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Permanent Pictorial Cancellation of Shiroli: Wroughton's free-tailed bats, Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary
PPC 13 of 100 · Karnataka

Shiroli PPC

Wroughton's free-tailed bats, Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary
Flora and Fauna

Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary covers dense Western Ghats forest in Khanapur taluk. Its Barapede caves are one of the very few known roosts of Wroughton's free-tailed bat, a critically endangered species. The cancellation shows the bats.

Post office
Shiroli BO (Branch Post Office)
PIN code
591302
District
Belagavi
The map pin is on the post office itself.

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Getting this cancellation: visit Shiroli BO on a working day (usually Monday to Saturday) and ask at the counter for the Permanent Pictorial Cancellation on your postcard, cover or Philately Passport. Branch offices often open only a few hours a day, usually in the morning.