New Christmas stamps from Norway

This year's Christmas stamps by Norway Post are dedicated to old postcards.
Anyone who has had the pleasure of sifting through piles of old postcards will have noticed the great variety in this pictorial material.
The oldest Norwegian postcards date back to the 1880s and even then Christmas cards were predominant. Norway's Christmas gnome was an important feature then and he has been a familiar figure on Norwegian Christmas cards ever since.
As card manufacturers learned more about marketing, they began to appeal to people's emotions. When Christmas celebrations focusing on children and family grew in popularity, romantic Christmas traditions came to the fore, particularly Christmas Eve customs. Going to church by horse and cart, bringing home and decorating the Christmas tree and close-up shots of oat sheaves with bull finches and titmice are recurring themes. Christmas in the country is almost a whole genre in itself, with a prevalence of cliches from well-to-do farming communities: sleigh rides, Christmas parties and the romantic farming life. Food and drink are also well represented. The menus are something of a mixture, often showing a full spread of cakes, fruit, chocolate, meat dishes and desserts.
During the Prohibition (1917-26), Christmas gnomes were often used humoristically to convey a view of Norwegians' alcohol habits.
Children are the subjects of the postcards on this year's Christmas stamps. Children are often part of the scene, especially when it comes to Christmas preparations or opening parcels. Parcels are of course another frequent Christmas card motif - before, during and after opening.

EID QURBAN MUBARIK.

2 Azeem Qurbanian
Eid-ul-Azah & Moharak-UL-Haram
Saal ka Aakhri Mahina Bhi Qurbani Ka.
Pehla Bhi Qurbani Ka.
Wo Bhi 10 Ko Or Ye Bhi 10 Ko
Wo Bhi NABI Ka LALL, OR Ye Bhi NABI Ka LAAL.
Unki Yaad Bhi Manaty Hen Or Inki Yaad Bhi Manaty Hen.
Ye Zabh-E-Azeem Or Wo Shaheed-E-Azeem
Inhon ne Khwab Nibhaya Or Unhon Ne Wada Nibhaya.
Wo Sabr Ki Ibtida Or Ye Sabr Ki Intha.
Ye Kaaba K Banany Waly Or Wo Kaaba Ko Bachany Waly.
'SUBHANALLAH'
EID QURBAN MUBARIK.

60th ANNIVERSARY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN PAKISTAN & CHINA

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Date of Issue : 13 May , 2011
Size of Stamp : 50.5 x 35 mm
No. of stamps in a sheet: 1= 6 x 6= 36 stamps (18 of each design)

2= 4 x 9= 36 stamps (18 of each design)
Perforation : 13 C
Denomination : Rs. 8/-
Colours : Multi Colour
Printing Technology : Litho Offset
Format : Horizontal – Se-tenant
Paper : 100 GSM W /M Dual Purpose
Gum : PVA
Quantity : 0. 250 ML ( Each Design)
Design : Adil Salahuddin (S.I)
Printer : Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi
Dear Collectors, Pakistan post office issued the above stamps in 3 stages.

1. Print 1
Water Mark with type 3, Inverted water Mark
Format : 1 = 6 x 6= 36 stamps (18 of each design)

2. Print 2
Water Mark with type 2, Water Mark on North East
Format : 1 = 6 x 6= 36 stamps (18 of each design)

3. Print 3
Water Mark with type 2, Water Mark on North West
Format : 2 = 4 x 9= 36 stamps (18 of each design)

Print 1 was issued on date of issue - Later on withdrawn.

Print 2 was issued as replacement and only 20,000 sheets were printed and supplied at Rawalpindi.Rare Printing.
Print 3 was issued Last month and available at Post Offices in the country.

Lahore Stamp Exhibition - 2011

Lahore Stamp Exhibition - 2011

Lahore Stamp Exhibition - 2011
at
General Post Office (G.P.O.)
Shahrah-e-Quaid-i-Azam (The Mall)
Lahore
on
October 8 - 9, 2011

To commemorate the World Post Day, Allama Iqbal Stamps Society and Pakistan Philatelic Association organized a two day stamp exhibition on October 8 - 9, 2011 at General Post Office (G.P.O.), Lahore titled "Lahore Stamp Exhibition - 2011". The main objective of this kind of exhibition to promote the philately and commemorate the World Post Day, the event was not a competitive class. Philatelists, whom belong to Lahore, displayed their exhibits on different themes. Mr. Faqir Syed Shahryar-ud-Din (Post Master General) inaugurated the exhibition with Robina Tayyab (Deputy Post Master Genral), Mr. S.M.Masood (President - Pakistan Philatelic Association & Former Federal Minister) and Rizwan Javed Hashmi (Chief Post Master - Lahore G.P.O.). This was very attractive event for the new coming philatelists. On the second day of the event, the exhibition started after the ceremony of World Post Day (UPU Day) and flag raising ceremony, the officials of Pakistan Post visited the exhibition. The exhibitors briefed their exhibits to the officials. Mr. Nasir Hassan (Post Master General - Circle) inaugurated the new website of Philately of Pakistan which created by Mian Sajid Ali of Allama Iqbal Stamps Society. This website is the first of its kind which covers the complete philatelic items of Pakistan Post since 1947 to date. Two commemorative post marks and one souvenir cover issued on the event by Pakistan Philatelic Association.