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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 9 October 1974

Centenary of Mathura Museum – Woman Flute Player

A flute player from the Mathura Museum.

Date of issue October 9, 1974
Denomination 25 p
Quantity printed 2000000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 13½
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Credit Benoy Sarkar
Catalogue codes Michel IN 606 Stamp Number IN 637 Yvert et Tellier IN 408 Stanley Gibbons IN 744

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About this stamp

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A woman playing the flute under a flowering tree, a sculpture of the Mathura school, on a 25 paise stamp.

The Flute Player

India Post issued two stamps, printed side by side, on 9 October 1974 for the centenary of the Government Museum at Mathura, founded in 1874 by F. S. Growse, then District Collector. The museum is known for its sculpture of the Mathura school, above all of the Kushana period, carved in spotted red sandstone.

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