It
was in the year 1957 when India Post issued a set of three stamps for the first
time on 14th November. The First stamp depicted a boy eating a Banana.
The price of the stamp was 8 Paisa.
The stamp was created from a candid photograph of an eight year boy Shekhar Borker. The photograph was selected
from 10000 entries. Shekhar became famous as 'Banana Boy' after the stamp was
issued. Until 1966, the Children's Day stamps were created using photographs.
From 1971, instead of using photographs, India Post started to use designs of
drawings and paintings done by children and selected from all over India. Until
1971 the stamps were printed in single color, except stamp of 1962. From 1973
onwards India Post started issuing multicolor stamps.
In
the years 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1988, 1989 and 2003
Stamps were not issued on the occasion of Children’s Day.
However in 1988 and
1989 stamps were issued on Jawaharlal Nehru on 14th November to mark his Birth
Centenary. The 60P stamp on the FDC is possibly the largest stamp issued since 1947.
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