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Imtikumzuk presenting a special first day cover memento to Andrew Ahoto during the one-day philately workshop on January 24.[/caption]
Dimapur, Jan 24. (EMN): Livingstone Foundation Higher Secondary School (LFHSS), Dimapur, has become the first school in Nagaland to a philately club. The philately club was declared by L Imtikumzuk, marketing executive of Nagaland Postal Division, during a one-day philately workshop held in the school on January 24.
The workshop was conducted by the Nagaland Postal Division, Department of Posts, where Andrew Ahoto, the school chairman who is also a well-known philatelist, was the chief guest as well as the main resource person of the workshop. More than 80 students of the philately club from both junior as well as senior sections of LFHSS attended the workshop.Speaking on the occasion, Ahoto spoke about the various collectible items that people collect around the world and the passion that drives people to take collection of items as a life-long hobby. According to him, philately is the ‘king of all hobbies or the hobbies of the kings.’
It is the study of postage stamps, revenue stamps, stamped envelopes, postmarks, postal cards, covers and similar material related to postal history. In a broader perspective, it also refers to the collection, appreciation and research activities on stamps and other philatelic products.
He spoke at length about the origin, etymology and the importance of such a glorious hobby like philately and encouraged the gathering to take up stamp collection as hobby from an early age. He highlighted the fact that the value of things depend on it being rare. In short, he said somebody’s thrash is someone’s treasure.
He also dwelt on the various kinds of stamps like definitive, commemorative and thematic stamps. He also displayed to the gathering some rare commemorative and thematic stamps along with first day covers and rare artefacts from his collections.
L Imtikumzuk has appreciated the school for taking up the initiative of popularising an age-old tradition like philately and for always being supportive towards the various endeavours of the postal department. He also spoke about the benefits of stamp collection and how to open a philately account with the postal department.
Imtikumzuk presented a special first day cover memento to Andrew Ahoto on behalf of the Nagaland Postal Division as a token of gratitude. The in-charge of the LFHSS philately club, Isaac Athili was presented with some sets of philately tools, stamp collector’s albums, calendars and philately account opening forms during the programme.
