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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 14 October 1987

Asia Regional Conference Polio Immunisation Programme

A nurse giving polio drops to a baby.

Date of issue October 14, 1987
Denomination Rs. 6.50
Quantity printed 1500000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 13½ x 13
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Catalogue codes Michel IN 1113 Stamp Number IN 1175 Yvert et Tellier IN 928 Stanley Gibbons IN 1261

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A nurse giving drops to a baby in its mother’s arms, with the Rotary wheel and the words “Polio Immunisation Programme” in Hindi and English, on a ₹6.50 stamp.

PolioPlus

India Post issued two stamps on 14 October 1987, 60 paise and ₹6.50, for the Asia Regional Conference of Rotary International at New Delhi, from 12 to 15 October. This stamp marks POLIOPLUS, the global programme in which Rotary committed itself and its resources to the eradication of vaccine-preventable diseases, beginning with polio.

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