A rare first day cover in tribute of the late Indian Prime minister Shree Rajiv Gandhi who was assasinated in May 1991. The cover was issued in his memory on his Birthday - 20th August 1991.
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May 21, 2026
Rajiv Gandhi - a life for India
A rare first day cover in tribute of the late Indian Prime minister Shree Rajiv Gandhi who was assasinated in May 1991. The cover was issued in his memory on his Birthday - 20th August 1991.
Jan 31, 2026
FLW
Frank Lloyd Wright - the father of modern Architecture - excited to see him recognized in a stamp.
Nov 19, 2025
Horses of India
A 2009 edition capturing the native horses of India.. the Kathiawari, the Marwari, the Zanskari and the Manipuri. I loved the composition with sketches of the horses... Very unexpected from the India Post!
Nov 18, 2025
Legendary musicians of India
2014 issue - Legendary Indian classical musicians -Ravi Shankar, Bhimsen Joshi, DK Pattammal, Gangubhai Hangal, Kumar Gandharva, Vilayat Khan, Mallikarjun Mansur and Ali Akbar Khan.
Legendary Heroines of India
Devika Rani, Nutan, Kanan Devi, Savithri, Meena Kumari and Leela Naidu...
Nov 17, 2025
The Princely States of India
A rare stamp issued in 2010 - 11, in memory of few princely states that existed before the independence of India in the year 1947... The States remembered here are Indore, Sirmoor, Bamra and Cochin.
Few princely state stamps in my collection...
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| Bhopal |
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| Cochin |
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| Hyderabad |
Shera welcomes
Shera - the tiger mascot of the 2010 common wealth games welcomes you to Delhi 2010!
The sheet shows all previous mascots of the games too.
Nov 16, 2025
India - Philippines
Joint issues of Stamps between two countries are rare. And this one, a joint issue of India with Philippines was unexpected. This 2009 issue shows both the Indian and Philipino Dolphines.
Nov 14, 2025
Fairs of India
An interesting 2007 Indian Stamp that celebrates four different and colorful fairs of India - The Goa Carnival, the Sonepur mela in Bihar ( the biggest cattle fair of Asia that even includes elephants and horses) , the Pushkar fair in Rajasthan ( largest Camel and livestock fair) and the Baul mela of West Bengal.
Nov 12, 2025
Architectural heritage Stamps
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| 200 years of Kolkata Museum - 2014 |
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| Celebrating Srikakulam monuments - 2013 |
Nov 11, 2025
Astrology
A very interesting Indian stamp in my collections - a stamp depicting the Astrological signs! Issued in the year 2010
Nov 10, 2025
Korean stamps
One of the rarest countries to source stamps - S. Korea. I just had a few stamps in my collections... and bought this folk dance series during my visit to Seoul in 2019
Rare England miniature sheets
From May 1980 - issued by the British post office for the international stamp exhibition... Collected and sent to me by our British friends Uncle John and Aunt Mel.
Nov 9, 2025
Captain Cook
A rare first day cover and stamps from the year 1980 - the 200th anniversary of Captain Cook's discovery of Australia!
Given to me by Mrs. Chella Albert ( Chella aachi) during the 1980s.
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