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 Nepal on Krishnastami 2023

Nepal on Krishnastami 2023

A commemorative postage stamp on the Janmashtami, the birthday of Sri Krishna :

Krishnastami (जन्माष्टमी) : Radha-KrishnaIssued by Nepal

Issued on Sep 7, 1966

Issued byHis Majesty’s Government, Postal Services Department, Nepal Philatelic Bureau, Kathmandu

Stamp designed byUttam “Nepali”

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Denomination : 15 Paisa

Colour : Deep Yellow and Purple

Size : Pictorial 3.91 cms. x 2.90 cms.

Perforation : 13 x 13

Paper : Unwatermarked adhesive stamp paper on reels

Number : 5,00,000 (½ million)

Sheet : 35 stamps per sheet

Printing Process : Photogravure

Printed at : Jore Ganesh Press Pvt. Ltd., Balaju, Kathmandu

About : 

  • RadhaKrishna‘ is a mystic expression; the two images being two aspects of an indivisible whole. Shri Krishna is the manifestation of the Supreme Purusa, the all-inclusive cosmos and boundless fountain-head of creation defined by the Vedas as ‘The Infinite‘. Shri Radha is the embodiment of His Transcendent Energy, Divine Love and Eternal Bliss.
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