International Day of Yoga

  21 June - International Day of Yoga

Special Covers

11th International Day of Yoga :Bhubaneshwar

International Yoga Day : Chennai

Special Cancellations from  Dehradun and Nagpur

Source : SIPA , EIPA, Pan India Pictorial Place Cancellations

New Picture Postcard on Wildlife

 

On the occasion of International Leopard Day on 4th May 2026, a special picture postcard and cancellation were solemnly released by the Chief Postmaster General, Uttarakhand Circle, with the objectives of wildlife conservation, promotion of biodiversity, and public awareness.

-Capt Vijay Wadhwa -Raipur (C.G.)

New Special Covers and Cancellations

  

20 November 2025 : Ananthapuri PEX - 2025 : Trivandrum

20 November 2025 : Kumaranasan Death Centenary : Vikas Bhawan PO

Special Cancellations : 20 November 2025

1. Ananthapur PEX 2025 2. Universal Children's Day

: Mohanachandran Nair-Trivandrum; Praveen Shatry-Banglore

World Food Day

16 October 2025 - World Food Day

 

Karnataka Postal Circle issued on 16th October 2025  a picture postcard and special cancellation on World Food Day.

- Praveen Shastry, Bangalore

New Picture Postcard and Special Cancellation

 

23 September 2025 : Internationa; Day of Sign Languages

New Picture Post Card and special cancellation released on 23 September 2025  by Philatelic Bureau Raipur Chhattisgarh on International Day of Sign languages.

-Capt. Vijay Wadhwa , Raipur (C. G.)

New Pictorial cancellation

 

Advanced Postal Technology IT 2.0

On the occasion of IT 2.0, a special cancellation was released by the Chhattisgarh Postal Circle on 22 July 2025.

-Capt.Vijay Wadhwa

Image source : SIPA

News from Philatelic Societies and Clubs

AMSI Zoom Meeting

25 July 2025

National Doctor's Day

 

1 July 2025 : National Doctor's Day

Special Cancellation issued by  Kerala Postal Circle on National Doctor's Day.

Image courtesy : Mohanachandran Nair, Trivandrum

National Doctor's Day

Date of Issue :1 July 1982

National Doctor’s Day 2025: Observed on July 1, the day honours doctors in India for their dedication and sacrifice ,Doctor's Day in India was established in 1991 by the Government of India to honour Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, an esteemed physician and a pioneer in public healthcare. Dr Roy, who also served as the second chief minister of West Bengal and was awarded the Bharat Ratna, was born on July 1, 1882, and passed away on the same day in 1962.

New Pictorial Cancellations

 

26 June 2025 : International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking : Bengaluru

Source : Pan India Postal Pictorial Place Cancellations

26 June 2025 : International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking : Bhavnagar

25 June 2025 : Axiom Mission  4 : Raipur (C.G.)

 Raipur Philatelic Bureau Chhattisgarh,   released a pictorial cancellation on 25 June 2025 on AXIOM MISIION-4 To International Space Station.

-Capt. Vijay Wadhwa - Raipur (C.G.)

Axiom Mission 4

The Ax-4 mission will “realize the return” to human spaceflight for India, Poland, and Hungary, with each nation’s first government-sponsored flight in more than 40 years. While Ax-4 marks these countries' second human spaceflight mission in history, it will be the first time all three nations will execute a mission on board the International Space Station. This historic mission underscores how Axiom Space is redefining the pathway to low-Earth orbit and elevating national space programs globally.

New Stamp , Special Cancellations and Picture Postcards

11th International Day of Yoga

Date of Issue : 21 June 2025

22 June 2025 : Say No To Drugs Say Yes to Life : Mumbai

 21June 2025 : 11th International Day of Yoga : Bhubaneshwar

21 June 2025 :11th International Day of Yoga : Kolkata

21June : World Music Day : Bengaluru

21 June 2025 : World Music Day : Bengaluru

21 June  2025 : World Music Day : Thiruvanathapuram

Summer Solstice Day + World Motorcycle Day. Carried card. released at Raipur Philatelic Bureau Chhattisgarh.

Courtesy : EIPA, PAN India Postal Pictorial Cancellations, MOhanaChandran Nair - Trivandrum, Capt Vijay Wadhwa - Raipur (C.G.)

New Special Covers

 

24 February 2025 : 37th All India Postal Volleyball  Tournament 2024-25 : Shimla

- Smriti Rana, Shimla

26 February 2025: Nagvasuki Temple: Shivratri : Prayagraj 

New Special Cancellations and Picture Postcards

18 February 2025 : World Air Mail Day

20 February 2025 :  Social Justice : Bengaluru

Source : Prayag Philatelic Society