Department of Posts, India is organizing an all-India stamp designing
competition on Children's Day. The best design will be chosen and
issued as an actual stamp and the winner will get a cash prize too.
Department of Post has been organizing stamp designing competition since
1998 and children are especially encouraged to participate in it.
The subject for this year's competition is 'A day with my
grandparents'. The design could be in ink, water colour, oil colour
among others. Participants are free to use drawing paper, art paper. The
participants are to make an original design on this subject. Name, date
of birth, Class and complete residential address as well as school of
the participant should be written legibly on the reverse of the design.
There will be three groups of participant ranging. Students of Class
IV and below will comprise one group, Class V to VIII, second and Class
IX to XII, third group. The prize winning design in each category will
be considered for use on stamps and other philatelic material. The prize
money for all categories will be worth Rs 10,000, Rs 6,000 and Rs 4,000
for first, second and third respectively. The prize winning entries are
likely to be chosen for designing the postage stamp, first day cover
and miniature sheet.
Contact your Divisional Superintendent of Post Offices / Senior Postmasters / nearest post office for further information.
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