May 31, 2023

World No Tobacco Day

Karnataka Postal Circle released a special cancellation  to celebrate World No Tobacco Day on 31st May 2023. This cancellation was made available at all Bureaus and other Head Post offices in Karnataka.


May 30, 2023

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

India Post released a stamp to celebrate 250th Birth Anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy on 22nd May 2023.


May 29, 2023

Sri Tekur Subhrahmanyam

A Special cover was released on Sri Tekur Subhrahmanyam on 29th March 2023 at Ballari.

Cover Code; KTK/14/2023

May 27, 2023

Howrah Union.

 A Special cover was released to celebrate centenary of Howrah Union on 11th March 2023 at Kolkata.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

May 24, 2023

Lachung, Vibrant village.

A Special cover was released on the vibrant village Lachung on 6th March 2023 at Chungthang.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

May 22, 2023

International Day for Biological Diversity

A Special cancellation was released to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22nd May 2023. This cancellation was made available at all Philatelic Bureaus in Karnataka Circle.


May 19, 2023

International Museum Day.

Karnataka Postal Circle released a special cancellation  to celebrate International Museum Day on 18th May 2023. This cancellation was made available at all Bureaus and other Head Post offices in Karnataka.


May 17, 2023

Mammoth fauna of Russia

Russia Post released a set of triangular stamps on 17th February 2023 depicting the extinct animals like a cave bear and a woolly rhinoceros with cubs; and the common ones like an elk and a muskox.

The mammoth fauna is a complex of mammals, which was formed in late Pleistocene (about 10-100 thousand years ago) in the extratropical zone of Eurasia and North America and migrated depending on changes in the glacier boundaries to the north or to the south.

May 16, 2023

Mizopex - 2022

A Set of 4 covers were released during the District Level Philatelic Exhibition - Mizopex 2022 held at Aizwal from 17th to 19th November 2022.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

May 15, 2023

All India Kannada Sahithya Sammelan

A Special cover was released on the occasion of the All India Kannada Sahithya Sammelan on 6th January 2023 at Haveri.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

May 14, 2023

State Awards of the Russian Federation. Medals series

Russia Post released a set of 4 stamp depicting images of medals Parental Glory, for Merit in Space Exploration, for Merit in the Development of Nuclear Energy, and for the Development of Siberia and the Far East on 26th January 2023.


May 13, 2023

Heritage of Alwar

A set of 3 Special covers were released on the Heritage of Alwar on 26th November 2022 depicting Moasi Maharani ki Chhatri, Bhangarh and Silliserh.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

May 12, 2023

Gopal Krishna Bose

A Special cover was released at Kolkata on 21st December 2022 as a tribute to Cricketer Gopal Krishna Bose.


May 10, 2023

Betel Nut

A Special cover was released on the Betel Nut of Karimganj on 11th October 2022 at Silchar.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

May 8, 2023

National Voter's Day

A Special cover was released to celebrate the National Voter's Day on 25th January 2023 at Bangalore.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

May 7, 2023

Vasily Surikov

Russia Post released a Souvenir Sheet on the occasion of 175th Birth Anniversary of Vasily Surikov (1848-1916),  a Russian painter, academician, on 24th January 2023 depicting  Surikov's painting Morning of Strelets’ Execution (1881, Tretyakov Gallery); twith his portrait of Surikov by I. Kramskoi (1887, the Surikov Krasnoyarsk Art Museum) and the interior of the Surikov Estate Museum in Krasnoyarsk.


May 6, 2023

Swarna Bandhana Maha Kumbabishekam

A Special cover was released on the Swarna Bandhana Maha Kumbabishekam of Sri Sankara Vijeyaendra Saraswathi Swamigal on 7th May 2022 at Silaphalmandi.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Tiger of Sariska

 A Special cover was released on the Tiger of Sariska on 25th November 2022 at Alwar.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

May 5, 2023

Heritage Day - Special Cancellations

India Post had released Special Cancellations in various Post Offices on the Occasion of World Heritage Day on 18th April 2023. Cancellations of Mangalore, Nagpur, Nashik and Pune are shown below.





May 4, 2023

Mann Ki Baat

India Post released a stamp to celebrate the 100th broadcast of Mann Ki Baat on 26th April 2023.


May 3, 2023

75th year of Indian Army Day

 India Post released a stamp on the occasion of 75th year of Indian Army day on 19th April 2023.


May 2, 2023

Timroo, toothache tree

 A Special cover was released on Timroo, toothache tree on 5th March 2023 at Dehradun.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

May 1, 2023

Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

A Special cover was released to celebrate 50 years of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation on 4th March 2023 at Lucknow.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.