Dear Comrades,
ALLAHABAD: Department of post is organizing an all-India stamp designing competition on Children's Day. The best design will be chosen and issued as an actual stamp and the winner will get a cash prize too. Krishna Kumar Yadav,
director, postal services, Allahabad region said that department of
post has been organizing stamp designing competition since 1998 and
children are especially encouraged to participate in it.
Yadav said that the subject for this year's competition is 'A day with my grandparents'. The design could be in ink, water colour, oil colour among others. Participants are free to use drawing paper, art paper. The participants are to make an original design on this subject.
Yadav further added that there will be three groups of participant ranging. Class IV and below will comprise one group, Class V to VIII, second and Class IX to XII, third. The prize wining design in each category will be considered for use on stamps and other philatelic material.
The prize money for all categories will be worth Rs 10,000, Rs 6,000 and Rs 4,000 for first, second and third respectively. The prize winning entries are likely to be chosen for designing the postage stamp, first day cover and miniature sheet.
The competition will be held on November 16 at 11am at divisional head quarters of Allahabad region.
The competition will be organized at Varanasi head post office, Pratapgarh head post office and Jaunpur head post office, Mirzapur head post office and Ghazipur head post office. Nomination of students can be sent to the concerned senior superintendent of post offices and senior postmasters latest by November 13.
Yadav said that the subject for this year's competition is 'A day with my grandparents'. The design could be in ink, water colour, oil colour among others. Participants are free to use drawing paper, art paper. The participants are to make an original design on this subject.
Yadav further added that there will be three groups of participant ranging. Class IV and below will comprise one group, Class V to VIII, second and Class IX to XII, third. The prize wining design in each category will be considered for use on stamps and other philatelic material.
The prize money for all categories will be worth Rs 10,000, Rs 6,000 and Rs 4,000 for first, second and third respectively. The prize winning entries are likely to be chosen for designing the postage stamp, first day cover and miniature sheet.
The competition will be held on November 16 at 11am at divisional head quarters of Allahabad region.
The competition will be organized at Varanasi head post office, Pratapgarh head post office and Jaunpur head post office, Mirzapur head post office and Ghazipur head post office. Nomination of students can be sent to the concerned senior superintendent of post offices and senior postmasters latest by November 13.
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