Courtesy: R B Kishore
Now you can get your face on a postal stamp - Indian Post office
Rajendra Gawankar dna
Get
your face on the postal stamp. Starting Monday, personalised
commemorative postal stamps – ‘My Stamp’ – are available for Mumbaikars
at the General Post Office.
“Personalisation
is achieved by printing a thumbnail photograph of the customer, images
and logos of institutions or images of artwork, heritage buildings,
famous tourist places, historical cities, wildlife, other animals and
birds etc., alongside the selected commemorative postage stamp,” said
Col. KC Mishra, chief postmaster general, Maharashtra circle.
Earlier, the postal department had twice opened the scheme for Mumbaikars, but it was limited only to a couple of days.
“We
have now decided to introduce the scheme at the Philatelic Bureau of
GPO on a regular basis,” said Shriniwas Vyavhare, spokesperson of India
Post.
A
single sheet of 12 stamps will come at Rs300, wherein people will have a
choice to put the picture of their own choice. The only change done by
the authorities this time is that the person whose picture is to be put
on the stamp should be present to get himself/herself photographed.
Previously,
whenever the scheme was thrown open to people, the department received
tremendous response. There were individuals who had booked as many as
200 to 300 ‘My Stamps’ to paste it on wedding invites. While some
preferred to surprise their loved ones by gifting this personalised
postal sheet.
In
February 2012, when the scheme was first opened for Mumbaikars, GPO
officials had fallen short of these sheets. As a result, they were
forced to shut acceptance of bookings
RB Kishore
VP,AIRIEF,
ED(Retd),LIC
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