Over 2,000 rare stamps to be displayed on Oct 2 at Philately exhibition

Srinagar, Sept 29: Over 2,000 rare stamps issued by the postal organisation of India and abroad will be displayed on October 2 at Special Philately Exhibition at General Post Office (GPO), here. A spokesman of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said here on Friday that Department of Posts (DoP) is organising a Special Philately Exhibition on October 2 in Srinagar GPO Complex. He said in this exhibition, the renowned philatelists of Jammu and Kashmir regions Dr Semin Rubab, Aashiq Hussain, Chetan Kohli, Dr Puri, Sanjay Gupta will display more than 2,000 rare stamps issued by Postal organisation of India and abroad on Mahatma Gandhi. The DoP informed that best 9 letters chosen in the National Level Letter Writing Competition under the “Dhai Akhar/Letter Writing Campaign which runs from June 24, 2017 to August 15, 2017 will be awarded Circle level cash awards in the exhibition. The best three letters writers who secured 1st Position in different categories are Kasak Katoch Jammu, Samriti Sharma Sunderbani Rajouri and Aqib Bashir Frisal Kulgam and will be awarded Cash Award of Rs 25,000 each. Kibra Javaid PCHSS Srinagar, Sanaya Mahajan of KC International School Jammu and Falah Fida Wani Hawal Srinagar who secured second position in the respective categories will be awarded Rs 10,000 each while as Shabir Ahmad St Paul’s Academy Srinagar, Kanhiya Lal Sharma Samba Jammu and Hamid Ali Shah Jammu University will be awarded third prize of Rs 5,000 each in the respective categories. The letter writing competition was open for all citizens and sizeable number of participants participated in it across the state of J&K. The theme of the Letter Writing Competition was “Dear Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi), you inspire me…”. A special cover on Dhai Akhar Letter writing campaign will also be released by Department of Posts in the exhibition. UNI