Last weekend the Canadian National Philatelic Exhibition was held at London, Ontario, CANPEX 2022, on October 15th and 16th, 2022.
Dharmendra Patel from Toronto took part in this Postage Stamp Exhibition with his collection of Mahatma Gandhi Stamps from all over the World. Dharmendra Patel won the Silver Medal along with three more awards namely (1) the RPSC (Royal Philatelic Society of Canada) Novice Award of Excellence, (2) the Novice Award with the Exhibitors Sterling Achievement Pin from the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Awards & (3) the third place (Medal & Ribbon) from the American Topical Association Awards.
Dharmendra Patel has been collecting stamps since the last 50 years and he has a huge collection of more than 150,000 different postage stamps from all over the World. His collection consists mainly of Postage Stamps, First Day Covers and Miniature Sheets. He has collected till now more than 800 different Mahatma Gandhi Stamps from all over the World.
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Dharmendra Patel’s main collection for Mahatma Gandhi is due to his nativity of Aat, Taluka Jalapore, Dist Navsari, Gujarat State, his house their just 6 kms from the place of the Dandi Satyagraha, which was the major event in India’s Freedom Struggle.
He also collects coins and Bills of different countries.