Delhi: Personalised stamps for zoo visitors

New Delhi: The Department of Posts has proposed to set up a counter for getting personalised postage stamps at the Delhi Zoo, also called the National Zoological Park.

Once the counter is set up inside the zoo premises, the visiting public can get clicked in front of their favourite animal’s enclosure and later collect their picture on a postage stamp from the counter.

The Department of Posts will be teaming up with the National Zoological Park for this purpose. “The Department of Posts wishes to promote its ‘My Stamp’ service at the Delhi Zoo. My Stamp is a brand name for personalised sheets of ‘commemorative’ postage stamps of India Post,” read the proposal by it.

A Zoo official said that they have received the proposal from India Post. “In a bid to create awareness about wildlife conservation, the stamp templates will have photographs of various birds and animals. The visitors can also get themselves clicked in front of their favourite animal or bird enclosure,” the official said.

He added the details of the project have not been finalised yet. “India Post now makes it possible for everyone to have his/her own stamp. My Stamp can be a part of detachable regular postage stamp and used for mailing purposes,” the proposal said.

The official added that a single sheet costing `300 will have 12 personalised stamps and that the visitors can select from different templates on which the stamps will be printed. The stamps will be available in the denomination of `5 and can be used for mailing, he added.