Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Very old Indian Postage stamps- Four annas,Six annas,one anna and half anna.

Monday, June 16, 2014

romantic picture

romantic picture
 There are quite large number of romantic picture for elegance of  art and artistic pleasure.One such picture is with me. I got this as a share from my father after him.

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King George VI .When he ruled Great Britain ,many countries under their colonization issued stamps of King George VI.. In India such stamps had been issued for various postage requirements.
I have many such stamps in my collection.  The first list of such stamps is shown below.


Bodhisattva stamp

  
A person who has attained  Enlightenment, but who postpones Nirvana in order to 
help others to attain Enlightenment: individual Bodhisattvas are the subjects of devotion in certain sects and are often represented in painting and sculpture.

   
1-anna stamp depicts the Bodhisattva statuem but the image is reverse left-right. A corrected version of the stamp was issued in 1950.
I have few such stamps in my collection. It is shown below: