Signature of Carrier: Hans Jurgen Staudle
Distance : Heuchlingen to Hohlenstein (28 KM) [ GERMANY]
Date : 01.09.1996
I started my stamp collection in 2002 and over the years it has given me an identity and many friends beyond my place. Now it is time to share what I have - Shital Pradhan, Sikkim.
Distance : Heuchlingen to Hohlenstein (28 KM) [ GERMANY]
Date : 01.09.1996
Released on the occasion of the 150th Birth Aniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, this special cover commemorates the second phase of Harijan Padyatra Gandhiji from the Byree Railway Station, Jajpur District, Odisha. The mail was carried by Bhadrak-Cuttack Passsenger Train.
This Special Cover released on November 30, 2021 (GOAPEX 2021), by the Goa Postal Division enacted the famous Tin Can Mail of the Niuafo'ou, an isolated Island in the Pacific. Here the swimmers collected mails in sealed tins swimming out to the passing ship. The service got popular and got the name TIN CAN MAIL.
Goa Postal Department did this Tin Can Mail Experiment from the town of Ribandar to Piedade, an island village over the river Mandovi. This mail was carried out with the help of River Navigation Department, Goa.