INDIA’S STAMP ISSUE PROGRAM 2005-2006
Updated: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

After a long wait India Post had released its New Issue Program on September 6, 2005. The program is tentative and subject to change from time to time.

For an illustrated list of stamps already issued in 2005, please visit http://www.stampsofindia.com/stamps/2005stamps.htm

2005
Sep 21: UN International Day of Peace
Sep 00: Vi Kalayanasundaranar POSTPONED Issued Oct 21
Sep 00: Kavimani Desiga Vinayagam Pillai POSTPONED Issued Oct 21
Sep 00: Guru Granth Saheb POSTPONED
Sep 00: PHD Chamber of Commerce POSTPONED Issued Nov 16
Oct 01: Pratap Singh Kairon
Oct 01: M Chettiar
Oct 02: Dr T S Soundram ADDED
Oct 03: Integral Coach Factory POSTPONED Issued Dec 19
Oct 18: India Post Sesquicentennial Series, 4 Stamps & 1 Miniature Sheet
Oct 21: Ayothidhasa Pandithar ADDED
Oct 24: Prabodh Chnadra
Nov 14: Children’s Day
Nov 14: Children's Film Society ADDED
Nov 17: 2nd World Summit on the Information Society in Africa
Nov 19: 150 Years of Kolkata Police Commissionerate
Nov 22: J Darda POSTPONED to Dec 2
Nov 24: Newborn Health in India ADDED
Nov 00: 16 Squadron Air Force POSTPONED Issued Dec 27
Dec 04: Builders Navy - From Leander to Shivalik
Dec 21: Jadavpur University
Dec 18: M S Subbalakshmi
Dec 30: De Facto Transfer of Pondicherry

Nov 00: N M R Subbaraman POSTPONED Issued Jan 29, 2006

Nov 00: India Cyprus Joint Issue, 2 Stamps POSTPONED Issued Apr 12, 2006
Dec 08: SAARC Charter Day POSTPONED
Dec 00: India Mongolia Joint Issue, 2 Stamps POSTPONED
Dec 00: India Oman Joint Issue, 2 Stamps POSTPONED

2006
Jan 12: Pongal
Jan 22: A V Meiyappan PREPONED from Feb Separated from a set of 6 on Legendary Filmmakers
Jan 29: N M R Subbaraman
Jan 00: Fairs of India, 4 Stamps, Goa Carnival, Pushkar, Sonpur, & Baul Festival POSTPONED
Feb 01: 3rd Battalion The Sikh Regiment ADDED
Feb 12: President's Review of Fleet, 4 stamps ADDED
Feb 18: Thirumuruga Kirubananda Variyar ADDED
Feb 18: Devaneya Pavanar ADDED
Feb 18: Dr U V Swaminatha Iyer ADDED
Feb 18: Tamilavel Umameheswarar ADDED
Feb 24: St Bedes College Simla Separated from a set of 3
Remaining 2 stamps: Indraprastha Girls School Delhi, Calcutta Girls High School Kolkata POSTPONED
Feb 25: Gemini Ganesan PREPONED from Mar
Feb 27: Don Bosco Salesians in India ADDED
Feb 00: The Tribune POSTPONED
Feb 00: Legendary Filmmakers, 6 Stamps, AVM (Tamil), L V Prasad (Telugu), Pramathesh Barua (Assamese), Ritvik Ghatak (Bengali), Mehboob Khan (Hindi), and Bimal Roy (Hindi) POSTPONED AVM Separated from the set
Mar 02: M Singaravelar ADDED
Mar 15: World Consumer rights Day ADDED
Mar 00: Sri Pratap College POSTPONED
Mar 00: Voorhees College POSTPONED
Mar 30: Indian Agriculture Research Institute
Apr 01: 62 Cavalry Regiment ADDED
Apr 12: India Cyprus Joint Issue (from 2005 Nov)
Apr 21: Calcutta Girls High School Kolkata (from Feb)
Apr 28: Panna Lal Barupal
Apr 00: India Germany Joint Issue POSTPONED
Apr 00: Rainwater Harvesting POSTPONED to Jun 5
May 00: Endangered Birds of India POSTPONED
May 00: Himalayan Lakes, 6 Stamps, Loktak (Manipur), Sela (Arunachal), Suraj Tal (Himachal), Roopkund (Uttaranchal), Changu (Sikkim), & Nainital (Uttaranchal) POSTPONED
May 00: National Parks, 5 Stamps, Mudumalai/Bandipur (Tamilnadu/Karnataka), Periyar (Kerala), Kaziranga (Assam), & Bandhavgarh (Madhya Pradesh) POSTPONED
Jun 00: Landmark Bridges, 6 Stamps, Howrah Bridge, Mahatma Gandhi Setu (Bihar), Coronation Bridge (Sikkim), Kandruar Bridge (Himachal), Laxman Jhula (Uttaranchal), & Godavari Bridge (Rajamundari)
Jun 00: Indian Railways Architectural Heritage, 4 Stamps
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Mumbai), Howrah (Kolkata), Old Delhi, & Central Station (Chennai)

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