge sauropods were in decline; the stegosaurs were almost completely gone. They were replaced by ankylosaurs such as Hoplitosaurus from South Dakota and Silvisaurus from Kansas. Large predators, including Acrocanthosaurus, were also present. Wyoming and Montana have the best known North American Early Cretaceous dinosaur fauna. The bulky orinthopod Tenontosaurus is the best known herbivore. It seems to have been hunted by packs of Deinonychus, a wolf size predator famous for its sickle shaped claws. Also found were the small predator Microvenator, the spiky armored Sauropelta, and the hypsilophodontid Zephyrosaurus. Large ornithopods were not common in the Early Cretaceous of eastern Asia. The iguanodontid probactrosaurus is thought to be close to the ancestry of the duckbilled dinosaurs. Of roughly the same age was a massive, large nosed iguanodontid, Iguanodon orientalis. One common herbivore in Asia was Psittacosaurus; it was a small bipedal dinosaur. Armored plant eaters were also common. One of the last stegosaurs, Wuerhosaurus, was a 25 feet long plant eater. Preying upon these herbivores were large and small theropods. Kelmayisaurus was megalosaurid that probable ate the armored Wuerhosaurus. Chilantaisaurus maortuensis could easily have held a struggling Probactrosaurur in the grip of its powerful front limbs. Dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwanaland are less well known than those of Laurasia and show some intriguing and unexpected differences. Sauropods remained prominent in the southern hemisphere sespite their drastic decline in the northern hemisphere. Large ornithopods were scarcer than their northern relatives; small ornithopods were common. Theropods in the South were often from families different from those in the North. Dinosaurs from northern Africa had sails on their backs, including Ouranosaurus (an iguanodontid), Rebbachisaurus (a sauropod), and Spinosaurus (a theropod). With their wide surface area, these sails would have helped the animals keep cool, particularly if they stood in the shade with breezes blowing by. Most of Australia’s known dinosaurs are from the Early Cretaceous. Because Australia was within the Antarctic Circle, some of its dinosaurs show adaptations to life in seasonal darkness with small size and large eyes. Large Early Cretaceous Australian dinosaurs included the sauropod Austrosaurus, the plant eater Muttaburrasaurus, and the large meat eater Rapator. Smaller dinosaurs included the hypsilophodontids Leaellynasaura, Atlascopcosaurus, and Flugurotherium; the theropod Kakuru; and the armored Minmi. All these dinosaurs are much different than their relative on other continents. In the early Cretaceous, many new dinosaurs appeared. They also greatly increased in number. During this period, dinosaurs not only maintained but also expanded their “empire”. To be continuing……...….. Stamps Issuing Countries (Part III) 3-Barbados First Stamp Issued: August 01, 1851 Name on stamp: Barbados Island in the Caribbean originally called Los Barbados, meaning bearded fig trees, by the Portuguese who visited the island in the sixteenth century. A mail service operated with England from the eighteenth century, while distinctive stamps were first to appear in 1852. 4-British Virgin Islands First Stamp Issued: January 02, 1968 Name on stamp: British Virgin Islands A group of islands in the West Indies, of which eight inhabited islands, form the British Virgin Islands, the remainder being administered by United States of America. The group was discovered by Christopher Columbus, who called the largest island St Ursula and the others, the 11,000 virgins. 5-Dominica Former Name: Aden First Stamp Issued: April 01, 1937 First Stamps: Britain 1858-60 (oblit. A07 at Roseau) Name on stamp: Commonwealth of Dominica An island in the West Indies which was discovered on the first Sunday in November in 1493 by Christopher Columbus. Sinday is Dies Dominica, hence the name given to the island. A branch of the British Post Office was established in the 1840s and British stamps used from 1858. The first Dominica stamps appeared in 1874. 6-Dominican Republic First Stamp Issued: October 18, 1865 First Stamps: Cuba/Puerto Rico 1861 Name on stamp: Republica Dominicana The eastern part of the island of San Domingo in the West Indies (the western part is known as Haiti), which became independent of Spanish control in 1865. In that same year it started issuing its own stamps. The island was first discovered by Christopher Columbus. 7-Grenada First Stamp Issued: 1861 First Stamps: Britain 1858-60 (oblit. A15 St Georges) Name on stamp: An island in the West Indies which is now independent. It was discovered in 1498 by Christopher Columbus, who called the island ‘La Conception’. British stamps were used from 1858, but three years later distinctive stamps for Grenada were introduced. 8-Montserrat Former Name: Leeward Islands First Stamp Issued: Antigua overprinted September 1876 First Stamps: Britain 1858-60 (oblit. A08) Name on stamp: Montserrat The British dependency in the Lesser Antilles is one of the Leeward Islands. Its first stamps were issued in 1876. From 1890 to 1956, stamps of the Leeward Islands were valid for use on the island and from 1890 to 1903, they replaced Montserrat stamps completely. In recent years, stamp issues of the Montserrat have become more numerous but policies are moderate when compared with those of some neighbouring islands. 9-St.Kitts and Nevis First Stamp Issued: June 23, 1980 Name on stamp: St Kitts, Nevis A Caribbean island which has formed part of St Christopher (known locally as St Kitts) Nevis Anguilla grouping. St Kitts issued its own stamps again in 1980. A West Indian island, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, which has formed part of the Associated State of St Kitts Nevis. A post office was established in 1710 and at first British stamps were used. From 1861 until 1890 stamps inscribed Nevis were issued, being replaced by stamps inscribed St-Kitts-Nevis in 1903 and by St Christopher Nevis Anguilla from 1952. As a dependency of St Christopher, it issued its own stamps again in June 1980. 10-St.Lucia First Stamp Issued: December 18, 1860 First Stamps: Britain 1858-60 (oblit. A11 at Castries) Name on stamp: Saint Lucia A Caribbean island which became the possession of the British, following their eviction of the French. A British post office was established in 1844 and the first stamps used on the island were of those of Great Britain. The Island’s own stamps appeared in 1860. The island gained Independence in 1979. To be continuing……...….. If you want to give your introduction in the magazine, send us the following information (To send complete information is not necessary. You can skip any information if you do not think it fit to provide) (1)Your Name (2) Date of Birth (3) Residential postal address (4) Office postal address (5) Phone number office, Residence, Cell Phone & Fax number (6) E-mail address (7) Web Site address (8) Nature of Collection (Mint Stamps, Used Stamps, FDC's, Stationary, Postal Used Stationary, Post Marks, Post Card, Maximum Cards, View Cards, Phone Cards, Bank Notes, Coins and if other then, Specify.............) (9) Type of Collector (Advance, Medium or Beginner) (10) Themes / Topics. (11) Catalogs used by you. Club Website Addresses:- http://www.geocities.com/paknetmag/ Last Update:- 15-11-2005 |