Endangered Water Birds – Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis)

Two black-necked cranes below mountains, in the Endangered Water Birds block.

Withdrawn issue

Issued on 23 November 1994, this set of four was withdrawn from post office counters about a week later, after it was found to have been printed in water-soluble ink. Only part of the print run was sold.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue November 23, 1994

Denomination Rs. 8

Quantity printed 1000000

Printer Madras Security Printers

Perforation comb 13½ x 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Offset Lithography

Credit Sh. J. P. Irani

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1442 Stamp Number IN 1503 Yvert et Tellier IN 1235C Stanley Gibbons IN 1605

Themes Animals (Fauna), Birds, Cranes (Birds)

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About this stamp

On the Stamp

Two black-necked cranes, grey-white with black necks and red crowns, by a lake below mountains, with the words “Blacknecked Crane” and “Grus nigricollis”, on an ₹8 stamp.

The Black-necked Crane

India Post issued four stamps on 23 November 1994 as Endangered Water Birds of India, printed together as a block of four, at ₹1, ₹6, ₹8 and ₹11. The black-necked crane breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and in remote parts of India and Bhutan. Ladakh, where it nests, has made it its state bird, and small numbers winter in two valleys of western Arunachal Pradesh. Pairs are believed to form long-lasting bonds. The International Union for Conservation of Nature now lists it as near threatened. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.