Special Postmarks and Covers 2005

The Special Covers carried by Balloon, aircraft, postal runner etc. are listed separately.
Also listed separately are the Special covers issued on occasions where special postmarks were not provided by India Post and were date-stamped by the regular postmark.
India Post's special postmarks at their booth at stamp exhibitions abroad are also listed separately.

Jan 05: Kolkata

ISISAR World Peace Congress

Jan 06: Vellore
 

VELPEX 2005

Jan 07: Vellore
 

VELPEX 2005

Jan 08: Mumbai

Jain Doctors International Conference

Jan 08: Wardha

WARDHAPEX

Jan 09: Wardha

WARDHAPEX

Jan 10: Mysore

Sadvidya Educational Institutions 150 Yrs

Jan 14: Chennai

P S Higher Secondary School Centenary

Jan 15: New Delhi
 

PETROTECH 2005,  6th International Petroleum Conference & Exhibition		Jan 16: Bangalore

Divine Life Society Bangalore Branch Diamond Jubilee

Jan 22: Gulbarga

GULPEX

Jan 23: Gulbarga

GULPEX

 Jan 24: Chennai

Integral Coach Factory Golden Jubilee

Jan 24: Kolkata

Association of Voluntary Blood Donors Silver Jubilee

Jan 26 - Feb 06: Kolkata

30th Kolkata Book Fair
postmark with changing dates
No Special Cover

Jan 28: Satna
 

SATNAPEX

Jan 29: Satna

SATNAPEX

Jan 29: Sivakasi

SIVAKASIPEX

 

Jan 29: Sivakasi

SIVAKASIPEX

 

Jan 29: Sivakasi

SIVAKASIPEX 

Jan 29: Sivakasi

SIVAKASIPEX

Jan 31: Amritsar

Inauguration of Sahibjada Jhujar Singh Avenue Post office

Jan 31: Tirur

18th All India Football Tournament

  
Feb 01, Pune

150 Years of Pune Institute of Engineering & Technology (formerly Government College of Engineering)

Feb 02, Sangrur

 SANGPEX
District Level

Feb 04: Vadodara

VADOPEX
District Level

Feb 09: Hyderabad

 HYSEPEX Hyd South East District Level

Feb 10: Hyderabad

HYSEPEX  Hyd South East District Level

Feb 10: Howrah

 HOWPEX South Bengal Regional Level

Feb 10: Jaipur

 JPPEX District Level

Feb 11: Rampurhat

 Birbhum District Level

 

Feb 11: Jaipur

JPPEX District Level
No Special Cover

Feb 12: Jaipur

JPPEX District Level

Feb 12: Haridwar

Rotary International District 3080 Centennial Conference

Feb 12: Chennai

 Ramakrishna Mission Students Home

Feb 14: Bangalore

Sri Ramakrishna Vidyarthi Mandiram diamond jubilee

Feb 15: Mumbai

 INS Shivaji
diamond jubilee

Feb16:Thanjavur

Philatelic Festival
Poondi Madha Basilica

Feb 17:Gurdaspur

Gurdaspex
District Level

Feb 18: Gadag

Centenary of Shri C D O Jain Education Society's English Medium School

Feb 18: Berhampore

Murshidabad
District Level

Feb 19: Berhampore

Murshidabad
District Level

Feb 19: Chennai

 Dr T S Soundram Founder Gandhigram

Feb 19: Nagercoil

Patel Institute Platinum Jubilee

Feb 20: Barasat

Barasat District Level

Feb 21: Barasat

Barasat District Level

Feb 23: Hubli

Rotary International Centenary

Feb 25: Chandigarh

33rd Rose Festival

Feb 25: Udagamandlam

UDAGAIPEX
District Level

Feb 26: Udagamandlam

UDAGAIPEX
District Level

Feb 26: Bilaspur

 BILASPEX
District Level

Feb 27: Bilaspur

 BILASPEX
District Level

Feb 26: Jaipur

SCIENCEPEX

Feb 27: Jaipur

SCIENCEPEX

Feb 28: Jaipur

SCIENCEPEX

   
Mar 02: Bangalore

Ramana Maharishi Centre for Learning silver jubilee

Mar 12: Davangere

University B D T College of Engineering, Golden Jubilee

Mar 12: Ahmedabad

Save the Whale Shark

 

Mar 15: New Delhi

World Consumer Rights Day
Issued at 34 places - all state and territory capitals

Mar 21: Allahabad

District Level

 

Mar 21: Mumbai

Chandoli National Park

Mar 28: Mumbai

 Inauguration of Logistics Post

   
Apr 09: Jamshedpur

India Pakistan One Day Cricket Match

Apr 12: New Delhi

Bharat Scouts & Guides

Apr 15: Ernakulam

5th All India Stamps & Coins Exhibition

Apr 17: Tiruchirapalli

Dr G Viswanathan Pillai Birth Centenary

Apr 21: New Delhi

 Hazira Port

Apr 22: New Delhi

Earth Day
Issued at 67 places -
all philatelic bureaus

Apr 22: Dehradun

Earth Day
Different from other philatelic bureaus

Apr 23: Hyderabad

Nyayapathi Raghva Rao Centenary

Apr 28: Gangtok

'Palbheu 2005' Sikkim Philately Exhibition

Apr 28: Gangtok

'Palbheu 2005' Sikkim Philately Exhibition

Apr 29: Gangtok

'Palbheu 2005' Sikkim Philately Exhibition

Apr 30: Gangtok

'Palbheu 2005' Sikkim Philately Exhibition

Apr 29: Kolkata

150 years of India Post

  
May 08: Pelling

philatelic exhibition
Khangchendzonga
Tourism Festival

May 08: Pelling

philatelic exhibition
Khangchendzonga
Tourism Festival

May 12: Mumbai

Lions International - Prevention  of Blindness

May 14: Bhopal

British Library
40th anniversary

May 16: Pune

150 Yrs of India Post

May 26: Berhampur

Rotary Club Berhampur 50 years

May 29: Lucknow

Lions Club
Multiple District 321
32 Annual Convention

May 29: New Delhi

First Successful Indian Expedition to Mount Everest 1965

  
Jun 05: Kadalundi

Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary Introduction of permanent pictorial postmark

Jun 05: Jaipur

World Environment Day

Jun 18: Pune

National Defense Academy 30th Course Reunion, Khadakwasla
 

Jun 20: Chennai

World Volleyball Championship Qualification

Jun 22: Chennai

Swamy Publishers
Golden Jubilee

Jun 25: Chennai

Vidya Mandir School
Golden Jubilee

    
Jul 02: Jamnagar

2nd Electroplaters Seminar

Jul 07: Chennai

Saiva Siddhantha Perumanram Centenary

Jul 13: Kolkata

 

Press Club Kolkata Diamond Jubilee

Jul 13: Kolkata

Scottish Church Collegiate School
175 yrs

Jul 16: Chennai

Thirupoonthuruthy Narayanatirtha Swami
300th Birth Anniv.

Jul 21: Kolkata

Dwijendra Lal Roy Poet & Dramatist 142nd birth anniv 

Jul 21: Chennai

Pioneers of Indian Film Industry: M R Radha
 

Jul 21: Chennai

Pioneers of Indian Film Industry: P Kannamba

Jul 27: New Delhi

Department of Ocean Development - 25 yrs

Jul 29: New Delhi

National Oral Rehydration Solution Day

Jul 30: Kakinada

Draksharma Bhimeswara Temple

    

Aug 01: Kolkata

Deshbandhu College for Girls Golden Jubilee

Aug 01: Kolkata

Calcutta Girls High School

Aug 02: Visakhapatnam

13th World under-21
men's volleyball championship

Aug 05:Gunji

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra

Aug 05: Bangalore

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited

Aug 10 -23: New Dellhi

Rakhi Festival

Aug 19: Calicut

Phila Fest

Aug 20: Calicut

Phila Fest

Aug 25: Kotdwara

PAURIPEX District Level phil exhibition

Aug 26: Kotdwara

PAURIPEX District Level phil exhibition

Sep 01: New Delhi

Springdales School
50 years

Sep 2: Karur

district philatelic exhibition

Sep 3: Karur

district philatelic exhibition

Sep 11: Chennai

Mahatma Gandhi  Satyagraha Centenary Johannesburg

Sep 17: Machlipatnam

KRISHNAPEX
district philatelic exhibition

Sep 17: Gangtok

Mt Khangchendzonga
50 Years of First Accent

Sep 17: Gangtok

Mt Khangchendzonga
50 Years of First Accent

Sep 21: Siliguri

Post Office Festival

Sep 22: Siliguri

Post Office Festival

Sep 22: Patiala

district philatelic exhibition

Sep 24: Banda

district philatelic exhibition

Sep 23: Udaipur

UDAIPEX
district philatelic exhibition

Sep 24: Udaipur

UDAIPEX
district philatelic exhibition

Sep 25: Udaipur

UDAIPEX
district philatelic exhibition

Sep 25: Midnapur

district philatelic exhibition

Sep 27: Midnapur

district philatelic exhibition

Sep 30:Almora

Head Post Office Centenary

Sep 30: Bhilwara

Mewar Chamber of Commerce & Industry

  
Oct 1: Cuddapah

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 2: Dehradun

Mahatma Gandhi 136th Birth Anniversary

Oct 2: Ahmedabad

Mahatma Gandhi 136th Birth Anniversary

Oct 3: Jodhpur

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 3: Jodhpur

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 4: Jodhpur

district philatelic exhibition
No Special Cover

Oct 4: Jodhpur

Shri Hanwant Senior Secondary School

Oct 8: New Delhi

World Hospice & Palliative Care Day

 

Oct 9: New Delhi

150 Years of India Post, World Post Day
No Special Cover

Oct 9: Ahmadabad

 150 Years of India Post, World Post Day

Oct 9: Bangalore

 150 Years of India Post, World Post Day

Oct 14: Bangalore

 India Post 150 Years

Oct 15: Ambikapur

 

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 16: Jalandhar

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 17: Dehradun

Himjyoti Foundation

Oct 17: Dhulia

 

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 22: Dhenkanal

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 23: Dhenkanal

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 26: Saharanpur

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 27: New Delhi

Delhi South district philatelic festival

Oct 27: Tambaram

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 28: Tambaram

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 29: Tambaram

district philatelic exhibition

Oct 28: Kurseong

philatelic exhibition

Oct 29: Kurseong

 

philatelic exhibition

Oct 30: Kurseong

 

philatelic exhibition

Oct 31: Ahmedabad

Sardar Patel
130th Birth Anniversary
No Special Cover

Oct 31: Jaipur

 India Sri Lanka One Day International Cricket Match

  
Nov 3: Bhopal

50 Years of Statehood
Madhya Pradesh

Nov 4: Trivandrum

Central Railway Station Platinum Jubilee

Nov 4: Hazaribag

Bhagwan Parshwanath Digamber Jain Mandir Centenary
 

Nov 5: Bangalore

Saraswati Sangeet Vidyalaya Platinum Jubilee

Nov 5: Mandya

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 6: Mandya

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 7: Trivandrum

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 7:Trivandrum

district philatelic exhibition

  
 

Nov 10: Kasargod

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 11: Kasargod

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 12: Calicut

St Joseph's College
 Golden Jubilee

Nov 12: Kolkata

Golden Jubilee of Lions Service in India

Nov 12: Jeypore

KORPEX Koraput district philatelic exhibition

Nov 12: Jeypore

KORPEX Koraput district philatelic exhibition

Nov 13: Jeypore

KORPEX Koraput district philatelic exhibition

Nov 13: Jeypore

KORPEX Koraput district philatelic exhibition

Nov 14: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 15: Surat

Dutch In India

Nov 15: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 16: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 16: Irinjalakuda

IPEX district philatelic exhibition

Nov 17: Irinjalakuda

IPEX district philatelic exhibition

Nov 17: New Delhi

Arwachin Shiksha Samiti

Nov 17: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 17: New Delhi

Delhi East district philatelic exhibition
No Special Cover

Nov 18: New Delhi

Delhi East district philatelic exhibition
No Special Cover

Nov 18: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 18: New Delhi

All India Confederation of the Blind, 25 years

Nov 19: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 19: New Delhi

Delhi East district philatelic exhibition
No Special Cover

Nov 19: Hyderabad

FAPCCI - HYPEX philatelic exhibition

Nov 20: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 21: Hyderabad

FAPCCI - HYPEX philatelic exhibition

Nov 21: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 22: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 23: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 24: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 25: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 26: Kolkata

Goenka College of Commerce & Business Administration Centenary

Nov 26: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

 Nov 26: Muzaffarpur

district philatelic

Nov 27: Muzaffarpur

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 27: New Delhi

India International Trade Fair
No Special Cover

Nov 27: New Delhi

4th International Congress on Women Work & Health

Nov 28: Indore

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 29: Indore 

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 28: Bhuj

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 29: Bhuj

 

district philatelic exhibition

Nov 30: Bhuj

district philatelic exhibition

   
Dec 1: Kolkata

Howrah Railway Station philatelic exhibition

Dec 5: Cuttack

Rotary Club, Cuttack
Diamond Jubilee

Dec 6: Jamshedpur

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 7: Jamshedpur

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 8: Jamshedpur

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 9: Bidar

 

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 10: Bidar

 

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 10: Puri

SRIPEX district philatelic exhibition

Dec 10: Puri

SRIPEX district philatelic exhibition

Dec 11: Bidar

 

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 11: Puri

SRIPEX district philatelic exhibition

Dec 11: Puri

SRIPEX district philatelic exhibition

Dec 12: Kolkata

Sarangabad High School 150 Years

Dec 16: Serampore

Gopinath Saha
Birth Centenary

Dec 17: Kolkata

'Stamp Show' state philatelic exhibition

Dec 17: Kolkata

'Stamp Show' state philatelic exhibition

Dec 18: Kolkata

'Stamp Show' state philatelic exhibition

Dec 18: Jaipur

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 19: Kolkata

'Stamp Show' state philatelic exhibition

Dec 19: Jaipur

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 20: Jaipur

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 26: Ahmedabad

Tsunami anniversary

Dec 26: Ahmedabad

Tsunami anniversary

Dec 27: Bishnupur

8th Behala Sabuj Scouts & Guides Group Camporee

Dec 28: Coochbehar

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 28: Bangalore

Ramana Maharishi 125th Birth Year Celebrations

Dec 29: Ratnagiri

district philatelic exhibition

Dec 29: Ratnagiri

district philatelic exhibition

 

Dec 30: Ratnagiri

district philatelic exhibition 

Dec 30: Jamnagar

CRICKETPEX 

Dec 31: Ratnagiri

district philatelic exhibition

    

Special Covers without Special Postmarks

Feb 09: Mysore

 COINEX
Permanent Pictorial Postmark Mysore -  Philatelic Bureau

Apr 12: Jaipur

 Mahaveer Jayanti
Jaipur Meter Franking

Sep 21: Bhubaneswar

Major S C Mohanty
Date Stamp - Bhubaneswar

Sep 27: Jaipur

SCHOOLPEX
Permanent Pictorial Postmark Jaipur - Hawamahal

Sep 27: Jaipur

World Tourism Day
Permanent Pictorial Postmark Jaipur - Hawamahal

Oct 2: Ahmedabad

100Years of
Swadeshi Movement

Oct 11: Ahmedabad

Amitabh Bacchan
64th Birthday
Date Stamp -

Oct 16: Ahmedabad

100Years of
Partition of Bengal
Date Stamp -

Nov 25: Ahmedabad

Meatless Day - Animal Rights Day
Date Stamp -

Dec 1: Ahmedabad

World AIDS Day
Date Stamp -

Dec 17: Rajouri

APS district philatelic exhibition
Date Stamp -

    

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