India - A Philatelic Journey
This coffee table book, ‘India- A Philatelic Journey’, was released
by Hon’ble President of India on 3rd September, 2013 at Vigyan Bhawan in
the inauguration ceremony of 11th Asian Pacific Postal Union Congress.
The book gives a glimpse of our country having chapters on Mahatma
Gandhi, freedom struggle, art & culture, wild life, flora &
fauna, sports and heritage sites of India. The book has been made in
collaboration with the Times of India Group. The designing, printing and
editing has been done by the Times of India Group. The packaging of the
book is excellent; it is inside a beautifully designed Shrink –wrap
box. The most important thing which differentiates it from other coffee
table books is that real stamps are used to describe the above mentioned
subjects. One side of the page have the text and other side have stamps
related to the subject. Approximately 117 stamps issued since 1974 to
2012 have been inserted, in original, in each book. This book is a
limited edition and exclusively for niche customers. Only 800 copies are
available for sale. The book can be purchased from National Philatelic
Museum, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi. This will also be made available to major
philatelic bureaux. Interested customers can also place their orders to
the nearest bureaux or send an email to Shri V.K.Singh, ADG(Philately)
on vksinghs@yahoo.co.in. The price of the book is kept as Rs. 5500.
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