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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 27 September 1991

37th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi

A dove above Parliament House in New Delhi.

Date of issue September 27, 1991
Denomination Rs. 6.50
Quantity printed 1000000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 13½ x 13
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Credit Pulak Biswas
Catalogue codes Michel IN 1317 Stamp Number IN 1374 Yvert et Tellier IN 1115 Stanley Gibbons IN 1467

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A white dove, its body a globe, above the round Parliament House, beside the Association’s badge, with the words “37th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference” in Hindi and English, on a ₹6.50 stamp.

37th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

India Post issued this ₹6.50 stamp on 27 September 1991 for the conference held in New Delhi. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association was founded in 1911 as the Empire Parliamentary Association. India Post’s folder describes the Commonwealth, in Nehru’s phrase, as a force on the side of peace, and an experiment in international living.

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