Man belongs to the earth which has unstintingly given her myriad gifts to him. One of the gifts she has entrusted to man's care is trees. The four stamps depict trees found in various parts of India. The CHINAR (PLATANUS ORIENTALIS), of the family 'Platanacae' and a native of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, has found a home in the Western Himalayas at 1200-2400 m. Thriving on moist and well drained soils, it provides timber for furniture and is also of medicinal value. It rises upto 30m. in height with a short trunk and a spreading crown. Its bark is dull greyish or greenish white. The tree stands at its loveliest when Autumn turns it fierly orange and gold.

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