Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Indian Postal Stamps Released from 1952 - 1954


Indian Postal Stamps Released from 1952 - 1954
Indian Saints and Poets (Released: 1st Oct 1952)
1929 Airmail Series
Rabindranath Tagore
1929 Airmail Series
Ghalib
1929 Airmail Series
Surdas
1929 Airmail Series
Meera
1929 Airmail Series
Tulsidas
1929 Airmail Series
Kabir
Railway Centenary (Released: 2nd Oct 1953)
1929-Dominion-Columns
Indian Railways
Indian Railways was introduced in 1853, and this stamp was released to mark the 100 years of the railways. The stamp shows a train from 1853 and another from 1953.
Conquest of Mount Everest (Released: 2nd October 1953)
1929-Council-House1929-Council-HouseOn 29th May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the Mount Everest summit. This stamp was released to acknowledge their achievement.
Centenary of Telegraphs (Released: 1st Nov 1953)
1929-Council-House1929-Council-HouseDesigned on a concept similar to the Indian Railways stamp in same year, this stamp showed the telegraph poles from 1853 and 1953.
Stamp Centenary (Released: 1st Oct 1954)
1929-Council-House
Postal Transport in 1854
1929-Council-House
Airmail in 1854 and 1954
1929-Council-House
Airmail in 1854 and 1954
1929-Council-House
Postal Transport in 1854
Stamps were introduced to India in 1852, but they became availble for use across India only in 1854. These four stamps were released in 1954 to mark the 10 years of Postal stamps in India.
United Nations Day (Released: 24th Oct 1954)
1929-Council-House
United Nations Emblem and Lotus
Fourth World Forestry Congress, Dehra Dun (Released: 11th Dec 1954)
1929-Council-House
Forest Research Institue, Dehra Dun

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