The Wild Tree and the Bred Palm – Two Indian Stamps, One Cancellation
Two Indian tree stamps ended up on the same scrap of mail, tied by one postmark. One tree seeds itself across dry India. The other was reshaped by a research station.
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The Quit India Stamp That Was Really the First Page of a Fourteen-Year Plan
India Post’s 1983 Quit India Resolution stamp wasn’t marking an anniversary — it was launching a fourteen-year plan to rewrite the freedom story in gummed paper.
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Hyderabad Was Built Around One Building. The Charminar Stamp Never Says So.
India Post gave Hyderabad a stamp for its four-hundredth birthday. The building on it was standing before there was a city to celebrate.
