INDIPEX 2011 will have each day earmarked for celebrating themes such as science and technology, culture and heritage, youth and sports, environment and women’s issues. During Indipex 2011, 13 Special Covers are to be released on various themes. The detailed program is a s follows: DAY 1 – Saturday, 12 th February 2011 PEACE & [...]
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INDIPEX 2011 – Personalised stamp
February 9th, 2011 
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2,632 viewsOne of the most exciting feature of the exhibition is the My Stamp which is being introduced by India Post for the first time in India. Also known as ‘Personalised stamp‘, My Stamp is a wonderful way to celebrate special occasions such as engagements, birth of a baby, or to send as greetings to loved [...]
Mary Ward-Loreto Institutions
February 8th, 2011 srmodh 2,832 viewsIndia post issued a postage stamp featuring Maryward-Loreto Institutions. Loreto College – Kolkata was established in 1912 by the Religious of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (I.B.V.M.). The order was founded by MARY WARD (1585-1645), a dynamic English Catholic lady, in an age when Catholics were persecuted in England. Europe was torn by [...]
Krishnadevaraya – India
January 30th, 2011 srmodh 2,232 viewsIndia Post issued a stamp and Miniature sheet of Krishnadevaraya, the great King of the Vijayanagara Empire. Sri Krishna Deva Raya(also known as Krishna Rai in some inscriptions)was the famed Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from 1509 – 1529 AD. Presiding over the empire at its zenith, he is regarded as an icon [...]
Doot – Centenary of Gujarati Monthly Magazine
January 21st, 2011 srmodh 1,967 viewsIndia post issued a stamp to mark the centenary of Gujarati Monthly Magazine the ‘DOOT’. It was first launched in January 1911,through very humble beginnings,from Mumbai. It originally catered to the miniscule Catholic community of Gujarat. But over the years,it has grown by leaps and bounds and caters to a cross section of society,belonging to [...]
Lalit Kala Akademi
January 1st, 2011 srmodh 1,152 viewsIndia post issued a stamp featuring The Lalit Kala Akademi or National Academy of Arts, India’s National Academy of Art.
