Hyderabad: The closing of the first day released by the Indian Post & Telegraph (now India Post) in Mahatma Gandhi on the first birthday of Indian independence stands among the Rare Collection of Philatonis Hyderabad.
Currently working as a Chief Vigilance Officer in Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Hyderabad, upenders have collected more than 500 rare stamps and postal covers have a well-known quote Gandhi.
Among the rare collections including Gandhi as a lawyer in Johannesburg, the streets of 116 miles through Bengal to stop Hindu-Muslim disputes, the last meeting between Gandhi, Nehru and Sardar Patel, spinning, the launch of civil disobedience to protest to rule England in India, seven oath of Mahatma Gandhi, a special cover on martyrdom with a photo of Gandhi and the Gandhi stamp booklet released by the Post Department.
Rare stamps released by various countries are also in the collection of upenders.
Upender is a director at the post department.
Filaranias-2021, Virtual Filaatelia Ananias exhibition, which was carried out in Brazil, was respected for silver medals with the theme ‘Mahatma Gandhi-a philatelic quotation.
“He participated in the virtual exhibition from India.” Maybe, this exhibition is unique because I did not find such an exhibition in this country, “said the upender to Toi.
He said more than a decade, he had collected Filatelic material, exclusive Gandhi stamps and Postal cover, have a quote.
“This is a unique experiment to showcase Mahatma Gandhi through a Filaatel collection of rarely,” he explained .
On the opportunity birthday born in Gandhi, the upender remembers Gandhi and said, “I paid the tribute Filaatel to Gandhiji through my rare collection.”