Legends of Odisha

 India Post released a miniature sheet on the Legends of Odisha on 30th March 2023.

Parshuram

India Post released a stamp on Parshuram on 19th March 2023.

International year of Millets

India Post released a Stamp on the International year of Millets on 18th March 2023

Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde

A Special cover was released to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde on 2nd January 2023 at Kolhaphur.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Iulian Rukavishnikov

Russia Post issued a souvenir sheet to celebrate 100th Birth Anniversary of I. Rukavishnikov (1922-2000), depicting his sculpture "Seagulls" and his portrait outside.

Swimming

Russia Post released a stamp on the sport, Swimming on 22nd November 2022 featuring a butterfly swimmer.

Swimming is a sport or an athletic discipline that involves swimming for various distances in the shortest possible time.Main types of swimming are freestyle; backstroke; breaststroke; and butterfly.

Federal Agency for State Property Management

Russia Post released a stamp on the Federal Agency for State Property Management on 22nd November 2022 depicting it's building and a logo. 

The Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) is a federal executive body that performs the functions of federal property management, including those in the area of land relations, functions of public services and law enforcement functions in the area of property relations. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

DAV Public School, MCL

A Special cover was released during the Silver Jubilee celebrations of DAV Public School, MCL on 27th December 2022 at Talcher.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Tiruvnanthapuram.

Yuri Knorozov

Russia Post released a stamp on 100th birth Anniversary of Yuri Knorozov scientist, historian, ethnographer, founder of the Soviet school of Maya studies on 19th November 2022 featuring his portrait and Mayan hieroglyphic codices in the background.

Yuri Knorozov (1922-1999) was a historian and ethnographer, a linguist and epigraphist, a translator, the founder of the Soviet school of the Maya language studies.

INS Dronacharya

A Special cover was released on the Award of President's colour to INS Dronacharya on16th March 2023 at Kochi.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Resorts of the North Caucasus

Russia Post released a set of 2 stamps on the resorts of the North Caucasus, Arkhyz and Elbrus. on 18th November 2022.

Arkhyz postage stamp shows a general view of the resort and the figure of a snowboarder; the Elbrus postage stamp features the LeapRus high-mountain shelter and a group of mountaineer tourists.

IMSc - Institute of Mathematical Sciences

A Special cover was released to celebrate 60 years of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences on 3rd January 2023 at Taramani.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Ecology

Russia Post released a stamp on the sybject Ecology on 11th November 2022 featuring a drawing of the   competition winner and logo of the Ecology National Project,

The key goals of the Ecology National Project are effective management of production and consumption waste, including the elimination of unauthorized dumps within city boundaries and a radical reduction of air pollution in major industrial centers, including a decrease of min by 20% of the total volume of atmospheric air pollutant emissions in the most contaminated cities.

St. Joseph's University Alumnae Association

A Special cover was released to mark the centenary celebrations of  St. Joseph's University Alumnae Association on 5th February 2023 at Wilson Garden, Bengaluru.

The Alumni Association of St.Joseph's University , Bengaluru, celebrates its Centennial, having traveled one hundred years form formal founding in 1920. Although the Covid pandemic delayed the celebration by 2 years, it was not allowed to dampen the spirits of the alumni, who proudly look back on the 140 year legacy if their beloved Alma mater. From it's inception in 1882. St.Joseph's College has helped make the nation and the world a better place by forming and sending out five generations if resourceful and service-oriented men and women who have adorned virtually every known field of human endurance.

 Cover Code: KTK/09/2023

Iosif Kobzon

Russia Post issued a stamp on I. Kobzon (1937-2018) on 11th November 2022, who was a Soviet and Russian variety singer, political and public figure, a music educator, People's Artist of the USSR (1987), a Cavalier of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland, a Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation (2016), he was awarded The Orders of Courage and Friendship of Peoples.

Topekhana

A Special cover was released on the Topekhana of Jalore, Rajasthan on 15th February 2023 at Jalore.

Birth Anniversary of Marshals of the Soviet Union

Russia Post issued a set of 5 stamps depicting  portraits of  Marshals, I. Bagramyan, L. Govorov, I. Konev, K. Meretskov, and V. Sokolovsky to celebrate their 125th birth Anniversary on 25th October 2022.

Special Covers on Jainism

A set of 3 special covers were released on Jainism on 1st November at Damoh and on 22nd November at Akaltara and Vidisha.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

1 Central Base Post Office

 India Post released a stamp on 75 years of 1 Central Base Post Office on 2nd March 2023.

Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia

Russia Post released a stamp on Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia on 24th October 2022 depicting images of the building and its emblem.

The Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA of Russia) is a federal executive body that ensures radiation, chemical and biological safety of the country and population, as well as the organization of the health protection system at enterprises of strategically important industries with especially hazardous working conditions. It is directly subordinated to the Government of the Russian Federation.

All India Postal Carrom Tournament - 2022-23

A Special cover was released onthe occasion of the All India Postal Carrom Tournament - 2022-23 held at Patna on 30th November 2022.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Chinar Tree

 A Special cover was released on the Chinar tree on 16th November 2022 at Gandhi Nagar.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Bridal Costumes of India

India Post released a set of 2 Souvenir sheets at the Venue of Amritpex 2023 held at Pragathi Maidan, New Delhi, depicting the bridal Costumes of India on 12th February 2023.

2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment

India Post released a stamp on 225 years of  2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment on 24th February 2023.

Tupolev Aircraft Design Bureau

Russia Post released a stamp to celebrate 100th Anniversary of the Tupolev Aircraft Design Bureau on 21st October 2022 depicting an image of the historical building of the Tupolev Design Bureau on Radio Street and drawings of the Tu-144 aircraft.

The Tupolev Design Bureau is an aviation experimental design bureau established on October 22, 1922, by aircraft designer A. Tupolev. The Tupolev Experimental Design Bureau has developed more than 300 projects of different types of aircraft, small craft and aero-sleds. About 90 projects were materialized in the metal and over 50 projects were in serial production.

Lighthouses of Russia

Russia Post released a set of 2 stamps depicting the Gelendzhik Front Range Lighthouse against the background of the map of Gelendzhik Bay in the Black Sea and the Krasny Partizan lighthouse against the background of the map of Cape Krasny Partizan in the Tatar Strait.

The Gelendzhik Front Range Lighthouse is the oldest working lighthouse on the Black Sea coast. It is a monument of architecture. The Front Range Lighthouse is located in Gelendzhik at the address: 1 Mayachnaya Street, Lermontovsky Boulevard.

The Krasny Partizan Lighthouse came into operation on July 14, 1897, and until 1926, it had the name of the Nikolaevskii Lighthouse. The author of the project and the main builder of the lighthouse was engineer in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel K. Leopold. The building of the lighthouse is located on the shore of the Tatar Strait, 60 meters from the shoreline and 12 km from the town of Sovetskaya Gavan.

Hypex - Diamond - 2022

A Set of 2 Special covers were released on the occasion of Hypex - Diamond - 2022 held at Khairatabad from 19th to 21st 2022. The covers were released for the Diamond Jubilee of The Hyderabad Philatelic & Hobbies Society and the other on the Presidents of the Society.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Bishnupur Music Gharana

A Special cover was released on the Bishnupur Music Gharana on 25th January 2023 at Bishnupur.

A. Bezborodko and A. Kollontai

Russia Post released a set of 2 stamps on 18th October 2022  to celebrate 275th Birth Anniversary of A. Bezborodko (1747-1799), diplomat, Chancellor of the Russian Empire. Count, His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Bezborodko (1747-1799) was a Russian statesman. Emperor Paul I awarded him the then-highest rank of a Chancellor of the Russian Empire.

150th Birth Anniversary of A. Kollontai (1872-1952), stateswoman, diplomat. Aleksandra Kollontai took part in the Russian Revolution of 1905-1907; at that time she met Vladimir Lenin.

Tomato

 A Special cover on Tomato was released at Kolar on 31.12.2022

Tomato is a popular fruit used extensively as salad and in food preparations all over India. Tomato has been identified as the district product of Kolar and Chikkaballapura district under the One District One Product scheme of Ministry of Food processing Industries. Tomato grown in these districts is known for its quality in India and abroad.

Cover Code: KTK/73/2022.

John the Baptist hermitage of the Vvedenskaya Optina stavropigial monastery.

Russia Post released a stamp on 14th October 2022 depicting the panorama of the John the Baptist hermitage and the image of Holy Prophet St. John the Baptist, in whose name the main temple of the hermitage was consecrated.

The John the Baptist hermitage is referred to as the "heart of the Optina monastery". It makes a part of the monastery, but the most secretive, living by a special charter. It was founded in 1821.

Karnataka State Marketing Communication & Advertising Limited.

A Special cover was released to to commemorate the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Karnataka State Marketing Communication & Advertising Limited (KSMCA) on 4th January 2023 at Bengaluru.

Karnataka State Marketing Communication & Advertising Ltd. (KSMCA) was established in 1972 under the aegis of Commerce & Industries Department and is the only Government Enterprise in the advertising sector.

Today KSMCA provides comprehensive communication solutions including Advertising, Event Management, Outdoor, Radio & TV, Print Production Services and social media to all State Government Departments, Boards, Corporations, Federations, PSUs and a few Central Government Undertakings and PSUs.

Cover Code:KTK/04/2023

Courtesy: Suresh Rao, Bengaluru.

Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

Russia Post released a stamp on the occasion of 100th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on 10th October 2022.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is the highest judicial body for civil cases, cases to resolve economic disputes, as well as criminal, administrative and other cases.The postage stamp provides an image of the building of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the emblem of the organization.

Swarnakamal

A Special Cover was released to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Maniben Nanavati Women's College on 3rd December 2022 at Mumbai.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Kaumudi Teacher

A Special cover was released on Kaumudi Teacher on 21st November 2022 at Kannur.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

World Post Day

Russia Post released a stamp to celebrate World Post day on 7th October 2022.The World Post Day is celebrated annually on October 9 on the Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, which was founded in 1874 in Berne.

Kabardino-Balkarian Republic

Russia Post issued a souvenir sheet to celebrate 100th Anniversary of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic on 3rd October 2022 depicting images of the Coat of Arms of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, the Memorial Arch of Friendship, the Green Theater and the Elbrus Celebration Palace, the Tourist House in Nalchik, the Baksan Hydroelectric Power Plant, natural treasures and the national ornament.

The Kabardino-Balkar Republic is a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. It was formed in 1922 as the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Oblast and since 1992, it has its modern name the Kabardino-Balkar Republic.

A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

Russia Post released a souvenir sheet to celebrate 150th Anniversary of the A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications on 30th September 2022 depcting an image of the building of the Museum; the first civilian Luch-15 satellite, a postal troika, the first pair of postage stamps (put into postal circulation on January 1, 1858), and the device for detecting and registering electrical vibrations (A.S. Popov's first receiver of 1895).

The A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications is one of the oldest science and technology museums in the world. It was founded as a Telegraph Museum on the initiative of Karl Lüders, the Director of the Telegraph Department, on September 11, 1872.

State Bank Academy

A Special cover was released of the occasion of Ruby Jubilee Celebrations of the State Bank Academy  on 11th November 2022 at Gurugram.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Sergei Peretz

Russia Post released a stamp on Sergei Peretz on 28th September 2022, Commander of the motorized platoon of the Special Purpose Police Unit, militia captain, Hero of the Russian Federation.

Swadeshi Movement

A Special cover was released to celebrate the 102th Year of Burning of Foreign Clothes on 30th January 2023 at Patna. The cover illustration depicts Gandhi with other Freedom Fighters burning Foreign Clothes and the cancellation depicts lino cut image of Gandhi.

Cover Code: BH-01/January, 2023. 

Courtesy: Lalith Kumar Mishra, Patna.

ODOP - One District one Product

7 Special covers were released on 11th October on One District one Product items in different places like Milk based product of Ambala, bakery snacks confectionery products of Gangtok, millet based products of Balaghat, ginger based product of Gangtok and Panchkula, soft Rice of Assam and bakery based products of Yamunanagar.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.