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Permanent Pictorial Cancellation of Basavanagudi: Kempegowda watch tower, Lalbagh rock
PPC 18 of 100 · Karnataka

Basavanagudi PPC

Kempegowda watch tower, Lalbagh rock
Monument

Kempegowda I founded Bengaluru in 1537 with a mud fort. Watchtowers credited to his line marked the edges of the growing town, and one still stands on the great rock in Lalbagh. The cancellation shows that tower.

Post office
Basavanagudi HO (Head Post Office)
PIN code
560004
District
Bengaluru
The map pin is on the post office itself.

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Getting this cancellation: visit Basavanagudi HO on a working day (usually Monday to Saturday) and ask at the counter for the Permanent Pictorial Cancellation on your postcard, cover or Philately Passport.