Overview
- France’s postal service, La Poste, has released the stamp as part of a national set commemorating World War II Resistance figures.
- Noor Inayat Khan is the only woman of Indian origin included in the latest collection.
- The stamp depicts her in a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force uniform using a design based on a photographic etching.
- The series marks 80 years since the end of the war and also includes Jean-Pierre Levy and SOE agent Violette Szabo.
- Biographer Shrabani Basu welcomed the honor and urged India to issue a stamp recognizing Khan’s legacy.