To celebrate the 20th birthday of Young World a special postal cover was released by M.S. Ramanujan, Postmaster General, Chennai City Region, which was received by Mr. N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu.
Now, Young World has been etched in the portals of history and is recorded in the postal archives for posterity. The Special Cover also has Philatelic value, specially if it is cancelled.
The special cover is the way the Departments of Posts honours an event. On the day of the issue it is cancelled with a special cancellation and the event and date are given on the cover in English and Hindi, explained Philatelist, Mr. Sheshadri.
These special covers are specially designed and it has to be approved by the Chief Post Master General, in this case, of Tamil Nadu Circle, Chennai 600002.
