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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 14 November 2017

Children’s Day 2017: Nest (Birds at Nest)

Birds at Nest

Birds at Nest, a child's painting from the Children's Day 2017 competition on the theme Nest.

Date of issue November 14, 2017
Denomination Rs. 15
Quantity printed 500000
Printer Security Printing Press, Hyderabad
Perforation 13¼ x 13¾
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Wet Offset
Credit Smt. Alka Sharma
Catalogue codes Michel IN 3252A Stamp Number IN 2975 Stanley Gibbons IN 3400

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A child’s painting of two birds perched on the rim of their nest, with eggs inside.

Children’s Day 2017: Nest

Since 2015 the Department of Posts has held a national stamp design competition for Republic Day, Independence Day and Children’s Day. For Children’s Day 2017 the theme was “Nest”, chosen because a nest stands both for the thriving of life and for the care that surrounds small children, and to make children aware that harm to an ecosystem threatens a whole cycle of life. From the selected paintings of birds’ nests came two ₹15 stamps, each in its own ₹15 miniature sheet, ten maximum cards, a first day cover and a brochure, designed by Alka Sharma. Security Printing Press, Hyderabad printed 0.5 million of each stamp and 0.11 million of each sheet.

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