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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 28 December 1985

Congress Presidents (2 of 4)

The second stamp of the Congress centenary block.

Date of issue December 28, 1985
Denomination Rs. 1
Quantity printed 1500000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 14
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Credit Mr. Chitta Pakrashi
Catalogue codes Michel IN 1046 Stamp Number IN 1111b Yvert et Tellier IN 861 Stanley Gibbons IN 1178

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Four rows of Congress Presidents in black, over bands of saffron and green, with the words “Centenary of the Indian National Congress”, on a ₹1 stamp.

The Early Presidents

India Post issued four ₹1 stamps on 28 December 1985, printed together as a block, for the centenary of the Indian National Congress. India Post’s folder names Dadabhai Naoroji, Surendranath Banerjee and Madan Mohan Malaviya among those who laid the foundation of the organisation.

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