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| 2011, 100 years of Airmail India (Miniature Sheet) Rs.20.00 |
2011, 100 years of Airmail India (Miniature Sheet) Rs.20.00
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Condition: MN H
| Country / Post | India |
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| Date of Issue | 12 February 2011 |
| Primary theme | Aviation (Aviation Pioneers) Post & Philately (Philatelic Exhibitions) |
| Subject | Indipex 2011 - 100 Years of Airmail |
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| Denomination | 20.00 INR |
| Number in set | 4 |
| Layout/Format | sheet of 4 of 4 designs |
| Perforations | 13 by 13 |
| Stamp issuing authority | Ministry of Communications Department of Posts |
| Printer | India Security Press, Nasik |
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INDIA POST HAD BROUGHT SERIES OF POSTAGE STAMPS TO MARK INDIPEX 2011 WORLD PHILATELIC EXHIBITION TO BE HELD FROM 12TH FEBRUARY TO 18TH FEBRUARY 2011 AT NEW DELHI. IN THIS SERIES THE FIRST SET OF SIX STAMPS WAS ON POSTAL HERITAGE BLDG. THE SECOND SET OF FOUR STAMPS WAS ON THE STAMPS ISSUED BY PRINCELY STATES AND THE THIRD AND FINAL SET IS COMMEMORATING COMPLETION OF 100 YEARS OF AIRMAIL SERVICE. HISTORY WAS CREATED ON FEBRUARY 18,1911 WHEN HENRI PIQUET TOOK OFF IN A HUMBER BIPLANE FROM THE RIGHT BANK OF THE YAMUNA AT ALLAHABAD CROSSING OVER TO THE LEFT BANK & DROPPED A MAIL BAG CONTAINING 6500 LETTERS AND POST CARDS AT THE NAINI RAILWAY STATION. INDIA THUS BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO FLY AIR MAILS. AFTER THIS PIONEER EFFORTS, INDIA WAS ALSO THE FIRST COUNTRY TO INTRODUCE AIR MAIL POST CARD IN 1931. THE FIRST REGULAR AIRMAIL SERVICE WHICH WAS STARTED IN 1920, OPERATED BETWEEN MUMBAI & KARACHI. INDIA POST CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF AIRMAIL SERVICE BY ISSUING THIS SET OF FOUR COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPS.
INDIA POST HAD BROUGHT SERIES OF POSTAGE STAMPS TO MARK INDIPEX 2011 WORLD PHILATELIC EXHIBITION TO BE HELD FROM 12TH FEBRUARY TO 18TH FEBRUARY 2011 AT NEW DELHI. IN THIS SERIES THE FIRST SET OF SIX STAMPS WAS ON POSTAL HERITAGE BLDG. THE SECOND SET OF FOUR STAMPS WAS ON THE STAMPS ISSUED BY PRINCELY STATES AND THE THIRD AND FINAL SET IS COMMEMORATING COMPLETION OF 100 YEARS OF AIRMAIL SERVICE. HISTORY WAS CREATED ON FEBRUARY 18,1911 WHEN HENRI PIQUET TOOK OFF IN A HUMBER BIPLANE FROM THE RIGHT BANK OF THE YAMUNA AT ALLAHABAD CROSSING OVER TO THE LEFT BANK & DROPPED A MAIL BAG CONTAINING 6500 LETTERS AND POST CARDS AT THE NAINI RAILWAY STATION. INDIA THUS BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO FLY AIR MAILS. AFTER THIS PIONEER EFFORTS, INDIA WAS ALSO THE FIRST COUNTRY TO INTRODUCE AIR MAIL POST CARD IN 1931. THE FIRST REGULAR AIRMAIL SERVICE WHICH WAS STARTED IN 1920, OPERATED BETWEEN MUMBAI & KARACHI. INDIA POST CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF AIRMAIL SERVICE BY ISSUING THIS SET OF FOUR COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPS.
100 Years of Air Mail.
India Post issued as set of 4 stamps and a MS at the Inaugural function of Indipex 2011 - World Philatelic Exhibition at Delhi by the honourable President of India on 12th Feb 2011.
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