| Postal Stamp Image |
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| Stamp Issue Date |
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04/08/1996 |
| Postage Stamp Dinomination |
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1.00 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number |
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1675 |
| Postal Stamp Name |
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SIR FEROZ SHAH MEHTA |
| Stamp Information |
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Sir Pherozeshah Mehta was born in Bombay on 4th August 1845. He went to England to specialise in law and there he was influenced by Dadabhai Naoraji who became his political "guru". On being called to the Bar in 1868 he returned to India and was soon in the forefront of Bombay's legal luminaries.
His eloquent plea for muncipal reform was later embodied in the Act of 1872 and Muncipak Act of 1988. he became the father of bombay's Muncipal Charter, founder of its glorious civic tradition. He was elected President of the Corporation on no fewer than four occasions 1884, 1885, 1905 and 1911. |
| Stamp Currency |
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R |
| Stamp Type |
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COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language |
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English |
| Stamp Overall Size |
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4.06 X 2.73 cms |
| Postal Stamp Print Size |
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3.71 x 2.3 cms. |
| Number of Stamps Per Sheet |
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40 |
| Stamp Perforations |
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13 x 13 |
| Postal Stamp Shape |
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Vertical |
| Postage Stamp Paper |
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Unwatermarked adhesive Gravure coated stamp paper |
| Indian Stamp Process |
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Photogravure |
| Number of stamps printed |
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0.4 million |
| Stamp Printed At |
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India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color |
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Blue Grey |
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