Khadi Stamps

 Khadi Stamps

Recently Portugal Post has issued Khadi stamp on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.  This is the second Khadi stamp issued so far.  The first one was issued by India Post in 2011.

Khadi is a handspun, hand-woven natural fiber cloth mainly made from cotton. It is spun into yarn on a spinning wheel called a charkha. It is a versatile fabric, cool in summer and warm in winter.

Khadi has a close association with India's freedom struggle.  Gandhiji started Swadeshi movement for boycotting British Products. This gave life to the handloom native weavers and helped to stop British monopoly.  He started using the charkha himself and encouraged others to do so. This was called Khadi movement.

Below is the Khadi stamp issued by India post on 12th February 2011.

Portugal post's Khadi stamp issued on 2nd October 2019

Khadi Stamp: India

India Post issued the world's first Khadi postage stamp on Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of INDIPEX-2011.  The face value of this stamp is 100Rs, but it comes as a presentation pack priced at Rs.250.

Khadi is a hand woven cotton cloth which is made using hand-spun thread. Gandhiji described this hand-spun thread as "the thread of life" and he propagated the use of self-spun khadi to defy the economic exploitation by the British Government. Khadi along with the "Charkha" or spinning wheel became a symbol of Indian patriotism, self-reliance and national pride during the freedom struggle.

Since a khadi cloth depicting Gandhiji and Charkha is glued on the ordinary stamp, it can be glued like an ordinary stamp.

Below is the miniature sheet issued on 12th February 2011.