Bhopal: 14 City Philatelists Showcase Rare Postage Stamps On Tribal Lifestyle

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Around 14 famous philatelists from Bhopal have displayed some rare postage stamps, focused on tribal lifestyle at Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) in the city.

The collection of postage stamps related to the cultural heritage of tribes, traditional costumes, jewellery, handicrafts, art-culture, food, species, sickle cell disease and medicinal plants, agriculture are the centre of attraction among visitors.

It was part of a three-day postage stamp exhibition, jointly organised by the Indian Postal Department and IGRMS to mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples which falls on August 9.

Dr Rajesh Joshi from AIIMS Bhopal has exhibited hundred stamps on sickle cell disease and medicinal plants in two frames. He has also displayed pictures issued by foreign postal departments including India.

In addition to India, postage stamps of Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Africa are displayed in plants and in sickle cell disease, postage stamps of India as well as Kenya and the US.

Arvind Khodke has displayed about four hundred postage stamps in five frames, which were issued on forests, mountains, rivers, plains and plateaus.

The Indian Postal Department started issuing nature-based postage stamps in 1958. ‘I have all the postage stamps from then till now. Ranjeet Kumar Jha, an electrical engineer has displayed 38 stamps on Gandhi cancellations on post cards in one frame. The exhibition will remain open for visitors till today.