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The long, domed General Post Office at Bangalore among trees, with the INDIA-89 emblem and the words “Bangalore G.P.O.” in Hindi and English, on a ₹4 stamp.
Bangalore G.P.O.
India Post issued two stamps on 9 October 1988, ₹4 and ₹5, the third set in its series leading up to the INDIA-89 World Philatelic Exhibition, showing an early and a modern postal building. The Imperial Post Office came to Bangalore in 1800 and became a Head Post Office in 1854. The present six-storeyed building, of chiselled stone with three domes, stands at the junction of Raj Bhavan Road and Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi. The Prime Minister inaugurated it on 15 November 1985.
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