What is commemorative postage stamp?
Commemorative stamps are issued to commemorate important events, prominent personalities in various fields, aspects of nature, beautiful or rare flora and fauna, environmental issues, agricultural activities, national/international issues, sports, etc. These tickets are available only at Ticket Collection Offices and their counters or under the Ticket Collection Deposit Account Scheme. These stamps are printed in limited quantities.
History of commemorative stamps:
Historically, a postage stamp began as a piece of paper, the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp. It was a receipt denoting a specific value, which was a token of prepayment for the postal service. was equal to its face value. But over time, to the present day, the postage stamp has evolved from its original role into an article with various functions, serving as a tool for the celebration and promotion of a nation's heritage, and also Both function internally as a collective object. But the actual price may be very different from its postal value.
All India Commemorative Postage Stamps issued in the year 2022:
- Raj Vaidya Brihaspati Dev Triguna
- Vaidya Shastri Shankar Daji Pade
- Hakim Mohammed Kabiruddin
- Vaidya Bhaskar Vishwa Nath Gokhale
- Raghavan Thirumoolpad of Vaidya Bhushanam
- Dr K G Saxena
- Vaidya Yadav Ji Trikamji Acharya
- Swami Kuvalayananda
- Hakim Mohammad Abdul Aziz Lucknowi
- Dr Dinshaw Mehta
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- Thiru T. V. Sambasivam Pillai
- Vedanta Desikan
- Kalval Kunnan Chetty
- Commemorative stamp released on Fakir Mohan College, Balasore
- A set of two commemorative stamps on Gandhian Legacy in Modern India
- A set of two commemorative stamps on India-Korea joint issue
- A set of two commemorative postage stamps on AHIMSA PARMO DHARMA
- A set of four commemorative postage stamps on Indian Fashion-Sari in Myriad Fashions
- A Commemorative Postage Stamp of Punjab National Bank
- A commemorative stamp on Fakir Mohan College, Balasore
- A set of seven commemorative postage stamps on 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
- A set of 15 commemorative postage stamps on Indians in World War I
- A set of two commemorative stamps on 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
- Handicrafts of India commemorative postage stamp
- A commemorative postage stamp on IIT (BHU) (1919-2019)
- A set of two commemorative postage stamps on Aero India
- Commemorative Stamp on Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj