#397 India 10/06/28

Arvind sent me this nice registered cover from India, thank you very much! The cover was posted in Meerut on June 28 and arrived on July 6, 2010.

The mini-sheet on the front was issued on December 1, 2009.

The stamps on the back commemorate Mother Teresa, Rainwater Harvesting (issued June 5, 2006), the 125th anniversary of the Postal Life Insurance (issued February 11, 2009), and the National Girl Child Day (issued February 5, 2009).

The stamps on the right side of the back commemorate the Shimla St. Bede’s College (issued February 24, 2006), World Consumer Rights Day (issued March 15, 2006), 50 years of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (issued February 3, 2009), and the birth bicentenary of Louis Braille (issued January 4, 2009).

#340 India 09/11/14

Thank you very much, Nagendra, for this beautiful cover from India! It was posted in Lubaka, Zampos, on November 14, 2009.

The stamps on the front side are part of the set “Jayadeva and Geetagovinda“, which was issued on July 27, 2008. On the back side there are two stamps attached: a definitive of 5 rupees commemorating Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) and a 10 rupees tiger stamp commemorating the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve.

#262 India 09/09/26

Thanks to Sujay for sending me this cover from Hubballi (former Hubli), India, which unfortunately got damaged during delivery.

It has attached the mini-sheet commemorating the Indian Coast Guard. The sheet was issued on August 12, 2008. The right stamp commemorates the Indian Navy and was issued on December 4, 2008.

#231 India 09/09/08

On September 8, 2009, Upasana sent me this nice registered cover from Kolkata, India. Thank you!

The miniature sheet depicts the heritage monuments Jaisalmer Fort, Mongyu Monastery Laddakh, St. Anne Church Goa, and Qila Mubarak. The 2008 stamp on the left commemorates the Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy Hyderabad.

#221 India 09/08/31

Aniruddha sent me this nice cover from Thane, India, thank you! It was posted on August 31, 2009.

The cover commemorates the Air Force Squadron No. 48; the top right stamp was cancelled with the commemorative postmark. It depicts the Sri Pratap College in Srinagar. The top left stamp commemorates the Indian economist D. R. Gadgil. The left definitive stamp in the second row depicts the famous Indira Gandhi (1917-1984). The next stamp commemorates the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille (1809-1852). Finally the bottom right stamp depicts Abdul Qaiyum Ansari.

#191 India 09/01/12

Shrikant sent me this nice cover from Palanpur, India. It was posted on January 12, 2009.

The left stamp was issued on August 2, 2008, and depicts the Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea). The middle stamp was issued on October 7, 2008. It wishes a “Happy Deepavali“. Finally, the right two stamps are part of the set “Renewable Energy” (issued on November 22, 2007).

Thank you for the nice cover!

India 08/10/31

Registered cover from India, posted in Bangalore on October 31, 2008.

This nice cover has attached the mini-sheet “Endemic Butterflied of Andaman & Nicobar Islands”, which depicts the Andaman Mormon (Papilio mayo) and the Pachliopta rhodifer. It was issued on January 2, 2008.

The bottom stamps are three definitives depicting the leopard cat and two stamps of the mini-sheet “Games of the XXIX Olympiad”, which was issued on August 8, 2008.