Evelyn Siqueira
The General Post Office, in Panjim, is located in the old Largo do Estanco or de São Tomé, and was built in the 1800s.
The state of Goa has 88 pin codes and 258 post offices.
There are post offices in all major locations in Goa – cities as well as villages – including Panjim, Margao, Mapusa, Bicholim, Ponda, Curchorem, Vasco, Siolim, Pernem, Colvale, Assonora, Sanquelim, Valpoi, Verna, Goa Velha, Calangute, Sanguem, Cortalim, Fatorda, Curtorim, Canacona, Cuncolim, Quepem, Chinchinim and Navelim, to name a few.
A stamp by India Post, from the year 2011, commemorating 50 years of Goa's liberation from Portuguese rule.
A Portuguese era stamp displaying a map of Damao, Dadra & Nagar Aveli Districts.
Goa's Anjuna beach is the focus of this 1997 Indian stamp.
In 2007, Goa's Carnival made for a very colourful and lively stamp.
A stamp commemorating the 450th anniversary of the foundation of the State of India by the Portuguese.
In 1955, a stamp in honour of Dom Joao de Castro, a Portuguese nobleman, scientist, writer and the fourth Viceroy of Portuguese India, was released.
Commemorative stamps with images of Afonso de Albuquerque (Portuguese general, admiral and Viceroy of Portuguese India) and Dom Constantino of Braganza (nobleman and Viceroy of Portuguese India) in the year 1955.
A random selection of stamps which were in circulation when Goa was part of the Portuguese empire.