01-01-2017: Blue Pottery Happy New Year A commemorative postage stamp

New Year Celebrations believe to replenish all the joys in life and help to keep the spirits glowing and undaunted. With the New Year comes not only the opportunity to look back at the past year with the warmest of memories and to gain from it, beautiful pearls of wisdom but also the sense of resolution to make the lives of everyone around positively affected. Every year Department of Posts has been wishing everbody by bringing out different issues during New Year, either as New Year issue or Season’s Greetings. The ninth stamp depicts Blue Pottery which is widely recognized as traditional craft of Jaipur. Blue Pottery has been named so due to the predominant use of blue glaze painting technique. The decorative patterns are largely florals rendered in Persian style. Department of Posts is pleased to issue a set of 12 stamps on the Occassion of New Year.