
50 Themes of Japanese Philately
To celebrate the 70th Anniversary of India – Japan Diplomatic Relations, M.R. Ranganathan has begun a series of 50 lectures on Japanese philately with a mixture of philately and Japanese history / culture. Each weekly lecture will cover a different subject / topic.
Interested members who want to attend the Zoom lectures live can watch them in the United States on Friday 7:30 pm (Hawaii Time); 10:30 pm (Pacific Time); 11:30 pm (Mountain Time); Saturday 12:30 am (Central Time); and 1:30 am (Eastern Time). Zoom Meeting Login Details: 812 7828 4878; Passcode: ABKSTAMP.
To watch the latest Zoom Lecture live and past Zoom lectures and accompanying Power Point presentations can be viewed here.
Lecture 1 February 12, 2022 Japan’s Imperial Systems Stamps (Presentation about 57 min. First half of the Lecture is the introduction of speakers.) Power Point Presentation
Lecture 2 February 19, 2022 Philatelic Week (About 48 min) Power Point Presentation
Lecture 3 February 26, 2022 Japan’s War and Peace Stamps (About 65 min) Power Point Presentation
Lecture 4 March 5, 2022 Oku No Hosimichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) (About 42 min) Power Point Presentation
Lecture 5 March 12, 2022 Japan’s Festivals Through Some Japanese Stamps — Power Point Presentation only (Due to the size of the Lecture – Download to View)
Lecture 6 March 19, 2022 Ukiyo-e (Floating World) Through Some Stamps of Japan (About 58 min) Power Point Presentation
Lecture 7 March 26, 2022 Japan’s Aviation Through Some Japanese Stamps (About 65 min) Power Point Presentation
Lecture 8 April 2, 2022 Japanese Postal History of Japan Post Through Japanese Stamps Part 1 (About 52 min) Power Point Presentation
Lecture 9 April 9, 2022 Japanese Postal History of Japan Post Through Japanese Stamps Part 2 (About 74 min) Power Point Presentation
Lecture 10 April 16, 2022 Let Us Climb “MOUNT FUJI” with Japanese Stamps (About 71 min) Power Point Presentation
Lecture 11 April 23, 2022 Let Us Walk on “Japan’s Bridges” with Japanese Stamps (About 65 min)
Lecture 12 April 30, 2022 Listen to Interesting “Japanese Folktales” with Japanese Stamps (About 58 min)
Lecture 13 May 7, 2022 Ride Along on “Japanese Railways” with Japanese Stamps (About 71 min)
Lecture 14 May 14, 2022 To Visit the 20th Century Museum Series with Japanese Stamps Part A (About 59 min)
Lecture 15 May 21, 2022 To Visit the 20th Century Museum Series with Japanese Stamps Part B (About 76 min)
Lecture 16 May 28, 2022 To Visit the 20th Century Museum Series with Japanese Stamps Part C (About 70 min)
Lecture 17 June 4, 2022 Horses in Japanese Stamps (About 65 min)
Lecture 18 June 11, 2022 Letter Writing Day with Japanese Stamps Part A (About 64 min)
Lecture 19 June 18, 2022 Letter Writing Day with Japanese Stamps Part B (About 69 min)
Lecture 20 June 25, 2022 Japan and its International Relations Part A (About 57 min)
Lecture 21 July 2, 2022 Japan and its International Relations Part B (About 67 min)
Lecture 22 July 9, 2022 Japanese Boats and Ships with Japanese Stamps Part A (About 65 min)
Lecture 23 July 16, 2022 Japanese Boats and Ships with Japanese Stamps Part B (About 65 min)
Lecture 24 July 23, 2022 Cultural Leaders of Japan Part A (About 39 min)
Lecture 25 July 30, 2022 Cultural Leaders of Japan Part B (About 45 min)
Lecture 26 August 6, 2022 60th Anniversary of Local Law with Japanese Stamps Part A (About 51 min)
Lecture 27 August 13, 2022 60th Anniversary of Local Law with Japanese Stamps Part B (About 83 min)
Lecture 28 August 20, 2022 Japan and Sports with Japanese Stamps Part A (About 65 min)
Lecture 29 August 27, 2022 Japan and Sports with Japanese Stamps Part B (About 57 min)
Lecture 30 September 3, 2022 Japan and Sports with Japanese Stamps Part C (About 53 min)
Lecture 31 September 10, 2022 Definitives 1871 to 1876 (About 52 min)
Lecture 32 September 17, 2022 Definitives 1899 to 1937 (About 52 min)
Lecture 33 September 24, 2022 Showa Series 1937 to 1945 (About 64 min)
Lecture 34 October 1, 2022 New Showa Series 1945-1952 (About 75 min)
Lecture 35 October 8, 2022 Tourism Places in Japan with Japanese Stamps Part A (About 95 min)
Lecture 36 October 15, 2022 Tourism Places in Japan with Japanese Stamps Part B (About 83 min)
Lecture 37 October 22, 2022 Journey in Japan with Japanese Stamps (About 97 min)
Lecture 38 October 29, 2022 Fauna of Japan in Japanese Stamps (About 78 min)
Lecture 39 November 5, 2022 Anniversaries and Events – 1/7 1894 to 1959 (About 70 min)
Lecture 40 November 12, 2022 Anniversaries and Events – 2/7 1959 to 1972 (About 65 min)
Lecture 41 November 19, 2022 Anniversaries and Events – 3/7 1972 to 1989 (About 66 min)
Lecture 42 November 26, 2022 Anniversaries and Events 4/7 1990 to 1999 (About 65 min)
Lecture 43 December 4, 2022 Anniversaries and Events 5/7 1999 to 2007 (About 66 min)
Lecture 44 December 11, 2022 Anniversaries and Events 6/7 2007 to 2011 (About 59 min)
Lecture 45 December 18, 2022 Anniversaries and Events 7/7 2014 to 2022 (About 61 min)
Lecture 46 December 25, 2022 Tokyo Olympics 1964 (About 60 min)
Lecture 47 January 1, 2023 Tokyo Olympics 2020 (About 57 min)
Lecture 48 January 8, 2023 Japan Heritage Part 1 (About 70 min)
Lecture 49 January 15, 2023 Japan Heritage Part 2 (About 68 min)
Lecture 50 January 22, 2023 Castles of Japan (About 93 min)