press clipping
Postage stamp on Rajagopalachari
PIONEER LUCKNOW · Lucknow · 1973
1 pages
Summary
This one-page English newspaper clipping from Pioneer Lucknow reports the planned issue of a special 20-paise postage stamp commemorating C. Rajagopalachari. The stamp was scheduled for Tuesday, 25 December 1973, marking the first death anniversary of Rajagopalachari, who died in 1972.
The notice states that the stamp would be sold through three philatelic bureaux in Lucknow, Kanpur, and Allahabad, as well as head post offices and selected sub-offices in Uttar Pradesh. First-day covers and publicity folders were also to be available, with special first-day cancellation provided at the philatelic bureaux. The clipping is mounted on an International Clipping Service sheet and carries a client identification for the Swatantra Party; no article byline is visible.
Key points
- The clipping announces a special 20-paise postage stamp commemorating C. Rajagopalachari.
- The issue date was Tuesday, 25 December 1973.
- The stamp marked Rajagopalachari’s first death anniversary.
- The stamp was to be sold at philatelic bureaux in Lucknow, Kanpur, and Allahabad.
- Availability was also planned at head post offices and selected sub-offices in Uttar Pradesh.
- First-day covers, publicity folders, and special first-day cancellation were announced.
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