Stamps issued to celebrate Olympic Expo 2008 -- China

A Circular shaped Miniature sheet issued for Olympic Expo held in Beijing 2008 as a part of Olympic Stamp Issues.

The Beijing 2008 Expo with the theme "Light the Passion, Share the Dream" opened on Friday, August 8, at the Beijing Expo Center.

The expo collection contains memorabilia like postage stamps, money, pins and works of art from past Olympic Games, including some never before seen artifacts from the Olympic Museum in Switzerland. Among the more than 1,100 Olympic postage stamps received from 23 different countries is a historic stamp from the 1896 Athens Olympics.

The above 2 stamps issued  to commemorate Olympic Expo that held in Beijing 2008. The Stamps are of Stamp in Stamp issue showing 1896 Olympics Issue by Greece and 15 C issue of Portugal for 1928 Olympics.

Cancellations for Olympics 2008 -- China

Cancellation from the Tiger Hills,Suzhou,Jiangsu...

Thanks to my friend XU Wei for getting me these Cancellations

cancellations for Olympics 2008 -- China

Another Cancellation from Suzhou,Jiangsu Province of China....

Cancellations for Olympics 2008 -- China

Cancellation from  Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.

Cancellations for Olympics 2008 -- China

Yet another cancellation issued on the opening day of Olympics showing the National Stadium and also a lady dancing!!

A Very Beautiful cancellation 

Portugal Issue for Olympics 2008

Portugal Issue of Olympics 2008. Actually there are only 3 Stamps .In miniature sheet there is one more stamp added ..Also Portugal Miniature sheet had a peculiar type of Perforation..In the middle of each stamp,you can see a cross mark...

Thanks to my friend Bojan from Serbia who helped to get this set...

Philatelic Bureau of My Town

  

The Madurai Philatelic Bureau located near Railway Station is one among the 2 General Post Offices located in my Home town... The Post Office started in 1931 during the British Period is now converted to Philatelic Bureau.The PostOffice main purpose is for the sorting of letters ..

Inside the Philatelic Bureau, While the Post Officer of Philatelic Bureau Mr.R.Sundar Rajan is satisfying the need of a Philatelist...

 The Permanent Pictorial  Cancellation of my Home Town showing the Fish Flag of the Pandyas.Pandiyas are those kings who ruled the south of Tamilnadu,India during the early ages ...