Exploring life of Agatha Christie with stamps

The two month long

Agatha Christie

Crime festival just had its second session, where the organisers Arun Singh and Club Literati explored life and works of the '

Queen of Mystery

' Agatha Christie through a stamp collection curated by the seventeen year 12th grader Arun. The teen who had also won governor's award for his philatelic collection took the audience gathered at a co-working cafe through a informative session of Christie's works converted into stamps.

In 2016, hundred years after she started writing her first novel, UK Royal mail in a befitting tribute to the Queen of mystery issued six stamps full of intrigue and adventure in themselves. Each design included micro text, UV ink and thermo chromic ink. These concealed clues could be revealed using either a magnifying glass, UV light or body heat and provide clues to solving the mysteries. These unique set of six stamps as well as stamps issued by countries like Nicaragua, Uganda, Guernsey,

Djibouti

,

Solomon Islands

, UK,

Central African Republic

, Dominica and Isle of Man were displayed. The session was followed by a quiz where Agatha Christie fans tested their knowledge of her works with winners walking away with her books.