India Post 2014 - Designers & Printers

Date	Issue Description	Stamp / FDC Designer	Cancellation Designer	Printer
14 January	Food Corporation of India	Nenu Gupta	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
30 January	International Year of Crystallography	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
02 February	Indian Museum, Kolkata	Sankha Samanta	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
08 February	Jagjit Singh	Kamleshwar Singh	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
11 February	Central Vigilance Commission	Suresh Kumar	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
25 February	Hasrat Mohani	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
25 April	National Council of Churches in India	Gulistaan	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
30 April	Chattampiswamikal	Sankha Samanta	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
30 April	Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Delhi	Suresh Kumar	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
14 May	Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism	Brahm Prakash	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
12 June	2014 FIFA World Cup	Kamleshwar Singh	Alka Sharma	ISP, Nashik
16 July	MyStamp – Fairy Queen	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
04 August	MyStamp – Hawa Mahal	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
04 August	MyStamp – Red Fort	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
04 August	MyStamp – St. Francis Church	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
04 August	MyStamp – Taj Mahal	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
05 August	MyStamp – Ajanta Caves	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
05 August	MyStamp – Greeting	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
05 August	MyStamp – Mysore Palace	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
05 August	MyStamp – Port Blair Island	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
05 August	MyStamp – Qutub Minar	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
20 August	Gaiety Theatre Complex, Shimla	Suresh Kumar	Rupesh Kumar	SPP, Hyderabad
03 September	Indian Musicians Ravi Shankar Bhimsen Joshi D. K. Pattammal Gangubai Hangal Kumar Gandharva Vilayat Khan Mallikarjun Mansur Ali Akbar Khan	Sankha Samanta	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
25 October	Anagarika Dharmapala	Sankha Samanta	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
04 November	Liver Transplantation in India	Nenu Gupta	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
12 November	UTI	Kamleshwar Singh	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
28 November	India-Slovenia: Joint Issue	Kamleshwar Singh Roshan Anvekar Anamika Ann Maria Sara Zivkovik	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
29 November	Sagol Kangjei	Kamleshwar Singh	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
04 December	Swami Ekrasanand Saraswati	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
15 December	Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
24 December	Kuka Movement	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
30 December	Baba Amte	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad

India Post 2015 - Designers & Printers

Date	Issue Description	Stamp / FDC Designer	Cancellation Designer	Printer
7-Jan-15	MyStamp – Gujarat (3 designs)	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
8-Jan-15	100 Years of Mahatma Gandhi’s Return (2 designs)	Sankha Samanta	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
22-Jan-15	Beti Bachao Beti Padhao	Brahm Prakash	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
30-Jan-15	Swachh Bharat (3 designs)	Sankha Samanta, M. Vaibhav Shenoy, Ankita De, Jenwin Baby, K. S. Bharanija, J. Sreeramulu	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
14-Feb-15	Project Rukmani	Suresh Kumar	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
20-Mar-15	Indian Ocean and Rajendra Chola 1	Suresh Kumar	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
27-Mar-15	Engineers India Limited	Brahm Prakash	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
10-Apr-15	India-France: Joint Issue (2 designs)	Sankha Samanta, David Ducros	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
18-Apr-15	Patna High Court	Brahm Prakash	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
21-Apr-15	Old Seminary, Kottayam	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
21-Jun-15	International Yoga Day	Kamleshwar Singh	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
14-Jul-15	MyStamp – Godavari Pushkaram 2015	N/A	N/A	ISP, Nashik
17-Jul-15	Nabakalebara 2015 - Shri Jagannath Dham, Puri	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
24-Aug-15	Samrat Ashoka	Kamleshwar Singh, Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
2-Sep-15	Women Empowerment (4 designs)	Suresh Kumar, Gurmeet Singh, Athul S. Raj, Pratheek Roopjith	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
10-Sep-15	10th World Hindi Conference	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
15-Sep-15	Valour & Sacrifice – 1965 War (3 designs)	Nenu Gupta	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
30-Sep-15	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Constitution of India	Brahm Prakash	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
1-Oct-15	Mahant Avaidyanath	Vinita Sinha	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
15-Oct-15	Charkha (2 designs)	Sankha Samanta	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
15-Oct-15	Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	Kamleshwar Singh	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
21-Oct-15	Border Security Force	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
29-Oct-15	3rd India-Africa Forum Summit (6 designs)	Suresh Kumar	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
2-Nov-15	First Gorkha Rifles & Third Gorkha Rifles 1815-2015 (2 designs)	Nenu Gupta	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
14-Nov-15	Children’s Day (2 designs)	Sankha Samanta, Yamini K., Kimaya Gupta, Rohit Gupta, V. Hemachandran	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
16-Nov-15	Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited	Brahm Prakash	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
24-Nov-15	India-Singapore: Joint Issue (2 designs)	Alka Sharma, Wong Wui Kong	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
24-Nov-15	EEPC India	Alka Sharma	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
3-Dec-15	Zoological Survey of India (2 designs)	Suresh Kumar	Alka Sharma	SPP, Hyderabad
23-Dec-15	Sumitranandan Pant	Nenu Gupta	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
26-Dec-15	Alagumuthu Kone	Nenu Gupta	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad
30-Dec-15	Institute for Defense Security and Analyses	Nenu Gupta	Nenu Gupta	SPP, Hyderabad

India Post 2012

Another list of India Post stamps. This one is from 2012. Note one of the lines for London 2012 Olympics stamps is red. That's because it's been a challenge to gather information for these stamps. The information brochure lists 0.04 million each as the print quantity, but there doesn't appear to be a clear indication whether these were actually issues in sheets or sheetlets only. Any update from the blog readers be greatly appreciated. Sheetlets and miniature sheets are highlighted in light grey for easy reading. Do leave a message if there are any errors in this listing.

United States 2015 - Postal Stationery

Date	Issue Description	Format	Print Quantity
12 January	Bank Swallow Envelope Reprint (Forever)	WAG and PSA (#s 6¾, 6¾W, 9, 9W, 10 & 10W)	N/A
12 January	Folk Art Eagle Envelope Reprint (Forever)	WAG and PSA (#s 6¾, 6¾W, 9, 9W, 10 & 10W)	N/A
12 January	$5.75 Glade Creek Grist Mill Pre-paid Priority Envelope	Pre-paid Priority Mail Envelope	N/A
17 April	Water Lilies Stamped Envelope (Forever; 2 designs)	PSA #10 (Pack of 10)	0.37 Million
18 May	Missing Children (Social Awareness) Stamped Envelope (Forever)	PSA #10 (Pack of 10)	0.37 Million
31 July	Fanciful Flowers Stamped Card	Single Card / Double Reply Card / Sheets of 40	3.12 Million / 96,000 / 2,500

Sri Lanka - India Joint Stamp Issue or Not?

Anagarika Dharmapala was a Buddhist revivalist and a reformer from Sri Lanka. He was born in September 1864 in Colombo, growing up in a traditional Sinhala home. Anagarika founded the Mahabodhi Society in Sri Lanka with an aim to upkeep the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya. The ascetic soul worked tirelessly to spread the Buddhist philosophy until he passed away in 1933 in Sarnath, India.

Last year was the 150th birth anniversary year of Anagarika Dharmapala. Sri Lanka Post and India Post released commemorative postage stamps to celebrate the occasion. The Sri Lankan stamp was released on 17th September 2014 and the Indian stamp was released by the President of India on 24th October 2014. 

Although the stamp designs and the release dates are different, the occasion was similar. Considering that Sri Lanka also commemorated the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, it was no surprise that India and Sri Lanka cooperated for this stamp release as well. This was a reciprocal gesture between two neighboring countries. It is important that both the postal departments make a press release describing this coordinated effort for stamp release. This does seem like a joint stamp issue, just lacks a clarification from the authorities.