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In 2001 India Post launched customised greeting card package for corporate clients. The initiative to allow corporate branding in the Sovereign's stamp was described as the world's first by any postal department.
Under the new initiative, India Post allows corporate clients to either choose from a plethora of designs or bring in their own designs, which are being incorporated on greeting card envelopes as a Sovereign stamp.
Clients were allowed to put their logo or message on the card design that is being reproduced on the stamp area of the accompanying pre-stamped envelope.
Like Customised Post envelopes, logo of India Post is printed on these Greeting Post envelopes with fluorescent ink .
The envelopes are machine made and the flap bears circular design with a logo of India Post with words 'Greetings' in Hindi and English in gray blue colour with a holographic effect.
The cards and envelopes are of two sizes. Smaller card measures 105x165 mms and imprinted stamp on envelopes measures 40x30 mms. Medium sized card measures 120x185 mms and imprinted stamp measures 50x40 mms.
The denomination value has been imprinted on the stamp.
Calcutta Security Printers, Kanpur and Madras Security Printers, Chennai have printed these cards and their initials CSP and MSP are written on the back of the cards .
Logo of India Post is printed in red colour on lower left corner on backside of the card.
The designer name, printer name and card number appear at the bottom line on backside of the card. Cards printed at Madras Security Printers bears additional words 'Code No.' before the card number. The first four digits of the code number are the design code, the letter 'S' or 'M' denotes the size of the card (Small or Medium) and the last two digits are the last two digits of the year of issue.
The text message in the card is printed in blue colour.