{"content":[{"text":"ISSN 0972-3587 \n -------------- STAMPS OF INDIA COLLECTORS COMPANION --------------- \n The News, Views, & Features on Philately & Postal Services of India \n Issue # 397 – Jun 11, 2009. Published Every Thursday \n Edited by Madhukar and Savita Jhingan \n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \n I N T H I S I S S U E","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.104193,"width":0.656771,"height":0.10163400000000002}},{"text":"PhilSensex June 2009 \n Forthcoming Stamp Issues \n Speed Post Envelopes \n Discover India Through Philately \n Karnataka Philatelic Society \n Interesting Cover Creations \n Recent Periodical Publications \n Recent & Forthcoming Events \n Readers Forum: Atul Agrawal, Kapre \n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \n To SUBSCRIBE, please visit www.stampsofindia.com \n To UNSUBSCRIBE, click on the second link at the end of this message. \n BACK ISSUES http://www.stampsofindia.com/newssite/Download/archives.htm \n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \n JHINGANS JOTTINGS","bbox":{"left":0.147058,"top":0.218586,"width":0.696001,"height":0.21603099999999997}},{"text":"Hi","bbox":{"left":0.147058,"top":0.44745,"width":0.019626000000000005,"height":0.015801999999999983}},{"text":"It is our privilege to have Rajesh Paharia of Jaipur to be our Guest \n for this issue. We reproduce his thought provoking editorial from the \n Mar-Apr 2009 issue of Philanews, bimonthly publication of the \n Philatelic Society of Rajasthan.","bbox":{"left":0.147058,"top":0.476086,"width":0.676376,"height":0.058678999999999926}},{"text":"“Recently Mr Vijaya Mallaya has bought Mahatma Gandhi’s personnel \n belongings for hefty amount in foreign auction and opened a Pandora box \n of discussion. This column is too small to discuss whether it is \n legally right or wrong but I believe that everybody will agree that at \n least our heritage has come back to India. Government is still not \n clear on this takeover and there are lots of ambiguities but Kudos to \n Mr Vijaya Mallaya.","bbox":{"left":0.147058,"top":0.547599,"width":0.69598,"height":0.10155900000000007}},{"text":"Similar ambiguity regarding Philatelic Material like Proofs, Artists \n Sketch, Color Trials etc of Post Independence period also exists. Many \n rare Indian Materials are egularly offered by Foreign auctions. An \n Australian vendor is currently selling Gandhi Nehru 1973 - 7 copies of \n color trials at ebay.com. The item no is Z150337929327.","bbox":{"left":0.147058,"top":0.661991,"width":0.6861780000000001,"height":0.07299699999999998}},{"text":"An American Auctioneer thru his mail bid sale no 35 under name of \n France International has offered Set of 4 Artist Design of Inpex \n Bhubneshwar Turtle stamps. The Design cards are duly stamped and signed \n by Manager, Security Press Nasik. Although such materials is banned \n from display in Indian Stamp exhibitions but every expert Philatelist \n have a strong desire of holding such material since the relative \n importance of such material in Philatelic World and satisfaction of \n possessing something rare in ones collection urge all stamp collectors \n to collect such material. It’s a proven fact that collections which \n posses such material get appreciation and high awards in International \n Exhibitions. Post Independence Indian subject collectors are deprived","bbox":{"left":0.147058,"top":0.747821,"width":0.695981,"height":0.15882800000000008}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}