PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS-PREAMBLE

THE FILA CAPSULE

“The Fila Capsule” was the mouthpiece publication of Eastern India Philatelists’ Association, Bhubaneswar started in January-February, 2006 (Volume-1 No.1) under the Editorship of Mr Ajit Dash, and assisted by Mr Chittaranjan Das and Mr A.K.Raut from Bhubaneswar as Private circulation for members. The magazine was recognised in the 8th Orissa State Philatelic Exhibition (ORPEX, 2006) organised at Rourkela with a Bronze Medal, 10th India National Philatelic Exhibition, (INPEX-2008) at Chennai with a Bronze medal in the literature class. The in-house magazine was continued as Volume 2 No1to5 (2007), Volume 3 No 1 to 5 (2008), Volume 4 No 1 to 5 (2009) and Volume 5 No 1to3 (2010) respectively. Due to unavoidable circumstances, the magazine was stopped afterwards.

In April 2023 “The Fila Capsule” restarted as an E-magazine as a quarterly issue with Volume 1 No. 1. The Editorial team was formed with the Editorship of Dr Bibhudatta Mishra, and members Mr Rakhel Dash, Mr Bibhuti Mohan Mohanty, Mr Sanjib Kumar Sahoo and Mr Ajit Kumar Raut. The magazines' advisors are Dr Nikhil Mohan Pattanaik, Dr Sahadev Sahu, Justice Manoranjan Mohanty, Sri Ajit Kumar Dash and Mr Ajay Kumar Barik. Readers and progress have accepted the magazine as a bimonthly E-magazine since January 2024.

BOOK

EIPA published its First book ' A Journey to Odisha Special Covers' on 24.06.2021 (1st Edition) and Second Edition and Supplementary in February 2023. The book is a nice compilation by Dr Bibhudatta Mishra and contributions from Eleven EIPA members. The multi-colour digital printed book illustrated 156 A4 pages with images of 403 Special covers, short descriptions, and captured released moments by India Post from 1973 to 2022.  

EIPEX-SOUVENIR, 2008 

The EIPA Souvenir was published during the commemoration of the Eastern India Philatelic Exhibition (EIPEX) 2008  at Jayadev Bhawan, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar. The Editorial Board was comprised of Sri Bijayashree Routray, Sri Ajit Kumar Dash, Sri Anup Kumar Raut, Sri C.R.Das, Sri Anil Kumar Dhir, Sri Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, Sri Bijoy Kumar Biswal and Dr Bibhudatta Mishra. The 34-page black-and-white compilation has 11 chapters.