Book Review : The Handbook of Permanent Pictorial Cancellations of India

 

The Handbook of Permanent Pictorial Cancellations of India  

-Compiled by Sushil Mehra & K. Chaitanya Dev

The Handbook of Permanent Pictorial Cancellations of India - Compiled by Sushil Mehra & K. Chaitanya Dev : Pages 340 : Type - Paperback : Edition - 2022 : Published by Sushil Mehra : Price : Rs 650 : Available with the author : email – gaureshmehra@gmail.com Also available at : Amazon

A permanent pictorial cancellation is issued to use throughout the year without any time limit. There are many permanent  pictorial cancellations issued in different states on various subjects which are of utmost importance related to that place.

The new book ‘Handbook of Permanent Pictorial Cancellations of India’ compiled by Sushil Mehra and K.Chaitanya Dev gives detailed information about  Pictorial Cancellations/Postmarks from all over India. The permanent pictorial cancellations have been given state wise with the details of the picture on the cancellation as well as the initial date of the issue and PIN code of the Post Office. It also gives QR Code on every page using which through smart phone one can get the location of the town on Google Maps. A brief description of the town is also given on every page at which the Post Office is located.

The Book is very useful for the collectors of permanent pictorial cancellations. It is a reference book for all stamp collectors. Every philatelist would like to have this book as pictorial cancellations have an important place in Thematic Philately, Postal History, Postal Stationery Collection as well as Traditional Philately. The Authors have taken extra care to illustrate the latest PPCs from the respective e post offices. The layout a of the book is very good with clear color pictures of the postal stationery on which the cancellations have been given.

I recommend this book to every philatelist. The book will help them to arrange their collection of permanent Pictorial cancellations systematically  as well as it is an  excellent reference book for those who are in traditional philately, Postal history, Postal stationery or Thematic Philately.

Some Pages from the Book

The Authors

 

Sushil Mehra is a noted philatelist and numismatist from Bangalore and writes regularly on stamps. His FB philatelic posts on Pan India Pictorial Place Cancellation Group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/panindiapostal/) are very popular among philatelists with interesting stories of everyday life and its association with stamps. He is a member of Karnataka Numismatic Society and Karnataka Philatelic Society. Mr Mehra is a keen philatelist and numismatist with special interest in various subjects related to stamps coins and bank notes. He may be contacted at email : gaureshmehra@gmail.com

K. Chaitanya Dev is philatelist from Bangalore, a mechanical Engineer by profession, with great interest in French India stamps and Postal History. He has also written a book ‘Stamps of French India’ He is President of Karnataka Philatelic Society, Member of The Royal Philatelic Society, London, India Study Circle and Lifer Member of Philatelic Congress of India. He has won awards at several National and International philatelic Exhibitions. He may be contacted at: chaitanyadev@hotmail.com

- Jeevan Jyoti