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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 12 October 2008

III Commonwealth Youth Games 2008, Pune

Mascot Jigrr

The mascot Jigrr, one of four stamps for the Commonwealth Youth Games at Pune, 2008.

Date of issue October 12, 2008
Denomination Rs. 5
Quantity printed 800000
Printer India Security Press, Nasik
Perforation 13
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photo Gravure
Credit Shri Kamleshwar Singh
Catalogue codes Michel IN 2298 Stamp Number IN 2260a Yvert et Tellier IN 2060 Stanley Gibbons IN 2509 WADP Numbering System - WNS IN042.2008
Themes British Commonwealth, Mascots, Sports

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Jigrr, the tiger mascot of the Pune Games, running with a torch.

The III Commonwealth Youth Games

India Post issued four ₹5 stamps and a ₹20 miniature sheet on 12 October 2008, the opening day of the third Commonwealth Youth Games, held at Pune from 12 to 18 October. Over 1,300 athletes from 71 countries took part; they were the first Commonwealth Youth Games held in Asia. The stamps show the tiger mascot Jigrr with a torch, wrestling, badminton and hurdling. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamps themselves.

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