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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 14 November 1987

Children’s Day 1987

A child’s painting of a home.

Date of issue November 14, 1987
Denomination 60 p
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 1121 Stamp Number IN 1183 Yvert et Tellier IN 936 Stanley Gibbons IN 1270

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A child’s painting of a house with a pink roof and a girl beside it among flowers, with the words “Children’s Day” in Hindi and English, on a 60 paise stamp.

A Child’s Right to a Home

India Post issued this 60 paise stamp on 14 November 1987, the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru. The theme of the day was “A Child’s Right to a Home”, in the United Nations’ International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. India Post’s folder calls the home a haven of security where a child’s self-confidence and creativeness begin.

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