Lokmanya Tilak
Lokmanya Tilak

Product Details
Product Name
:
Lokmanya Tilak
Issue Date
:
23 July 1956
Description
:

Lokmanya Tilak was a great Freedom Fighter. Indian Postal department issued a stamp on his birth centenary on 23 July, 1956. He was also conferred with the honorary title of "Lokmanya", which literally means "Accepted by the people (as their leader)". Tilak was supported by fellow Indian nationalists Bipin Chandra Pal in Bengal and Lala Lajpat Rai in Punjab. They were referred to as the “Lal-Bal-Pal triumvirate”. The philatelists of those days were highly creative and dedicated. They created some innovative philately items, pertaining to Lokmanya Tilak, which were collector's delight. Here some such items are presented.

Remarks
:

On official cover, portrait of Tilak is cut and pasted by its side. Paper cutting of Tilak's stamp and official stamp are juxtaposed and a tied cancellation is obtained.

One Page One Theme
Exhibit/Collections
Creative Philately
Philatelist's Delight
Books by Author
Site Visitor
United States
US
13890
Canada
CA
12321
China
CN
8895
India
IN
3287
Japan
JP
2774
United Kingdom
GB
1816
Russian Federation
RU
688
Belgium
BE
558
Viet Nam
VN
362
Ukraine
UA
183
France
FR
178
Germany
DE
173
Norway
NO
161
Australia
AU
145
Netherlands
NL
99
Latvia
LV
97
Sweden
SE
95
Lithuania
LT
90
Italy
IT
76
Iran
IR
74
These values are site pages viewed till date for the month of February 2026.
Site Statistics

Jan to June 2023
Pages viewed: 80,706
Unique visitors: 9,124

For previous year 2022
Pages viewed: 174,067
Unique visitors: 18,766