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This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Since the United States Post Office (now United States Postal Service or USPS) issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and ...
The 10 Rupees Postage stamp depicting Mahatma Gandhi, issued by India in 1948, is one of India's most famous stamps. [ 1] On 15 August 1948, on the occasion of the first anniversary of India's Independence Day, Gandhi was honored as the first Indian to be depicted on stamps of India. A set of 100 of these stamps was overprinted with the word ...
One stamp was issued on this occasion. Value: 50 p. 1977 –6 Birth Centenary of Agha Khan III – 2 November 1977. One stamp was issued on this occasion. Value: Rs. 2. 1977 –7 Iqbal Centenary 1977 – 9 November 1977. Five stamps were issued in se-tenant horizontal strip on this occasion. Value: 20 p, 65 p, Rs. 1.25, Rs. 2.25 Rs. 3.
Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, novelist (1976) Prithviraj Chauhan, king during the Chahamanas of Shakambhari dynasty (2000, 2018: series of 4 stamps [5]) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, poet (1976) S.B. Chavan, politician (2007) Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1987)
My Stamp [6]: 'My Stamp' is the brand name for personalized sheets of postage stamps of India Post. The personalization is achieved by printing a thumb nail image of the individual photograph and logos of institutions, or images of artwork, heritage buildings, famous tourist places, historical cities, wildlife, other animals and birds etc., on ...
The first stamps valid for postage throughout India were placed on sale in October 1854 with four values: 1/2 anna, 1 anna, 2 annas, and 4 annas. [ 15] Featuring a youthful profile of Queen Victoria aet. 15 years, all four values were designed and printed in Calcutta, and issued without perforations or gum.
Mohammad Ali Jauhar. Muhammad Ali Jauhar Khan (10 December 1878 – 4 January 1931) was an Indian Muslim freedom activist, a pre-eminent member of Indian National Congress, journalist and a poet, a leading figure of the Khilafat Movement and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Jauhar was a member of the Aligarh Movement ...