<span style="color: #333333;">The UN postal agency will issue special stamps in New York next month to commemorate the festival of Diwali.</span><br />” <span style="color: #333333;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #333333;">The United Nations Postal Administration will issue a New York special event sheet on the 19th of October to commemorate the festival.</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #333333;">The sheet in the denomination of USD 1.15 contains ten stamps and tabs featuring festive lights and the symbolic lamps known as ‘diyas'.&nbsp;<br />”</span><br />” <span style="color: #333333;">The background of the sheet features the United Nations Headquarters building illuminated with the message of ‘Happy Diwali’ to celebrate the spirit of the festival.<br />”</span><br />” <span style="color: #333333;">India's Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin has welcomed the announcement.</span><br />” &nbsp;<br />