Indian Railways stamp was issued on 16 April, 2002. As the country braces itself to observe a year long celebration to mark the 150th anniversary of India's first train journey, the Department of Posts tries to capture the spirit of the event with the issue of this commemorative stamp.
Kathakali stamp was issued on 26 April, 2002. The Department of Posts, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Japan with the issue of a set of 2 commemorative postage stamps and a miniature sheet. The theme is the rich traditions of classical performing arts Kabuki (Japan) and Kathakali (India).
1st Asian Games 1951, a commemorative postage stamp issued by India Post on 4 March, 1951. The first Asian Games were held at New Delhi on 8 to 11 March 1951, when ten nations took part.
Red Fort, Delhi stamp, a commemorative postage stamp was issued by the India Post on 15 August 1949, for the second anniversary of Indian Independence. The Prime Minister of India hoists the national flag on Independence Day at the main gate of this beautiful structure. It has also been declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
Peacock Motif: 19th Century Minakari is a set of 2 postage stamps which was issued on 29 November, 2003 by the Department of Posts which commemorate the multi-dimensional bilateral relation and diplomatic ties between India (Peacock) and France (Rooster). Indian stamp depicts a peacock from a 19th century piece of jewellery crafted in Minakari tradition.
India Post issued a 50 Naya Paisa stamp on 07 October, 1963 to commemorate the progress of the Indian Protection Act for Wild species which included this animals postage stamp in the Wildlife series 1963 definitive stamps. The year 1963 celebrated wildlife week worldwide to protect the wild species and the world natural habitats. India post has issued around 6 commemoratives and definitive stamps to mark the Bengal tiger.
The Indian Postal Department released the first stamp on Tagore in 1952, as part of a set of six stamps on leading poets and saints of India, Kabir, Tulsidas, Meera, Surdas, Mirza Ghalib and Rabindranath Tagore. These stamps were the first to be printed, using the photogravure technology in place of the lithographic one.
This work is by Her Highness Pooradam Thirunal Parvati Devi Varma, daughter of His Highness Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Varma, Former Maharaja of Travancore, Kerala.
Pride of India stamp collection and palm leaves collection. The Pride of India Collection is the first and most important stamp Ingot collection ever produced for India.Palm leaf bound manuscripts were the original mode of preserving stories and records in ancient Kerala. The technique used palm tree leaves that were processed by boiling and dyeing before being engraved (usually in Sanskrit) using an Ezhuthani (Metal Pen). Palm leaf manuscripts were written in ink on rectangular-cut, cured palm leaf sheets.
