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Commemorative Stamp
1 May 1987

Shree Shree Ma Anandamayee

A portrait of the revered spiritual teacher.

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Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue May 1, 1987

Denomination Rs. 1

Quantity printed 1000000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13 x 13½

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Bistre brown

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1094 Stamp Number IN 1156 Yvert et Tellier IN 909 Stanley Gibbons IN 1243

Themes Commemoration, Famous people, Religion, Women

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A portrait of Shree Shree Ma Anandamayee with long hair and a white shawl, printed in brown, with her name in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.

Shree Shree Ma Anandamayee

India Post issued this ₹1 stamp on 1 May 1987, the day after the anniversary of her birth at Kheora, now in Bangladesh, on 30 April 1896. Named Nirmala, she had little formal schooling, yet she came to be revered across India. She travelled ceaselessly, showing love to rich and poor alike, and she founded no philosophy of her own, affirming instead the faith of every discipline.