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SPECIAL COVER : DARJEELING PHILATELIC EXHIBITION 1976



Three days DEPEX 1976 was held at Darjeeling from November 5 -7, 1976. Three special cover was released on the occasion. This was the first philatelic exhibition held at Darjeeling.

5.11.76

Illustration: Girl plucking tea at tea garden

Cancellation:  Mt. Everest

6.11.76

Illustration: Children Day

Cancellation: Mask

7.11.76

Illustration : Airmail Day

Cancellation: Aeroplane and mountain

MADHUBALA PICTURE POST CARDS -6V (2008)







Madhubala Picture Post Card - 6v set-issued by 
Department of Post, Kolkatta (2008). Designed by Dipok Dey

KING EDWARD VII ENVELOPE 1906 : ADDRESSED TO MAHARAJA MANINDRA CHANDRA NANDY



COAT OF ARM OF COSSIMBAZAR RAJ

Maharaja Sir Manindra Chandra Nandy (1860-1929 AD), The Maharaja of Cossimbazar Raj, The Great Philanthropist and Reformist, in the period of Bengal Renaissance, Manindra Chandra received the title of Maharaja on 30 May 1898, He received his knighthood in 1915 and Nandy was also an honorary fellow of Calcutta University.

Date of Cancellation:      JULY 22, 1906
UNPAID SEAL:   CALCUTTA GPO: 24 JULY, 1906
KASIM BAZAR 24 JULY, 1906

SPECIAL COVER : WORLD THINKERS’ AND WRITERS’ PEACE MEET – 27TH - 31ST DECEMBER 2015


A Special Cover was released on the occasion of World Thinkers’ and Writers’ Peace Meet  at Kolkata. The cover was designed by Dipok Dey.  The occasion coincided with the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

Illustration & Cancellation: Swami Vivekananda and white pegion.
Date of Release : 27 December 2015, Kolkata

SPECIAL COVER : EKLO CHALO RE 2019






Thirteen Special Covers was released during the six days ‘Ekla Cholo Re’, West Bengal State Level Philatelic Exhibition held at Kolkata (November 16-21, 2019).

Four covers was designed by Dipok Dey

1.      Poets of Bengal      Date of release : 17.12.19
Illustration: Jibananda Das, Sudhindranath Dutta , Premendra Mitra and Subhash Mukhopadhyay

2.      Melodies of Bengal - Date of release : 18.12.19
Illustration: Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Mitra and Satinath Mukherjee

3.      Sports Legend of Bengal  - Date of release : 19.12.19
Illustration: Pankaj Roy, Leslie Walter Claudius and Sailendra Nath Manna

4.      Writers of Bengal -    Date of release : 20.12.19
Illustration: Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and Manik Bandopadhyay

SPECIAL COVER : BERPEX-2014

Heritage Post Office of Berhampore



Murshidabad Postal Division at St. John Ambulance Hall, Berhampore (West Bengal) organised Berpex-2014, District Level Philatelic Exhibition from 5th to 7th September 2014. 

Two covers was released - Heritage Post Office of Berhampore and Murshidabad Silk.