A commemorative postage stamp on the Birth Centenary of ‘Banaphul‘, a Bengali novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet & physician :

Issued by India
Issued on Jul 19, 1999
Type : Stamp, Mint Condition
Colour : Single Colour
Denomination : 300 Paise
Overall size : 3.91 x 2.90 cms.
Printing size : 3.55 x 2.54 cms.
Perforation : 13 x 13
Paper : Imported un w/m Adhesive Gravure Coated Stamp Paper in Sheets 50.8 x 53.5 cms.
Stamps Printed : 0.4 Million
Number per issue sheet : 35
Printing Process : Photogravure
Printer : India Security Press, Nashik
Name : Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
Born on Jul 19, 1899 at Manihari, Katihar district [then Purnia district], Bihar, British India
Died on Feb 9, 1979 at Calcutta, India





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