“Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth”. Remembering the words of Albert Einstein about Mahatma Gandhi, philatelist C.P Mathen from Kottayam district of Kerala accentuates his question, “How is it possible to forget the Mahatma!” Chalakuzhiyil Philipose Mathen, known in the philately community as Mr C.P Mathen, is a descendent of Late Chalakuzhiyil Paulose Mathen – a Member of Parliament from the Thiruvalla constituency of Kerala for the first Lok Sabha election constituted in 1952. Philately, the art of collecting stamps…