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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 28 December 1985

Congress Presidents (4 of 4)

The fourth stamp of the Congress centenary block.

Date of issue December 28, 1985
Denomination Rs. 1
Quantity printed 1500000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 14
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Credit Mr. Chitta Pakrashi
Catalogue codes Michel IN 1048 Stamp Number IN 1111d Yvert et Tellier IN 863 Stanley Gibbons IN 1180

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About this stamp

On the Stamp

Four rows of Congress Presidents in black, over bands of saffron and green, with the words “Centenary of the Indian National Congress”, on a ₹1 stamp.

After Independence

India Post issued four ₹1 stamps on 28 December 1985, printed together as a block, for the centenary of the Indian National Congress. The last stamp of the block brings the line of Presidents to the years after independence.

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