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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 3 October 1974

Centenary of the UPU – UPU Emblem

The UPU emblem, 100 years on.

Date of issue October 3, 1974
Denomination 25 p
Quantity printed 5000000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 13
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Credit Mr. Chitta Pakrashi
Catalogue codes Michel IN 603 Stamp Number IN 634 Yvert et Tellier IN 405 Stanley Gibbons IN 740

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The emblem of the Universal Postal Union, on a 25 paise stamp.

The UPU Emblem

India Post issued three stamps and a miniature sheet on 3 October 1974 for the centenary of the Universal Postal Union. Founded at Berne in 1874 as the General Postal Union, with twenty-two members, it made the world a single postal territory, with common rules and rates for international mail; by 1974 it had about 150 members.

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