Commemorative Stamps

Current Context : Recently, the department of Posts released a set of commemorative postage stamps to celebrate the Paris Olympics.

ABOUT COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS:

• Commemorative stamps are special issues by postal authorities to honor or commemorate significant events, people, places, or anniversaries, national/international issues, games
• These stamps are only available at Philatelic Bureauxand counters or under the Philatelic Deposit Account Scheme.
• They are typically issued in limited quantities and for a limited period.
• Some of the rules for issuing Commemorative Postage Stamps
• Proposals for issueof Commemorative Postage Stamps may be sent by any citizen of India.
• Stamps issued to mark the 50th, 60th, and 75th anniversaries of India’s independence.
• Stamps featuring prominent personalities such as Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Rabindranath Tagore, and other significant leaders.
• No stampwill be issued on a living personality.
• These are released by the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications.