Dear Comrades,
MANGALORE: The huge and
varied collection of stamps displayed at the head post office in the
port city has been drawing the attention of people from all walks of
life in the past few days. The exhibition organized as part of National
Post Week will conclude today.
Jane D'Souza, a 60-year-old philatelist, exhibited 130 postal covers bearing rare stamps with the theme "first day cover" here on Sunday. All these stamps were released from 1956 to 1975. A first day cover is a stamped envelope, postal card or other postal material that was processed at the post office where the stamp was issued for the first time.
Jane's rare collection includes a stamp, which has pictures of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras university. This stamp was released in 1957 on the occasion of the centenary celebration of these three universities. Five colourful stamps of different dance forms, which were issued in 1975, are the centre of attraction. There were also some rare stamps related to children, Subash Chandra Bose and others.Jane, who is also the member of Dakshina Kannada Philatelists and Numismatic Association said exhibition of stamps, is informative to children to learn about the history of yesteryear because stamps are released either in memory of eminent personalities or as part of the some auspicious occasion.
"Today, because of email facility, stamps collection hobby is not popular among college and school students," Jane said, adding that the presence of students at such exhibition raises hope for the hobby in the future.
Jane has a collection of thousands of stamps, which include very rare Indian and Kuwait stamps.
Of these rare stamps, Jane has a huge collection of stamps based on women, which include women politicians, freedom fighters and social workers.
Times of India
