2009 Army Postal Service

The Army Postal Service while being a part of the Army as a Corps also functions as a postal circle of India Post and issues special cover with special postmarks accompanied with informative brochure on forces related occasions. The civilians may order these issues through nearest philatelic bureau.

The information in the listing is presented in following format:
Date, Occasion (All postmarks are from ‘56 APO’ except noted otherwise)

Jan 04 14th Battalion The Assam Rifles Golden Jubilee	Jan 07 Army Postal Service 6th Reunion	Jan 08 Naval Academy Ezhimala	Jan 09 Controllerate of Quality Assurance Golden Jubilee
Feb 11 10th Battalion The Madras Regiment Silver Jubilee	Feb 14 7th Light Cavalry 225th Anniversary	Feb 20 The Dogra Regiment 14th Postwar Reunion	Mar 25 108 Squadron Air Force, Presentation of President’s Standard
Mar 25 105 Helicopter Unit Air Force, Presentation of President’s Standard	Apr 13 102 Infantry Brigade, Silver Jubilee	Apr 24 21st Battalion, mechanized Infantry Regiment, Silver Jubilee	Jun 29 2nd Battalion, Rajputana Rifles, 10th Anniversary of the First Victory (Battle of Tololing) of Operation Vijay
Jul 19 Southern Air Command, Indian Air Force, Silver Jubilee	Jul 26 8 Mountain Division, Operation Vijay’s 10th Anniversary	Aug 21 105 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Rajputana Rifles Diamond Jubilee	Aug 21 104 Air Defence Regiment Diamond Jubilee
Aug 22 140 Air Defence Regiment Diamond Jubilee	Aug 22 105 Air Defence Regiment Diamond Jubilee	Sep 1 25 Air Defence Regiment Golden Jubilee	Sep 01 21 Signal Group Silver Jubilee
Sep 05 Headquarters 191 Infantry Brigade Diamond Jubilee	Sep 11 Controller of Quality Assurance (Small Arms) Ichapur Centenary	Sep 11 10 Battalion Mechanized Infantry Regiment (20 Battalion Maratha Light Infantry Regiment Diamond Jubilee	Sep 15 19 Battalion (Recce & Support) Mechanized Infantry Regiment Silver Jubilee
Sep 21 62 Infantry (Sela) Brigade Golden Jubilee	Sep 23 19 Battalion Maratha Light Infantry Kolhapur Diamond Jubilee	Sep 28 10 Battalion Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment Silver Jubilee	Sep 30 107 Air Defense Regiment Diamond Jubilee
Oct 01 44 Field Regiment Diamond Jubilee	Oct 01 12 Armored Regiment Silver Jubilee	Oct 03 144 Air defense Regiment (Self Propelled) Diamond Jubilee	Oct 09 16 Battalion Dogra Regiment Diamond Jubilee
Oct 09 Territorial Army Diamond Jubilee	Oct 13 10 Armored Regiment Silver Jubilee	Oct 15 15 Battalion Assam Rifles Golden Jubilee	Oct 29 Parachute Regiment Reunion
Nov 02 2 Battalion The Dogra Regiment Sesquicentennial	Nov 10 47 Squadron Indian Air Force Standard Presentation	Nov 10 Tactics & Air Combat Development Establishment Standard Presentation	Nov 10 Army Medical Corps 10th Reunion
Nov 27 Pioneer Corps 250th Raising Day	Dec 01 Eastern Air Command Golden Jubilee	Dec 07 4th Battalion Garhwal Rifles Golden Jubilee	Dec 10 7th Battalion Mahar Regiment Golden Jubilee
Dec 15 25th Battalion Assam Rifles Silver Jubilee	Dec 21 3rd Battalion Gorkha Rifles Golden Jubilee	Dec 21 116 Engineer Regiment Silver Jubilee	Dec 26 2nd Battalion Naga Regiment Golden Jubilee