Tips for postal department

Stamps of all denominations of a new definitive series should be released simultaneously together with a complete set of postal stationary on the same theme on first day of new financial year (1st April) every year which should also be date for introduction of any new postal tariff announced earlier in Union Budget presented on last day of February. System will provide newness to the system increasing income by way of philately. Present system of issuing commemorative stamps in denomination of rupees 15 should be changed to that of rupees 10 because an RTI reply reveals that most commonly used denominations are rupees 5 and 10. Since users of different denominations of stamps are different, a stamp-sheet must have only one denomination of stamps unlike presently where a sheet at times also has stamps of two or more denominations. Some highly dignified, non-controversial and non-political legendaries like Lata Mangeshkar should be given special honour by portraying them on stamps in their life-time. Selection of such legendaries should be rare with consent of all major political parties in the Parliament to avoid misuse.

Miniature sheets should be extra charged more than face-value of stamps because of excessive printing costs and being a collectors? item rather than for general use as postage stamps. Philately should be encouraged in interest of all concerned including department itself to generate extra revenue by motivating schools and colleges to give philatelic items and coin-sets in place of trophies etc. Philately as subject should also be introduced in scholl text-books.