COVER N. 577 - INDIA 

Postmark: Thrissur Namkulam 16.04.2025 (?)

Posted on the  16th April; Received on the 23rd April 2025

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A cover from India with three rather interesting stamps. Thanks a lot Jahfer.

The stamps on e cover are three quarters of a the first souvenir sheet of a series dedicated to Indian Fashion through the ages, (2 x 5 + 2 x 15 Rupees) issued on 30DEC2019.

The rather colourful stamps depict, lef to right, 

- Ghazi-ud-Din, the last Haidar of Houd and one of his concubines in the backgroud, probably;

- a Priest king of the  Harapa civilization of Moejo Daro (16th century BC); members of the  maMrya and Sunga civilizations ;

- Nobles of the Indian Princely States.

Postmark from Thrissur, a city in the State of Kerala.  Namkulam is the name of a temple, dedicated to Shasta,  also in Thrissur.