Welthy Fisher Commemorative 1980

India 30 paise stamp honoring educator and philanthropist Welthy Fisher, featuring her circular portrait vignette and a pavilion scene in blue-gray tones. The cachet displays a purple-toned photographic portrait with pearl necklace and brooch, with her name in both Devanagari script and English. The pictorial first day cancellation from New Delhi (18 March 1980) depicts an open book with fern motif, commemorating this pioneering educator's legacy.

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Claude

The cachet features a purple-toned photographic portrait of Welthy Fisher, an elderly woman wearing a pearl necklace, brooch, and jacket, with her name printed below in both Devanagari script and English. The stamp (30 paise, India) depicts Welthy Fisher in a circular vignette at top and a pavilion scene below, printed in blue-gray tones with 'WELTHY FISHER 1980' inscribed. The pictorial first day cancellation shows an open book with a fern/plant motif and reads 'WELTHY FISHER / NEW DELHI' with the date 18-3-80. The cover is in good condition with minimal wear.

Mistral

The cachet features a purple-toned photographic portrait of Welthy Fisher, wearing a pearl necklace and brooch, with her name printed in both Devanagari script and English. The stamp, in blue-gray tones, shows a circular portrait of Fisher and a pavilion scene, with the denomination '30' and 'INDIA' in both English and Hindi. The pictorial postmark from New Delhi includes an open book with a fern motif and the date '18-3-80'. The cover is in very good condition with clear, legible text.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)