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International Year of the Family, 1994 stamp

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Commemorative Stamp
20 November 1994

International Year of the Family

A family walking under the emblem of the International Year.

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Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue November 20, 1994

Denomination Rs. 2

Quantity printed 1000000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Credit Mr. Suresh Kumar

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1438 Stamp Number IN 1497 Yvert et Tellier IN 1234 Stanley Gibbons IN 1601

Themes Families, International Years, Symbols

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A family walking together under a red brushstroke roof that shelters a heart, with a grey arrow-shaped path at their feet and the words “International Year of the Family 1994” in Hindi and English, on a ₹2 stamp.

International Year of the Family

India Post issued this ₹2 stamp on 20 November 1994. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1994 the International Year of the Family, with the theme “Family: resources and responsibilities in a changing world”. The roof and heart are the emblem of the Year: the heart stands for life and love in a home, and the roof is drawn as an open line to suggest continuity.