A commemorative postage stamp on the Birth Centenary of ‘Banaphul‘, a Bengali novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet & physician :

Issued by India

Issued on Jul 19, 1999

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Single Colour

Denomination : 300 Paise

Overall size : 3.91 x 2.90 cms.

Printing size : 3.55 x 2.54 cms.

Perforation : 13 x 13

Paper : Imported un w/m Adhesive Gravure Coated Stamp Paper in Sheets 50.8 x 53.5 cms.

Stamps Printed : 0.4 Million

Number per issue sheet : 35

Printing Process : Photogravure

Printer : India Security Press, Nashik

Name : Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay

Born on Jul 19, 1899 at Manihari, Katihar district [then Purnia district], Bihar, British India

Died on Feb 9, 1979 at Calcutta, India

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