Zafar Ali Khan
A commemorative postage stamp on the Pioneers of Freedom (Series) – Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, a poet, journalist and leader of Pakistan Movement :
Issued by Pakistan
Issued on Aug 14, 1991
Artist : Professor Saeed Akhtar (National College of Arts, Lahore)
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Denomination : Re. 1/-
Colour : Green and brown
Size of stamp : 50.8 x 35 mm
Size of print : 47 x 31 mm
Perforation : 13
Paper : 102 gsm dual purpose coated PVA gum
Quantity : One million
Number of stamps : 9 stamps on different luminaries of the Pakistan Movement
Process of printing : Litho Offset
Printers : Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Name : Zafar Ali Khan
Born on 1873 at Sialkot, Punjab, British India [now in Pakistan]
Died on Nov 27, 1956 at Wazirabad, Gujranwala district, Punjab, Pakistan
[…] to Aligarh for higher studies. In Aligarh, he was exposed to the daily ‘Zamindar’ edited by Maulana Zaffar Ali Khan and the Urdu weekly ‘Al Hilal’ edited by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The seeds of nationalism and […]