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Students in classes 6 to 9 took part in a Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana scholarship examination at several centres and schools in Uttarakhand, Hindustan reported on 14 October 2026. Superintendent of P...
Provides named local participation figures for a school scholarship examination specifically intended to encourage stamp collecting and study.
India Post's Central Region, Kochi, released Nirakkoottu, a set of four picture postcards featuring original artworks by transgender artist Miga U. K., on 14 October 2026. Postmaster General T. Nir...
Documents a four-card India Post release centred on the original work of a named transgender artist.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaIndia’s Ministry of Communications published details on 13 October 2026 of a postcard-writing campaign conducted with IndiGo the previous day. The initiative took place on Philately Day, 12 October...
The official report identifies the six-city participation, landmark postcards and airport letterbox arrangement for the in-flight campaign.
A postal item commemorating Budhakedar temple was unveiled at the closing of Tehripex-26 in New Tehri, according to Amar Ujala's 11 October report. The newspaper describes the item as a postage sta...
The closing report documents the unveiling of a locally themed postal item.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaThe fourth Karnataka Philately Passport drew heavy demand during the 10–11 October sale, with the Mangaluru Head Post Office and Bengaluru General Post Office selling their full allocations. The Ti...
The reports establish completed sales at two centres and recognition of people who completed the passport route.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaPrayagphilex 2026 concluded in Prayagraj on 11 October, with awards presented to the senior and junior winners of its stamp quiz and honours for stamp collectors. The Department of Posts' district-...
The closing report supplies the quiz winners and ceremony details that were absent from the opening report.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaMaharashtra Circle Chief Postmaster General Ramchandra K. Jayabhaye released a special World Post Day cancellation at a Mumbai press conference on 9 October 2026. Director of Postal Services, Headq...
The official briefing documents a World Post Day postal marking and current Maharashtra Circle philatelic activity.
A World Post Day stamp exhibition was held at the municipal council library in Gola Gokarannath on 9 October 2026. Hindustan reported that Mahesh Kumar Patwari supplied a collection containing hund...
The report documents a local collection display and recognition of its contributor and the postmaster.
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Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaVARMULPEX 2026 concluded in Baramulla after two days of exhibits, student activities and public programmes, with the closing ceremony marked by the release of a special postal cover devoted to the ...
The closing programme produced a new Walnut special cover, completed a two-cover regional set begun with Habba Khatoon Peak, and documented competitive and youth activity at a district-level Indian philatelic exhibition.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaKarnataka Postal Circle has marked International Coffee Day with a special cancellation dated 1 October 2026. The cancellation was made available through philatelic bureaux and designated head post...
The office-dated cancellation is a short-lived postal marking rooted in India’s leading coffee-producing state and offers collectable variants by participating Karnataka office.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaIndia Post has issued a ₹5 commemorative postage stamp marking 100 years of the Union Public Service Commission, with the formal release taking place during the UPSC centenary programme at Bharat M...
The issued ₹5 stamp records the UPSC’s exact centenary date and adds a major constitutional, education and public-administration subject to modern Indian philately.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaIndia’s Department of Posts issued a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Sant Malukdas Ji on 15 September 2026. Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia released it at a Sant Samagam in New Delh...
The release adds a documented Department of Posts commemorative issue to India’s 2026 stamp programme, with same-day primary-source confirmation and official launch photography.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaIndia released two commemorative postage stamps on 12 September 2026 to mark two decades of BRICS cooperation. The stamps were unveiled in New Delhi on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit, givin...
A same-day official release confirms two new India commemoratives tied directly to the 18th BRICS Summit and the twentieth anniversary of BRICS cooperation.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaAn official Government of India programme issued on 4 September 2026 confirms that a commemorative postage stamp release function will be held in Chennai on 5 September to mark the 75th year of pub...
The official programme confirms a new India Post commemorative release tied to Dinamalar’s 75th anniversary, creating an upcoming institutional and media-history issue of interest to Indian collectors.
India Post released a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Bengali screen legend Uttam Kumar on 4 September 2026, as part of the actor’s birth-centenary celebrations in Kolkata. The release too...
The release adds a new India Post commemorative for one of Bengali cinema’s most important cultural figures and creates a fresh thematic item for collectors of Indian cinema, personalities and West Bengal philately.
The Department of Posts’ Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana has opened a 2026 scholarship opportunity for school students in Haryana, with 40 students set to receive annual scholarships of ₹6,000 each. The a...
The programme directly supports youth philately in India and creates a structured pathway through school clubs, Philately Deposit Accounts, quizzes and research projects.
India Post released four special postal covers featuring major Tirumala landmarks at TIRUPEX-2026, the district-level philatelic exhibition held in Tirupati on 2 September 2026. The subjects are An...
Four new India Post special covers add region-specific Tirumala heritage material for collectors of Indian postal history, religion, tourism and Andhra Pradesh philately.
Philately News🇮🇳 IndiaA specialist census documenting India's pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings was updated on 31 August 2026 with refreshed evidence for several marks used at Moradabad in the former North-Western Pr...
The update provides evidence-based surviving-cover counts for scarce Indian pre-adhesive postal markings and identifies at least one listed mark for which no surviving cover is currently recorded.
A specialist census of India’s pre-1854 hand-struck postal markings was updated on 31 August 2026 with refreshed reference pages for Azimgurh, the historic spelling associated with modern Azamgarh....
The update adds current census evidence for scarce Indian pre-adhesive postal markings and known surviving covers.
The Hand Struck Stamps research project updated its Rajamundry reference pages on 31 August 2026, adding a current census view of pre-1854 postal markings from the Madras Presidency office now asso...
The update provides fresh census evidence for Madras Presidency postal-history material and surviving-cover rarity.
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