Maximum types of philatelic material used to narrate the story of Gautama Buddha
The record for using maximum types of philatelic material to narrate the story of Gautama Buddha was set by M Lokeswara Rao (born on June 10, 1956) of Bengaluru, Karnataka. He used 1127 types of philatelic material namely stamps, stamp blocks, first day covers, covers, souvenir sheets, deluxe proofs, errors, progressive colour proofs, maxim cards, booklet, miniature sheets, postcards and special covers to author a self published book titled ‘Buddhism on Stamps’ (ISBN: 978 93 5426 644 7), as confirmed on January 13, 2021.