Asia Regional Conference Polio Immunisation Programme

A nurse giving polio drops to a baby.

Technical data Notes Condition

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

Themes Conferences, Gears-Cogs Wheels, Healthcare, Logos, Rotary

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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.