Bahadur Shah Zafar
A commemorative postage stamp on the Birth Bicentenary of Bahadur Shah II, 19th & last Mughal Emperor (1837-57) [a part of ‘Personalities Stamps Series‘] :
Issued by India
Issued on Oct 24, 1975
Designed by : Shri R. K. Joshi
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Colour : Sepia black
Denomination : 100 Paise
Overall size : 3.91 x 2.90 cms.
Printing size : 3.56 x 2.54 cms.
Perforation : 13 x 13
Watermark : Printed on unwatermarked Adhesive Stamp paper
Quantity printed : 2 Million
Number per issue sheet : 35
Printed at : India Security Press
Name : Abu Zafar nassurdin siddique Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar
Born on Oct 24, 1775 at Delhi, Mughal Empire
Died on Nov 7, 1862 at Rangoon, British Burma [now Myanmar]
What’s current value of this stamp
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[…] “Native sepoys”, revolted. On March 10 they marched to Delhi and declared the Moghul King Bahadurshah II, as the Emperor. The fire soon spread to Kanpur, Lucknow, Jhansi, Bareilly and many other parts of […]