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New Year greetings with 'scented' stamps

      New Delhi: The Department of Posts is now all set to bring out the country's first-ever perfumed stamp having the unmistakable fragrance of sandalwood. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran will formally release the stamp in the denomination of rupees fifteen on December 13.

     The stamp, printed at Government of India Security Press at Nasik , is of 29 x 39 mm dimension having sandalwood's fragrance to last for over a year. So far, countries like New Zealand , Thailand and Switzerland have issued perfumed stamps of this kind. As regards Sandalwood, it dates back to 2000 BC Indian Classical literature and scriptures, which found mention. The Sandalwood tree is found in India , Sri Lanka , Australia , China , Taiwan , Hawaai and some other South Pacific islands. The Postal Department has so far brought out more than 1200 stamps since Independence . A record number of 57 stamps have been released in the current calendar year itself. Prominent among "themes" category were Lakes of India and endangered birds of the country.
-Dec 10,  2006

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