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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 28 December 1985

Congress Presidents (1 of 4)

The first 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 1045 Stamp Number IN 1111a Yvert et Tellier IN 860 Stanley Gibbons IN 1177

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About this stamp

On the Stamp

One portrait set apart at the top and three rows of Congress Presidents below it, in black, over bands of saffron and green, with the words “Centenary of the Indian National Congress”, on a ₹1 stamp.

The Founding of the Congress

India Post issued four ₹1 stamps on 28 December 1985, printed together as a block, for the centenary of the Indian National Congress. The Congress held its first session at Bombay on 28 December 1885, a hundred years before this issue, with W. C. Bonnerjee as President.

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