Srinagar- A 3-day philatelic exhibition, the place about 50,000 postage stamps and different philatelic objects are on show, started right here on Tuesday, officers stated.
The three-day ‘KASHPEX 2023’ was inaugurated by Brig Okay Bhardwaj, together with Chief Postmaster Basic, J&Okay Circle, Col Vinod Kumar, at Kashmir Worldwide Conference Centre, the officers stated.
Roughly 50,000 postage stamps and different philatelic objects are on show on the exhibition, they stated.
The exhibition will spotlight India’s historical past, tradition, artwork and heritage throughout the years via stamps and pictorial collections. Moreover some uncommon and previous stamps courting again to the 1800s and 1900s, the officers stated.
The exhibition is a uncommon alternative to see a few of the greatest stamps, first day covers, miniature sheets, and stamp playing cards from India and different international locations, they added.
The exhibition additionally goals to be a platform to introduce an entire new technology about philately and its pleasant charms. As a part of selling philately as a pastime amongst college youngsters, philatelic kits have been distributed amongst college youngsters in addition to holding seminars and workshops on Philately by famend philatelists of the nation and state, they stated.
A particular cowl on the well-known ‘Ghanta Ghar’ (clock tower) on the Lal Chowk metropolis centre right here was additionally launched. The particular cowl was launched in acknowledgment of Srinagar being developed and acknowledged as a sensible metropolis and the enduring significance of Ghanta Ghar within the historical past and tradition of Kashmir.
Talking on the event, the Chief Postmaster Basic, J&Okay Circle, highlighted the function of India Put up within the lives of widespread individuals and the huge community of India Put up.
Kumar urged the viewers, predominantly college youngsters, to take philately as a pastime having twin advantages of enhancement of information and financial worth.
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