01 October 2020

151 years of Postcard

 

151st World Postcard Day - 1st October 2020



Image courtesy: Museum for communication, Berlin


The first official Postcard was introduced on 1st October 1869 by the Austro - Hungarians.




Image courtesy: Museum for communication, Berlin

New Postcards from India Post

On 01 October 2020, India Post is releasing a set of 12 postcards duly canceled with 12 different pictorial cancellations.

The world celebrates 151st  world Postcard Day today on 1st October,2020.Gujarat Postal Circle will release a Special Cancellation Cachet on 1st October 2020, on the occasion of 151st World Post Card Day. The cachet will be released at all three breauus of Gujarat i.e. Ahmedabad GPO, Rajkot HO , and Vadodara HO..It will be fixed on all articles received  at the office.



 Philatelic Exhibition on  Postcards

A week long celebration to commemorate the 151st World Postcard day - 1st Oct 2020. 



Debutpex 2020

India’s First Virtual Philatelic Exhibition on Postcards

DebutPex 2020 is India’s First Online Postcard Exhibition with international participation. The exhibit will be showcased online on www.debutpex.com The exhibition is being organised by the Postcrossing Society of India (PSOI), a Non-profit society promoting writing postcard with support of India Post and hosted by PostcardsVille, a postcard design venture. The novel initiative is to celebrate Postcards, and to commemorate the 151st World Postcard Day that falls on 1st Oct 2020. The exhibition is open to all deltiologists across the Globe.

List of Participants for the event : https://www.debutpex.com/participants

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