About this stamp
On the Stamp
A potter in a bright turban bending over his wheel as he shapes a pot, with more pots behind him.
Potter’s Wheel
Since 2015 the Department of Posts has held an all-India stamp design competition every Republic Day, Independence Day and Children’s Day. For Republic Day 2018 the theme was the potter’s wheel; with the help of 23 postal circles, entries came from every corner of the country, and eight won prizes. Two stamps of ₹5 and ₹15, a ₹20 miniature sheet, a first day cover, a brochure and five maximum cards were designed from the selected entries and issued on 26 January 2018. Security Printing Press, Hyderabad printed 5 lakh of each stamp and 1.10 lakh sheets.
The brochure traces the craft from hand-built pots, made by coiling long threads of clay, to the slow wheel or tournette, in use around 4500 BC in the Near East, and to the fast wheel of the mid to late third millennium BC. Working on the flywheel principle, the fast wheel let potters throw a lump of clay into shape, making thinner pots, more varied shapes and many more pots an hour.
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