The India National Philatelic Exhibition 1970 was the first of its kind being held in India. The exhibition was organised to inculcate public interest in philately, particularly in the younger generation to encourage stamp collecting as a profitable hobby with great educational interest and promote the study of serious aspects of the hobby by advanced collectors.
A Philatelic Exhibition, like any other exhibition, would admittedly bring more and more new comers and enthusiasts to the hobby. The exhibition displayed some of the rare and valuable collections not only of the Department but of the various collectors and philatelists which have never been seen before by many collectors. These included Indian classics, proofs and essays of many of its issues. Indian stamps used abroad, Indian cancellations, Indian States (Convention and Feudatory), Indian Air Mails, postal stationary, and literature. A good collection of stamps of other foreign countries were also shown by reputable collectors and philatelists in India. The Thematic Section of the Exhibition were eye-catching with themes like animals, wild life, flowers, scouts, space flight, evolution of flying wings on stamps etc., training of family planning, Red Cross, and various other subjects.
The Post & Telegraph Department brought out two special stamps in the denominations of 20 paise and Re. 1/- to commemorate the India National Philatelic Exhibition, 1970 to be held from the 23rd December, 1970 to 6th January, 1971 on the themes of stamp collecting. In addition to usual First Day Covers, which are being brought out, the Department has arranged to provide separate cancellations on each day at the site of the Exhibition P.O. (fortunately I have them all).
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