Postal Stationery 2004
India Post released 52 items of postal stationery with advertisements in the year 2004. It includes 18 different postcards, 31 different Inland Letter Cards, and 3 different aerogrammes. In addition 79 Meghdoot Post Cards were issued in 2004 and are listed separately, as are the 2 Greeting Cards with matching stamped envelopes
Also issued during the year is a postcard with message – Philately: King of Hobbies, Collect Postage Stamps, Contact Nearest Philatelic Bureau” printed by SPP and probably released in September 2004. This is not treated as postcard with advertisement by India Post. It is utilization of the space available on the quantity of postcard with no advertisement for promoting philately. In 2003 these messages appeared for the first time on postcard, and reply postcard from ISP, and Inland Letter Card from SPP.
India Post is not very strict in adhering to the date of issue in case of postal stationery and items are printed and issued at times months and believe it or not years after the scheduled date of issue. The philatelic bureaus however stick to the scheduled date of release in listing and applying the first day issue of postmark on postal stationery. This situation creates items of postal stationery with postmark date that is earlier then it was actually printed.
The information in the listing is presented in following format:
Date, Printer, Language, Message, Quantity in million, Remarks (‘M’ denotes multicolor printing)
Post Card with Advertisement
Jan 10: SPP, Hindi, Tobacco, 6, M
Jan 10: SPP, Hindi, Sony Max TV Channel, 2, M, Inscribed 2003
Jan 15: SPP, Tamil, xxx, 1, Inscribed 2003
Feb 16: ISP, Telugu, xxx, 1
Feb 16: SPP, English, CellOne Excel, 1, M
Mar 03: ISP, Hindi, AIDS Haryana, 1.3
Mar 15: SPP, Hindi, Tobacco, 2, M, Same as issue of Jan 10
Apr 19: SPP, Telugu, Education for all, 1
May 17: SPP, English, BSNL, 1
Jul 05: SPP, Hindi, National Program for Control of Blindness, 1
Jul 05: SPP, Tamil, National Program for Control of Blindness, 1
Jul 05: SPP, Telugu, National Program for Control of Blindness, 1
Jul 28: SPP, English, Veedol engine oil, 1
Aug 16: SPP, Hindi, AIDS Rajasthan, 3
Aug 23: SPP, Tamil, xxx, 1
Nov 01: SPP, Tamil, Human Rights, 1, M
Nov 20: SPP, Kannada, JBIC, 1, M, Inscribed 2005
Dec 1: SPP, Telugu, Water Conservation, 1, Inscribed 2005
Dec 03: SPP, Tamil, Child Labor, 1, M
Inland Letter Card with Advertisement
Jan 10: ISP, Hindi, Tobacco, 5.5, M, Inscribed 2003
Jan 31: SPP, Tamil, Small Savings, 2
Feb 16: SPP, English, CellOne Excel, 1, M
Mar 03: SPP, English, CellOne, 1, M
Mar 15: ISP, Hindi, Tobacco, 2, M, Inscribed 2004
Apr 03: ISP, Tamil, Total Sanitation Campaign, 1, M
Apr 17: SPP, English, Karvy the Finapolis, 1
Apr 19: SPP, Telugu, Education for all, 1
Apr 20: SPP, Kannada, xxx, 1
May 05: ISP, English, Vasanth & Co., 1, M
Jul 05: ISP, Hindi, National Program for Control of Blindness, 0.5, M
Jul 05: ISP, Gujarati, National Program for Control of Blindness, 0.5, M
Jul 05: SPP, Hindi, National Program for Control of Blindness, 1
Jul 05: SPP, Marathi, National Program for Control of Blindness, 1
Jul 09: ISP, Tamil, xxx, 1, M
Jul 09: ISP, Telugu, xxx, 0.5, M
Jul 09: ISP, Tamil, AIDS, 1, M
Aug 16: SPP, English, Manage Your Headache, 1
Aug 31: SPP, English, Brilliant Tutorials, 1
Sep 30: ISP, Tamil, Daily Thanthi, 1, M
Sep 30: SPP, Punjabi, Small Savings, 1
Sep 30: ISP, English, State Bank of Mysore, 1, M
Oct 01: ISP, Malayalam, AIDS, 2, M
Oct 01: SPP, Malayalam, AIDS, 2
Oct 01: SPP, English, Sulfex, 1
Nov 01: ISP, Tamil, Human Rights, 1, M
Nov 20: SPP, Kannada, JBIC, 1, M
Nov 27: SPP, Malayalam, Total Sanitation Campaign, 1
Dec 05: ISP, English, Aushadhi, 1, M
Dec 05: ISP, Telugu, Health & Family Welfare, 1, M
Dec 31: SPP, English, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, 1
Aerogramme with Advertisement
Jul 28: ISP, English, Goa Tourism, 1, M
Aug 31: ISP, English, Tamilnadu Tourism, 1, M
Sep 27: ISP, English, Daman Tourism, 1, M
Post Card with Message
Sep 00: SPP, Philately King of Hobbies, English,
Oct-Dec 00: ISP, Philately King of Hobbies, English, Reply Post Card with Message
Oct-Dec 00: ISP, Philately King of Hobbies, English, on blue card (as used for Competition Post card)
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