The
stamp depicts a few books arranged in the form of a circle, giving the
impression of a moving wheel suggesting the dynamic force of the printed world.
The first day cover illustration is a view of a book fair. The first day
cancellation design is based on the Sanskrit word Rita (rita -hindi), the
central order which transforms chaos and confusion into symmetry and beauty and
from which originated the primeval speech carrying the seeds of knowledge and
truth.
The
4th World Book Fair, organised at New Delhi by National Book Trust, India, in
collaboration with the Indian Book Trade, is the most important book event in
India, perhaps in the whole Asia. Since its inception in 1957, National Book
Trusat, India, is engaged in the primary task of promoting bookmindedness in
the country. The trust has also been assisting in the overall growth of the
publishing industry. To fulfil this dual objective, the Trust, on the one hand,
has been publishing interesting titles in English and in Indian Languages on a
wide variety of the subjects and, on the other, organising national and
international book fairs in the important centres in India. The Trust has so
far organised three World Book fairs, the first in 1972, the second in 1976 and
the third in 1978.
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