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#191 India 09/01/12

Posted October 19, 2009
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India 090112Shrikant 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

Posted November 12, 2008
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india-0810311Registered 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.