ARTICLE: India News (30 May 1970)
GPO GETS GOLD MEDAL FOR GANDHI CENTENARY STAMP
The British General Post Office has won a gold medal for its choice of last August's 1s. 6d. Gandhi Centenary Year Stamp which was adjudged the best Gandhi stamp issued by any country in the world out of 35 entries.
It was awarded by the Indian Philatelic Society at the international Gandhi stamp exhibition in Calcutta.
The winning stamp was designed by Indian-born Mr. Biman Mullick (seen along-side), who also won an IPS award for his design.
Mr. Mullick came to Britain in 1960 to study advertising design at St. Martin's School of Art and was the first overseas designer of a British stamp.
Another award won by the British Post Office at the Calcutta exhibition was second prize for the best display of Gandhi material.
For Mr. Mullick, an Indian graphic designer and illustrator, it was his first attempt at philatelic design.
In three colours—green, orange and black—the stamp shows the head of Mahatma Gandhi with the colours of the Indian flag as background. It is double normal size, with the value on the right, below the Queen's head and above the caption "Gandhi Centenary Year, 1969." It was printed in photogravure (sheet-fed rotary) on non-watermarked coated paper by Harrison and Sons, and has phosphor lines.
Mullick remembers Gandhi from the time when, as a little boy, he met the Mahatma. He studied literature at Calcutta University and won an award for Fine Art in an All-India inter-university art exhibition.
Mr. Mullick is Visiting Teacher in graphic design at the Folkestone School of Arts and Crafts and has worked as a graphic designer in Calcutta, Geneva and London. His field of practice includes advertising design, typography, book design, packaging and book illustration.
GPO GETS GOLD MEDAL FOR GANDHI CENTENARY STAMP
The British General Post Office has won a gold medal for its choice of last August's 1s. 6d. Gandhi Centenary Year Stamp which was adjudged the best Gandhi stamp issued by any country in the world out of 35 entries.
It was awarded by the Indian Philatelic Society at the international Gandhi stamp exhibition in Calcutta.
The winning stamp was designed by Indian-born Mr. Biman Mullick (seen along-side), who also won an IPS award for his design.
Mr. Mullick came to Britain in 1960 to study advertising design at St. Martin's School of Art and was the first overseas designer of a British stamp.
Another award won by the British Post Office at the Calcutta exhibition was second prize for the best display of Gandhi material.
For Mr. Mullick, an Indian graphic designer and illustrator, it was his first attempt at philatelic design.
In three colours—green, orange and black—the stamp shows the head of Mahatma Gandhi with the colours of the Indian flag as background. It is double normal size, with the value on the right, below the Queen's head and above the caption "Gandhi Centenary Year, 1969." It was printed in photogravure (sheet-fed rotary) on non-watermarked coated paper by Harrison and Sons, and has phosphor lines.
Mullick remembers Gandhi from the time when, as a little boy, he met the Mahatma. He studied literature at Calcutta University and won an award for Fine Art in an All-India inter-university art exhibition.
Mr. Mullick is Visiting Teacher in graphic design at the Folkestone School of Arts and Crafts and has worked as a graphic designer in Calcutta, Geneva and London. His field of practice includes advertising design, typography, book design, packaging and book illustration.