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Shalimar Garden of Lahore, Pakistan postage, straight line, 50 Paisa, purple, stamp 1961-1962

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country: Pakistan postage topic: Shalimar Garden of Lahore theme: landscape type of stamp: postal stamp color: purple year: 1961-1962 postal value: 13 Paisa designer: ? More from the same series: Khyber Pass, 5 Paisa, blue Shalimar Garden, 10 Paisa, brown Shalimar Garden, 50 Paisa, green Shalimar Garden, 13 Paisa, purple Information: The definitive series depicting Khyber Pass and Shalimar Garden, was twice produced during 1961-1962. But the postal authorities were not satisfied with the shape of Bengali inscription denoting Pakistan. The inscription was redrawn in new style and all paisa values were printed with Pakistan in Bengali accordingly altered. Distinction of the new font is a straight line over all the letters resembling Pakistan which also connects the letters with each other. These stamps remained in use till 1970's. The Shalimar Gardens, sometimes written as the Shalamar Gardens, is a Persian garden built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore, mo...

Shalimar Garden of Lahore, Pakistan postage, 50 Paisa, green, stamp 1961-1962

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country: Pakistan postage topic: Shalimar Garden of Lahore theme: landscape type of stamp: postal stamp color: green year: 1961-1962 postal value: 50 Paisa designer: ? More from the same series: Khyber Pass, 5 Paisa, blue Shalimar Garden, 10 Paisa, brown Shalimar Garden, 50 Paisa, green Shalimar Garden, 13 Paisa, purple Information: The definitive series depicting Khyber Pass and Shalimar Garden, was twice produced during 1961-1962. But the postal authorities were not satisfied with the shape of Bengali inscription denoting Pakistan. The inscription was redrawn in new style and all paisa values were printed with Pakistan in Bengali accordingly altered. Distinction of the new font is a straight line over all the letters resembling Pakistan which also connects the letters with each other. These stamps remained in use till 1970's. The Shalimar Gardens, sometimes written as the Shalamar Gardens, is a Persian garden built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore, mod...

Shalimar Garden of Lahore, Pakistan postage, 10 Paisa, brown, stamp 1961-1962

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country: Pakistan postage topic: Shalimar Garden of Lahore theme: landscape type of stamp: postal stamp color: brown year: 1961-1962 postal value: 10 Paisa designer: ? More from the same series: Khyber Pass, 5 Paisa, blue Shalimar Garden, 10 Paisa, brown Shalimar Garden, 50 Paisa, green Shalimar Garden, 13 Paisa, purple Information: The definitive series depicting Khyber Pass and Shalimar Garden, was twice produced during 1961-1962. But the postal authorities were not satisfied with the shape of Bengali inscription denoting Pakistan. The inscription was redrawn in new style and all paisa values were printed with Pakistan in Bengali accordingly altered. Distinction of the new font is a straight line over all the letters resembling Pakistan which also connects the letters with each other. These stamps remained in use till 1970's. The Shalimar Gardens, sometimes written as the Shalamar Gardens, is a Persian garden built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore, mod...

Khyber Pass, Pakistan postage, straight line, 5 Paisa, blue, stamp 1961-1962

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country: Pakistan postage topic: Khyber Pass theme: landscape type of stamp: postal stamp color: blue year: 1961-1962 postal value: 5 Paisa designer: ? More from the same series: Khyber Pass, 5 Paisa, blue Shalimar Garden, 10 Paisa, brown Shalimar Garden, 50 Paisa, green Shalimar Garden, 13 Paisa, purple Information: The definitive series depicting Khyber Pass and Shalimar Garden, was twice produced during 1961-1962. But the postal authorities were not satisfied with the shape of Bengali inscription denoting Pakistan. The inscription was redrawn in new style and all paisa values were printed with Pakistan in Bengali accordingly altered. Distinction of the new font is a straight line over all the letters resembling Pakistan which also connects the letters with each other. These stamps remained in use till 1970's. The Khyber Pass, has an altitude of 1,070 m or 3,510 ft. It's a mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Pass was an integral part of t...

A view from Fethiye Turkey, RCD 6th Anniversary 21-7-70, Pakistan postage, Re. 1, Turkey-Iran-Pakistan, Stamp

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country: Pakistan postage topic: A view from Fethiye Turkey, RCD 6th Anniversary 21-7-70 theme: landscapes / anniversary type of stamp: postal stamp color: multi-colored year: 1970 postal value: Re. 1 designer: ? Information: RCD is a Regional Corporation for Development by Turkey, Iran and Pakistan started in 1964. Fethiye is now a touristic town and is located in the ancient greek city of Telmessos. There are lot of ruins like the those of the Hellenistic theatre.