Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 16: Colonel Vinod Kumar, Chief Postmaster General (current charge) Jammu & Kashmir Circle released a Pictorial Cancellation on Floating Post Office Nehru Park depicting the image of Floating Post House in Dal Lake.
Dr Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Vice Chairman LCMA was also present at the time of release of Pictorial Cancellation and other officers Javaid Ahmad Haji, SSPOs Srinagar, Ranjeet Agrawal, Assistant Director, Ajay Kumar Pandita, Incharge Philately and other staff members attended the program.
Speaking on the occasion, Col Vinod Kumar said that with this release of the Pictorial Cancellation, each and every mail article booked at the Floating Post Office will be impressed with this cancellation along with the daily date stamp. He intimated that permanent, regular date cancellations are provided by the Department of Posts at any post office located at a place of tourist attraction and as every mail item going out of this post office will be having the beautiful pictorial date stamp on it.
Pictorial Cancellation normally features the major tourist attraction or prominent places which have significant importance attached to it. Dal Lake is most visited place in Srinagar and also the most attractive part for the tourists all over the world and the Floating Post Office makes it prettier like a jewel in its crown.
Col Vinod informed that J&K Postal Circle has released a Pictorial Cancellation on Floating Post Office Nehru Park to commemorate its beauty and also spread awareness among the people so that more and more tourists visit Kashmir to have experience of the Floating Post Office.
He informed Department of Posts is considering the beautiful tourist places like Char Chinar, Verinag, Achabal, famous historical book “Raj Tarangni” flora and fauna like snow leopard etc of Jammu & Kashmir through release of special covers and Picture Post Cards many of which are in pipe line.
Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Ajay Kumar Pandita and GR Bhatt (Senior Postmaster Srinagar) also spoke on the occasion.
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