Postal Stamp Image |
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Stamp Issue Date |
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01/10/1952 |
Postage Stamp Dinomination |
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12.00 |
Postal Stamp Serial Number |
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0342 |
Postal Stamp Name |
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RABINDRANATH |
Stamp Information |
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Thou hast made me known
to freinds whom I knew not,
Thou hast given me seats
in homes not my own,
Thou hast brought the distant near
and made a brother of the stranger.
Rabindranath Tagore, poet, dramatist and philosopher is a literary genius of modern India. Among his works, the 'Gitanjali' won him the Noble Prize in 1913. In 'Jana Gana Mana' India's national anthem, the great poet has immortalised himself. |
Philatelic Stamp Description |
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The stamps mounted in this album are the first emissions printed by Photogravure in this country and thus an important landmark in the evolution of Indian stamps. The change over from the existing Offset and Letterpress process to the new method of printing will, however, be gradual.
Biographical sketches portrayed on the stamps along with a couplet from each one of them are given in the succeeding pages.
Vertical in design and measuring 1.6" X 0.95" the stamps are printed on all-over 5 pointed multiple star watermark paper- Perforation 14: Set 160. |
Stamp Currency |
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A |
Stamp Type |
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COMMEMORATIVE |
Stamp Language |
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English |
Stamp Overall Size |
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1.6" X 0.9 |
Postal Stamp Print Size |
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1.6 X 0.9 cms. |
Number of Stamps Per Sheet |
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160 |
Stamp Perforations |
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14 x 14 |
Postal Stamp Shape |
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Vertical |
Postage Stamp Paper |
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All over five pointed multiple star watermark paper |
Indian Stamp Process |
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Photogravure |
Stamp Printed At |
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India Security Press |
Indian Stamp's Color |
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Brown |
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