Stamp on paintings can be taken perfect example of art. India is among such countries that are rich in art and culture. Paintings existed since then, when language was even not known. Earliest people use painting to deliver their feelings. Paintings are having its importance since the Vedic era.
When it comes to stamps, paintings are the things that cannot be ignored. Stamps on paintings has greatly flourished and used to commemorate certain events. As far as Indian art work on stamp are considered, paintings have acquired a huge portion. Paintings depict some of the famous versions created by renowned poet or some of the major incidents.
Portrait are of some of the renowned personalities have also been used on stamps. These includes portrait of Rabindranath Tagore firstly issued in the year 1961 to mark the birth centenary. After that a series of stamps were issued on Indian saints and poets in the year 1952 for commemoration.Stamps of multiple pictures have also been displayed. Stamp including Tagore and Vishabharti University was issued in the year 1971 to mark the golden jubilee of university.
Self portrait of Gagendranath Tagore was issued in the year 1968 on the 30th death anniversary and abhisarika issued in the year 1971 in commemoration.There were picture stamp also from the stories of the renowned writers like yaksha pleading with clouds from kalidas meghdoot, shakuntala writing letter to dushyanta from kalidas shakuntala.
Some of the major stamp on painting of India can be summed up as follows:-
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