Stamp Specifications
- Issue Date: May 1, 1979
- Denomination: 25 Paise
- Colors: Brown
- Size: 29 x 39 mm
- Perforation: 13 x 13½
- Paper: Chalk-surfaced paper
- Print Run: 5,000,000 stamps
- Printer: India Security Press
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Design and Subject
- Portrait: Features a profile or portrait depiction of Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati (Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj), the first Maharaja of the princely state of Kolhapur.
- Significance: Commemorates his historic role as a social revolutionary, champion of the backward classes, and pioneer of free and compulsory primary education.



