A commemorative postage stamp on the Lumbini Year :
Issued by Nepal
Issued on May 12, 1979 [29 Baisakh 2036]
Issued by :
His Majesty’s Government
Postal Services Department
Nepal Philatelic Bureau
Kathmandu
Designer : K. Karmacharya
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Denomination : 1 Rupee
Colour : Yellow & Red Brown
Size : 2.90 x 3.91 cms.
Format : Vertical
Perforation : 13 x 13
Paper : Unwatermarked adhesive stamp paper
Quantity : 20,00,000
Sheet : 35
Process : Photogravure
Printer : India Security Press, Nasik Road, India
About :
- The Year 1979 is internationally designated as the Lumbini year. To mark this year a commemorative postage stamp brought out today on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Jayanti depicts the scene of Buddha‘s birth at Lumbini Garden. The earliest sculpture of nativity used as the central theme of the stamp is taken from the famous Maya devi temple at the sacred garden, Lumbini.
