Side Question:
Anyone worried or made with dirty work of customs?
They literally opened and ruined few mails from last month
If opened by custom there is a tag present there ‘OPENED BY CUSTOM’, generally at sorting centre some miscreants intend to find treasures (foreign currency) and they open the mail beforehand. Complain regarding this in writing to your postmaster.
Hello, I just asked the Post office guy and he told me i need 32rs stamps to send printed postcard. I am confused. Please help.
thanks,
Gurpreet
I think he is uninformed, may be quoting for letters.
You can see the tarriffs here International Letter under tarriff section sr no 5.
yes, I visited the post office and queried them about the price. they too were confused because it’s uncommon for them to see international mails. they apologised and told me that they will charge me 15 next time. Thank you.
yes i saw that is why i wasn’t sure. but thank you for confirming! 
I had complained and they have told me that all mails are being opened at Foreign post office in. Ahmedabad and they are really not applying Postmark of Passed by customs!
I sent three letters out today; bidar, kanagawa, and moscow. I haven’t sent any picture cards because I don’t know where I can get them and whether they are within my budget. Would members get annoyed if they receive only a postcard with a message about myself, my city? Or is it necessary to send a picture postcard?
So sad to see this 
Flipkart & amazon both have some box sets. You can also check with your GPO, they issue picture postcards
You can also buy from here is the list
Recently I bought from Postcardville, Gandhi Ashram, Amazon and IndiaPost
@Anurag Thanks for mentioning IndiaPost
Are you aware of any other local (Offline sources).
Many of the mentioned
have closed down.
Thanks & Have a good weekend 
@jnth for your quick use ( ### Login - ePostOffice:Home
Mostly for offline I visit Daal Bhawan, ASI stall at Red Fort Delhi, there they have ASI postcards.
If you want to buy box sets also check it on bookswagon, they have price lower than Amazon, search isbn number in bookswagon.
Rajkot Post office have some cuisine set, Andman Beaches set and Himalaya set. You can purchase them by contacting over phone.
Hello All,
One question - for the postcards or stamps one wants to collect for themselves, can they get it stamped only (like not post but just stamped)? Does our PO do that? if yes, what do i need to ask… last time i checked, they refused.
May be you’re reffering to cancelling stamps with Postmark and philately bureau do first day Postmarks on them for 6 month of period, and you can take Postmark on stamps (if they are big mini sheet of souvenir sheet) or apply them on any cover or card
And i guess you want to collect them and not to use them for sending cards/covers to postcrossing
Example i found on web,
Hi!!
…Not sure about “ONLY”, but they definitely do it, sometimes they have special cancellations too, apart from FDC & special cover cancellations
…that’s right You can get the corresponding cancellation (matching stamp & cancellation) upon pasting the stamp/mini-sheet/souvenir sheet on any suitable cover/card/paper
Thanks for the input, everyone. I googled based on your responses and it is cancellation i am looking for. I will visit PO for this and ask for sure.
Sorry, but i have another question now - i bought these commerative stamps online and some of them are bigger than usual stamps - is that ok to put them in the center or towards left of the post cards? because some of them are 5rs stamps and i will have to put atleast 2 (10rs + 5rs) for international. Google says that only left side
Appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm and help here. you guys are very kind.
You can paste as you like
Thanks, i am just waiting for my first postcard to reach … i resumed after 5 years…
