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INDIA SHINES AT LONDON 2010 WORLD STAMP EXHIBITION
Gold Medal and best of Class Award came to India, Patna (Bihar) Mr. Pradip Jain, Aerophilatelist.
London 2010 World stamp exhibition 8th - 15th May : Festival of Stamps is a year-long programme taking place just once every ten years, which aim to showcase, celebrate and raise public awareness of stamps, stamp designs and postal heritage. The Festival also marks the centenary of the accession of George V, the philatelist king. This 8-day stamp spectacular is one of the highlights of the London 2010 Festival of Stamps.
Venue for London 2010 Stamp exhibition (Entrance)
The 75 countries participated in this grand show and 1000's of visitor came to see the show everyday. There is much to see at the show, with over 200 stand holders, including many foreign postal administrations, plus numerous societies represented. This innovative approach makes it possible for over 2,400 frames of material shown in 8 days. Each frame holds 16 stamp album sheets, so that's a lot of stamps in total!
Gold Medal and The best of Class Award came to India (Patna, Bihar) Mr. Pradip Jain, Aerophilatelist for his one frame exhibit "The Development of Airmail Route between Cairo and India until 1929" as well as his son Mr. Pragya Kothari also awarded LARGE SILVER for his 5 frames exhibit and the other exhibitor from Patna, Mr. Lallan Prasad Singh (Patna) has also won Silver Medal.
