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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 17 July 1976

XXI Olympic Games – Shot Put

The shot put, for the Montreal Olympics.

Date of issue July 17, 1976
Denomination Rs. 1
Quantity printed 2000000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 13¼
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Credit Gopi Gajwani
Catalogue codes Michel IN 681 Stamp Number IN 725 Yvert et Tellier IN 485 Stanley Gibbons IN 815 Phila-India IN 689

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About this stamp

On the Stamp

A hand holding a shot, against bands of yellow and red, with the Olympic rings and the words “XXI Olympic Games” in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.

The Shot Put

India Post issued four stamps on 17 July 1976 for the XXI Olympic Games, held at Montreal from 17 July to 1 August 1976: shooting, the shot put, hockey and sprinting.

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