FIRST DAY COVER : 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS

The recipients of the Victoria Cross shown on the stamps are:

1st class - Agansing Rai, a Gurkha who was awarded the VC in an action against the elite Japanese 33rd Division in Burma in 1944;

1st class - Boy Seaman First Class, Jack Cornwell ('The Boy VC') who was mortally wounded at his post at the Battle of Jutland;

64p - Midshipman Charles Lucas who won the very first VC for hurling a live shell over the side of his ship, during the Crimean War;

64p - Captain Noel Chavasse, a Royal Army Medical Corps Doctor who won two VCs and lost his life tending the wounded under fire on the Western Front in 1917;

72p - Captain Albert Ball of the Royal Flying Corps, an aviator who claimed 44 kills before his untimely death in 1917;

72p - Captain Charles Upham, a New Zealander who was awarded his first VC fighting German paratroopers in Crete and his second in the North African desert before being captured and eventually confined to Colditz.

The Miniature sheet (190 x 67 mm) also includes the 20p Victoria Cross stamp from the 1990 Gallantry series.

Issued On : 21.09.2006

Designed by Atelier Works

Size 41 mm (h) x 30 mm (v)

Printed by Joh. Enschede Security Print

Print Process Lithography

Perforations 14.5 x 14

Gum PVA

SPECIAL COVER : SIRIMANU CARRIED COVER (2019)

This Sirimanu carried special cover was released on October 15, 2019 on the eve of Pydithalli Sirimanotsavam celebrated to propitiate Goddess Pydithalli of Vizianagaram town in North Coastal Andhara Pradesh. This cover was carried by the priest of the temple taken in a procession tied to a lean stump of a tamarind tree, which is raised to a height of about 60 ft.

Signature of Carrier : Chief Priest Bantupalli Venkata Rao 

Cancellation: Vizianagaram City 15.10.19

Cancellation: Philatelic Bureau Bhubaneswar G. P. O (2020)

PHILATELIC BUREAU BHUBANESWAR G. P. O (2020)

Autograph - Prem Chopra - (CINEMA)

Think Bollywood villain and one of the first names that come to mind is that of Prem Chopra. One of the few actors to have been working in the industry for more than five decades, from the black-and-white era to the new millennium, and still going strong, he is a legend in his own right.  In 1976 he won Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Do Anjaane. The dialogues "My name is Prem, Prem Chopra" from the film Bobby and from the film Souten "Mai wo bala hu jo sheshay se pathar ko todtee hai" are immensely popular. 

Chopra regards his best roles and costumes were in Shaheed (1965), Sikander-e-Azam (1965), Kunwari (1966), Upkaar (1967),Do Raaste (1969), Purab Aur Pachhim(1970), Kati Patang (1970), Keemat(1973), Ajanabee(1974),Prem Nagar(1974), Kaala Sona (1975), Mehbooba(1976), Do Anjaane (1976),Jaadu Tona (1977), Tyaag (1977), Dostana (1980), Kranti (1981), Souten, Oonche Log (1985), Phool Bane Angaarey (1991), Bewaffa Se Waffa(1992).

MADHUBALA PICTURE POST CARDS -6V (2008)

Madhubala Picture Post Card - 6v set-issued by 

Department of Post, Kolkatta (2008). Designed by Dipok Dey