| Postal Stamp Image |
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| Stamp Issue Date |
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12/11/1996 |
| Postage Stamp Dinomination |
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8.00 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number |
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1685 |
| Postal Stamp Name |
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DR. SALIM ALI CENTENARY |
| Stamp Information |
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Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali was a versatile ornithologist, explorer, ecologist, teacher & a writer. Born on 12th November 1896 Salim Ali took up ornithology at a time when the subject in India was little more than an Englishman's pastime. Salim Ali made it a serious pursuit. In 1930 he went to the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) with a proposal. Indian birds had not been studied systematically, so would the Society send him on ornithological surveys? He didn't want a salary, only expenses. Thus for the next 20 years Salim Ali roamed the subcontinent, studying birds from Kutch to Sikkim, from Afganistan to Kerla. His method were so unique-he wove history, ecology and geography into his description of a bird and its habitat.
In 1941 Slim Ali published "The Book of Indian Birds." It was an instant success. During this period he formed a deep and abiding friendship with S. Dillon Ripley, a young zoologist with the US Army in Celylon. Pooling their vast knowlege, the two men would later publish the ten-volume Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. |
| Philatelic Stamp Description |
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The Text, Stamp, FDC, and Cancellation designed by Bombay Natural History Society. |
| Stamp Currency |
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R |
| Stamp Type |
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COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language |
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English |
| Stamp Overall Size |
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3.50 X 7.00 cms |
| Postal Stamp Print Size |
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3.15X6.65 cms. |
| Number of Stamps Per Sheet |
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18 |
| Stamp Perforations |
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13 x 13 |
| Postal Stamp Shape |
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Horizontal |
| Postage Stamp Paper |
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Unwatermarked adhesive Gravure coated stamp paper |
| Indian Stamp Process |
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Photogravure |
| Number of stamps printed |
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0.4 million |
| Stamp Printed At |
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India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color |
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Multicolour |
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