A collector's cabinet · 01

Philately

Stamps and postal material are miniature records of art, history, people and national memory.

A window into postal history.

My philatelic collection brings together stamps, First Day Covers, special covers and postal material from India and around the world. Each item captures a particular place, occasion or story.

India

Stamps, covers and miniature sheets

India and Japan miniature sheet marking 50 years of diplomatic relations — India–Japan diplomatic relations · 50 years

Aero India 2003 stamp sheet featuring aircraft — Aero India 2003

Miniature sheet marking the golden jubilee of the ascent of Mount Everest in 2003 — Ascent of Mount Everest · Golden Jubilee

Indian miniature sheet saluting COVID-19 warriors — Salute to COVID-19 Warriors

Indian triangular stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the first postage stamp — First postage stamp · 150th anniversary

Philately Day miniature sheet celebrating 150 years of Indian postal history — Philately Day · 150 years

Indian Exotic Birds stamp sheet featuring macaws and a sun conure — Exotic Birds · macaws and sun conure

Indian Exotic Birds stamp sheet featuring a Cape parrot, hyacinth macaw and cockatoo — Exotic Birds · parrots and cockatoo

First Day Cover marking 100 years of India Security Press Nashik — India Security Press, Nashik · 100 years

First Day Cover marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between India and Maldives — India–Maldives diplomatic relations · 60 years

First Day Cover honouring Jaimalji Maharaj — Jaimalji Maharaj

First Day Cover honouring Jhalkari Bai issued in 2001 — Jhalkari Bai · 2001

Indian postage stamp honouring Jijabai issued in 1999 — Jijabai · 1999

Special carried cover for the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra — Kailash Manasarovar Yatra · carried cover

Indian miniature sheet illustrating means of transport through the ages — Means of Transport Through the Ages

First Day Cover featuring medicinal plants of India — Medicinal Plants of India

First Day Cover marking 100 years of the Military Nursing Service — Military Nursing Service · 100 years

First Day Cover honouring Muktabai — Muktabai

Indian National Museum postage stamp issued in 1978 — National Museum · 1978

First Day Cover marking the centenary of Papal Seminary Pune — Papal Seminary Pune · Centenary

Paper Day personalised My Stamp sheet — Paper Day · My Stamp

First Day Cover honouring Sant Tukaram — Sant Tukaram

First Day Cover marking the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel · 150th birth anniversary

Special Cover celebrating Paithani sarees — Paithani Sarees · Special Cover

Indian Technology Day postage stamp — Technology Day

Freedom Forty Swaraj First Day Cover featuring Bal Gangadhar Tilak — Freedom Forty—Swaraj · Tilak

First Day Cover marking 80 years of the United Nations — United Nations · 80 years

United States of America

Collection highlights

United States Postal Service 250 Years of Delivering commemorative stamp sheet — 250 Years of Delivering

United States Sunflowers Forever stamp booklet — Sunflowers

United States A Day at the Beach Forever stamp booklet — A Day at the Beach

Red United States Love Forever stamp sheet with dove and envelope design — Love Forever

United States Forever stamps featuring close-up photographs of dahlias — Floral Studies