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Department of Posts remembers ‘Legendary heroines of India'

SMALL AND BEAUTIFUL:Mansoor Hussain shows a minature sheet of stamps called 'Legendary Heroines of India' in Mangalore on Sunday.

MANGALORE: While a commemorative set of stamps called “Legendary heroines of India”, was officially released in New Delhi at INDIPEX 2011 on Sunday, a few philatelists bought the same stamp set in the head post office in Pandeshwar here the same day.

The stamp set, sold at Rs. 30, has six stamps of heroines Devika Rani, Nutan, Kanan, Devi, Meena Kumari, Leela Naidu and Savitri.

The stamp set was released on Sunday in New Delhi, said Mansur, member of the Dakshina Kannada Philately and Numismatics Association. Speaking at the meeting of the philately association, held in the Pandeshwar Post Office on Sunday, Janet, a visitor, said she had bought the stamp set for her daughter Joyleena, who collects stamps and is studying in Hassan. The meet by the association showcased a collection of stamps on the theme of energy (both conventional and non conventional), and Indian cinema, dance and music by its member, K. Sridhar.

Mr. Sridhar said the speciality of the collection was that it was entirely drawn from material such as first day covers, pictorial cancellations and miniature sheets. They are all Indian stamps. He said the 16 sheets with 120 stamps across both categories were all Indian. From the collection, some of the “first day cancellations” included stamps with musicians such as Shyama Shastri, Tyagaraja, Pt. Omakarnath Thakur, M.S. Subbulakshmi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, and Mohammad Rafi. From the cine world, the stamps were on V. Shantaram, Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt, Nargis Dutt and Satyajit Ray. Another collection that had been showcased was of 16 “pictorial cancellations” with stamps of wild animals on them. M.K. Krishnayya, president, Dakshina Kannada Philately and Numismatics Association, said he had chosen the theme as 2011 had been named the International Year for Forests by the United Nations. A closer look at it showed that there was much to be learnt from the capsules of information that accompanied each exhibit. Mr. Krishnayya said Karnataka had 35 “permanent pictorial cancellations”.

Suresh, an IT professional, with son Dhrishaj, was seen appreciating the collections. Dhrishaj was easily identifying, on the envelopes, the scripts of various Indian languages.

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