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On the Stamp
Two small boys standing at a doorway, one with an arm round the other, with the words “Bal Din” in Hindi and the date 14-11-59, on a 15 naye paise stamp.
Children’s Day 1959
India Post has issued a stamp for Children’s Day, 14 November, every year since 1957. The stamp of 1959 shows two boys waiting at the door to be admitted to a children’s home, a reminder of the many children without families to care for them, and of the homes and welfare services that look after them. Over eleven million were printed.
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