Item no. S671 (stamp)

Type: stamp

Country: India

Date of issue: 14 March 1979

Catalog number: Scott no. 822

Stamp issued to honor the 100th anniversary of birth of ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879 – 1955), German-born American theoretical physicist. The design of the stamp was based on a photographic portrait taken in 1948 by Canadian portrait photographer YOUSUF KARSH (1908 – 2002).