Army Postal Service Issues 2006
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 1:
66 Engineer Regiment | Jan 1:
42 Armored Regiment | Jan 1:
20th Battalion The Rajputana Rifles, Silver Jubilee | Jan 4:
Sky Launchers 213 Rocket Regiment, Silver Jubilee |
| Jan 15:
Spear Philex 2006 | Jan 30
Bombay Sappers | Feb 1
133 Field Regiment | Feb 1
24 Infantry Division |
| Feb 13
Corps of Signals | Mar 1
18th Battalion Dogra Regiment Silver Jubilee | Mar 18
4th Battalion Jammu & Kashmir Rifles, Golden Jubilee | Mar 18
12th Battalion The Madras Regiment, Silver Jubilee |
| Apr 1
17th Battalion Brigade of the Guards Silver Jubilee | Apr 15
10th Battalion Assam Regiment | May 1 12th Battalion The Maratha Light Infantry Silver Jubilee | May 13 4th Battalion 8 Gorkha Rifles Diamond Jubilee |
| # 17 Postponed | May 14 5 Field Regiment | May 15 33 Medium Regiment | May 26 3 Field Regiment |
| May 27 20 Squadron Indian Air Force | Jun 02
14 Medium regiment (Dogra) | ||
| Sep 01
22nd Battalion The Sikh Regiment, Silver Jubilee | Sep 01
HQ121 (Independent) Brigade Group, Golden Jubilee | Sep 01
20 Lancers | Oct 05
110 Medium Regiment, |
| Oct 26
122 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Madras, Golden Jubilee | Nov 01
3 Bihar Battalion, | Nov 01
124 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Sikh, Golden Jubilee | Nov 03
17 Battalion |
| Nov 17
Naval Constructors, | Nov 24
The Pioneer Corps, | Nov 26
Brigade of the Guards Regimental Center, | Nov 30
Jammu & Kashmir Rifles, |
| Dec 08
The Mahar Regiment | Dec 08
Military School Bangalore | Dec 15
15th Battalion, The Mechanized Infantry Regiment, Silver Jubilee | Total 38 Covers in 2006 |
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