INDIA STAMPS - POSTAL STATIONERY - 21 "MEGHDOOT" POST CARDS-BRIGHTLY COLORED

Description: CURRENT SELLER LEVEL(REGION:US)…………… Top Rated If we value you today:…………………. Top Rated HERE IS A NICE LOT OF TWENTY ONE UNIQUE "MEGHDOOT" (LITERALLY MEANS 'CLOUD MESSENGER') POST CARDS, BRIGHTLY COLORED, FROM INDIA, WITH TWO DESIGNS ON STAMPS-ONE OF MAHATMA GANDHI INTRODUCED RECENTLY- SOME DUPLICATES POSSIBLE - THE ‘MEGHDOOT POST CARDS’ ARE PRINTED IN FOUR COLORS AND ARE IN ABOUT 10/12(OUT OF 22) LANGUAGES OF INDIA. FEW OF THESE CARDS ALSO HAVE ONE LINE INSCRIPTIONS IN ENGLISH ALONG WITH OTHER LANGUAGES. EACH LOT OF TWENTY ONE ‘MEGHDOOT POST CARDS’ WILL COMPRISE OF 9/10 ORDINARY+ 11/12 WITH ‘MG’ STAMP AND FEW CARDS PARTLY WITH ‘ENGLISH INSCRIPTION’ AND REST WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES OF INDIA. SOME DUPLICATES ARE POSSIBLE, AS I CANNOT READ MANY OF THE LANGUAGES. FEW OF THE COMMON LANGUAGES I CAN GUESS ARE: BENGALI, GUJARATI, HINDI, MARATHI, URDU AND 4 SOUTH INDIA(KANNADA, MALAYALAM, TAMIL , TELUGU ETC.) THE POST CARDS CONVEY MESSAGES TO COMMON MAN IN VARIOUS INDIAN LANGUAGES-THEIR MOTHER TONGUE. THERE ARE MORE THAN 22 RECOGNIZED INDIAN LANGUAGES INCORPORATED IN SCHEDULE 8 OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION. THESE MESSAGES ARE MEANT TO MOSTLY ENLIGHTEN/EDUCATE/CAUTION COMMON MAN ABOUT HEALTH HAZARDS, MEDICINES, VARIOUS EPIDEMICS, MALARIA, AIDS, HIV, SMOKING, DRUGS, CANCER ETC. IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE(MOTHER TONGUE), WHICH THEY UNDERSTAND. THESE ARE NOT "PICTURE POST CARDS" WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHERE YOU HAVE JUST 1/4TH SPACE TO SCRIBBLE YOUR MESSAGE. "MEGHDOOT" CARDS ARE PRE-STAMPED AND CAN BE MAILED IN INDIA WITHOUT AFFIXING ANY ADDITIONAL STAMP. YOU HAVE FULL ONE SIDE TOTALLY BLANK TO WRITE YOUR OWN MATTER. (THESE CARDS ARE USED IN INDIA AS PRE-PAID POSTAL STATIONERY) (THE DESIGNS SHOWN IN PICTURES MAY NOT NECESARILY MATCH WITH THE ITEM SUPPLIED) EACH LOT WILL HAVE DIFFERENT PICTURES, MESSAGES & LANGUAGES AND YOU WILL FIND THAT NO TWO LOTS WILL BE SAME AND YOU CAN BUY MORE THAN ONE LOT TO HAVE DIFFERENT CARDS, WHICH MAY BE OF DIFFERENT MESSAGES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. FOR VARIETY OF ITEMS, PLEASE VISIT MY EBAY STORE AT: https://www.ebay.com/str/plalwaney

Price: 25 USD

Location: Glen Allen, Virginia

End Time: 2023-12-10T15:50:59.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD