Saturday, August 10, 2002
S T A M P   Q U I Z


Questions

1. Identify the stamp.

2. When was it issued?

3. In what denomination has it been issued?

4. In what style has it been issued?

5. What is depicted on the other stamp?

6. It was issued to mark which occasion?

7. Who was he?

8. Which awards have been conferred on him by the Government of India?

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Answers

1. Dr Salim Ali.

2. 12.11.1996.

3. 800 paise.

4. Se-tenant pair.

5. Endangered birds in 1100 paise denomination.

6. His birth centenary.

7. Ornithologist, explorer, ecologist, conservationist, teacher and a writer.

8. Padma Bhushan in 1958 and Padma Vibhushan in 1976.

— NW