About this stamp
On the Stamp
Gandhi wrapped in a shawl, deep in thought on the seashore under a full moon. The saying reads “सत्य ही ईश्वर है”: Truth is God.
As a boy of twelve Gandhi was moved by a play on Harishchandra, who held to the truth whatever it cost him. Later he wrote that of all the names of God he would choose Sat or Satya, Truth, and so Truth is God. His campaigns of civil disobedience were always announced in advance, and his newspapers printed his critics’ comments alongside his own.
The First Circular Stamps of Independent India
India Post issued seven stamps on 2 October 2018 to mark the start of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. They were the first circular stamps issued in independent India, and each shows one side of Gandhi’s life with one of his sayings in Hindi, signed “मो. क. गांधी”. Sankha Samanta designed the stamps and the miniature sheet, and the brochure text was written by Dr Amarpreet Duggal. India Security Press, Nashik printed 8 lakh of each stamp and 2 lakh miniature sheets.
The values are ₹5, ₹12, ₹20, ₹22, two of ₹25 and ₹41, which add up to the ₹150 of the miniature sheet.
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