About this stamp
On the Stamp
Mahatma Gandhi walking with a staff, bending to the ground and sitting at a spinning wheel, in three scenes across the saffron, white and green of the Indian flag, with the words “My life is my message” and “125 Years of Mahatma Gandhi” in Hindi and English, on an ₹11 stamp.
Aspects of Gandhi’s Life
India Post issued two stamps on 2 October 1994, printed side by side as a pair, for the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, who was born at Porbandar on 2 October 1869. This one shows the daily life behind his politics, among them the spinning he kept up to the end: on the day of independence, 15 August 1947, he was in Calcutta, fasting and spinning and appealing for peace. Its companion shows his portrait. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.
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