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On the Sheet
A ₹160 mini sheet of sixteen stamps, four each of Shahi Baori, Ghaus Ali Shah Baori, Agrasen Ki Baori and Rajon Ki Baori, two of ₹5 and two of ₹15. 1 lakh 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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