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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 1 July 1977

Indian Flowers – Kadamba

The kadamba.

Date of issue July 1, 1977
Denomination Rs. 1
Quantity printed 2000000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 14 x 15
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Credit Sh. J. P. Irani
Catalogue codes Michel IN 724 Stamp Number IN 762 Yvert et Tellier IN 520 Stanley Gibbons IN 852

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Two round heads of kadamba flowers among large glossy leaves, with the name in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.

The Kadamba

India Post issued four stamps on 1 July 1977 on Indian flowers: the lotus, the rhododendron, the kadamba and the gloriosa lily. The kadamba, Neolamarckia cadamba, is a large tree whose tiny fragrant flowers grow in round heads like balls. In Hindu tradition it is the tree of Krishna, who played beneath it on the banks of the Yamuna. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.

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