This is one of the most sought after stamp issues in India. It honours six of India's most revered and renowned saints and poets. Kabir, Tulsidas, Mira Bai, Surdas, Ghalib and Rabindra Nath Tagore. It is not my intention here to describe these saints and poets, suffice it to say that reams and reams have been written about them. The folder shown below has six pages with a page devoted to each of these great personalities.
Cancellations in both Hindi & English were. Normally different variations are not found in cachets of FDCs issued by Indian Post & Telegraph Department. However, it is noteworthy to see variations in engraved design of the FDCs of stamps of Saints & Poets, which are the first issues printed by 'Photogravure' in India and were released on 1-10-1952. The English cancellation month is shown in letters as '1 OCT 1952'. While in Hindi cancellation it is shown in numeric as '1-10-1952'.
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