Commemorative Stamps

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About Commemorative Stamps:

Commemorative stamps are issued commemorating important events, prominent personalities in various fields, aspects of nature, beautiful or rare flora and fauna, environmental issues, agricultural activities, national/international issues, games etc.
These stamps are only available at Philatelic Bureaux and counters or under the Philatelic Deposit Account Scheme.
They are printed in limited quantities.
Some of the rules for issuing Commemorative Postage Stamps
- Proposals for issue of Commemorative Postage Stamps may be sent by any citizen of India.
- Stamps shall be issued only on the apex institution/organization, on its 100th /125th /150th anniversary and not on the branches of any institution or organization.
- The institution/organization should have national or international stature with significant and well recognised contribution in their respective fields.
- No stamp will be issued on a living personality. The personalities on whom commemorative postage stamp may be issued should be of national or international importance.
- The occasion to be commemorated must be the birth centenary or 10th /25th /50th /100th death anniversary. Stamps can be issued no sooner than ten years after an individual’s death.
- Exceptions in this regard will however be considered to be made for personality from the field of Art, Culture and Music.
- A stamp on the building, monument etc. may be issued on its centenary/125th anniversary/150th anniversary etc. The building, to be so honoured must be a Heritage site of national/international importance or a site recognized by ASI of national/international importance.