10 RUPEE NOTE M K GANDHI

5 RUPEE OLD BURMA MILITARY KING GEORGE VI NOTE SIGNED BY C.D DESHMUKH

very rare 5 rupee old burma military king george vi note 

                                                            signed by c.d deshmukh

India Commemoratives Stamps 1965

Plucking tea 15.8.65
Date of Issue :1965

 

 Globe and congress emblem

 

Stamp Issue Date	:	08/02/1965
Postage Stamp Dinomination	:	0.15
Postal Stamp Serial Number	:	0497
Postal Stamp Name	:	GLOBE AND CONGRESS EMBLEM
Stamp Information	:	The 20th Congress of the International chamber of Commerce meets in New Delhi on the 8th February 1965, to discuss 'World Progress Through Partnership'. The Congress is held every two years and is a meeting ground for representatives of the leading industrial, commercial and financial enterprises of the world. The last Congress was held in Mexico in the year 1963. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) was established in 1919 with the task of representing and promoting private enterprise throughout the world with the basic aim of increasing world trade. The ICC has long established working relationships with the United Nation's Economic and Social Council and other inter-governmental organisations such as, GATT, OECD, the World Bank, the IMF, the Customs Co-operation Council etc. Another important role that the ICC seeks to fulfill is the removal of those differences in Business practices, which can be an obstacle to trade. One of the main achievements of the ICC is the 22-point trade expansion programme submitted in 1963. On this historic occasion when the Congress of the ICC is being held for the first time in India, the Posts and Telegraphs department is glad to bring out a commemoration stamp. The motif adopted by the design of the stamp is the crest of the ICC on the left with the globe on the right.
Philatelic Stamp Description	:	Printed at Delhi Printers, 21 Daryaganj, Delhi-6 for the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department. English 50,000-Feb. 1965.
Stamp Currency	:	P
Stamp Type	:	COMMEMORATIVE
Stamp Language	:	English
Stamp Overall Size	:	3.91x2.90
Postal Stamp Print Size	:	3.63x2.62 cms.
Number of Stamps Per Sheet	:	35
Stamp Perforations	:	13
Postal Stamp Shape	:	Horizontal
Postage Stamp Paper	:	Unwatermarked paper
Indian Stamp Process	:	Photogravure.
Number of stamps printed	:	2 million
Stamp Printed At	:	India Security Press
Indian Stamp's Color	:	Olive Green and Carmine

Govind Ballabh Pant

 

tamp Issue Date	:	10/09/1965
Postage Stamp Dinomination	:	0.15
Postal Stamp Serial Number	:	0522
Postal Stamp Name	:	GOVIND BALLABH PANT
Stamp Information	:	PT. GOVIND VALLABH PANT (1887-1961) Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant inherited many trains from the Himalaya whose child he was. His tiwerring personality, his incisive mind, his indomitable will and the dignity of his bearing, all these had something of the Himalayas about them. Nut behind the formidable exterior was an intensely human individual, kind and warm, generous and forgiving, patient and loyal. These remarkable qualities, coupled with an intense patriotism and love for the common man, offer a key to the transformation of a simple village child into one of the foremost leaders of modern India. He was born on September 10, 1887 in Khunt, a tiny village in District Almora, U.P. and brought up in a atmosphere far removed from the currents of national resurgence. He had a brilliant academic career, which he rounded off with a LL.B. degree from the Allahabad University in 1909. He joined the Bar at Naini Tal the same year and soon built up a flourishing practice. He, however, abandoned it in answer to mahatma Gandhi's inspiring call for non-violent, non-cooperation and plunged into active politics in the early twenties. He became a Member of the U.P. Legislative Council in 1923 and was elected President of U.P. Congress Committee in 1927. A year later he was active in organising demonstrations against the Simon Commission and received serious injuries in a police lathi charge. During the early thirties he was twice imprisoned for participating in the Civil Dis-obedience Movement. He became a member of the Congress working Committee in 1931 and continued to be its member of the Central Legislative assembly and also became Deputy Leader of the Congress Party. When the Congress accepted office in the provinces in 1937, he was elected leader of the Congress Party in U.P. Assembly and formed the first Congress Ministry. Even during the short tenure of the Ministry he put through much needed reforms, which greatly benefited the common man. The individual satyagrah movement found him in prison once again in 1940. Hardly had he come out of prison when he was again detained in connection with the Quit India Movement in August, 1942. After his release in 1945, Pandit Pant played a leading role in conducting negotiations with the British on behalf of the Congress on the question of India's independence. Pantji was re-elected to the U.P. Assembly +in 1946 and was again called upon to head the Government of the State. He served as the Chief Minister of U.P. for an unbroken period of eight years. It was under his inspiring stewardship that administrative, educational and agrarian reforms, including the abolition of the Zamindari System, were launched. In December, 1954 he was called upon to join the Union Cabinet as Home Minister. As Union Home Minister, he showed great skill in handling the intricate and difficult task of States recognisation and in securing a broad consensus in favour of the official language policy. He took special interest in Kashmir affairs. As Chairman of the Zonal Councils, he created a forum for hammering out differences between neighbouring States and for coordinating development schemes on a zonal basis. He was an outstanding parliamentary figure of his day. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1959. Pt, Pant lives forever in the hearts of Indian people whom he served with all his energy and dedication right till his last breathe. He died on the 7th March, 1961. The P & T Department feels privileged to bring out a special commemorative stamp on the occasion of the seventy-eighth birth anniversary of this great son of India.
Philatelic Stamp Description	:	Designed and Produced by the Directorate of advertising & Visual Publicity, Ministry of I. & B., Govt. of India, New Delhi for the Indian Posts & Telegraphs Departments and printed at Delhi Printers, 21 Darayaganj, Delhi-6.
Stamp Currency	:	P
Stamp Type	:	COMMEMORATIVE
Stamp Language	:	English
Stamp Overall Size	:	3.91x2.90
Postal Stamp Print Size	:	3.63x2.62 cms.
Number of Stamps Per Sheet	:	35
Stamp Perforations	:	13
Postal Stamp Shape	:	Vertical
Postage Stamp Paper	:	Unwatermarked paper
Indian Stamp Process	:	Photogravure.
Number of stamps printed	:	2 million
Stamp Printed At	:	India Security Press
Indian Stamp's Color	:	Dark Brown-Olive Green

 

 

National Maritime Day

 

 India 1965 International Co-operation Year

 

 

Jamsetji tata (industrialist)

 

Stamp Issue Date	:	07/01/1965
Postage Stamp Dinomination	:	0.15
Postal Stamp Serial Number	:	0495
Postal Stamp Name	:	JAMSETJI TATA (INDUSTRIALIST)
Stamp Information	:	On the 7th January 1965, the Posts and Telegraphs Department will issue a commemorative stamp to honour Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata in recognition of his services in the industrialisation of the country. Jamsetji N. Tata was born a little more than 125 years ago on the 3rd March, 1839 and was educated at the Elphinston College, Bombay. He joined his father's trading firm in 1858 and had an outstandingly successful business career during which he made a massive contribution to India's Industrial Development. He set up cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron & Steel Company, which is among the largest integrated steel mills in the world. He planned the utilisation of hydroelectric power, which resulted in the formation, after his death, of the Tata Power Companies, which supply electric power to Bombay city and the surrounding areas. Jamsetji Tata's contribution to India's industrial advance was monumental. Even when the country was under foreign rule he had the vision to realise the importance of a modern industry for giving a better life to the people. His activities were many-sided. He introduced sericulture into India, founded the Indian Institute of Science in Banglore and applied scientific techniques to the cultivation of cotton and other crops. He freely donated his wealth to worthy causes and is best remembered for the munificent endowment, which he established for the advanced professional and technical training of Indian's abroad. He was a man of high social ideals and was a pioneer in his enlightened attitude towards labour. Jamsetji died on the 19th May, 1904. In the words of our late Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru he was, "one of the great founders of modern India" and there cannot be a more succinct yet fuller tribute.
Stamp Currency	:	P
Stamp Type	:	COMMEMORATIVE
Stamp Language	:	English
Stamp Overall Size	:	3.91x2.90
Postal Stamp Print Size	:	3.63x2.62 cms.
Number of Stamps Per Sheet	:	35
Stamp Perforations	:	13
Postal Stamp Shape	:	Horizontal
Postage Stamp Paper	:	Unwatermarked paper
Indian Stamp Process	:	Photogravure.
Number of stamps printed	:	2 million
Stamp Printed At	:	India Security Press
Indian Stamp's Color	:	Plum and Orange

  

First Anniversary of Nehru's Death - 'Jawahar Jyoti

 

Stamp Issue Date:27/05/1965

Postage Stamp Dinomination:0.15

Postal Stamp Serial Number:0501 

Postal Stamp Name:EVERLASTING FLAME Stamp Currency:P 

Stamp Type:COMMEMORATIVE 

Stamp Language:English Indian Stamp's

Color:Multicolour 

 

 

Indian Mount Everest Expedition

 

Stamp Issue Date : 15/08/1965

Postage Stamp Dinomination : 0.15

Postal Stamp Serial Number : 0503 

Postal Stamp Name : INDIAN MOUNT EVEEST EXPEDITION 

Stamp Information : INDIAN MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION-1965 As a tribute to the glorious success of the Indian Expedition to Mount Everest the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department will bring out a special commemorative stamp on the 15th August 1965- the 18th anniversary of India's independence. Nine men reached the 29,028 ft. high summit of the Everest in four successive attempts made within ten days in May this year. This is the success story of the third Indian Mt. Everest Expedition, doing credit to all its nineteen members and bringing glory to India. "To Lt. Cdr. M.S. Kohli, the leader, and to everyone of his members and high altitude Sherpas, to humble Nepalese porters, and to all those in the ordnance factories and other establishments in India who helped to equip the Expedition is due to credit for success and our pride in it", commented a national daily. It added," And to-day, because of that success, India takes an honoured place in the exclusive club of international mountaineering and we all are a little taller." By this accomplishment, a new page in the epic of the Everest has been inscribed, a page worthy of the people for whom the Himalayas have always had a deep significance, whose, history and way of life have for the countries been influenced by the Adobe of Eternal Snow. Since 1852, when peak XV, later to be named the Everest, was found to be highest not only in the Himalayan range, but also in the whole world, this tallest pinnacles on Earth has presented a supreme challenge to man. To date, there have been as many as fifteen full-fledged expeditions to Mount Everest both from the Tibet and the Nepal side, and four reconnaissances and three solo attempts. A New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary, and an Indian, Tenzing Norgay, as members of the 1953 British Expedition, led by Sir John Hunt, were the first ever to reach the summit of the Everest on May 29 that year. Of the fifteen expeditions, India mounted three. The 1960 Indian Expedition, under Brig. Gyan Singh, was compelled to withdraw when only 700 ft. from the goal owing to bad weather. The second Indian attempt in 1962, under the late Major John Dais, met the same fate when just 400 ft. below the summit. The third Indian Expedition's initial attempt, towards the end of April this year, was also thwarted by high velocity of winds and blizzards and it had to return to the base camp and wait for over two weeks for better weather. Towards the end of May, however, the efforts of the expedition were crowned with remarkable success when Mount Everest was scaled in four successive attempts. On May 20, 1965 the expedition became the first All-Indian team to reach the summit when two of its members, Capt. A.S.Cheema and Nawang Gombu climbed the peak. This was the second time that Nawang Gombu had climbed the Everest- a record worthy to be proud of. Two days later, on May 22, Sonam Gyasto and Sonam Wengyal reached the summit becoming respectively the oldest (42) and the youngest (23) climbers to stand on top of the Everest. Again, on May 24, C. P. Vohra and Ang Kami reached the top. On May 29, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of Everest, the fourth and last summit party with Capt. H.P.S. Ahulwalia, H.C.S. Rawat and Phu Deorji made the summit. This...

Philatelic Stamp Description : The facsimile on the stamp is from a colour transparency taken by one of the   summit parties. The picture was taken at 10.30 a.m. when a high speed westerly wind of over 75 km per hour made the Tri-colour flutter against the deep blue sky. 

Stamp Currency : P 

Stamp Type : COMMEMORATIVE 

Stamp Language : English 

Stamp Overall Size : 3.91x2.90

Postal Stamp Print Size : 3.63x2.62 cms. 

Number of Stamps Per Sheet : 35 

Stamp Perforations : 13 Postal 

Stamp Shape : Vertical Postage 

Stamp Paper : Unwatermarked paper 

Indian Stamp Process :Photogravure.

Number of stamps printed : 2 million 

Stamp Printed At : India Security Press 

Indian Stamp's Color : Red Purple     

Calcutta g.p.o

 

Stamp Issue Date	:	02/10/1968
Postage Stamp Dinomination	:	0.40
Postal Stamp Serial Number	:	0513
Postal Stamp Name	:	CALCUTTA G.P.O
Stamp Information	:	DEFFINITIVE SERIES Five postage stamps were issued on 16th October, 1967 in the new definitive series, bringing the total number of stamps issued till then in this series to fifteen. This new 40 Paise stamp depicting the Calcuta G.P.O. building is the seventeenth one, sixteenth being the 4 Paise stamp brought on the 15th May, 1968. Only two more stamps in the denomination of Rs. 15 and Rs. 25 remain to be issued to complete the series. The Calcutta G.P.O. building was completed and occupied on 2nd October, 1868. This loftly two-storeyed building with its impressive dome rising to a height of over 220 feet is an important landmark in the city of Calcutta. It is a living testimony to the long tradition of service of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department. It has been the nerve-centre for the postal needs of millions of citizens of Calcuta over successive generations. This famous building appears on the new 40 paise stamp being issued on 2nd October, 1968 to coincide with its centenary ceelebrations.
Philatelic Stamp Description	:	The stamp depicts the Calcutta G.P.O. Building.
Stamp Currency	:	P
Stamp Type	:	DEFINATIVE
Stamp Language	:	English
Stamp Overall Size	:	2.28 x 2.03 cms
Postal Stamp Print Size	:	2.03 x 1.7 cms.
Number of Stamps Per Sheet	:	100
Stamp Perforations	:	14,1/2x14
Postal Stamp Shape	:	Diagonal
Postage Stamp Paper	:	Unwatermarked paper with all over 'Asoka Pillar'.
Indian Stamp Process	:	Photogravure
Stamp Printed At	:	India Security Press
Indian Stamp's Color	:	Plum

   

Lala Lajpat Rai  

 

Stamp Issue Date	:	28/01/1965
Postage Stamp Dinomination	:	0.15
Postal Stamp Serial Number	:	0496
Postal Stamp Name	:	LALA LAJPAT RAI
Stamp Information	:	Lala Lajpat Rai occupies a pre-eminent position in the ranks of valiant fighters for India's independence. He was born on the 28th January 1865 in a small village called Dhudike in the Ferozepur District of Punjab. After a distinguished academic career he qualified as a lawyer and started practicing in Hissar in 1883. He soon became the foremost lawyer in the District. His spirit rebelled against the foreign rule in India and he devoted himself throughout his life to the struggle for freedom. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1888 and was sent to England by the Congress in 1905, to canvass British public opinion in favour of responsible government for Indians. On his return to India he continued his political agitation, which resulted in his exile for a period of six months in Burma. These repressive measures did not break him but steeled his determination to fight for the freedom of his countrymen. He visited England again in 1914 as a member of the Congress delegation and later spent a few years in United States of America where he carried on propaganda in favour of responsible government in India. His turbulent spirit could not submit itself to the discipline of a single party and during his lifetime he was to associate himself with different political parties. However the ruling passion of his life was the political emancipation of his people. He was a man of utter sincerity and courageous determination. His spirit revolted against injustice in any shape or form and he was always in the forefront in voicing the protest. In 1928 the Simon Commission visited India in connection with some proposals for political reform. Lala Lajpat Rai led the agitation against the Commission in Punjab. It was while he was leading a procession in Lahore to protest against the Commissions visit to India that he was felled by blows from a police baton on the 30th October 1928. He succumbed to his injuries o the 17th November 1928. The P. & T. Department is proud to issue a commemorative stamp on the 28th January 1965, the birth centenary of Lala Lajpat Rai, valiant fighter for freedom, social reformer and humanitarian.
Stamp Currency	:	P
Stamp Type	:	COMMEMORATIVE
Stamp Language	:	English
Stamp Overall Size	:	3.91x2.90
Postal Stamp Print Size	:	3.63x2.62 cms.
Number of Stamps Per Sheet	:	35
Stamp Perforations	:	13
Postal Stamp Shape	:	Vertical
Postage Stamp Paper	:	Unwatermarked paper
Indian Stamp Process	:	Photogravure.
Number of stamps printed	:	2 million
Stamp Printed At	:	India Security Press
Indian Stamp's Color	:	Dark Brown

   

Vallabhbhai patel

 

Stamp Issue Date	:	31/10/1965
Postage Stamp Dinomination	:	0.15
Postal Stamp Serial Number	:	0523
Postal Stamp Name	:	VALLABHBHAI PATEL
Stamp Information	:	1.The Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department feels honoured to issue a special commemorative stamp on October 31, 1965, on which day the nation will observe the ninetieth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 2. Vallabhbhai Patel was born on October 31, 1875 at Nadiad in a typical peasant family of Gujarat. He grew up as the fourth in a family of six children. As a boy, he went to the local school, but could also 'plough the land straight and deep.' Like his brother, Vithalbhai, he chose the legal profession, but practiced independently as a successful district pleader till 1910, when he left for England to qualify as a barrister at law. Married at 16, he lost his wife when he was barely 33, after she had born him a daughter and a son. 3. On return from England, he built up a flourishing practice at Ahmedabad as a criminal lawyer. It so happened that Gandhiji, who returned from South Africa in 1915, was invited to preside over the Godhra session of the Gujarat Sabha, in 1917. Vallabhbhai Patel was its secretary. The two men met never to part again. Sardar Patel was elected President of the Ahmedabad Municipality in 1924 by which time he had given up his lucrative practice at the bar to devote his entire time to public service. He galvanized the Gujarat Provincial Congress Committee into a powerful unit of the National Congress, to which he was from then a tower of strength. He was elected President of the Congress at the Karachi Session in 1931. He suffered incarceration on several occasions and spent long years in prison fighting for the freedom of the country. His health broke down, but his spirit remained undaunted and when India became independent he tackled the many problems, which beset the country with tremendous energy and zeal. Indeed he proved to be one of the most outstanding statesmen of the century. He died in harness as the Home Minister of free India on December 15, 1950. 4. The ideal of a free, strong, united India ever remained a consuming passion with this practical realist. A man of unbending wills, his thought and action revolved round the knife and example of Mahatma Gandhi. A powerful organizer and an unerring judge of men, he never failed to inspire confidence in people. Of inflexible purpose and endowed with a statesman like clarity of thought, he had a way with matters of the State. If he had an iron hand, he used it to hammer out a new nation, to restore peace and to strengthen unity. His indomitable will was born out of intense self-discipline. For thright and fearless, he always knew his mind. Above all, he was a man of action without whom the history of Modern India might well have been different. 5. His finest hour was when he accomplished the integration of the Indian states with the Union. For him, integration meant not only accession by the rulers but also transfer of their power to the people. India has been unified as never before, and the saga of this achievement has passed into history. 6. His country was his first love and in the words of his daughter, 'To the last, he was thinking of the nation'. For all the toughness of his spirit and the rocklike firmness of his decision, one could yet say: His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man'.
Philatelic Stamp Description	:	The facsimile of the stamp is from a photograph by the Photo Division, Ministry of I. & B., Govt of India.
Stamp Currency	:	P
Stamp Type	:	COMMEMORATIVE
Stamp Language	:	English
Stamp Overall Size	:	3.3x2.9 cm
Postal Stamp Print Size	:	2.99x2.52 cms.
Number of Stamps Per Sheet	:	42
Stamp Perforations	:	13,1/2 x 1
Postal Stamp Shape	:	Vertical
Postage Stamp Paper	:	Unwatermarked paper
Indian Stamp Process	:	Photogravure
Number of stamps printed	:	2 million
Stamp Printed At	:	India Security Press
Indian Stamp's Color	:	Suede Gray

   

Abraham lincoln

 

Stamp Issue Date : 15/04/1965

Postage Stamp Dinomination : 0.15

Postal Stamp Serial Number : 0499

Postal Stamp Name : ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Stamp Information : ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Born-12th February 1809 Died-15th April 1865) On 15th April 1965 the Indian Posts and telegraphs Department will bring out a commemorative stamp on Abraham Lincoln, the great American statesman. It is a fact of history that nations produce men who are equal to the times. India had Mahatma Gandhi to guide her in her struggle for freedom. To the United States of America came Abraham Lincoln in her hour of tribulation. The ideals for which Abraham Lincoln stood have a special significance for us in India since they were so akin to those of the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Separated as they were by space and time, these two great leaders were motivated by two basic convictions-belief in the common man and belief in the ultimate triumph of truth. As it happened, both of them laid down their life for the cause, which was dearest to their hearts. Lincoln, the 16th President of United States of America, was called to the helm of affairs in 1861 at a time when that country was on the verge of a civil war over the question of the abolition of the Negro slavery. The civil war, which lasted for four long years, ended in victory for the northern states, thanks to Lincoln's stewardship. His leadership and indomitable courage were a bulwark against the forces of reaction and outmoded beliefs. He earned the gratitude of his countrymen by preserving the Union of the States of America and of millions of Negro's by abolishing slavery. His creed was simple-- "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of difference, is no democracy." He had faith in people, in the basic goodness of men and in democracy. 'God must like the common people', he said,' or he would not have made so many of them'. He believed that 'no man is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent'. Democracy meant to him 'the government of the people, by the people, for the people'. These basic tenets have inspired liberators and humanitarians for generations after Lincoln. By his precept and unexampled, Abraham Lincoln served the cause of the downtrodden and the oppressed not only in his own country but all over the world. In the words of our Late Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, he was '...one of those very select great men who have become part of the world's consciousness as embodying certain ideals which the world treasures....' 15th April 1965 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln and on this occasion the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department takes the opportunity of paying homage to the memory of one of the worlds greatest humanitarians and champions of liberty.

Philatelic Stamp Description : Designed and Produced by the Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity, Ministry of I. & B., Govt. of India, New- Delhi for the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department. Printed at The Caxton Press (P) Ltd., New Delhi.

Stamp Currency : P

Stamp Type : COMMEMORATIVE

Stamp Language : English

Stamp Overall Size : 3.91x2.90

Postal Stamp Print Size : 3.63x2.62 cms.

Number of Stamps Per Sheet : 35

Stamp Perforations : 13

Postal Stamp Shape : Vertical

Postage Stamp Paper : All over multiple 'Lion Capitol of Ashoka'

Indian Stamp Process : Photogravure.

Number of stamps printed : 2 million

Stamp Printed At : India Security Press Indian Stamp's

Color : Buff and dark Brown

 

  

 Bidri Vase 16.10.67 Date of Issue :1965

 

 

Coffee Berries 16.10.67 Date of Issue :1965 

 

 

Brass lamp 15.5.68 Date of Issue :1965 

 

Family Planning 16.10.67 Date of Issue :1965 

 

 

Konark Elephant 1.7.66 Date of Issue :1965  

 

 

Chital (Spotted Deer) 15.3.67 Date of Issue :1965 

 

 

Electric Locomotive 1.7.66 Date of Issue :1965 

  

 

Gnat Fighter Plane 16.10.67 Date of Issue :1965 

 

 

Indian Dolls 15.3.67 Date of Issue :1965  

 

 

Mangoes 15.3.67 Date of Issue :1965  

 

 

Somnath Temple 16.10.67 Date of Issue :1965 

 

 

Hampi 15.3.67 Date of Issue :1965 

 

 

Medival Sculpture 1.7.66 Date of Issue :1965 

 

 

Dal Lake, Kashmir 15.3.67 Date of Issue :1965 

 

 

Bhakra Dam, Punjab 15.3.67 Date of Issue :1965  

 

 

Atomic Reactor, Trombay 14.11.65 Date of Issue :1965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mp Issue Date : 15/08/1965 Postage Stamp Dinomination : 0.15 Postal Stamp Serial Number : 0503 Postal Stamp Name : INDIAN MOUNT EVEEST EXPEDITION Stamp Information : INDIAN MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION-1965 As a tribute to the glorious success of the Indian Expedition to Mount Everest the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department will bring out a special commemorative stamp on the 15th August 1965- the 18th anniversary of India's independence. Nine men reached the 29,028 ft. high summit of the Everest in four successive attempts made within ten days in May this year. This is the success story of the third Indian Mt. Everest Expedition, doing credit to all its nineteen members and bringing glory to India. "To Lt. Cdr. M.S. Kohli, the leader, and to everyone of his members and high altitude Sherpas, to humble Nepalese porters, and to all those in the ordnance factories and other establishments in India who helped to equip the Expedition is due to credit for success and our pride in it", commented a national daily. It added," And to-day, because of that success, India takes an honoured place in the exclusive club of international mountaineering and we all are a little taller." By this accomplishment, a new page in the epic of the Everest has been inscribed, a page worthy of the people for whom the Himalayas have always had a deep significance, whose, history and way of life have for the countries been influenced by the Adobe of Eternal Snow. Since 1852, when peak XV, later to be named the Everest, was found to be highest not only in the Himalayan range, but also in the whole world, this tallest pinnacles on Earth has presented a supreme challenge to man. To date, there have been as many as fifteen full-fledged expeditions to Mount Everest both from the Tibet and the Nepal side, and four reconnaissances and three solo attempts. A New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary, and an Indian, Tenzing Norgay, as members of the 1953 British Expedition, led by Sir John Hunt, were the first ever to reach the summit of the Everest on May 29 that year. Of the fifteen expeditions, India mounted three. The 1960 Indian Expedition, under Brig. Gyan Singh, was compelled to withdraw when only 700 ft. from the goal owing to bad weather. The second Indian attempt in 1962, under the late Major John Dais, met the same fate when just 400 ft. below the summit. The third Indian Expedition's initial attempt, towards the end of April this year, was also thwarted by high velocity of winds and blizzards and it had to return to the base camp and wait for over two weeks for better weather. Towards the end of May, however, the efforts of the expedition were crowned with remarkable success when Mount Everest was scaled in four successive attempts. On May 20, 1965 the expedition became the first All-Indian team to reach the summit when two of its members, Capt. A.S.Cheema and Nawang Gombu climbed the peak. This was the second time that Nawang Gombu had climbed the Everest- a record worthy to be proud of. Two days later, on May 22, Sonam Gyasto and Sonam Wengyal reached the summit becoming respectively the oldest (42) and the youngest (23) climbers to stand on top of the Everest. Again, on May 24, C. P. Vohra and Ang Kami reached the top. On May 29, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of Everest, the fourth and last summit party with Capt. H.P.S. Ahulwalia, H.C.S. Rawat and Phu Deorji made the summit. This... Philatelic Stamp Description : The facsimile on the stamp is from a colour transparency taken by one of the summit parties. The picture was taken at 10.30 a.m. when a high speed westerly wind of over 75 km per hour made the Tri-colour flutter against the deep blue sky. Stamp Currency : P Stamp Type : COMMEMORATIVE Stamp Language : English Stamp Overall Size : 3.91x2.90 Postal Stamp Print Size : 3.63x2.62 cms. Number of Stamps Per Sheet : 35 Stamp Perforations : 13 Postal Stamp Shape : Vertical Postage Stamp Paper : Unwatermarked paper Indian Stamp Process : Photogravure. Number of stamps printed : 2 million Stamp Printed At : India Security Press Indian Stamp's Color : Red Purple

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