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Thursday 16 March 2023

2730) 75 Years of Friendship between Luxembourg and India, Luxembourg: POST Luxembourg, (formerly known as "Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications") has issued a Joint Stamp with India, with artist Amar Nath Sehgal as the subject: Date of Stamps issue: 14.03.2023:

2730) 75 Years of Friendship between Luxembourg and India, Luxembourg: POST Luxembourg, (formerly known as "Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications") has issued a Joint Stamp with India, with artist Amar Nath Sehgal as the subject: Date of Stamps issue: 14.03.2023:

About 75 Years of Friendship Between Luxembourg and India (14.03.2023):

Amar Nath Sehgal (05.02.1922 – 28.12.2007):

Amar Nath Sehgal was a noted Indian modernist sculptor, painter, poet and art educator. 

He started his career as an engineer in Lahore, and later turned to art

He shifted to Delhi after partition of India in 1947, and in 1950 studied art education from New York University School of Education

Subsequently, he became an art educator, teaching at College of Art, Delhi, and, in time, a noted modern sculptor to his generation. Though he also ventured into painting, drawings and poetry.

In 1979, Amar Nath Sehgal set up his studio in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and lived between Luxembourg and India until his return to New Delhi in 2004

His long romance with Luxembourg goes back to 1966 when he had his first solo exhibition at the Musée National d'Histoire et d'Arts in Luxembourg-City

Besides art, Sehgal was also a poet, he published two collection of his poems, "Lonesome Journey" (1996) and "Awaiting a New Dawn" (1998).

A bronze sculpture titled, "The Captive", first designed by Sehgal for the U.N. Conference on sanctions against South Africa, held at Paris in 1986 was later installed on Robben Island, Cape Town, Nelson Mandela's former island prison, on National Women's Day, 09.08.2011.

 In the following year, a large stone sculpture by him, "Aiming For Excellence" was installed at the DDA Yamuna Sports Complex in New Delhi. 

In October 2004, an exhibition of his paintings on Ramayana and Mahabharata, as "tribute to Rishi Valmiki and Rishi Vyasa" was inaugurated by then President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at the National Centre for the Arts .

His iconic bronze bust sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi in the Municipal Park in Luxembourg celebrates the strong connection he had with Luxembourg

The bronze bust, a gift by the philanthropist Henry J. Leir was inaugurated on 21.06.1973 in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affaires Gaston Thorn and the Ambassador of India to Luxembourg K. B. Lall. 

In February 1980, the original bust was stolen and in 1982 Amar Nath Sehgal gifted a copy of the original which was inaugurated on 02.10.1982, (on the 113th Anniversary of the Birth of Mahatma Gandhi).

Later in life, he also became a pioneer of intellectual property rights, especially moral rights in copyright for artists in India, after he fought a 13-year-long legal case with Government of India, when a bronze mural which he created for the Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi in the 1960s, was removed without his consent, during renovations in 1979. He filed the case at Delhi High Court in 1992, and the courts finally awarded him damages in 2005.

In 1986, he founded "The Creative Fund" in Luxembourg to help young artists from Luxembourg and India discover and be inspired by the rich history, the culture and the heritage of both countries.

In 1993, he was awarded the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship by the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art, the highest honour in the fine arts conferred by the Government of India

In 2008, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, by Government of India.

The Joint Stamps:

This Miniature Sheet of two stamps commemorates the 75 years of friendship between Luxembourg and India, with artist Amar Nath Sehgal as subject.

The First Day Cover (FDC) is titled "75 ans d'amitie Luxembourg Inde" (meaning "75th Anniversary of Friendship - Luxembourg - India").

The two postage stamps and the Miniature sheet depict artworks created by him together with his portrait in the background. The special cancellation postmark/handstamp is of Luxembourg, and the cancellation is dated - "14.03.2023".

The Miniature Sheet of two stamps is titled "75 ans d'amitie Luxembourg Inde" (meaning "75th Anniversary of Friendship - Luxembourg - India").

The two postage stamps and the Miniature sheet depict artworks created by him together with his portrait in the background.






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5) City of Bruges (or Brugge), Belgium: 20 Years as UNENCO World Heritage Site: A 20 Euro Silver Proof Coin issued by the Royakl Dutch Mint under licencing of the Royal Belgian Mint, on behalf of the National Bank of Belgium: Coin issue date: 26.02.2020

6) 100 Years of Nature & Environment Protection, Luxembourg: Commemorating the Centenary Anniversary of the "Letzebuerger Natur a Vulleschutsliga a.s.b.l. (Luxembourg Nature and Bird Protection Society):A 0.80 Euro Stamp issued by Luxembourg Postes (Post): Date of stamp issue: 10.03.2020

7) Celebrating 25 Years of listing on UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Luxembourg: A Commemorative Stamp of 0.80 Euro issued by Luxembourg Postes (Post): Stamp issue date: 10.03.2020
















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8) "Organic Art", Faroe Islands: Posta/Postverk Foroya (Postal Works of the Faroes Islands) has issued a set of six stamps of 29.00 DKK (x 3 Stamps) and 19.00 DKK (x 3 Stamps) depicting Organic art by three artists in the Faroes: Date of Stamp set issue: 16.05.2022

9) Faroese Minerals, Faroe Islands: Posta (Faroe Islands Post) has issued a Miniature Sheet (MS) of stamps depicting Calcite and Copper: Date of Stamps issue: 24.10.2022

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i) Reconnecting with India's historical heritage: A visit to Sadras Fort built by the Dutch in 1648: (Part 1): a) Commentary of the Dutch presence in India & b) The Dutch Cemetery

ii) Reconnecting with India's historical heritage: (Part ii): A visit to Sadras Fort built by the Dutch in 1648: The ruins tell the story of a flourishing Sea-trade

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  1. Santosh Khanna has commented:
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