Sir Pherozeshah Mehta (1845-1915)

Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, the father of Bombay Municipality.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue August 4, 1996

Denomination Rs. 1

Quantity printed 400000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Deep slate blue

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1511 Stamp Number IN 1575 Yvert et Tellier IN 1284 Stanley Gibbons IN 1675

Themes Anniversaries and Jubilees, Famous people, Headgear, Men, Politicians

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A portrait of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta in a tall Parsi hat and pince-nez, printed in slate blue, with his name in Hindi and English, spelled “Sir Pherozshah Mehta”, on a ₹1 stamp.

Sir Pherozeshah Mehta

India Post issued this ₹1 stamp on 4 August 1996, on the anniversary of the birth of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta (1845–1915), a lawyer and politician of Bombay. He drafted the Bombay Municipal Act of 1872, which earned him the name “father of Bombay Municipality”, and was four times president of its Corporation. A founder of the Indian National Congress and its president in 1890, he was the first president of the Central Bank of India and started The Bombay Chronicle in 1913. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.