| Postal Stamp Image |
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| Stamp Issue Date |
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17/09/1982 |
| Postage Stamp Dinomination |
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2.00 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number |
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1050 |
| Postal Stamp Name |
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BINDU BY RAZA |
| Stamp Information |
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BINDU
"The inaudible sound" is visualised as "Bindu" the potential seed. A symbol of cosmic energy, it is a central point of emergence, a totality bearing forces within, contained in a unit which precedes life. Represented as a visible form, the black circle is an obscure space charged with slumbering energies. Hardly visible, a horizontal line meets a vertical line, engendering forces across the black space, then colours appear white, yellow, red and blue and produce the most important requisites of the pained world.
Akin to the concept of PANCHBHOOT SHAREER human body composed of five elements: KSHITI. JAAL, PAAVAK, GAGAN, SAMEER, the painting emerges as a living organism from the fusion of the five vital colour elements, centred around "BINDU" in their purest form, to their subsequent growth towards plenitude.
Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department is privileged to issue a set of two special stamps on Contemporary Art.
(Text by courtesy of Lalit Kala Academi and S.H. Raza). |
| Philatelic Stamp Description |
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Description of Designs
305 paise stamp depicts M.F. Hussain's painting entitled "Between the Spider and the Lamp" and 200 paise stamp depicts the painting of Raza entitled "Bindu". The stamps have been designed by India Security Press, Nasik. The first day cover illustration shows another version of Bindu by Raza along with Hussain's sketch of a Khajuraho Sculpture. |
| Stamp Currency |
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P |
| Stamp Type |
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COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language |
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English |
| Stamp Overall Size |
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4.06 X 2.2 |
| Postal Stamp Print Size |
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3.75 X 1.9 cms. |
| Number of Stamps Per Sheet |
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50 |
| Stamp Perforations |
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14,1/2 x 1 |
| Postage Stamp Paper |
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Unwatermarked adhesive stamp paper |
| Indian Stamp Process |
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Photogravure |
| Number of stamps printed |
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20,00,000 |
| Stamp Printed At |
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India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color |
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Multicolour |
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