SAI BABA
First Day Postmarks
There are 2 different types of the first day of issue postmark of the Sai Baba stamp issued on May 20, 2008. The main difference is in the one of the two words in Devanagari script in the centre of the design. The word on right is believed to be wrongly spelt and had the accent mark (bottom character) facing upwards in the middle letter as shown in New Delhi postmark. This is referred to as Type 1 postmark and is used at most philatelic bureaus. However in the Ahmedabd philatelic bureau the postmark depicts the accent mark facing downwards and is being referred as Type 2 postmark and is known from a few bureaus only. Mumbai and Pune philatelic bureaus used both types the Type 1 postmark for couple of days before changing to Type 2 postmark.
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| New Delhi Type 1 | Ahmedabad Type 2 | ||
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| Mumbai Type 1 | Mumbai Type 2 | Pune Type 1 | Pune Type 2 |
Traffic Lights
India Security Press Nasik imprints the printers color control marks on margin of every sheet of stamps in either of four positions that is top right, bottom right, bottom left, and top left. These are popularly referred to as traffic lights.
In the Sai Baba issue traffic lights have been noticed with different sequence of colors in different positions. Is this for the first time?
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| Top Left | Bottom Left |