author(s)
Mohammed Muzeruddin Baig, Gajendra Pal Singh, Devadoss Immanuel Gilwax Prabhu, Manjappa, Asish Kumar Rout and Alok Sahay

abstract
Tasar silkworm Antherea mylitta Drury has 44 reported ecoraces distributed in India. Of these many are on verge of extinction due to deforestation, climate change, pollution, urbanization etc. In-situ conservation measures for some ecoraces like wild daba & laria in Jharkhand, Modal in Odisha, Raily in Chattisgarh etc. are being taken up by Central Tasar Research & Training Institute (CTR&TI), Ranchi, India. However, tasar silkworm needs special attention in the society through educating and popularizing this silkworm and its silk. One such medium is through mailing services like post office via postal stamps. Stamps can create huge impact and promotes the tasar sericulture among the students, common man and youth. Our objective was to promote tasar silkworm and its conservation through postal stamps. Apart from these, several stamps on insects which signifies the insect role in the ecosystem are also included in this paper. Though India is one of the megadiversity hotspots in the world, and around 70% of the fauna are insects, and is the unique country in the world with 5 different types of silks like mulberry, tasar, eri, muga and oak tasar; silkworms are not duly recognized. We took an initial step towards the promotion of tasar sericulture and its conservation by utilizing the My stamp service of India Post.