| Postal Stamp Image |
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 |
| Stamp Issue Date |
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01/10/1952 |
| Postage Stamp Dinomination |
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0.09 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number |
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0337 |
| Postal Stamp Name |
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KABIR |
| Stamp Information |
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Those who searched for him,
found him, even in the depth of seas:
I also out to seek Him,
but kept sitting foolishly on the bank.
Kabir: A mystic saint of the 15th century. His poetry and his teachings represent a synthesis of the Hindu and Muslim thought. He condemned bigotry and religious hypocrisy and believed in simple devotion and non-violence. His couplets in easy and intelligible Hindi have an irrestible appeal.
Adopted from a painting in the State Museum, Lucknow. |
| 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 all-over 5 pointed multiple star watermark paper- Perforation 14: Set 160. |
| 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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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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The first emissions |
| Stamp Printed At |
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India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color |
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Olive Green |