The universe I see pervaded by the lord: To Him I bow with folded hands. A celebrated saint-poet of the 17th century and a contemporary of Akbar. As author of Ramcharitmanas, popular Hindi version of the Indian epic, Ramayana, his contribution to Hindi literature is unique. Adapted from a painting in the Bharat Kala Bhawan, Banaras.

The stamps mounted in this album are the first emissions printed by Photogravure in this country and thus an important landmark in the evolution of Indian stamps. The change over from the existing Offset and Letterpress process to the new method of printing will, however, be gradual. Biographical sketches portrayed on the stamps along with a couplet from each one of them are given in the succeeding pages. Vertical in design and measuring 1.6" X 0.95" the stamps are printed on all-over 5 pointed multiple star watermark paper- Perforation 14: Set 160.

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