A private company has issued seven stamps on Hindu gods and goddess. The stamps have sparked controversy whether they are postal stamps or not. The company claims that the stamps are valid US postage stamps.
The Hindu deities’ stamps however don’t have any official US postal service. Many stamps carrying images of Krishna, shiva, parvathi, sai baba ,murugan, lord venkateshwara, vinaya and laksmi are found. The stamps are welcomed by Hindu organizations but the debate continues whether the stamps are real postage.
The valid postage stamps are issued by Atlanta based company USA-postage.com.The Company also allows the favorite digital images put on the US postage. This is the first time exclusive designs found in US postage. The price of each stamp is 4 cents and commemorative sheet price is at$18.99.The debate still continues online on websites like boardreader.com.