1976, PAINTED STORKS 25 nP India

1976, PAINTED STORKES 25 nP India

PAINTED STORKS 25 NP India 1976

Text                                  : PAINTED STORKS Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur 25 NP India 1976 

Condition                         : Ø = used/cancelled

Stamp Issue Date	:	10/02/1976
Postage Stamp Denomination	:	0.25
Postal Stamp Serial Number	:	0800
Postal Stamp Name	:	PAINTED STORKS

Philatelic Stamp Description	:	Thee design of the stamp is horizontal and depicts the paintd storks of Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur.
Stamp Currency	:	P
Stamp Type	:	COMMEMORATIVE
Stamp Language	:	English
Stamp Overall Size	:	3.91 X 2.90 cms
Postal Stamp Print Size	:	3.56 x 2.5 cms.
Number of Stamps Per Sheet	:	35
Stamp Perforations	:	13 x 13
Postal Stamp Shape	:	Horizontal
Postage Stamp Paper	:	Unwatermarked adhesive stamp paper
Indian Stamp Process	:	Photogravure
Number of stamps printed	:	30,00,000
Stamp Printed At	:	India Security Press
Indian Stamp's Color	:	Multicolour

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THIS ISSUE MARKING THE HOLDING OF THE ECOLOGY WORKSHOP BY THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY,U.S.A. AT KEOLADEO GHANA BIRD SANCTUARY,BHARATPUR.

Stamp Information	:	Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur, Rajasthan is one of the most spectacular water-bird sanctuaries in the world and offers a magnificent display of indigenous breeding birds and winter migrant. Thee sub-tropical climate in thee sanctuary together with its extensive aquatic vegetation and profusion of trees provide ideal conditions for nesting. Soon after the south-west monsoon, Indian water-birds like cormorants, darters (snake-birds), spoonbills, white ibises, egrets, the grey heron, the painted stork, the open billed stork began to nest usually in congested, mixed colonies, on trees partly submerged in water. The nesting colonies are mainly sited in the hundreds of acacia (babul) trees that dot the marsh. By the time the north-east monsoon and the winter arrive, these birds have raised several broods and generally reached the end of their strenuous breeding enterprise. They are no free to fly over to feeding grounds close by or ft away. In winter, migratory birds arrive from regions as distant as Russia (Siberia) and northern Europe by November. The magnificent Siberian crane and a variety of duck, geese, sandpipers, plovers and others descend in vast numbers on the large, shallow sheets of water in Ghana and spend a few months around these feeding grounds, wintering with us. They return to their homes in the cold north by the end of February. Some indigenous water-birds that have completed their breeding enterprise elsewhere in India also migrate to the Ghana Sanctuary. For instance, among the three kinds of replicates are migrants from outside the country, but the third, the grey pelican, breeds in India itself. The indigenous birds commence their nesting enterprise by mid-September and depart by about March. In view of the wide range and the large numbers of water-birds found in the Ghana Bird Sanctuary, the well-known National Audubon Society of U.S.A. has chosen this Sanctuary to hold its Ecology Workshop from February 9 to 11, 1976. The P & T Department is happy to bring out a special postage stamp on the Ghana Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur to mark the occasion.