About this stamp
On the Sheetlet
A ₹240 sheetlet of sixteen ₹15 stamps of Surya Kund, Modhera. Surya Kund, the great stepped tank of the Sun Temple at Modhera, built in 1026–27 under the Solanki king Bhimdev I, is a celebrated example of geometry. 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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