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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 19 November 1982

Asian Games – Throwing the Javelin

The javelin, for the Asian Games.

Date of issue November 19, 1982
Denomination Rs. 2
Quantity printed 3000000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 13¼ x 13
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Catalogue codes Michel IN 927 Stamp Number IN 998 Yvert et Tellier IN 738 Stanley Gibbons IN 1062

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An athlete about to throw the javelin, against a yellow splash, with the Games emblem and the words “IX Asian Games Delhi 1982” in Hindi and English, on a ₹2 stamp.

The Javelin

India Post issued four stamps on 19 November 1982, the opening day of the IX Asian Games at Delhi. India Post’s folder notes that eleven countries took part in the first Asiad in 1951, and three times as many came to Delhi for 21 events, among them four new ones: equestrian, handball, golf and rowing. Appu, a young elephant, was the mascot of the Games.

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