About this stamp
On the Stamp
Bright hearts and flowers in a child-like style, growing beneath a large orange sun, with the word “Greetings” in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.
Greetings in the Ancient World
India Post issued two Greetings stamps on 17 December 1990, ₹1 and ₹4, to go with the cards people send at Deepawali, Pongal, Durga Puja, Baisakhi, Bihu, Christmas, Id and other festivals. India Post’s folder traces the custom to antiquity. At the New Year in Egypt people exchanged scent bottles and scarabs inscribed “au ab nab”, meaning all good luck. In Rome they gave strenae, branches of laurel or olive coated with gold leaf, and lamps marked with the figure of victory.
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