STAMP COLLECTING-POST INDEPENDENCE INDIA-4

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By subamenu

1959

1959 TO 1962

ON 15TH APRIL 1959 INDIA RELEASED A STAMP ONTHE DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF PHILANTHROPIST SIR JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHAOY.

ON 15TH JUNE ON OCCATION OF 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION RELEASED A STAMP WITH THE TRIUMPH OF LABOUR STATUE IN MARINA MADRAS..

ON 14TH NOVEMBER ON NEHRU'S BIRTH DAY, AS EVERY YEAR ON TE OCCATION OF CHILDREN'S DAY A STAMP WITH NURSE AND POLIO CHILD WAS RELEASED TO PROPAGATE ERADICATION OF POLIO.

ON 30TH DECEMBER ON THE OCCATION OF FIRST WORLD AGRICULTURAL FAIR NEW DELHI A STAMP WAS RELEASED TO MARK THAT OCCATION.

1960

ON 15TH FEBRUARY RELEASED A STAMP ON TAMIL POET THIRUVALLUVAR.

ON 22ND JUNE ON OCCATION OF POET KALIDAS JAYANTI RELEASED TWO STAMPS ONE WITH YAKSHA PLEADING WITH CLOUD FROM EPIC MEGHADUTA AND ANOTHER WITH SHAKUNTALA WRITING LETTER TO DUSHYANTA FROM EPIC SHAKUNTALAM BOTH EPIC WRITTEN BY KALIDAS.

ON 11TH SEPTEMBER RELEASED A STAMP ON TAMIL POET BHARATIYAR WITH HIS IMAGE.

ON 15TH SEPTEMBER RELEASED A STAMP ON OCCATION OF THE GREAT SCINTIST DR.VISVESVARAYA ON HIS BIRTH CENTENARY.

ON NEHRU'S BIRTH DAY ON 14TH NOVEMBER AS USUAL CHILDREN'S DAY COMMOMERATION STAMP WAS RELEASED WITH IMAGES OF EDUCATION AND RECREATION.

ON 11TH DECEMBER RELEASED A STAMP ON UNICEF DAY WITH IMAGE OFCHILDREN GREETING U.N. EMBLEM. .

1961

ON 6TH JANUARY RELEASED A STAMP ON TAMILNAD SAINT AND MUSIC COMPOSER THIYAGARAJAR.

ON 18TH FEBRUARY ON THE OCCATION OF 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST AERIAL POST,RELEASED THREE STAMPS.ONE WITH THE FIRST AERIAL CANCELLATION IMAGE.

OTHER TWO STAMPS WERE LONG SIZE WITH PICTURES OF AIR INDIA BOEING 707 & HUMBER-SOMMER AND H PEQUET FLYING HUMBER-SOMMER PLANE AND AERIAL POST CANCELLATION.

ON 17TH APRIL SHIVAJI JYANTHI STAMP WAS RELEASED WITH SHIVAJI ON HORSE IMAGE.

ON 6TH MAY PATRIOT MOTILAL NEHRU'S BIRTH DAY CENTENARY STAMP WITH HIS IMAGE WAS RELEASED.

ON 7TH MAY POET ROBINDRANATH TAGORE'S BIRTH CENTENARY STAMP WAS RELEASED WITH HIS FIGURE.

ON 8TH JUNE ON THE OCCATION OF SILVER JUBILEE OF ALL INDIA RADIO A COMMOMERATIVE STAMP WAS RELEASED.

ON 2ND AUGUST THE BIRTH DAY CENTENARY OF SCINTIST P.C.ROY A COMMOMERATIVE STAMP WAS RELEASED.

ON 1ST SEPTEMBER ON THE OCCATION OF BIRTH CENTENARY OF MISICIAN V.N.BHATKANDE A COMMOMERATIVE STAMP WAS RELEASED

ON CHILDREN'S DAY ON 14TH NOVEMBER A COMMOMERATIVE STAMP WITH FIGUE OF BOY AT LATHE WAS RELEASED.

ON 14TH NOVEMBER A STAMP ON INDIAN INDUSTRIES FAIR NEW DELHI WAS RELEASED WITH FIGURE OF FAIR EMBLEM AND MAIN GATE.

ON 21ST NOVEMBER 1961 ,ON EVENT OF CENTENARY OF SCIENTIFIC FORESTRY A COMMOMERATIVE STAMP WAS RELEASED WITH A VIEW OF A FOREST.

ON 14TH DECEMBER TWO STAMPS WERE RELEASED ON THE OCCATION OF CENTENARY OF ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA WITH PITALKHORA YAKSHA AND KALIBANGAN SEAL

ON 24TH DECEMBER ON BIRTH DAY CENTENARY OF NATIONALIST MADAN MOHAN MALAVIA A STAMP WITH HIS IMAGE WAS RELEASED.

1962

ON THE NEW YEAR DAY IN THE EVENT OF INAUGURATION OF GAUHATI OIL REFINERY A STAMP WITH IMAGE OF OIL REFINERY AND STATE EMBLOM WAS RELEASED.

ON 26TH JANUARY THE BIRTH CENTENARY OF REVOLUTIONARY BHIKAIJI CAMA WAS CELEBRATED.ON THAT OCCATION A STAMP WAS RELEASED ON HER MEMORY.

26TH JANUARY-ON THIS REPUBLIC DAY ANOTHER STAMP ON PANCHAYAT RAJ WAS RELEASED.

ON 25TH MARCH-A COMMOMERATIVE STAMP ON PATRIOT GANESH SHANKER VIDYARTHI WAS RELASED

4TH MARCH-A COMMOMERATION STAMP ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATOR DAYANAND SARASWATHI WAS RELEASED

7TH APRIL- MALARIA ERADICATION PROGRAMM STAMP WAS RELEASED .

13TH MAY-A STAMP ON INDIA'S FIRST PRESIDENT DR.RAJENDRA PRASAD WAS RELEASED.

6TH AUGUST-ON THE OCCATION OF CENTENARY OF INDIAN HIGH COURTS,THREE STAMPS WERE RELEASED WITH IMAGES OF CALCUTTA,BOMBAY AND MADRAS, HIGH COURTS.

15TH AUGUST-ON BIRTH CENTENARY OF SOCIAL REFORMIST RAMABAI RANADE A STAMP ON HER MEMORY WAS RELEASED.

1ST OCTOBER-A RHINOCEROS PICTURED STAMP WAS RELEASED ON THE OCCATION OF WILD LIFE WEEK.

14TH NOVEMBER-PASSING FLAG TO YOUTH STAMP WAS RELEASED ON CHILDREN'S DAY.

3RD DECEMBER-IMAGE OF EYE AND LOTUS STAMP WAS RELEASED ON XIX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF OPTHALMOLOGY.

22ND DECEMBER-ON 75TH BIRTH CENTENARY OF MATHEMATICIAN S.RAMANUJAM A STAMP WAS RELEASED ON HIS HONOUR.

17TH JANUARY-ON SWAMI VIVEKANANDA'S BIRTH CENTENARY A STAMP WAS RELEASED WITH HIS IMAGE.

XV ANNIVERSARY OF DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Comments

abdulazizansari 3 years ago

Your pages on Post Indian Stamps was something I really was looking for.

Hope that this listing upto 1962 in complete in choronology. and nothing missing.

I am an ardent collector of (fine-used) Indian Stamps. and your pages will help me a lot in arranging my collection with caption and release dates.

I'll love to see these efforts carries on beyond 1962. I feel I have 100 percent Indian collection untill around 1996, except Rs 10/- in 1948 Gandhi issue.

Do you know someone who can donate me one, as quoted price for this is generally unaffordable for me.

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subamenu Hub Author 3 years ago

Dear Abdul Aziz,

I made hubs upto 1969.You can visit

http://hubpages.com/hub/STAMP-COLLECTING-POST-INDE

and

http://hubpages.com/hub/STAMP-COLLECTING-POST-INDE

Thank you for your valuable comment and I will continue further till this date.

Regards.

R.K.Mishra 20 months ago

it needs improvement,a good start needs more additioon

mishra

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