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75th anniversary of the first flag hoisting at Port Blair – Miniature Sheet India 2018

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75th anniversary of the first flag hoisting at Port Blair-Miniature Sheet India 2018

Port Blair was the First Indian territory liberated from Imperial British Rule. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the Tricolour at Gymkhana Ground in Port Blair on 30 Dec 1943. India Post issued a miniature with a face value of Rs 75 and containing three stamps to commemorate this historic occasion. The stamps feature

Rupees 12 – Cellular Jail Port Blair

Rupees 22 – Netaji, Tricolor and INA

Rupees 41- Netaji Hoisting the Flag

INDIA MS 2018 TRICOLOR P BLAIR — INDIA MS 2018 – 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FLAG HOISTING AT PORT BLAIR.

Regional Definitives Scotland -1983

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Regional Definitives Scotland -1983

Regional Definitives of Scotland were issued on 27 Apr 1983 .Three new values featuring the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. A FDC is listed. The Cancellation features Map.

Miniature Sheet on Rainbow and Nature Preservation -USSR 1986

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Miniature Sheet on Rainbow and Nature Preservation -USSR 1986

USSR (Soviet Union) issued a Miniature Sheet on 10 Sep 1986 on Nature Preservation. The 50 Kopeck MS has a print run of 800,000. It Features Rainbow and Our House -Earth Caption.

russia rainbow — USSR 1986 -RAINBOW -NATURE PRESERVATION

Miniature Sheet Bulgaria 1974 – EUROPA Overprinted

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Miniature Sheet Bulgaria 1974 – EUROPA

Bulgaria issued a miniature sheet on Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe on 29 Oct 1974. The miniature sheet had four stamps of 13 st denomination each and featured Doves, Map of Europe, Olive Branch & Inscription. The MS had a print run of 260,000.

On 02 Mar 1979, the same miniature sheet was issued with Overprints on EUROPA on each stamp and Beograd 1977, Helsinki 1975, Madrid 1980 on side margins. This overprinted MS had a print run of only 35,000. Each MS was numbered. It has a high catalogue value.