Telangana man in Limca Book for Ramayana Stamps

Telangana man in Limca Book for Ramayana Stamps

     

Senior postal officer of Telangana V Upender   entered Limca Book of Records for his collection of rare stamps on Ramayana. Upender who is currently rendering services as Postmaster General in Madurai got the news on Wednesday after it was printed in the new edition of Limca Book of Records 2019. Upender has collected around 400 rare stamps along with the postal covers, special covers, miniature sheets, sheet-lets, souvenir sheets and rare proofs which were released by the countries on various occasions. A three-member team from Limca Records collected the details of the stamps. Of the 400 stamps, images of Sita, Rama, Lakshman, Hanuman and Ravana were also found in his collection. Upender had participated in various philatelic exhibitions organised by Telangana where he bagged several medals including a gold for his works on Ramayana. Upender said that he will soon participate in Philately exhibition on Ramayana in Sydney.