When Norway's Postal Department Issued Special Stamp To Honour Zeenat Aman
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Zeenat Aman was also presented with a giant replica along with 60 stamps for her personal use
Zeenat Aman's latest Instagram post has received love from actress Archana Puran Singh, Chitrangda Singh, and Badhaai Ho star Gajraj Rao. While her sweet, hilarious anecdotes are always a winner on social media, Zeenat Aman often recalls the grand gestures that made her feel on top of the world. Her recent Instagram entry was no different. The veteran star shared how Norway's postal department issued a special stamp in her honour at a film festival in Oslo in 2016. Zeenat Aman was also presented with a giant replica along with 60 stamps for her personal use.
She wrote, “In 2016, while attending a film festival in Oslo, I received a wonderful surprise on stage. I was being felicitated for my contribution to Indian cinema, when Norway's Postal Department issued a special stamp in my honour. I was also presented with a giant replica of it and 60 stamps for my own use.”
Zeenat Aman was “thrilled” with the “novel gesture of appreciation” but wasn't sure whether the stamps would actually work or not. The actress continued: “I was thrilled by this novel gesture of appreciation but wasn't sure whether the stamps would actually work. So the very next morning, I bought a ream of postcards, wrote out messages to my friends, slapped a ‘Zeenat Aman' stamp onto each, crossed my fingers, and dropped the cards into a postbox. Some weeks later, when I was back in Bombay, I began to receive texts and calls from my friends. All of whom were exclaiming with delight, having received my postcards in the mail!”
“I suppose a limited number of these stamps were released and that they are out of print now. I've kept my few remaining sheets carefully though, since I really did feel honoured by this gesture,” she signed off. Reacting to the post, Archana Puran Singh wrote, “You were always a rockstar Zeenat [Heart eye emoji] Big hug!” Gajraj Rao wrote, “Wonderful gesture by Norway.” Chitrangda Singh left a red heart and a star emoji in the comments.
