About this stamp
On the Stamp
A chital stag standing in grassland, with the word “Chital” in Hindi and English, on an 8 paise stamp.
The Chital
This stamp belongs to the definitive series of 1965 to 1975, India’s everyday stamps of the time, each showing a scene from Indian life, industry, nature or heritage. This value was issued on 15 March 1967. The chital, or spotted deer, is India’s most common deer: a reddish-brown coat dotted with white spots, which it keeps all its life, and, in the stag, long antlers with three tines each. It lives in herds in forest clearings and grasslands across the country, often near water, and is a favourite prey of the tiger.
For More Information
Read more here:
