I am participating in the April AtoZ Blogging challenge and my theme is Plants featured on Indian Stamps. This is my eight attempt at the AtoZ and the focus is on plants.
My theme is inspired by an online talk by Daniel L Nikrent held by Maharashtra Vriksha Samvardhini about Parasitic Flowering Plants featured on Stamps. I am not a stamp collector nor a fan of stamps. Hence almost all my posts are purely based on research on the internet. I have tried to cross check the info before posting here. Please do share correct info and links to the same in case of discrepancy.
India Post has a very strong network reaching deep deep into the interiors of the country and I depended on it for news from home when we were posted in far away places. In this age of smartphones, Internet, how many of us really write letters - snail mail as they are now called? Despite this , I find that new stamps are being issued and we have stamps on diverse topics including Armed Forces, Films, Personalities, Wildlife, Handlooms, Handicrafts and so on.. It is amazing!
Lagerstromia speciosa or Tamhan of the Lythraceae family is the state flower of Maharashtra. This native tree is now seen often in gardens and roadsides. The flowers look spectacular with their frilly petals and are a pleasure to watch in the blazing summer. It is the state flower of my state Maharashtra. Here is the Tamhan from my image collection.
This is the stamp issued in 1993 is of denomination of 1 INR.
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| Post of India, GODL-India <https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf>, via Wikimedia Commons |
The India Postage Stamps website has a complete catalogue of stamps. Please click the link to see many many wonderful stamps.
Colnect is a comprehensive portal for Stamp collectors. It gives detailed information about every listed stamp. Click here for detailed info about Stamps - what is a stamp, types, formats, water marks, perforations and much more.
We meet tomorrow for yet another beautiful plant and its stamp! You can catch up with my previous posts here.Till then, Take Care and Stay Happy!
8 comments:
I read your about me today - and did realise u r a botanist . I enjoy ur vast knowledge in flowers & their scientific names
Bful flower. State flower of Telangana is Tangedu puvvu in telugu (Tanner’s Cassia)
Good day
Interesting info there. True , stamps still get released in todays wikipedia and google world dont they ?
Jayashree writes
Very interesting series you have chosen for the challenge Archana. I didn't know new stamps are being released even today.
What a lovely flower. It's such a treat to view flowers I'm not familiar with.
@Afshan Thank you! I am still learning!!
@Jayashree Thank you so much!
@Radhika Thanks a lot. Yes, even I was surprised. In fact, the India Post website has a stamp calender page. This is its link https://www.indiapost.gov.in/Philately/Pages/Content/StampCalendar.aspx
@Deborah Happy to share! Thank you so much! :-)
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