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 of Cornell University, USA 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!
Meconopsis aculeata commonly called the Blue Poppy belongs to the Papaveraceae family. Sighting these blooms is among the rewards of Himalayan treks mainly the Valley of Flowers. It grows at altitudes of 3000-5000m on alpine meadows and moraine. I plan to do this trek only to see this wonderful flower.
The Blue Poppy stamp is part of Himalayan Flowers stamps issued in 1982 of denomination 35nP
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| Post of India, GODL-India <https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Mangoes are said to be the King of Fruits. We are entering the mango season in India and my post will be incomplete if I do not share this stamp with mangoes of denomination 50np.
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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!
6 comments:
Mango stamp made me crave for a good mango ðŸ¥
Good day :)
Wow, that's some research. You went in deep, girl. Parasitic or not the flower is beautiful. Learned something new today, thank you.
That blue poppy stamp is gorgeous. So is the mango stamp. I'm glad I found your blog again. There is a typo in the link you left on my blog. It says .blogpost instead of .blogspot. If you fix it more people will return your comments.
@Afshan :-) the market is flooded with mangoes right now. However I think those arriving a bit later in late April taste better. Thanks for stopping by:-)
@(in)sane mind... Thank you so much!
@Kalpana Thank you for pointing out that typo. I shall make doubly sure before hitting Enter next time .. Happy to reconnect!! Thanks for stopping by!
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