Tiny pieces of history and culture

Rediff: Stamp Collection: "A Canadian postal stamp has word 'peace' written on it in dozens of world languages, including Hindi and Gujarati. A postal seal of Luxembourg has Taj Mahal inscribed on it.

A stamp released in Afghanistan during the Taliban regime had Rahul Dravid playing cricket. Stamps on India-born US astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who died in the Columbia tragedy, have been released by dozens of, countries including lesser known Gambia and Palau. Many stamps have been released on Mother Teresa and Rabindranath Tagore also."