About this stamp
On the Sheetlet
A ₹80 sheetlet of sixteen ₹5 stamps of Rani ki Vav, Patan. Rani ki Vav, the Queen’s stepwell at Patan in Gujarat, was built around 1050 by the queen of the Solanki king Bhimdev I; 27 metres deep and richly carved with Hindu deities, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Only 3,125 of each of the sixteen stepwell sheetlets were printed.
Stepwells of India
India Post issued sixteen stamps on stepwells on 29 December 2017: eight of ₹5 and eight of ₹15. Stepwells, called vav in Gujarat, baori or bawdi in Rajasthan and pushkarini in Karnataka, are among the finest works of Indian architecture. The stamps were issued in a sheet of all sixteen, in four mini sheets, each holding four stamps of four stepwells, and in sixteen sheetlets, each holding sixteen stamps of a single stepwell. They were designed by Brahm Prakash; Security Printing Press, Hyderabad printed 1 lakh of each of the five sheets and 3,125 of each of the sixteen sheetlets.
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