Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Tram Carried cover, Calcutta, India




A special cover was issued by India Post in Kolkata to commemorate the Stampshow 2005. Under this show, these covers where carried by Calcutta Tramways from Esplanade Tram terminus to Bidhannagar on 17th December 2005. However the cachet says that it was carried from Kolkata GPO , which is however near Esplanade, but not exactly there.
Similarly, the Stampshow, where the cover is addressed, was in Swabhumi , near EM Bypass, and not exactly in Bidhannagar. However it is very near to Bidhanagar in Kolkata.  So it can be called an approximation error in carried covers!

A total of 127 such covers were carried during this event, makes it a bit difficult to find.

Footnote: Kolkata ( Calcutta) is one of the few metro cities left in the world, where the tramways operate regularly as a convenient , affordable and absolutely pollution free mode of transportation. However, it is being pulled out of many routes because of the allegation that it slows down the traffic of the bustling city.

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