My Postage Stamps Collection

This is a blog of my personal stamps and covers collection. I am an avid collector of postage stamps, miniature sheets, FDCs and covers addressed to me from across the world, an accumulator and hoarder of stamps. It is my attempt here to show you all of my collection in the posts that I'll add and update regularly. I hope to add more to the collection in the process, interact with you other collectors out there and share thoughts and information about anything and everything related.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

India FDC Collection 1971 - 1977

1971

10 Feb 1971: Golden Jubilee of Kashi Vidyapeeth

10 Feb 1971: Sant Ravidas (15th Cent. Saint & Reformer)

12 Feb 1971: Deenabandhu Charles Freer Andrews Birth Centenary

29 Apr 1971: 65th Death Centenary of Raja Ravi Varma (Artist).

1972

15 Aug 1972: 25th Anniversary of Independence

15 Aug 1972: Greetings to Armed forces on Silver Jubilee of Independence.

1973

03 Jul 1973: 19th Death Centenary of St. Thomas.

1975

10 Jan 1975: World Hindi Convention, Nagpur.

1976

14 Nov 1976: Children's Day

1977

30 Dec 1977: 60th Year of October Revolution

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India FDC Collection 1970

1970

20 May 1970: New UPU Headquarters Building, Berne.

22 May 1970: Death Anniversary of Sher Shah Suri (Pioneer of nation-wide mail system)

28 May 1970: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Freedom Fighter)

26 Jun 1970: 25th Anniversary of United Nations

14 Oct 1970: Maharsi Valmiki (Author of Epic Ramayana)

27 Dec 1970: Diamond Jubilee of Girl Guide Movement in India

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India FDC Collection 1969

1969

01 Jan 1969: 130th Birth Anniversary of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Writer)

12 Jan 1969: Birth Anniversary of Dr. Bhagvan Das (Philosopher)

25 Jan 1969: Dr. Martin Luther King

01 May 1969: Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao

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India FDC Collection 1968

1968

03 Jan 1968: 2nd International Conference-Seminar of Tamil Studies. Madras.

01 Feb 1968: 2nd United Nations Conference on Trade & Development, New Delhi.

20 Feb 1968: Amrita Bazar Patrika (News paper)

28 Mar 1968: Birth Centenary of Maxim Gorky (Writer)

19 Oct 1968: 61st Birth Centenary of Bhagat Singh (Revolutionary)

27 Oct 1968: Birth Centenary of Sister Nivedita (Social Reformer)

15 Dec 1968: 400th Anniversary of Cochin

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India FDC Collection 1967

1967

19 Mar 1967: International Tourist Year

16 Apr 1967: First Death Anniversary of Acharya Nandalal Bose (Painter)

01 May 1967: Survey of India Bicentenary

30 May 1967: Narsinha Mehta (Poet)

21 Aug 1967: Narayana Guru (Philosopher)

09 Nov 1967: Centenary of Indo-European Telegraph Service

12 Nov 1967: World Wrestling Championships, New Delhi

01 Dec 1967: 4th Anniversary of Statehood of Nagaland

26th Dec 1967: Rashbehari Bose (Founder of INA)

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India FDC Collection 1964-1966

1964

22 Feb 1964: 20th Death Anniversary of Kasturbha Gandhi.

12 Jun 1964: Nehru Mourning Issue (National Leader & First Prime Minister of India)

29 Jun 1964: Birth Centenary of Sir Asutosh Mookerjee (Lawyer & Educationist)

1966

26 Jan 1966: Lal Bahadur Sastri Mourning Issue

11 Nov 1966: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Scholar & Freedom Fighter)

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India FDC Collection 1961-1963

I have a few FDCs of India. I was just going through them recently and realized there are quite a few. Was able to sort them year wise and decided to put up posts on them here on the blog.

An FDC or First Day Cover is a stamped and cancelled envelope issued on the day of release of the stamp or stamps it carries. As a rule, an FDC can be posted to any address, local or international with or without additional postage only on the same day of issue. However, here in India, I have seen FDCs posted or sent across, way after the actual day of issue and as a result carrying two cancellations. I have done it myself too.

Here are some FDCs from the early 60s.
1961

24 Dec 1961: Birth Centenary of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (Patriot & Educationist)