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KAUAI, HAWAII, November 6, 2003: Madhukar and Savita Jhingan of Stamps of India (“source”) sent us this following information in regard to a Times of India report that the US Post Office had issued a stamp commemorating Dipavali. Madhukar writes, “A philatelist and specialist in US postmark, Mr. Paul Brenner, had made enquires on my behalf and contacted the postmaster of College Park, the local temple and others who might know of this postmark (supposedly a special postmark was issued for Dipavali also). No one knows anything about it. He also checked with Washington and was told that the schedule of stamps to be issued in 2004 is pretty much already determined and there are NO plans to issue a Dipavali stamp. Since there is a long lead time between the idea for a stamp and its issuance, there may be such a stamp in 2005. There was a Dipavali postmark used in 2002 and Times of India article’s description seems to be of this 2002 postmark which was in Maryland, and a one-time event.”

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