ISSN 0972-3587 -------------- STAMPS OF INDIA COLLECTORS COMPANION --------------- The News, Views, & Features on Philately & Postal Services of India Issue # 356 – Aug 28, 2008. Published Every Thursday Edited by Madhukar and Savita Jhingan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I N T H I S I S S U E Steep Hike in Foreign Postal Rates Forthcoming Stamp Issues Bismillah Khan Stamp Released India Wins 10 More Medals at Olympics Post Offices Deliver Bank Loans Recent & Forthcoming Events Readers Forum: Ashok Bose, Govind Sharma, Jeevan Jyoti ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To SUBSCRIBE, please visit www.stampsofindia.com To UNSUBSCRIBE, click on the second link at the end of this message. BACK ISSUES http://www.stampsofindia.com/newssite/Download/archives.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JHINGANS JOTTINGS Hi The issue # 1 of this digital weekly was dated August 28, 2000 and thus with this issue we begin the 9th year of publication. We sincerely hope that during these 8 years this digital weekly has been able to serve in some small way the philately in India and Indian philately worldwide. Until next week, please enjoy the rest of the newsletter. - M&SJ Our thanks to the Contributors and Sources to this issue: M Jagannath, Akhilesh Arka, Dinesh Chandra Sharma We invite your inputs, please email to
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