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Women of India
A brief description of how the chocolate smelling Swiss stamp was made.
Fragrant Stamps
A brief description of how the chocolate smelling Swiss stamp was made.
Design
Your Own Philatelic Website
A tutorial to get you started on displaying your collection on the
Internet.
Cancellations
of the Year 2000
DKPNA presents the First day cancellations for the stamps issued in the
year 2000.
Presidents
of the Indian National Congress
DKPNA presents the Presidents of the Indian National
Congress featured on the 1985 Indian Stamp.
Comments
about our site from FIP
DKPNA website won the TOP 5% site award at the ESPANA-2000
in Madrid. This is the critique received by us from the
Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (Federation of
International Philately) on the website after evaluation.
Stamp
Calendar 2001
A glimpse of the stamps issued by the Department of
Posts, India in the year 2001. This is a continuing
feature and will be updated at least once in a month.
Indian
Light Combat Aircraft
The stamp issued on 26 January 1999 shows the Indian
Light Combat aircraft which took to the skies on 4
January 2001. A look at this pride of the nation.
Jainism
and Philately
Shri Sudhir Jain presents this enlightening article on
Jainism and Philately. He brings out the salient feature
of Jainism through the Indian Stamps.
A Review of Indian CDs on Philately
Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association presents a review
of Indian CDs on philately. This will be a continuing
feature and as and when we receive CD will update. A new
CD has been reviewed.
A Letter from Hikkim
We have a letter from the highest post office in the
world - Hikkim.
Stamp Crazies
The world of posts and postage stamp is full of funny
amazing facts. Have a look at some of the stamp crazies.
Vegetarian gum, cats a postmen, stamp snake and more
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Mangalore's Pride - The Hampankatta
Post Office
A photo feature by M Prabhakar Kamath. See how the
Mangalore Post Office looks now after the
renovations.
Stamp Quotes
A Collection of Quotations on stamps, stamp collecting
and philately.
Jhanda
Uncha Rahe Hamara ...
The story of our National Flag retold through Indian
Postage Stamps on the eve of the Independence Day,
2000..
1953 Rail Centenary Stamp: A Case for
Design Error
In 1953 Department of Posts issued a stamp to commemorate
the centenary of Indian Railway. The stamp depicts a 1853
locomotive and a 1953 locomotive. However the locomotive
which is representative of 1853 was brought to India on
in 1855!
World's First Stamp
Dr Anjali Dutta describes the story of the worlds first
postage stamp - Penny Black.
Introducing
Daniel Monthero
DKPNA is proud to introduce you its member Daniel
Monthero, philatelist, ornithologist, environmentalist.
Indian
Locomotives
Shri KP Achar. Editor Ind Dak presents the Indian
Locomotives through the the colourful Indian Stamps. This
article has appeared in the June, 2000 issue of Ind Dak
and is presented here with the author's permission.
Stamp Calendar
A glimpse of the stamps issued by the Department of
Posts, India in the months January to December 2000. This
is a continuing feature and will be updated at least once
in a month.
The Story of Flight: As Told
by the Indian Stamps
The
story of Man's Conquest of the Sky retold through
colourful Indian Stamps.
The Postal History of Dakshina Kannada
and Pictorial Cancellations
Shri KP Achar, Editor, Inddak, describes the postal
history of Dakshina Kannada in brief.
Glimpses of Astronomy in Indian Stamps
A peep into the fascinating world of Astronomy through
Indian stamps.
Story of the First Air Mail
This is the colourful story of the First Airmail in the
World, enacted in India.
All
About Stamps Through Stamps
How, When, What, Where of stamps through stamps. A
feature for Children but grown up can enjoy too.
Money
through the Ages : Punch Mark Coins
Shri. Jayaprakash Rao and Shri. Raghava Achar, our
members describe their other hobby - coin collection with
an interesting article on the ancient coins in use in
India.
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