Saturday, August 18, 2001
S T A M P   Q U I Z


1. Identify the stamp.

2. Who was she?

3. When was the stamp issued?

4. In what denomination was it issued?

5. On what occasion was it issued?

6. What is peculiar about her?

7. What was the occasion of this court arrest?

8. What does the phrase ‘Pro Juventute’ mean in philately?

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Answers

1. Subhadra Kumari Chauhan.

2. Poetees and freedom fighter.

3. 6-8-1976.

4. 25 paise.

5. Her 72nd birth anniversary.

6. She was the first woman satyagrahi to court arrest.

7. Flag satyagrah from Nagpur.

8. Latin, meaning for the benefit of youth. Switzerland has issued Pro Juventute semipostals nearly every year since 1913.

— NW