A commemorative postage stamp on Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan, 1^st Prime Minister of Pakistan (14 August, 1947 – 16 October, 1951) :

Issued by Pakistan

Issued on Oct 16, 1974

Design : Stamp is vertical in format. In an upright rectangle at the top right corner of the stamp appears the portrait of Liaquat Ali Khan in black colour against dark red background. Urdu calligraphy for the lettering “Liaquat Ali Khan” ‘Prime Minister’ ’14^th August, 1947 – 16^th October, 1951′ appears below the portrait in red colour. The denomination figure ’20-Paisa’ appears in black in the left corner at the bottom with the word ‘Postage’ above along side the left edge of the stamp. ‘Pakistan‘ both in English and Urdu appears along side the top left edge of the stamp in black colour.

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Denomination : 20 Paisa

Colour : , Red / Black

Size of Stamp : 38.34 x 28.50 m.m.

Size of Print : 35.34 x 25.50 m.m.

Perforation gauge : 13 x 13½ (C)

Quantity printed : 5,00,000

Number of stamps in each sheet : 50 (fifty)

Process of printing : Litho Offset

Printers : The Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Ltd., Karachi

Name : Liaquat Ali Khan

Born on Oct 1, 1895 at Karnal, Punjab, British India [now Haryana, India]

Died on Oct 16, 1951 at Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

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