Philately World

Trees on Stamps

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Trees on Stamps

FLOWERING TREES

Flame Of Forest	Crateva


Golden Shower	Bauhinia


Pride of India Tree	Yellow Silk Indian Tree

Indian Coral Tree	Indian Tulip Tree

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INDIAN TREES

Chinar	Sal

Pipal	Banyan

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MEDICINAL PLANTS

Tulsi	Haridra

Sarpagandha	Ghritkumari


Amla	Aswagandha

Brahmi	Guggulu

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MANGROVES

Brugueria Gymnorrhiza	Nypa Fruticans

Rhizophora Mucronata	Sonneratia Alba

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Parijat


Coconut	Khejri


Neem	Wild Guava
	Flora and Fauna of Manipur and Tripura issued in 2000

ART on STAMPS

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Art on Indian Stamps

'Gurudev' Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

	Issued in 1961 to mark the Birth Centenary

Indian Saints and Poets series issued in 1952		Self Portrait - Issued in 1987 in Commemoration

Tagore & Viswabharati University. Issued in 1971 to mark the Golden Jubilee of University

"The Head"

Modern Indian Paintings series issued in 1978

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Gagendranath Tagore (1867-1938)

Self Portrait

Issued in 1968 on 30th Death Anniversary

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Abanindra Nath Tagore (1871-1951)

"Abhisarika"

Issued in 1971 in Commemoration

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Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906)

"Damayanti and Swan"

Issued in 1971 on 65th Death Anniversary


"Yaksha Pleading with the clouds" from Kalidasa's 'Meghdoot'.	"Shakuntala writing a letter to Dushyanta" from Kalidasa's 'Shakuntala'
Issued in 1960 to commemorate poet Kalidasa

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Nandlal Bose (1883-1966)

"Garuda"

Issued in 1967 on 1st Death Anniversary

"Pratiksha"

Issued in 1983 on Birth Centenary

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Jamini Roy (1887-1972)

" Two Vaisnavas"

Modern Indian Paintings series issued in 1978

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Sailoz Mukherjee (1908-1960)

" The Mosque"

Modern Indian Paintings series issued in 1978

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Amrita Sher Gill (1913-1941)

" Hill Women"

Modern Indian Paintings series issued in 1978

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Asit Haldar

"Siddhartha with injured bird"

Issued in 1991 on Birth Centenary

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S. H. Raza

" Bindu"

Issued in 1982 on Contemporary Art at the Festival of India

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M.F.Hussain

" Between the Spider and the Lamp"

Issued in 1982 on Contemporary Art at the Festival of India

"Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi"

Issued in 1988 to commemorate 1st War of Independence

Bal Gangadhar Tilak's proclamation " Swaraj is my Birthright"

Issued in 1988 on Freedom Forty Swaraj

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Dr Svetoslav Roerich (1904-1993)

Issued in 2004 to mark the Birth Centenary

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Miniature Paintings

"Radha Kishangarh" Nihal Chand	"Dance Duet" Aurangjeb Period

"Lovers on a Camel" Nasiruddin	"Chained Elephants" Zainal Abidin
Indian Miniature Paintings series issued in 1973

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Ritu Rang

"Hemant - Pausha"	"Vasant - Ragini Basanti"

"Greeshm - Jyestha"	"Varsha - Rag Megh Malhar"
"Ritu Rang" (Seasons) series issued in 1996

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Madhubani - Mithila Paintings

"Couple with Cow"


"Flutist & Dancing Girls"	"Two Warriors"


"Geometrical Pattern with Sedan & Elephant at foot"

Issued in 1974 on Centenary of Universal Postal Union

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Rajasthani Painting on Cloth

Issued in 1974 for the International Dairy Congress

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Phad Scroll Painting, Dev Narayan

Issued in 1992

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Ajanta Cave Painting

Issued in 1971 on the 25th Anniversary of UNESCO

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ST. ALOYSIUS COLLEGE CHAPEL PAINTINGS

Issued in 2002

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Rathva Wall Painting

Issued in 1999 on the 125th Anniversary of UPU

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Michelangelo

"Creation" Frescos at the Sistine Chapel

Issued in 1975 to mark 500th Anniversary

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Rubens

Self Portrait

Issued in 1978 to mark 400th Birth Anniversary

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Picasso

"The Musicians"

Issued in 1982 to mark Birth Centenary

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Triennale Art Exhibitions

First Triennale Issued 1968	Sixth Triennale Issued 1986

Seventh Triennale Issued 1991	"Windows" by K.Subramanian Eighth Triennale Issued 1994

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Bombay Art Society

Issued in 1989

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St. Aloysius College Chapel Paintings. Issued in 2001

Armed Forces of Stamps

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Armed Forces on Stamps

CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF

Issued in 1995 in Commemoration of Field Marshall Cariappa, the First Indian Chief of the Indian Army.

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GALLANTRY AWARDS

Issued in 1976 to Commemorate the Param Vir Chakra. The stamp shows the Param Vir Chakra Medal.

Issued in 2003

Major Somnath Sharma

PVC


Karam Singh PVC	albert EKKA PVC

abdul HAMED, pvc


n j s SEKHON, pvc	m n MULLA, mvc

Gallantry Award Winners issued in 2000 to mark 50 years of the Republic

lt INDRA lal roy, dfc

Issued in 1998

ASHOKA CHAKRA

NEERJA BHANOT	RANDHIR PRASAD VERMA
Issued in 2004 to honour Ashoka Chakra Awardees, The Highest Civilian Award

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WAR MEMORIAL

VIJAY Divas

Issued in 1996 in Commemoration of Vijay Divas.The stamp depicts members of the three services at the War Memorial.

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NAVY


INS NILGIRI	INS TARAGIRI
Issued in 1968 to commemorate Navy Day, the stamp depicts INS Nilgiri, the first indigenously built frigate of the Indian Navy	Issued in 1981 to mark Navy Day. The stamp shows INS Taragiri.

INS VIKRANT

Issued in 1986 to mark the completion of 25 years of service of India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

INS DELHI

Issued in 1998.

BUILDER'S NAVY

Issued in 2005. The stamp deoicts

PRESIDENT'S REVIEW
OF THE FLEET, (6TH)
1984

A set of 4 stamps issued in 1984 to mark the Review of the Fleet by President Fakruddin Ali Ahmed. The stamps show Sea Harrier aircraft, INS Vikrant (Aircraft carrier), INS Vela (Submarine) and a Destroyer.

PRESIDENT'S REVIEW
OF THE FLEET (7TH), 1989

Issued in 1989 on the occasion of the Review of the Fleet by President R.Venkatraman. The stamp depicts a Task Force and the Naval Ensign.

INTERNATIONAL REVIEW (8TH) 2001

TARANGINI	PAL


GALBAT	LOGO
Issued in 2001 to mark the International Fleet Review by President K.R.Narayanan .

PRESIDENT'S REVIEW OF

THE FLEET ( 9TH), 2006

Issued in 2006 on the occasion of the President's Review of the Fleet by President Abdul Kalam Azad off the coast of Visakhapatnam.

Clockwise from top left:

1. Aircraft Carrier INS Viraatand Sea Harrier aircraft.

2. Talwar & Bhahmaputra class frigates and Sea King anti-submarine helicopter.

3. Sindhughosh & Shishumar class submarines.

4. Sandhayak class Survey vessel and Off-shore Patro Vessel Vigraha


From Coin 2200 B.C.	From Coin 1700 A.D.
Issued in 1999 to salute Indias Marine Heritage

INDIAN ARMY ROUND
THE WORLD
YATCH VOYAGE

Issued in 1987 to laud the Indian Army Round the World Yatch Voyage. The stamp depicts the yatch 'Trishna' and the route map of the expedition.

NAVAL DOCKYARD,
BOMBAY

Issued in 1986 to mark the 250th Anniversary of the Naval Dockyard, Bombay. The stamp shows the Duncan Dry Docks.

I.N.S. TARANGINI

Issued in 1986 to celebrate the Circumnavigation of the of the globe

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AIR FORCE

SILVER JUBILEE OF
THE INDIAN AIR FORCE

Issued in 1958 to mark the Silver Jubilee of the Indian Air Force. The set of two stamps show the Wapiti and Hunter Aircraft.

INDIAN Air Force 50th Anniversary

Issued in 1982 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Indian Air Force. The stamp shows a Wapita and MIG 25 Aircraft.

INDIAN AIR FORCE -
60th ANNIVERSARY

A set of two stamps issued in 1992 to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Indian Air Force.

The first stamp depicts a Mikoyan Gurevich Mig-29 Fighter & an Ilyushin IL-76 Transport Aircraft. The second stamp depicts a Mig-27 Fighter & a Westland Wapiti Biplane.

NO.1 SQUADRON OF
THE INDIAN AIR FORCE

Issued in 1993 on the 60th Anniversary of the No.1 Squadron of the Indian Air Force. The stamp depicts a Westland Wapiti Biplane.

IAF CHETAK
HELICOPTER

Issued in 1979 on the occasion of "Air India 80" International Stamp Exhibition on the theme of 'Mail Aircrafts. The stamp depicts an IAF Chetak Helicopter.

FOLLAND
GNAT

Issued in 1967 as a Definitive. Stamp shows the Folland Gnat Fighter Aircraft.

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16 SQUADRON
"COBRAS"

Issued in 2005 to mark fifty years of the

MILITARY ACADEMIES

INDIAN
MILITARY
ACADEMY

Issued in 1982 on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Indian Military Academy. The stamp depicts the Chetwode building.

RASTRIYA INDIAN
MILITARY COLLEGE,
DEHRADUN

Issued in 1997 on the 75th Anniversary of the Rastriya Indian Military College, Dehradun

DEFENCE SERVICES
STAFF COLLEGE

Issued in 1998 to mark the 50th Anniversary (1997) .

NATIONAL
DEFENCE ACADEMY

Issued in 1999 to mark Golden Jubilee

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PRESIDENT'S BODYGUARD


Issued in 1973 to mark the Bicentenary. Stamp shows a Sowar of the President's Bodyguard & Emblem	Issued in 1998 to mark 225th Anniversary

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CAVALRY / ARMOURED REGIMENTS


SKINNER'S HORSE (CAVALRY REGIMENT)	7th Light Cavalry Regiment
Issued in 1978 to mark the 175th Anniversary of the Skinner's Horse (Cavalry Regiment). The stamp shows the sowars of the Skinner's Horse	Issued in 1984 to mark the Bicentenary of 7th Light Cavalry Regiment. The stamp depicts a lancer in ceremonial uniform.

16th LIGHT
CAVALRY REGIMENT

Issued in 1976 to mark the Bicentenary of the 16th Light Cavalry Regiment. The stamp shows the Vijanta Tank


MERCHANDISED INFANTRY REGIMENT	3RD CAVALARY REIMENT
Issued in 1988 on the occasion of the Presentation of Colours to the Mechanised Infantry Regiment. The stamp depicts Soldiers and an Infantry Combat Vehicle.	Issued in 1989. The stamp on the 3rd Cavalry Regiment depicts a 19th century Sowar and a modern Tank.

DECCAN
HORSE

Issued in 1984 to mark the Presentation of the Regimental Guidon to the Deccan Horse. The stamp shows troopers in ceremonial uniform and tank.


18 CAVALRY REGIMENT	4TH BATTALION BRIGADE OF GAURDS ( 1 RAJPUT)
Issued in 1991 to mark the 70th Anniversary of the 18th Cavalry Regiment. The stamp depicts Mounted Sowar and Tanks.	Issued in 1998 to mark Bi-Centenary

62 CAVALARY
REGIMENT

Issued in 2006 to mark Golden Jubilee of the first Armoured Regiment raised in independent India

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ARTILLERY REGIMENTS

REGIMENT of
ARTILLERY

Issued in 1985 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Regiment of Artillery. The stamp depicts a Gunner and Howitzer from the Mountain Battery

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PARATROOP REGIMENTS


8TH BATTALION of COAST SEPOY	60TH PARACHUTE FIELD AMBULANCE
The stamp was issued in 1986 to mark the 225th anniversary of the 8th Battalion of Coast Sepoy (now 1st Battalion of the Paratroop Regiment)	Issued in 1992 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the 60th Parachute Field Ambulance. The stamp shows treating casualties in the battlefield.


9TH PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT	2ND PARA (MARATHA)
Issued in 1993 on the 50th Anniversary of the 9th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment. The stamp depicts Para dropping and Field Gun	Issued in 1997on the Bicentenary of the 2nd Para (Maratha)

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INFANTRY REGIMENTS


3RD & 5TH BATTALIONS of THE 5TH GORKHA RIFELS	11TH GORKHA RIFELS
Issued in 1990 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the 3rd and 5th Battalions of the 5th Gorkha Rifles. The stamp depicts a Gorkha Soldier.	Issued in 1998 to mark the Golden Jubilee.

2ND BATTALION,
3RD GORKHA RIFELS

Issued in 1991 to mark the 90th Anniversary of the 2nd Battalion , 3rd Gorkha Rifles. The stamp depicts a Gorkha soldier in Battle Dress.


SIKH REGIMENT	3RD BATTALION, SIKH REGIMENT
Issued in 1996 on the 150th Anniversary of the Sikh Regiment.	Issued in 2006 on the 150th Anniversary


PUNJAB REGIMENT	15 PUNJAB (PATIALA)
Issued in 1978 to mark the Fourth Reunion of the Punjab Regiment. The stamp shows uniforms of 1799, 1901 & 1979 and Badge.	Issued in 2005 to commemorate the Tercentenary of the battalion


5TH BATTALION (NAPIERS), RAJPUTANA RIFELS	2ND BATTALIOAN RAJPUT REGIMENT (KALICHANDI)
Issued in 1995 on the 175th Anniversary of the 5th Battalion (Napiers), Rajputana Rifles. The stamp depicts the soldiers of the Regiment.	Issued in 1998 to mark Bi-Centenary


4th BATTALION KUMAON REGIMENT	37th DOGRA REGIMENT
Issued in 1988 to mark the Bicentenary of the 4th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment. The stamp depicts the Early and Modern Regimental Uniforms.	Issued in 1987 on the occasion of the Centenary of the 37th Dogra Regiment [now the 7th Battalion (1 Dogra)] Mechanised Infantry Regiment. The stamp depicts the Regimental Uniforms of 1887.

GARHWAL
RIFLES

Issued in 1987on the occasion of the

Centenary of the Garhwal Rifles.

The stamp depicts the regimental uniforms of 1887.


JAT REGIMENTS	JAT REGIMENTS
Issued in 1983 on the occasion of Presentation of Colours to the Jat Regiments. The stamp shows the uniforms of the regiment, past and present.	Issued in 1995 to mark the Bicentenary of the Jat Regiments. The stamp depicts the Jat War Memorial at Bareilly


MADRAS SAPPERS	MADRAS REGIMENT, 4th BATTALION
Issued in 1980 to mark the Bicentenary of the Madras Sappers. Stamp shows the uniforms of 1780 & 1980, Crest and Badge.	Issued in 1994 on the Bicentenary of the Madras Regiment, 4th Battalion. The stamp depicts the statue of a Sepoy.

9 BATTALION MADRAS
REGIMENT (TRAVANACORE)

Issued in 2004 to mark

the Ter-Centenary of the Battalion

BOMBAY
SAPPERS

Issued in 1990 on the occasion of Presentation of New Colours to the Bombay Sappers. the stamp depicts gallantry medals.

4 MARTHA LIGHT
INFANTRY

Issued in 2001 to mark the Bi-Centenary .


MAHAR REGIMENT	TERRITORIAL ARMY
Issued in 1981 to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Mahar Regiment. Stamp shows the Regimental Colours.	Issued in 1974 to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Territorial Army. The stamp depicts the Territorial Army Badge.

2 GRENADIER

Issued in 1996 to mark the Bicentenary of the 2 Grenadier.

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CORPS

ARMY HEADQUARTERS
DELHI AREA

Issued in 1995 on the 75th Anniversary of the Area Army Headquarters, Delhi Area. The stamp depicts '75' and a Taurus Formation sign.


ARMY ORDINANCE CORPS	ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Issued in 1975 to mark the Bicentenary of the Army Ordinance Corps.	Issued in 1992 to Commemorate the Army Service Corps (ASC). The stamp depicts various modes of transportation by the ASC.

REMOUNT VETERINARY CORPS

Issued in 1994 on the 215th Anniversary of the Remount Veterinary Corps. The stamp depicts Cavalryman, Infantryman and Dog Handler.

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BORDER SECURITY


ASSAM RIFELS	BORDER SECURITY FORCE
Issued in 1985 to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Assam Rifles. The stamp shows Riflemen of 1835 & 1985 and the map of North - East India.	Issued in 1990 on the 25th Anniversary of the Border Security Force (BSF). The stamp depicts a border post and a security guard on camel.

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ARMY POSTAL SERVICE


Army POSTAL Service Corps	ARMY POST OFFICE
Issued in 1973 to mark the First Anniversary of the Army Postal Service Corps	Issued in 1980. Stamp shows an Army Post Office in the field.


ARMY POSTAL SERVICE CORPS	ARMY POSTAL SERVICE CENTRE
Issued in 1997 on the Silver Jubilee of the Army Postal Service Corps. The stamp depict a Soldier Receiving Mail at a forward post in the snow bound Himalayas.	Issued in 1998 to mark Golden Jubilee Raghava Parade Ground .

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SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS


BORDER ROADS ORGANISATION	MILITARY FARMS
Issued in 1985 to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Border Roads Organisation.	Issued in 1989 to mark the Centenary of Military Farms

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DEFENSE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION


DEFENSE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION ( DRDO )	INDIAN ORDINANCE FACTORIES
Issued in 1999 to mark 40th Anniversary	Issued in 2002 to mark Bi-Centenary

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PEACE KEEPING MISSIONS

INDIAN PEACE KEEPING
MISSION (IPKF)

Issued in 1990 on the Indian Peace Keeping Mission (IPKF) to Sri Lanka. The stamp depicts the Armed Forces Badge and a map of Sri Lanka

InDIAN ArMY IN UN

PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS

Issued in 2004 in commemoration

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OTHERS

DEFENSE Campaign

Issued in 1963 on the Defence Campaign. The set of two stamps depict 'Artillery & Helicopter' and 'Sentry & Paratrooper'


Inter SERVIVES Crest	Jai Jawan
Issued in 1972 to Commemorate the Defence Forces. The stamp depicts the Inter Services Crest.	Issued in 1966 in Tribute to the Indian Armed Forces in the aftermath of the Indo - Pak war. The stamp titled 'Jai Jawan' depicts a Soldier, Fighter aircraft and INS Mysore


25th Anniversary of Independence	INDIAN ARMED FORCES
Issued in 1973 to mark the 25th Anniversary of Independence. The stamp shows Gnat Fighters over India Gate.	Issued in 1997 to commemorate 50 years of the Indian Armed Forces.

Issued in 1999 to mark 50 years of the Geneva Conventions.

Tribal Dances on Stamps

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Tribal Dances on Indian Stamps

The hinterland of India is inhabited by various tribes. These tribes have traditions of centuries behind them and have made rich contributions to the country's history and culture. Despite the onset of civilisation and the pressure of modernisation, the tribals have, to a large extent, maintained their distinct identity, customs and mores. Their characteristic dances form an important and colourful part of their traditions and customs. To highlight and to recognise the contribution of tribal dances to India's culture, a set of four stamps on Tribal Dances is being issued.

A symbolic representation of the various dances of the tribes spread throughout the length and breadth of; the country is made through the dances particular to four regions situated in the distant corners of the country. The tribal dances presented in this set represent the Reangs of Tripura in the East, the Garasias of Rajasthan in the West, the Kinners of Himachal Pradesh in the North and the Kundividians and the Nairs of Kerala in the South.

Reangs

For the Reangs, dance is almost a part of their daily life. To the accompaniment of drums, flutes and stringed instruments, the Reang women standing on earthen pitchers rhythmically twist the lower part of their bodies while at the same time balancing and waving metal plates on their hands. In the colourful costumes worn by them in this dance, the most conspicuous items are jewellery; necklaces, of beads and silver coupled with dominant display of flowers in their hair.

Valar

Valar is the typical dance of Garasias. Its song is woven round the beauties of nature; starry nights, moonlight, mountains and restless rivers. It is an expression of romantic feelings rendered in a lyrical mood. Artistically, the dance is highly developed and seeks to establish correlation between word, sound and gesture. The dance is characterised by colourful costumes and silver jewellery.

Kayang

Kayang is a popular dance form of Kinnaur. It is a rosary dance in which the artists hold hands in a cross form that look like the beads of a rosary. The male dancers take their positions one after the other alternatively. The leader of the party carries a whisk in his hand and starts the dance. This form of dance is both thrilling and heart-warming.

Velakali

Velakali dance is predominantly performed by Kundividians and Nairs. Each dancer holds a shield in one hand and a stick in the other. The dancers wear a white dhoti on which a red cloth sash is tied. The headdress is a flaming red turban with a border of gold. It is performed to the accompaniment of trumpets, kettledrums and war cries. Basically it is a martial dance full of dramatic situations depicting the victory of the Pandavas over the Kauravas. It is marked by fast movements, jumps and turns.

Date of Issue : 30.4.1991

Stamps on Dances of India

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Dances of India on Stamps

India has an unparalleled antiquity of dance traditions. Each region has evolved a distinctive style of music and dance at different levels of society. There are thus tribal, folk, village and classical dances in each region of India. The history of these dances can be traced back to the civilization of Mohan-je-Daro and Harappa: their continuity can be observed in their rich variegated manifestations in different States of India. From amongst these innumerable dance styles have emerged six major dance forms, which are today known as classical dances of India. These dance styles are supported by literary and sculptural evidence and their history can be reconstructed from the poetic hymns of the Vedas and lyrics of the regional languages.

Most of these styles draw their textual sanction from the Natyasastra written between the 2nd century B.C. and 2nd century A.D. In the course of time each of these styles followed other texts written between the 8th and the 17th century A.D. All these styles, however, have a common division of dance into pure or abstract dance and mime on the one hand and Tandeva and Lasya on the other.

Bharata Natyam

Bharata Natyam developed in South India in its present form about two hundred years ago. While its poses are reminiscent of sculpture of the 10th century A.D. onwards, the thematic and musical content was given to it by musicians of the Tanjore courts of the 18th - 19th centuries. It is essentially a solo dance and has close affinities with the traditional dance-drama form called Bhagvata Mela. It is characterized by straight lines, diagonals, triangles which are basic motifs for executing movements, as also patterns of floor choreography.

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Odissi

Odissi, form Orissa, is a close parallel of Bharata Natyam. It developed from the musical play (sangita-nataka) and the dances of gymnasiums known as the akharas Sculptural evidence relating to the dance goes back to 2nd century B.C. From, the 12th century onwards there are inscriptions, manuscripts and other records which speak of the prevalence of Orissi dance styles of ritual dances of temples and entertainments of the village squares.

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Kathak

Kathak from North India is the urban sophisticated style full of virtuosity and intricate craftsmanship. Commonly identified with the court traditions of the later Nawabs of Northern India, it is really an amalgam of several folk traditions; the traditional dance-drama forms prevalent in the temples of Mathura and Brindavan known as the Krishna and Radha lilas and the sophistication of court tradition.

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Kathakali

Kathakali from Kerala is classical dance drama. It is quite different from any of the forms described above. Unlike the others. it is dramatic rather than narrative in character. Different roles are taken by different characters; the dancers are all men or were so, till recently. It takes epic mythological themes as its content and portrays them through an elaborate dramatic spectacle which is characterised by an otherworldly quality, a supernatural grandeur, a stylised over-size costume to give the impression of enlarging human proportions and a mask like make-up on the face which is governed by a complex symbolism of colour, line and design.

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Kuchipudi

Closely related to Bharata Natyam is the dance style which is prevalent in Andhra Pradesh. It is sometimes called Kuchipudi, after the name of the village, or Bhama Kalapam (the story of Bhama, a consort of Krishna). In this style there is a thin line of demarcation between dance-drama traditions of Bhama Kalapam and the solo-Kuchipudi. While the basic stance, the foot contacts and the general pattern of treating the human form is very close to Bharata Natyam, the style is freer and to that extent less austere than Bharata Natyam.

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Manipuri

Manipuri is a lyrical dance form from the eastern region of India. Although many forms of ritual, magical, community and religious dances were known to Manipur before the advent of Vaishnava faith in the 18th century, the dances today known as Manipuri and specially its Rasa evolved as a result of the interaction of the Vaishnava cult and the several highly developed forms of ritual and religious dances which were prevalent in the area from times, immemorial.

Dr (Mrs) Kapila Vatsyayan

Date of Issue: 20.10.1975

Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi Stamps





Issued in 1948 on the First Anniversary of Independence

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Issued in 1969 to mark the Birth Centenary

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Issued in 1980 to commemorate the Dandi March (Defiance of Salt Tax Law)

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Issued in 1994 to mark 125th Birth Anniversary

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Issued in 1995 to mark India - South Africa Co-operation

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Issued in 1998 to mark the 50th Death Anniversary

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Man of the Millennium. Issued in 2001

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Issued in 1973 in commemoration	AICC Quit India Resolution, August 1942 issued in 1983 - Indian Struggle for Freedom (1st series)

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Issued in 1979 to mark International Year of the Child


Issued in 1992 to mark 50 years of Quit India Resolution

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Issued in 2000 to mark the new Millennium

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75 Years of Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha)

--to be posted--

Issued in 2005 to celebrate 75 years of the Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha)

(Stamps clockwise from top-left): 1- Marchers led by Mahatma Gandhi. 2-Headlines of the "Bombay Chronicle" of March 13, 1930 announces the beginning of the "Great March for Liberty". 3-Lines written by Mahatma Gandhi on April 5, 1930. " I want world sympathy in this battle of Right against the might. 4-Mahatma Gandhi picking up a lump of Salt and the course traversed.

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Kasturba Gandhi

Issued in 1969 to mark the Birth Centenary


Issued in 1964 to mark the 20th Death Anniversary	Kasturiba Trust - Tribute to Ba. Issued in 1996

Sports on Stamps

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Stamps on Sports


World Wrestling Championships, New Delhi	Cricket Victories
Issued in 1967 on the occasion of the World Wrestling Championships at New Delhi	Issued in 1971 to commemorate Indian Cricket Victories over the West Indies and England

World Table Tennis Championships, Calcutta

Asian Table Tennis Championships, Calcutta

Issued in 1975 on the occasion of the World Table Tennis Championships at Calcutta

Issued in 1980 on the occasion of the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Calcutta


Flying and Gliding	International Olympic Committee Session, New Delhi
Issued in 1979 the stamp depicts "Hindustan Pushpak" aircraft and "Rohini-l" glider.	Issued in 1983 on the occasion of the International. Olympic Committee Session held at New Delhi


World Cup Hockey, Bombay	World Cup Football, Mexico
Issued in 1981 on the occasion of the World Cup Hockey Championships at Bombay	Issued in 1986 on the occasion of the World Cup Football Championships in Mexico


Indian Army Round the World Yatch Voyage	Mohan Bagan Centenary
Issued in 1987 to laud the Indian Army Round the World Yatch Voyage. The stamp depicts the yatch 'Trishna' and the route map of the expedition	Issued in 1989 to mark the centenary of Mohun Bagan Club, Calcutta

8th Asian Track & Field Meeting, New Delhi

Issued in 1989 on the occasion of the
8th Asian Track & Field Meet
held at New Delhi

YOGASANAS

Bhujangasana	Dhanurasana:

Ustrasana	Utthita Trikonasana

ADVENTURE SPORTS

Hand Gliding	Wind Surfing


River Rafting	Skiing

Asian Games on Stamps

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Stamps on Asian Games

The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi from 8th to 11th March, 1951. Ten nations took part in it. This multi-sport Asian Games have since 1954, been held at four-yearly intervals.

A predecessor of the Asian Games were the Far Eastern Games, first held in 1913 in Manila, with China, the Philippines and two Japanese atheletes taking part. These Games were held every two years to 1927 and then in 1930 & 1934.

VENUES

1951- New Delhi	1978 - Bangkok
1954 - Manila	1982 - New Delhi
1958 - Tokyo	1986 - Seoul
1962 - Djakarta	1990 - Peking
1966 - Bangkok	1994 - Hiroshima
1970 - Bangkok	1998 - Bangkok
1974 - Teheran	2002 - Busan

1st Asian Games, New Delhi - 1951

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India's Hockey Victory, 5th Asian Games - 1966

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9th Asian Games, New Delhi - 1982

Issued in 1981

Issued in 1982

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10th Asian Games, Seoul - 1986

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11th Asian Games, Peking - 1990

Stamps on Birds

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Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha)	Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos auriceps)

White Browed Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps)	Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga Siparaja)

Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura)	Black hooded Oriole (Oriolus Xanthornus)


Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) Vulnerable	Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus)

Common Peafowl

(Pavo cristatus)

Demoiselle Crane

(Anthropoides virgo)

Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) Near Threatened	White Winged Wood Duck (Cairina scutulata) Endangered

Issued in 1976 on Koeladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur (A World Heritage site)


Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) Endangered	Siberian Cranes (Grus leucogeranus) Critically Endangered



Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) Near Threatened	Jerdon's Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus) Critically Endangered



Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indica) Endangered	Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus)

Emperor Penguins

(Aptenodytes forsteri)

Gentoo Penguins

(Pygoscelis papua)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)	Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)


Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)	Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

Water Birds of India ( approx Rs.2300/- each set)

Oriental Stork

(Ciconia boyciana)

Endangered

Black-necked Crane

(Grus nigricollis)

Vulnerable

Andaman Teal

(Anas albogularis)

Pink Headed Duck

(Rhodonessa caryophyllacea)

Critically Endangered

(Possibly Extinct)

Northern Pintail (Anas Acuta) &

Red-crested Pochard (Ntta Rufina)

Blood Pheasant

Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus)	Garganey (Anas querquedula)


Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)	White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

	Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) Near Threatened	Paradise Flycatcher


Issued in 2000 wildlife definitive series

Stamps on Mountains of the World

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Stamps on Mountains

Conquest of everest

Issued in 1953 to mark on conquest of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Denzing Norgay on 29 May 1953

golden jubilee of ascent of mount everest

Issued in 2003 to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Ascent of Mount Everest

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Indian Everest expedition

Issued in 1965 to mark conquest of Mt Everest by the Indian expedition

indian army Everest expedition

Issued in 2002 to mark the Indian Army Everest Expedition

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Conquest of kanchenjunga

Issued in 1978 to mark the Conquest of Kanchenjunga

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indian Mountaineering foundation

	Nanda devi
Issued in 1973 to mark the 15th the Anniversary of the IMF	Issued in 1983 to mark the 25th the Anniversary of the IMF

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himalayan Peaks

Broad Peak	K2 Godwin Austin


Kanchenjunga	Nanda Devi
Issued in 1988

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gomukh gangotri glacier	sindhu darshan

Issued in 1983 to mark Commonwealth Day	Issued in 1999 to mark the Sindhu Darshan Festival

Satmps on Olympics

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The first Olympic Games of the modern era were staged in Athens, Greece from 6 to 15 April 1896. The driving force behind their revival was Pierre de Fredi, Baron de Coubertin, who was born in Paris in 1863. He believed in the Greek athletic ideal of perfection of mind and body, and his energies were devoted to achieving his dream of reintroducing the Olympic Games, which had been staged for more than a thousand years before their prohibition in AD 394.

In 1889 de Courertin was commissioned by the French government to form a universal sports association and he visited other European nations to gather information. He made public his views on 25 November 1892 at the Sorbonne in Paris. These led to the formation of the International Olympic Committe in 1894 and thence to the staging of the Olympic Games., which were opened in Athens on Easter Monday 1896.

VENUES

1896 Athens	1932 Los Angeles	1976 Montreal
1900 Paris	1936 Berlin	1980 Moscow
1904 St Louis	1948 London	1984 Los Angeles
1906 Athens*	1952 Helsinki	1988 Seoul
1908 London	1956 Melbourne	1992 Barcelona
1912 Stockholm	1960 Rome	1996 Atlanta
1920 Antwerp	1964 Tokyo	2000 Sydney
1924 Paris	1968 Mexico City	2004 Athens
1928 Amsterdam	1972 Munich	2008 Beijing 2012 London

* Intercalated Games held in1906 at Athens as the tenth anniversary celebrations of the 1896 Games.

XIX Olympic Games - Mexico City - 1968

XX Olympic Games - Munich - 1972

History:

Hockey is the oldest known ball and stick game. Records exist of it having been played in Persia in 2000 BC. The name hockey probably derives from the French hocquet, or shepherd’s crook, and refers to the crooked stick which is used to hit a small ball.

The game became more organised late in the 19th century and became an Olympic sport in 1908.Until the 1970s, the game at international level was mainly played on natural grass, but has become an even more exciting and Skilful India dominated the sport for three decades, winning all six Olympic gold medals and 30 consecutive games from 1928 to 1956. The first Balbir Singh, who was followed by four more players of the same name who also played for victorious Indian teams, scored five goals in a 6-1 gold-medal victory over the Netherlands in Helsinki in 1952.

XXI Olympic Games - Montreal - 1976

XXII Olympic Games - Moscow - 1980

XXIII Olympic Games - Los Angeles - 1984

XXIV Olympic Games - Seoul - 1988

XXIV Olympic Games - Barcelona - 1992

XXVI Olympic Games - Atlanta - 1996

XXVII Olympic Games - Sydney - 2000

Nehru Family - Stamps

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Nehru Family on Stamps

The Nehru Family Tree

Motilal Nehru

(1861-1931)

Jawaharlal Nehru

(1889 - 1964)

Birth Centenary (2nd issue).

Issued in 1989

Kamala Nehru

(1899 - 1936)

Issued in 1974 in

commemoration

Indira Gandhi

(1917 - 1984)

Issued in 1984 in commemoration

Rajiv Gandhi

(1944 - 1991)

Issued in 1991 to mourn

his demise

Sanjay Gandhi

(1946- 1980)

Issued in 1981 on 1st

Death Anniversary

Vijalakshmi Pandit

(1900 - 1990)

(Sister of Jawaharlal Nehru,

issued in 2000)

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU


Mourning Issue - issued in 1964		Issued in 1965 on the First Anniversary of Nehru's Death - 'Jawahar Jyoti'

	'Children's Day - Jawaharlal Nehru from 1 Rs. Commemoration coin. Issued in 1964

Nehru leading Naga Tribesmen - 4th Anniversary of Nagaland State. Issued in 1967		7th Non-Aligned Summit Conference, New Delhi. Issued in 1983

	Gandhi and Nehru - Commemoration - Issued in 1973


Quit India Resolution, August 1942. Issued in 1983 (India Struggle for Freedom - 1st series)	40th Anniversary of UNO - Nehru addressing General Assembly. Issued in 1985

Children's Day 1997

Jawaharlal Nehru - Birth Centenary (1989). Issued in 1988

Jawaharlal Nehru - Birth Centenary (1989).

Issued in 1988. Portrait by Soetoslav Roerich

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	Issued in 1985 in commemoration


	Issued in 1985 in commemoration

Issued in 1985 in commemoration

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Issued in 2004 to mark the Rajiv Gandhi
Renewable Energy Day on 20th August

Philately World

Trees on Stamps

Trees on Stamps

FLOWERING TREES

Flame Of Forest

Crateva

Golden Shower

Bauhinia

Pride of India Tree

Yellow Silk Indian Tree

Indian Coral Tree

Indian Tulip Tree

INDIAN TREES

Chinar

Sal

Pipal

Banyan

MEDICINAL PLANTS

Tulsi

Haridra

Sarpagandha

Ghritkumari

Amla

Aswagandha

Brahmi

Guggulu

MANGROVES

Brugueria Gymnorrhiza

Nypa Fruticans

Rhizophora Mucronata

Sonneratia Alba

Parijat

Coconut

Khejri

Neem

Wild Guava

ART on STAMPS

Art on Indian Stamps

'Gurudev' Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

Gagendranath Tagore (1867-1938)

Abanindra Nath Tagore (1871-1951)

Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906)

Nandlal Bose (1883-1966)

Jamini Roy (1887-1972)

Sailoz Mukherjee (1908-1960)

Amrita Sher Gill (1913-1941)

Asit Haldar

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S. H. Raza

M.F.Hussain

Dr Svetoslav Roerich (1904-1993)

Miniature Paintings

Ritu Rang

Madhubani - Mithila Paintings

Rajasthani Painting on Cloth

Phad Scroll Painting, Dev Narayan

Ajanta Cave Painting

ST. ALOYSIUS COLLEGE CHAPEL PAINTINGS

Rathva Wall Painting

Michelangelo

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Rubens

Picasso

Triennale Art Exhibitions

Bombay Art Society

Armed Forces of Stamps

Armed Forces on Stamps

CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF

GALLANTRY AWARDS

Karam Singh PVC

albert EKKA PVC

abdul HAMED, pvc

n j s SEKHON, pvc

m n MULLA, mvc

lt INDRA lal roy, dfc

ASHOKA CHAKRA

NEERJA BHANOT

WAR MEMORIAL

VIJAY Divas

NAVY