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COUNTRY FACTS

Continent Europe
Capital London
Currency Pound Sterling
Area 131000 sq. km.

 

STAMP FACTS

This is the first stamp issued by Great Britain  on a foreign citizen (non-British).

 Biman Mullick, an Indian Artist, designed this philatelic salute to Gandhi. Mr.Mullick had the oppurtunity to interact with the Mahatma on several occasions in the 1940s. 

This stamp, incidentally, was adjudged the best at the International Gandhi Stamp Exhibition in Calcutta in 1972.

Year of Issue 1969
Occasion Birth Centenary
Value 1/6 Pound

 

 

 

This Telephone card issued by Great Britain has the images of the 4 first set of stamps issued by India in the world on Mahatma Gandhi.

TELEPHONE CARD FACTS

 

Year of Issue 1997

 

 

Sayings of Mahatma Gandhi

‘Your character must be above suspicion, and you must be truthful and self-controlled.’

 

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