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Heritage Mysore Post Cards -India 2014-Mysore Palace 1886.
India Post issued a set of 10 Post Cards on Mysore Heritage in 2014.
In 1897 at the close of festivities, during the marriage of Princess Jayalakshmammanniyavaru, the greater part of the wooden Palace was almost destroyed by fire. The postcard features the Wooden Mysore Palace of 1886.
Heritage Mysore Post Cards -India 2014-Mysore Royals
India Post issued a set of 10 Post Cards on Mysore Heritage in 2014.
Krisnaraja Wodeyar III looks down from an oil portrait in the background on three generations of his descendants- Chamaraja Wodeyar X, Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, Yuvaraja Narshimharaja Wodeyar & Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar. This is 1926 Mysore Palace photo.
Historical Gates of Indian Forts and Monuments – Miniature Sheet India 2019.
India Post issued a set of eight stamps on Historical Gates of Indian Forts and Monuments. A Miniature Sheet was of Rs 50 was released on 19 Oct 2019.
Rs10 – Buland Darwaza Fatehpur Sikri Rs 5 – Kote Gate Bikaner Rs 5 – Jorawar Singh Gate Jaipur Rs 5 -Sardar Market Gate Jodhpur Rs 5 – Kashmere Gate Delhi Rs 5 – Roomi Darwaza Lucknow Rs 5 – Magazine Gate Ajmer Rs 10 – Delhi Gate Delhi.
First Definitive Issue of Jersey 1969.
Jersey issued its first definitive stamps on 01 Oct 1969. A total of 15 stamps were issued featuring various themes. Two First Day Covers are listed with 11 stamps. A FDC with eight stamps is listed.
Half Penny – Elizabeth Castle 1 p – La Hougue Bie (old Tomb) 2p – Portelet Bay
3p – La Corbiere Lighthouse 4p – Mont Orguei Castle at Night 5p – Arms and Royal Mace
6p – Jersey Cow 9p- Chart of English Channel.
First Definitive Issue of Jersey 1969.
Jersey issued its first definitive stamps on 01 Oct 1969. A total of 15 stamps were issued featuring various themes. Two First Day Covers are listed with 11 stamps.
1 sh -Mont Orgueil Castle by Day and a portrait of QE II.
1′ sh 6 p – Views on Jersey, Map of England & France & English Channel.
1′ sh 9 p- Queen Elizabeth II, Coat Arms, Jewelry.
Indian Stamp Issues Oct 2019.
02 Oct 2019 – Mahatma Gandhi 150th Birth Anniversary – 6 Stamps Rs 25 each + Miniature Sheet.
06 Oct 2019- The Samaja -Rs 5 Stamp with Braille writing.
09 Oct 2019- Marshal of The India Air Force Arjan Singh DFC – Birth Centenary – Rs 5 Stamp
15 Oct 2019- Indian Perfumes – 4 stamps Rs 25 each + 2 Miniature Sheets
19 Oct 2019 – Historical Gates of Indian Forts and Monuments – 8 Stamps (six stamps Rs 5 + Two stamps Rs10 and a Miniature Sheet).
25 Oct 2019 – Siachen Glacier – Rs 5-One stamp
Postcards of GDR- Rostock -Five gabled houses.
The Palace of the Republic was a building in Former East Berlin that hosted the Volkskammer, The Parliament of the German Democratic Republic from 1976 to 1990. After German Unification, it was demolished between 2006 to 2008 and all asbestos shipped to UAE for building Burj Khalifa. The Bundestag has approved building a new and modern Berlin Palace in 2008. Italian architect Francesco Stella has been chosen as the architect.
GDR issued a postage stamp on this monument on 26 Jun 1973 and also a Postcard on 29 Jan 1980. Another Postcard featuring Rostock and Five Gabled houses was released on 17 Apr 1990.
