A commemorative postage stamp on the Janmashtami, the birthday of Sri Krishna :
Issued by Nepal
Issued on Sep 7, 1966
Issued by : His Majesty’s Government, Postal Services Department, Nepal Philatelic Bureau, Kathmandu
Stamp designed by : Uttam “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 :
- ‘Radha–Krishna‘ 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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