Pakistan Armed Forces December 25, 1965. (1965-5)

7 Paisa (Army); The scene of two advancing tanks is shown prominently in the design placed in the centre with hills in the background. A portrait of a Pakistani soldier is shown as a symbol of courage and determination. The Army crest appears in red on the top right hand corner. The Slogan “SALUTE TO OUR ARMY” is shown at the top in red. ‘Postage’ and ‘7 Paisa’ appear in the bottom left corner. The word ‘Pakistan’ in English, Urdu and Bengali appears in white in the Khaki strip at the bottom.
15 Paisa (Navy); A Pakistan Navy Ship is shown sailing on high seas. On the right corner appears the portrait of a naval officer as a symbol of alertness and courage. The slogan “SALUTE TO OUR NAVY” runs across the middle sky at the top in blue and the crest at the left corner in the same colour. The word ‘Pakistan’ in English, Urdu and Bengali appears in white in the blue strip at the bottom. The words ‘15 Paisa’ and ‘Postage’ are also shown in the design.
50-Paisa (Air Force); Two Star Jet Fighters F-104 are shown soaring up in the sky with the portrait of a pilot in the right corner. Air Force crest appears in brown colour in the top left corner while the slogan “SALUTE TO OUR AIR FORCE” appears at the top in the same colour. The word ‘Pakistan’ in English, Urdu and Bengali appears in white in the dark grey strip at the bottom. The denomination ‘50 Paisa’ appears in the bottom left corner and ‘Postage’ in the middle just above the strip.
The Commemorative Postage Stamps will be available for sale on and from 25th December, 1965, at all important Post Offices in Pakistan, Philatelic Bureaux and Philatelic Counters at Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Multan, Lyallpur, Sialkot, Murree, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Khulna, Sylhet, Dacca, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Moenjo-daro, Landi Kotal, Torkham, Saidu Sharif and some of the Pakistan Diplomatic Missions abroad. To salute our valiant Armed Forces for their heroic defence of Pakistan during the 17-day Indian aggression in September 1965, the Pakistan Post Office is issuing a set of three stamps of 7-Paisa (Army), 15-Paisa (Navy), and 50-Paisa (Air Force) denominations on the 25th of December, 1965.
THE PAKISTAN ARMY
The Pakistan Army is “one of the toughest and best trained armies the world, excellently led, highly organized and totally dedicated”. Th was the assessment of one of the writers on the recent Indo-Pakistan war and most of the other foreign correspondents covering the conflict endorse it. Says one, who witnessed the fighting on various Sectors “I have bee a journalist for 20 years and I want to go on record that I have never see a more confident and victorious group of soldiers than those fighting for Pakistan”. Early in September this year, India invaded Pakistan without any formal declaration of war. Four times in strength in men and material, the Indians were confident of a quick victory. Instead, they suffered humiliating reverse. In the 17-day war India lost 1,600 square miles of territory. India’s other losses included 9,500 officers and men killed, 11,000 wounded, 475 tanks destroyed and damaged and 110 planes destroyed. Pakistan’s losses were relatively light. Her casualty figures were 1,033 killed, 2,171 wounded and 63 missing. Out of 165 Pakistani tanks which were damaged or destroyed during the war, 80 have already been repaired and are now serviceable. I territory, Pakistan lost only 450 square miles. Pakistan’s remarkable success was due to the superiority of her fighting men in every field of batt1ecra~ and to their complete dedication to the cause for which they are prepare to lay down their lives. Their courage and their guts have won them admirer all over the world.
The Pakistan Army has distinguished itself not only on the field of battle but also in the service of peace. Under the United Nations flag, units of Pakistan Army have served in the Congo and West Irian. The simple modest soldiers from Pakistan were universally respected for their quiet efficiency, their exemplary discipline and pleasant manners.
THE PAKISTAN NAVY
The Pakistan Navy is a small, but Well-equipped seagoing force with a modern fleet comprising essential Warships of various classes which are kept fully operational. It has a network of repair and maintenance units and essential training and shore establishments.
During the Indo-Pakistan war of September, the Pakistan Navy com-pletely out-classed the much larger Indian Navy. The courage and daring of its officers and men and their vigilance did not allow the Indian naval units to even approach our coastline or move in the zones of our interest. The Pakistan Navy, on the other hand, carried out an effective offensive operation against the Indian coastal fortress of Dwarka and smashed its powerful radar installations, which were directing bombing raids over West Pakistan, and its shore batteries and other military objects. In the naval-air battle the only encounter between naval units of the two countries, Pakistan Navy submarine, P.N.S. GHAZI, patrolling the Arabian Sea, sent an Indian frigate down to the bottom when she was attacked by a force of enemy frigates.P.N.S.Ghazi triumphantly returned home, unscathed.
Throughout the war, Pakistan Navy maintained normalcy in harbours and ports and ensured safety of our merchant ships. The Pakistan Navy suffered no casualties or loss during the 17-day war.
THE PAKISTAN AIR FORCE
The Pakistan Air Force, which had its baptism of fire in the September War, is the youngest of Pakistan’s three Services. It is not very large; but it is well-knit, well-muscled and fully operational air force. The Service is self-sufficient in training institutions which cater for all the needs of basic and advanced training of flying and maintenance personnel.
The combat aircraft in the Pakistan Air Force presently are all jets. These include the F-86 Saber fighter-bombers, T-33 trainers, B-57 bombers and the supersonic F-104 Star-Fighters. In transport squadrons. the PAF operates C-130s.
The Pakistan Air Force showed its mettle during the Indo-Pakistan conflict when this small but determined air force humiliated an enemy six times in size and possessing better aircraft. During this 17-day war the PAF attained complete air supremacy and destroyed 110 IAF aircraft, besides 19 damaged. These included MIGs, Canberra, Gnats and Hunters. In its close-support missions to the Army, the PAF destroyed 149 enemy tanks, 735 heavy vehicles and 62 heavy guns. The PAF came out of the war prac-tically unscathed, losing only 16 aircraft—14 Sabers and two B-57 bombers. Only four of these aircraft were lost in the air combat.

First Anniversary of R.C.D. July 21, 1965.(1965-3)

For the first time the anniversary of RCD was celebrated philatelically by the issuance of two commemorative postage stamps on July 21,1965. The first stamp shows open book while the higher value depicted globe and national flags of three member countries.

International Cooperation Year June 26, 1965. (1965-3)

The stamps are intended for issue to commemorate the International Co-operation Year, 1965. The main feature of design is the insignia of “Co-operation” shown centrally in an ellipse. In the frame, the slogan “Peace and Progress through Co-operation” has been shown vertically towards the right and “International Co-operation year, 1965” towards the left. The words “Pakistan” in Urdu and Bengali have been shown on top right and top left while in English in bottom centre, in reverse lettering. The denomination appears at the bottom left corner and word “Postage” at bottom right.
The commemoratives will be available for sale on and from 26th June, 1965 at all important Post Offices in Pakistan, at Philatelic Bureaux and Philatelic Counters at Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Multan, Lyallpur, Sialkot, Murree, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Khulna, Dacca, Sylhet, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Moenjodaro, some of the Pakistan Diplomatic Missions abroad and Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corpora-tion, 225 West, 34th Street, Pennsylvania Building, New York, N.Y. (U.S.A).
At its eighteenth session in 1963, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution designat-ing the year 1965—the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations—as International Co-operation Year. The primary purpose of devoting 1965 to the theme of international co-operation is to increase public awareness of the everyday co-operation which already exists among nations; thereby creating a better climate for the solution of major international problems in the common interest of mankind.
The Assembly established a Committee to draw up and co-ordinate plans for the year and, in consultation with member governments, specialized agencies and non-governmental or-ganizations, to organize and prepare for suitable activities to be undertaken. One of the recommendations of the Committee was for the United Nations Postal Administration and member states to issue commemorative stamps honouring jointly the United Nations’ twentieth anniversary and the International Co-operation Year. Pakistan Post Office is issuing this set of stamps in response thereto. The Assembly also called upon all Member States, the specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the non-governmental organizations concerned:
(a)to take note of the designation of 1965 as International Co-operation Year;
(b)to publicize to the widest feasible extent the activities of international co-operation in which they had been and were engaged and their efforts to strengthen and to expand these activities; and (c)to formulate such plans and programmes as seemed to them appropriate to promote the purpose of the International co-operation year.
In pursuance of the above, appropriate plans are being prepared in all regions of the world to observe the International co-operation year. The activities contemplated differ from country to country depending on national customs, resources, institutional arrangements and on the principal international pre-occupations and concerns. In many countries, arrangements have been made to give greater publicity to the United Nations efforts in the field of international co-operation in order to achieve a deeper and wider understanding of the aims, purposes and achievements of the United Nations family of organizations.

Centenary of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) May 17, 1965. (1965-2)

The symbol of International Telecommunication Union is shown prominently in the design at the centre. On the right of the symbol a modern transmission tower with date “1965” is shown and on the left the old telegraph pole with date “1865”. The words “Centenary of the International Telecommunication Union” appear on the left hand corner underneath telegraph pole. The denomination “15-Paisa” appears on the top right corner in addition to the words “Postage” and “Pakistan” in Urdu, Bengali and English. The Commemorative will be available for sale on and from the 17th May, 1965 at all important Post Offices in Pakistan, at Philatelic Bureaux and Philatelic Counters at Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Multan, Lyallpur, Sialkot, Murree, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Khulna,. Dacca, Sylhet, Chitta-gong, Rajshahi, Moenjodaro and some of the Pakistan Diplomatic Missions abroad.
The I.T.U. is celebrating its Centenary and on its request received through the U.P.U., a commemorative stamp is being issued on the 17th May, 1965. From the early dawn of civili-zation until a little over 100 years ago man did not get much fur-ther than the written message, the drum, the beacon and the smoke signal in his efforts to communicate at long distance. One of the last devices was an “Optical Telegraph” or “Sem-aphore” invented at the end of the 18th century. Signal towers with movable arms were set on hilltops a few kilometers apart. Messages spelt out by different positions of the arms were read by telescope from one tower to another and passed on. The system worked quite fast on clear days but was useless at night or in fog. With the development of electricity in the first half of the 19th century, man’s capacity for practical achievement was suddenly enlarged a hundred-fold and a new vista for transmission of messages within a country and beyond its frontiers on international basis opened up.
The International Tele-communication Union is the oldest of the inter-governmen-tal organizations which have become specialized agencies in relation with the United Nations. It was born with the spread of one of the greatest inventions of the 19th cent-ury, the telegraph, which rapi-dly crossed national frontiers to link major cities in Europe. First came bilateral under-standing between bordering countries, then international agreements between regional groups of countries, end-ing in an inter-European association. Non-European countries were progressively drawn in, and a truly inter-national organization came into being. In 1865 the International Telegraph Union was created in Paris by the First International Telegraph Convention. At Vienna, in 1868, a perma-nent international bureau was created and established in Berne. The international tele-phone service came much later. It was not until 1927, when radio provided the means to carry the human voice across the ocean from conti-nent to continent, that this service became world-wide nevertheless, in 1885, in Berlin, the first provisions concerning the International Telephone Service were drawn up.
When, at the end of the 19th century, wireless (radio-telegraphy) became practicable, it was seen at once to be an invaluable complement of telegraphy by wire and cable, since radio alone could provide telecommunication between land and ships at sea. The first International Radiotelegraph Con-vention was signed in Berlin in 1906, by twenty-seven maritime States. The International Radiotelegraph Conference in Washington in 1927 was a landmark in the development of radio since it was at this Conference that the Table of Frequency Allocations was first devised.
In 1932, two Plenipotentiary Conferences were held in Madrid; a Telegraph and Telephone Conference and a Radio- telegraph Conference. On that occasion the two existing Con-ventions were amalgamated in a single International Tele-communication Convention and the countries which signed and acceded to it formed the International Telecommunication Union, replacing the International Telegraph Union.
A Plenipotentiary Conference held in Atlantic City in 1947 to revise the Madrid Convention and it introduced radical changes in the organization of the Union, new permanent organs of the Union were created, the I.T.U., became the specialized agency in relation with the United Nations in the sphere of telecommunication, and its headquarters were transferred from Berne to Geneva.
Pakistan was elected as a member of the Administrative Council in Atlantic City Conference in 1947, and was re-elected in the Buenos Aires Conference in 1952. In 1959, a Pakistani national was elected as a member of the International Fre-quency Registration Board (a permanent organ of the I.T.U.). A representative of Pakistan is actively associated with the World Plan Committee, as its Vice-Chairman. By the very nature of its work, the I.T.U. has a very large membership— 112 member countries and four Associate Members. The I.T.U. joined the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance in 1951, and there is a Department of Technical Co-operation in the General Secretariat. This Department administers a programme which sends telecommunication experts to various countries throughout the world to advise on the operation of telephone, telegraph and radio systems or to help train technicians of the future. In addition, there are many students studying telecommunications under this programme in countries other than their own.

Help the Blind February 28, 1965 (1965-1)

The design has been prepared by the famous artist Mr. A. R. Chughtai depicting the helplessness of the blind. The words “Help the Blind” appear at the top. The words “Pakistan” in Urdu and Bengali are at right and left margins respectively. The words “Postage 15-Paisa” and “Pakistan” in English are shown at the bottom.
The Commemorative will be available for sale on and from the 28th February, 1965 at all important Post Offices in Pakistan, at Philatelic Bureaux and Philatelic Counters at Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Multan, Lyallpur, Sialkot, Murree, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Khulna, Dacca, Sylhet, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Moenjodaro and some of the Pakistan Diplomatic Missions abroad. Part of the community and “How to help the Blind” is a burning question facing the modern civilization. Every country is trying its utmost to do every thing possible for the welfare of the blind. Pakistan Post Office is issu-ing this commemorative postage stamp to direct the attention of the public and the concerning institutions to this national aspect of life. In Pakistan the work for the welfare of the blind is being supervised by the “National Federation for the Welfare of the Blind”.
The Federation is a national body and is affiliated to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind. It has a Braille Press, which is the only Press of its kind in Pakistan managed and run for the welfare of the Blind. The Federation has chalked out a syllabus which has been approved by the Education Department. The Braille Press started printing and publishing Text Books according to approved syllabus which are being supplied in Karachi and West Pakistan for the education of the blind. Arrangements to get the syllabus approved and to supply books for East-Pakistan is also in hand. The “Holy Quran” and a book on the life of the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) has also been of Education and the Directorate of Social Welfare are also contributing an annual grant of about Rs.15,000 and Rs. 5,000 respectively.
The following Institutions/Schools are affiliated to the Federation.
1. The Adult Blind Centre, Karachi (West Pakistan)
2. The Ida Rieu Poor Welfare Association, Karachi (West Pakistan).
3. Rotary School for the Blind, Dacca (East Pakistan)
4. The Association for the Prevention of Blindness, Dacca (East Pakistan).
5. The West Pakistan Society for the Blind, Rawalpindi.
6. The West Pakistan Department of Education, Lahore.
7. Blind Welfare Association (West Pakistan), Lahore.
8. Sunrise School for the Blind, Lahore (West Pakistan).
9. The Society for the Prevention and Cure of Blind-ness, Karachi (West Pakistan).
10. Pakistan Association of the Blind, Karachi (West Pakistan).
11. The Welfare Society for the Blind, Multan (West Pakistan).
The above institutions provide healthy and good accommodation for the blind. They are taught to read and write in Braille and are taught handicrafts e.g. carpet -making, weaving of doormats etc., tailoring, plastic furniture-making, cane furniture-making and carpentry etc., to enable them to earn their livelihood. Students have opportunities for recreational activities too. They are encouraged to take part in outdoor and indoor games.