Limca Record for largest postal stamp
(Attada Babu Rao (62) gets an entry in the Limca Book of Records 2013 for
possessing the largest postal stamp in the country. It is a Thailand
stamp of 9 Baht value. —PHOTO: V. RAJU. )
A city-based physics lecturer of SRR and CVR College
Attada Babu Rao, with a varied interest in collecting cards and stamps
as a hobby, has earned a place in The Limca Book of Records 2013 for
possessing the largest postal stamp.
An active member
of Lions International after retiring from the government job and doing
a part-time job in the college for the interest he has in teaching, Mr.
Babu Rao had earlier got a Limca Book mention in 2012 for possessing
the largest number of picture cards and now has set a national record by
possessing 12 CM X 3.5 CM postal stamp of Thailand. The stamp with a
face value of 9 Baht (Thai currency) looks like a photograph and was
issued in 1996. One of his friends sent him the stamp from Thailand.
Currently he has a collection of hundreds of stamps. He keeps writing
letters to his friends abroad and they too reciprocate keeping in mind
his philatelic interest. “I am aiming at the largest number of post
cards for next year’s Limca Book,” says Babu Rao.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com
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