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| 1951, Lingaraj Temple, Bhuvaneswara India |
1951, Lingaraj Temple, Bhuvaneswara India 4 As (with cancellation 2.1953).
Text: 1951, Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneshwar INDIA 4 As (with cancellation 2.1953).
Condition: Ø = used/cancelled
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Condition: Ø = used/cancelled
Title:
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Old buildings
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|---|---|
Face value:
| 4 |
Country/area:
| India |
Year:
| 1951 |
Set:
| 1950 |
Stamp number in set:
| 3 |
Basic colour:
| Blue |
Exact colour:
| |
Usage:
| Franking |
Type:
| Stamp |
Perforation:
| K 13½ |
|---|---|
Watermark:
| Stars |
Luminescence:
| None |
Printing:
| Letter-press printing |
Michel number:
| 217 |
|---|---|
Yvert number:
| 36 |
Scott number:
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Stanley Gibbons number:
| 333c |
The currency used on stamps was Rupia, Anna Paisa & Pies.
This represented the currency arrangements during the transition period upto the establishment of the Indian Republic. The Monetary System remained unchanged at One Rupee consisting of 192 pies.
1 Rupee = 16 Annas
1 Anna = 4 Pice
1 Pice = 3 Pies
Lingaraj Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Harihara, another name for Shiva and is one of the oldest temples of Bhubaneswar, a revered pilgrimage center and the capital of the state of Orissa, India.
The temple of Lingaraja, the biggest of all at Bhubaneswar, is located within a spacious compound wall of laterite measuring 520 feet by 465 feet. The wall is 7 feet 6 inches thick and surmounted by a plain slant coping. Alongside the inner face of the boundary wall there runs a terrace probably meant to protect the compound wall against outside aggression.[1]
As observed by Ramesh Prasad Mohapatra, the temple of Lingaraja is by far the most notable monument of Bhubaneswar. Rising to a height of about one hundred and eighty feet and dominating the entire landscape it represents the quintessence of the Kalinga type of architecture and the culminating result of the architectural tradition at Bhubaneswar.[1]
There is also a railway station named after it, called Lingaraj Temple Road.
I'm new to collecting Indian stamps so could someone explain the difference, apart from color, between the blue and carmine issues. I've looked in the stanley gibbons cotalogue but it only seems to list the carmine lake.
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