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On the Stamp
The legs of two footballers meeting over a brown ball, one in boots and striped socks and the other barefoot, with players and a goal behind and the words “Mohun Bagan Centenary” in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.
Mohun Bagan
India Post issued this ₹1 stamp on 23 September 1989. The club was founded at Calcutta on 15 August 1889, by leading Bengali families of the north of the city, and it is one of the oldest multi-sports clubs in Asia. It became a major force in Indian football when it won the IFA Shield on 29 July 1911, beating the East Yorkshire Regiment in the final. 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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