Asiatic Lion: Two Lions (₹15)

Two maned lions, the ₹15 value of the four Asiatic lion stamps of 1999.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue October 4, 1999

Denomination Rs. 15

Quantity printed 1000000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13½ x 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1707 Stamp Number IN 1768 Yvert et Tellier IN 1474 Stanley Gibbons IN 1870

Themes Animals (Fauna), Lions, Mammals, Wild Cats, WWF

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On the Stamp

The head of a maned lion, with a second lion walking behind, on the ₹15 stamp.

Asiatic Lion

India Post issued four stamps on the Asiatic lion on 4 October 1999, three at ₹3 and one at ₹15, each with the emblem of the WWF and the name Panthera leo persica in Hindi and Latin. The Asiatic lion now survives in the wild only in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List, is included on CITES Appendix I and is legally protected in India; Wikipedia now places it in the subspecies Panthera leo leo. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.