M.C Siddi Lebbe Stamp 1977.jpg

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Description	Stamp depicting a portrait of M.C Sidde Lebbe, issued in commemoration of the individual in 1977.
Author or copyright owner	Philatelic Bureau of Sri Lanka
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Philatelic Bureau of Sri Lanka Immediate source: The Mysteries of the Universe: The Tamil Muslim Intellectualism of M.C. Siddi Lebbe; Shobhana Xavier, Alex McKinley
Date of publication	1977
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	M. C. Siddi Lebbe
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Despite searching for one, was unable to find a freely licensed image of this stamp.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Single-use in the article. Will be used to simultaneously illustrate what the historical figure the article is about looked like (in the infobox), and illustrate the stamp published to commemorate the individual.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The original stamp is no longer in use and won't harm the postage bureau. The article from which the image is sourced uses it for passing illustrative purposes and the stamp is not the topic of interest. The use of the stamp here will not harm the publisher.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 5 February 1898
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of M. C. Siddi Lebbe//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M.C_Siddi_Lebbe_Stamp_1977.jpgtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:02, 8 June 2022		287 × 347 (85 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	09:05, 7 June 2022	No thumbnail	388 × 469 (43 KB)	<bdi>FossilWave</bdi> (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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