Sunday, April 12, 2015

World Theatre Day, Slogan Cancellation, 1962 - On Cover


Slogan cancellations are cancellations that contain words in the form of a slogan. These types of cancellations can serve as public service announcements, promotions for charitable causes, patriotic sentiments, advertisements, propaganda, and more (Healey).

Here is one such cover on which a Sanskrit slogan is used on World Theatre Day to cancel the stamp on 28th March, 1962 by the Madras GPO.




The slogan reads --
मङ्गल्यं ललितं नाट्यम् --
maṅgalyaṃ lalitaṃ nātyam
which means
"Fine Dance is Bliss"

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