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Se-Tenant Stamps Indo-Soviet Friendship – India 1990.
A pair of Se-Tenant stamps were issued by India Post on 16 Aug 1990 to mark Indo-Soviet Friendship. The stamps featured Children’s Paintings. An FDC cancelled at 1 CBPO is listed.
Rupee One – “Life in India” by Tanya Vorontsova
Rupees Six- “Kremlin Red Square” by Sanjay Adhikari.
Tercentenary Birth of Khalsa– India FDC 1999.
A Rupees Three stamp was issued by India Post on 09 Apr 1999 to mark the Tercentenary of Birth of Khalsa. An FDC cancelled at 1 CBPO is listed. Guru Nanak Dev Ji founded Sikhism in 1469 and on Baisakhi Day of 1699 Guru Gobind Singh introduced Khalsa Identity in Anandpur Sahib on the banks of river Sutlej. The stamp features Anandpur Sahib and Kesgarh Sahib Gurudwara. It is also one of the Five Takhts of Sikhs.
Stamps on Latin-American History – Cuba 1986.
Cuba Issued stamps on Latin -American History on 12 Oct 1986. A strip of Five se-Tenant stamps featuring Pre-Columbian Culture is listed. Each stamp is 5 centavo denomination.
5c – Moler Memorial and Chorotega Statue (Costa Rica)
5c -Tabaco Idol & Typical Aboriginal Houses (Cuba)
5c – Spain 40c stamp on Martin Pinzon and Anniversary Emblem.
5c – Typical Houses and Animal shaped seat (Dominica).
5c – Tolita Statue & Ingapirca Fort (Ecuador).
A Postcard issued by Karnataka Postal Circle in 2015 featuring the Maharaja’s Palace Bangalore. It was built in 1878 by Wadiyars.
Postcards on Bangalore City – Post Office & Westend Hotel
A Postcard issued by Karnataka Postal Circle in 2015 featuring the Post Office Bangalore.
Taj West End Hotel – The British build military barracks in Bangalore Cantonment in the 1800s.To cater to English Clientele a British Woman opened a boarding house with 10 beds and named it as Bronson’s West End. This one storey building was built on racecourse road, a second building was added and a third building which belonged to Grenadier Guard was taken over. In 1912 it was taken over by Spencers and in 1984 The Taj Group took over the West End. Among the Patrons have been Devika Rani, her husband S Roerich, Sir Winston Churchill, Prince Charles. David Lean’s “Passage to India ” has been shot here.
Miniature Sheet on 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji – India 2019.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469-1539) was born at Nankana Sahib. He is the Founder of Sikhism and First Guru of the Sikhs. India Post issued a Miniature sheet on 09 Nov 2019 to commemorate his 550th Birth Anniversary also known as Parkash Guru Purab.
The MS features stamps on Five Gurudwaras ( Religious Place for Sikhs) connected with Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Gurudwara Janamsthan Nankana Sahib. (Stamp FV RS 10)
Gurudwara Nanak Lama Sahib Chugthang Sikkim (Stamp FV RS 10)
Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Dera Baba Nanak Gurdaspur (Stamp FV RS 10)
Gurudwara Ber Sahib Sultanpur Lodhi (Stamp FV RS 15)
Gurudwara Nanak Jhira Sahib Bidar (Stamp FV RS 10).
TB Seals of India- Cinderella Philately – Monument Series 1981
Cinderella Stamps are labels that resemble a postage stamp but are not used as a postal fee for sending mail.
TB Seals of India – The Tuberculosis Association of India has been releasing TB seals since 1950 to raise funds for the prevention of Tuberculosis. Every year on 02 Oct TB Seals are released by the President of India and Campaign continues till 23 Feb (Foundation day of TB Association) of next year.
1978-1982- TB Seal sold for 20 Paise 1983-1984 -TB Seal sold for 25 Paise
1985-1990 -TB Seal sold for 50 Paise 1991-1997 -TB Seal sold for Rupee One.
The Theme for the 1981 TB seal (20 Paise) Campaign was Monuments.
