A new travel keepsake called the Karnataka Philately Passport is drawing crowds at post offices in Bengaluru, offering travellers a way to document their journeys through commemorative postage stamps and special postal cancellations instead of digital check-ins, as per a Times of India report. The initiative has revived interest in philately, or stamp collecting, by combining it with travel experiences.
The passport works much like a regular travel passport, but instead of immigration stamps, holders collect commemorative stamps and special cancellations issued by India Post's philatelic bureaus and participating post offices across Karnataka. Each cancellation marks a place visited, creating a personalised record of travel.
