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Miscellaneous Philately Themes Themes Associated with Foreigners on Indian Stamps
Themes Associated with Foreigners on Indian Stamps
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19 November 1985
100
Picture on stamp is of Halley's Comet. It is named after Edmond Halley who was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet.
12 April 1985
100
Picture on stamp is of St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and statue of St. Xavier who was a Roman Catholic missionary.
02 January 1985
100
Picture on stamp is of Fergusson College which is named after Scottish born Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of Bombay.
15 January 1984
100
Picture on stamp is of Old Society Building with the picture of founder Sir William Jones who was an Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages.
27 August 1983
200
Picture on stamp is of Nanda Devi Peak (Kumaon Himalayas). The ascent of Nanda Devi necessitated fifty years of arduous exploration in search of a passage into the Sanctuary. The outlet is the Rishi Gorge, a deep, narrow canyon which is very difficult to traverse safely, and is the biggest hindrance to entering the Sanctuary; any other route involves difficult passes. The mountain was later climbed in 1936 by a British-American expedition.
30 December 1982
200
Picture on stamp is of 1st stamps of Pre & Post Independent India. The Stamp of Pre Independent India is of Queen Victoria.
18 December 1982
285
Picture on stamp is of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway which is also known as the "Toy Train" and which is a narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. It was built in British time between 1879 and 1881.
15 March 1982
285
Picture on stamp is of painting of 'Three Musicians' painted by Pablo Picasso who was was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.
01 February 1981
35
Picture on stamp is of St Stephen's College, Delhi which was named after St Stephen who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
02 July 1979
50
Picture on stamp is of Post Cards of 1/4a of Queen Victoria (1879) and 15p Commemorative (1979) under magnifying glass.
23 December 1978
100
Picture on stamp is of Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur who were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight.
04 September 1978
25
Picture on stamp is of Bethune College, Calcutta which was established by Colonel John Drinkwater Bethune who was an English army officer and military historian.
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