Parsi related postal stamps released by Postal Authorities

Stamps on Parsis / Parsi related issued by Indian & Other Postal Authorities 

1^st March, 1958 – 50^th Anniversary of Steel Industry, Jamshedji Tata – Steel Plant 

 

First Flight by Air India – owned by Tatas at that time

 

15^th April, 1959 – Sir Jamshetjee Jeejeebhoy (1783-1859), Philanthropist – Death Centenary.

 

26^th January, 1962 – Madame Bhikaiji Cama (Patriot) – Birth Centenary

 

4^th September, 1963 – Dadabhoy Naoroji (Parliamentarian ) Commemoration

 

 7^th January, 1965 – Jamsetji Tata (Industrialist)  Commemoration.

 

4^th August, 1966 – Dr. Homi Bhabha (Scientist) – Commemoration.

 

27^th May, 1969 –    Ardesheer Cursetjee Wadia (Ship Builder ) – Commemorative.

 

12^th October, 1971 – 2500^th Anniversary of Charter of Declaration of Cyrus The Great.

 

  15 October 1982 – Civil Aviation in India – 50th Anniversary – J R D Tata & Puss Moth

 

23^rd  October, 1984 – Dr D.N.Wadia -Birth Centenary – Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun

 

29 November 1994 – J.R.D.Tata (Industrialist) – Commemoration

 

9^th February,  1996 – Homi Bhabha – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

 

4^th August 1996 – Sir Pherozeshah Mehta – Philanthropist

 

15^th December, 1997-Jal Cooper- Philatelist

 

11^th  July, 1998 – Godrej Centenary – Ardeshir & Pirojshah Godrej

 09 Oct 1999 – A D Shroff – India’s march towards progress and development

 

14^th December, 2001 – Pioneer of Indian Institute of Science.   

 

 18^th December, 2001 – Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw

 

 16^th January, 2004 – Nani A. Palkhivala ( Eminent Jurist ) 

 

22^nd April, 2008 -Tata Steel – 100 Years

 

1^st March, 2009 – Homi Bhabha (Scientist)

 

 1^st March, 2009 – J. R. D. Tata (Industrialist and Philanthropist)

 

 

 23^rd December, 2010 – 100 Years of Central Bank of India

 

3^rd May, 2013 – 100 Years of Indian Cinema  – Sohrab Modi ( Actor)

 

 

  19^th December, 2015 – Zoroastrian Atash Baheram, Udvada (Gujarat)  A special cover on Zoroastrian Atash Behram, Udvada was released by Shri Macwan, Sr. Supdt. of Post Offices, Valsad  in the presence of eminent Parsis viz. Mrs. Homai Engineer, CMD and Mr. Rohinton Engineer Tech. Director of Industrial Boiler Ltd., Vapi.

 

Compiled by Mahernosh Damania

 

Some more which have been added from other sources

Dadabhai Naoroji – 1993

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research – 1996

 

Indian Institute of Science – 2008

Tata Memorial Centre – 1991

Zubin Mehta, 2007, Austria – not India

 

10th June, 2016: A commemorative postage stamp on TATA POWER

 

16 December 2009 – Special Cover for DPYA School

 

2009 – 150 years of Bai Virbaiji Soparivala Parsi High School – Karachi

Dinshaw B Avari – Philanthropist – Pakistan – December 2016

 

 

 

India Post dedicated a stamp on Dadabhai Naoroji, an independence
stalwart, celebrating his 100th death anniversary in Ahmedabad on 29th December 2017 by Gujarat Governor along with officials n community members Stamp was long overdue.

A few stamps from Iran – courtesy – http://www.farsinet.com/tambr/norooz1.html

Some more updates from Iran and Tajikistan

 

Some more stamps from Pakistan

 

 

Click to access Writeup-on-Mama-School.pdf

 

 

 

 

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