Sachin Tendulkar - Presentation Pack

For all cricket fans, a new presentation pack is issued by Dept.of post comprising 1 Sheetlet of 16 stamps, 1 First Day Cover, 1 Miniature sheet and a Brochure; priced @ Rs.700/-, available at all philatelic bureaux.

11.12.13 and Mahatma Gandhi

11.12.13

It seems such unique dates will be seen no more in next decades, and rightly so, the Dept. of Post / Gujarat Circle has provided a memorable special cancellation depicting portrait & slogan of “ever living” Mahatma Gandhi along with 11.12.13 to the delight of lively philatelists.

Sachin Tendulkar : Memory of Life-time

Message and Autograph of Sachin

SET OF FDCs - PHILATELY DAY

India-Post has utilized the most popular philatelic theme "Mahatma Gandhi" on the stamp, first day cover, brochure and cancellation of Philately Day souvenir sheet issued on 12.10.2013. The loose stamp is available from this s/s only, as stamp-sheets are not printed.

Set of 3 FDCs showing

1. Position of stamp in S/S

2. Souvenir Sheet

3. Loose stamp from S/S

Brochure

100 Rupees Coins from two different Mints

Coin-sets of C.Subramanyam

Collectors of coin-sets have some interesting items to include in their collection i.e. same coins issued by two different mints with distinctly different packing design and depicting their specific mint marks.

In 2012, Mumbai mint issued these coins and in 2013, Hyderabad mint issued the same coin-sets. For the first time a 100 Rupee coin of same theme has 2 different mint marks. Here, Diamond mint mark of Mumbai mint and Star mint mark of Hyderabad mint are seen to the delight of collectors.

On the front cover, Mumbai mint has mentioned Commemorative Coins-2010, while Hyderabad mint has mentioned Commemorative Coin-2011.

Three other coin-sets are issued by Hyderabad mint :-

1) 75 Years of RBI - Rs.10 + 75

2) Indian Council of Medical Research - Rs. 5 +100

3) Civil Aviation - Rs. 5 + 100

100 Years of Cinema | Se-tenant Combinations

For Se-tenant collectors, images of regular combinations of pairs, strips and blocks are shown in this Blog.

Horizontal Pairs       [ 28 ]

Vertical Pairs       [ 36 ]

Horizontal Strips of 3       [ 6 ]

Vertical Strips of 3       [ 22 ]

Blocks of 4       [ 20 ]

Vertical Strips of  4       [ 8 ]

100 Years of Cinema | Se-tenant Combinations

Se-tenant Combinations

Vertical Blocks of 6       [ 12 ]

Horizontal Blocks of 6       [ 4 ]

 Blocks of 8       [ 4 ]

 Blocks of 9       [ 2 ]

100 Years of Cinema - 6 Miniature Sheets

On 03.05.2013, India-Post issued 6 Miniature Sheets consisting 50 stamps of 500(p) depicting famous Film personalities commemorating 100 Years of Indian Cinema. The printed numbers on these M/S are in order 1/6, 2/6, 3/6, 4/6, 5/6 and 6/6.

Stamps # 01-09                M/S # 1/6

Stamps # 10-18                M/S # 2/6

Stamps # 19-26               M/S # 3/6

Stamps # 27-34           M/S # 4/6

Stamps # 35-42               M/S # 5/6

Stamps # 43-50                M/S # 6/6

WILD FLOWERS : SE-TENANT COMBINATIONS

For Se-tenant collectors, images of regular combinations of pairs, strips and blocks are shown in this Post.

Horizontal Pairs       [15]

Vertical Pairs       [12]

Horizontal Strips of 3       [6]

Vertical Strips of 3       [4]

Horizontal Strips of 4       [3]

Blocks of 4       [9]

Horizontal Blocks of 6       [4]

Vertical Blocks of 6       [3]

Blocks of 8       [2]

Blocks of 9       [2]

Block of 12       [1]