50 Years of the Sashastra Seema Bal

Fifty years of the Sashastra Seema Bal, the force that guards India's borders with Nepal and Bhutan.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue November 29, 2013

Denomination Rs. 5

Quantity printed 420000

Perforation 13¼

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Wet Offset

Catalogue codes Michel IN 2802 Yvert et Tellier IN 2558 Stanley Gibbons IN 2986 WADP Numbering System - WNS IN114.2013

Themes Anniversaries and Jubilees, Military Forces

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About this stamp

Sashastra Seema Bal

India Post issued this ₹5 stamp on 29 November 2013 for the golden jubilee of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the central armed police force that guards India’s borders with Nepal and Bhutan. It was set up on 15 March 1963 as the Special Service Bureau after the war with China, to strengthen the border areas, and took its present name and role later.

India Post has no brochure for this issue online, so this text draws on Wikipedia.