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Wednesday, February 12 2025
Mysuru

You can now have a stamp with your photo

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Mysore:If you have a wish to see your photo on the stamps  affixed on the postal letters, the Postal Department can do it for you, provided you fulfill certain conditions.

The  new facility My Stamp presently available only in Bangalore aims at developing an interest  among customers on various services of the department and also to encourage philatelists.

The Mysore Dasara Exhibition has one stall of the Postal Department offering this facility. Under the facility a special form has to be filled after affixing a passport size photograph along with ID proof copy. In case a  person does not have his photo, his photo will be taken by the staff.

The scanned photo will be copied  beside every stamp electrically on sheets having minimum of 12 stamps each. Each stamp will be of Rs 5 face value and each sheet costs Rs 60. The computer print-outs can be obtained by paying Rs 200 per sheet. The stamps can thus be used while posting letters.

Four  types of stamps with pictures of different flowers namely Dahlia, Cineraria, Lily and Paisley will be available.

Postal authorities said the service will be available in Mysore post offices after Dasara.The Philatelic Bureau at the head post office at Nehru Circle is entrusted the job of selling “My Stamp.”

The service earlier introduced in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi has received good response.

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