Rakhi Envelopes

Raksha Bandhan is a festival celebrating the bond of affection between brothers and sisters. The day when the siblings pray for each others' well being and wish for each others' happiness and goodwill. 'Raksha Bandhan' literally means 'a bond of protection', Raksha Bandhan is a pledge from brothers to protect the sister from all harms and troubles and a prayer from the sister to protect the brother from all evil.

The festival is celebrated on the full moon day of the Sravana month that usually falls in August every year.

India Post introduced stout and in some places cloth lined envelopes for safe transit of 'rakhi' in 2004. This was preceded by experimental issue of Rakhi envelopes at Nagpur, Maharashtra since 2001. These un-stamped envelopes priced between Rs 2 and Rs 3 were issued in the postal circles where Raksha Bandhan festival is celebrated. In the year 2006 India Post brought out four designs on DuPont Tyvek that is tear resistant, waterproof and light weight material. These are priced at Rs 5 each.

2010

All India Issue Tear and Water Resistant Dupont Tyvek Envelopes Designed by Ogilvy & Mather DL Size 220 x 110 mm Rs 5 each 4 New Designs	01	02	03	04
With Advertisements	05 Himachal Pradesh

2009

All India Issue Tear and Water Resistant Dupont Tyvek Envelopes Designed by Ogilvy & Mather DL Size 220 x 110 mm Rs 5 each
With Advertisements	01	03	06
	02	04	07
		05

2008

All India Issue Tear and Water Resistant Dupont Tyvek Envelopes Designed by Ogilvy & Mather DL Size 220 x 110 mm Rs 5 each This year 3 new designs and all 4 earlier designs are issued in the new format - that is 'top opening'.	01	02	03	04
	05 back	06 back	07 back
With Advertisements	08 Rajasthan back	10 Madhya Pradesh	10 Madhya Pradesh	11 Madhya Pradesh
	12 Jharkhand	13 Jharkhand	14 Jharkhand	15 Punjab
	16 Punjab	17 Punjab	18 Punjab	19 Punjab
	20 Bihar	21 Uttar Pradesh

2007

All India Issue Tear and Water Resistant Dupont Tyvek Envelopes Designed by Ogilvy & Mather DL Size 220 x 110 mm Rs 5 each	01 back	02 back	03 back	04 back
With Advertisements	05 Rajasthan	06 Uttar Pradesh	07 Uttar Pradesh	08 Gujarat
	09 Gujarat	10 Uttar Pradesh	11 Uttar Pradesh	12 Uttar Pradesh
	13 Maharashtra	14 Maharashtra	15 Maharashtra

2006

All India Issue Tear and Water Resistant Dupont Tyvek Envelopes Designed by Ogilvy & Mather DL Size 220 x 110 mm Rs 5 each	01 back	02 back	03 back	04 back
Without Price Inscription	01A back	02A back	03A back
With Additional Inscriptions Celebrating Security Love & Family In Support of SOS Children's Villages of India	05 back	06 back	07 back	08 back
For Sale in Market Not Sold Through Post Offices Smaller Size 210 x 105 mm	09 back	10 back	11 back	12 back
With Advertisements	13 (05A)	14 (05B)	15 (05C)
	16 (06A)	17 (06B)	18 (06C)
Circle wise Issues	19 Maharashtra	20 Maharashtra	21 Rajasthan

Updated: Thursday, August 19, 2010