India Mint Stamp
Lokith Philately
4th Definitive series
4th Definitive series
Title
Title
4th Definitive series
4th Definitive series
Date of issue
Date of issue
15.03.1967
15.03.1967
Category
Category
Fourth Definitive series
Fourth Definitive series
Description
Description
The six postage stamps, being issued on the 15th March, 1967 are part of the fourth definitive series. Nineteen in all, this series brings out the varied facets of India's eventful present, fast-changing yet rooted in the rich past. The first two in the new definitive series were issued in 1965, the 15 paise denomination showing a woman worker plucking tea leaves and the Rs. 10 denomination depicting India's first atomic reactor. These were followed in 1966, by three stamps viz., the 6 paise stamp with the famous Konarak elephant, the 10 paise stamp with India's first electric locomotive rolling out of the Chittaranjan factory and the Re. 1 stamp with the well known mediaeval piece of sculpture of a woman writing a letter. The themes of the six stamps to be released on the 15th March have been selected from the vast panorama of the Indian scene-the 8 paise stamp shows the spotted deer of the Indian forests, the 30 paise stamp a pair of dolls typically Indian in their inspiration, the 50 paise stamp a bunch of mangoes representing the finest fruit that grows on the Indian soil, the 70 paise stamp the stone chariot of Hampi in Mysore, the Rs. 2 stamp the Dal Lake in Kashmir and the Rs. 5 stamp the country's tallest dam at Bhakra in the Punjab.
The six postage stamps, being issued on the 15th March, 1967 are part of the fourth definitive series. Nineteen in all, this series brings out the varied facets of India's eventful present, fast-changing yet rooted in the rich past. The first two in the new definitive series were issued in 1965, the 15 paise denomination showing a woman worker plucking tea leaves and the Rs. 10 denomination depicting India's first atomic reactor. These were followed in 1966, by three stamps viz., the 6 paise stamp with the famous Konarak elephant, the 10 paise stamp with India's first electric locomotive rolling out of the Chittaranjan factory and the Re. 1 stamp with the well known mediaeval piece of sculpture of a woman writing a letter. The themes of the six stamps to be released on the 15th March have been selected from the vast panorama of the Indian scene-the 8 paise stamp shows the spotted deer of the Indian forests, the 30 paise stamp a pair of dolls typically Indian in their inspiration, the 50 paise stamp a bunch of mangoes representing the finest fruit that grows on the Indian soil, the 70 paise stamp the stone chariot of Hampi in Mysore, the Rs. 2 stamp the Dal Lake in Kashmir and the Rs. 5 stamp the country's tallest dam at Bhakra in the Punjab.
These stamps are printed at the India Security Press, Nasik Road by photogravure process on watermarked paper with all over 'Asoka Pillar'. - Source: Information brochure by India post issued on 15.03.1967.
These stamps are printed at the India Security Press, Nasik Road by photogravure process on watermarked paper with all over 'Asoka Pillar'. - Source: Information brochure by India post issued on 15.03.1967.