About this stamp
On the Sheetlet
A ₹80 sheetlet of sixteen ₹5 stamps of Shahi Baori, Lucknow. Shahi Baori in Lucknow was built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daulah, fourth Nawab of Awadh, around the great reservoir made for the Bara Imambara. 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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