President’s Review of the Fleet – Hawker Siddley Sea Harrier

A Sea Harrier, for the Fleet Review.

Technical data Notes 1 Condition

Date of issue February 12, 1984

Denomination Rs. 1

Quantity printed 1500000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13½ x 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Credit Capt. H. Dhir

Catalogue codes Michel IN 980 Stamp Number IN 1047 Yvert et Tellier IN 795 Stanley Gibbons IN 1114

Themes Aircraft, Aviation, Flags

Notes

Notes from collectors

Jaspreet Kaur November 11, 2026

Two names appear in the catalogues for the designer of the four Fleet Review stamps: Capt. H. Dhir and S. Dheer. They look like two spellings of one name, so I've credited Capt. H. Dhir. Without the brochure I can't be sure. If you have it, please tell me what it says.

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About this stamp

On the Stamp

A Sea Harrier jet in flight, below the Navy’s white ensign with the tricolour, against bands of blue, with the words “President’s Review of the Fleet 1984” in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.

The Sea Harrier

India Post issued four ₹1 stamps on 12 February 1984, printed together as a block, for the sixth President’s Review of the Fleet, held that day off the Gateway of India, Bombay. India Post’s folder notes that the President reviews the Navy once in a term of office, and that Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first to do so, on 10 October 1953. The Sea Harrier, a British jet that can take off from a short deck and land vertically, flew from the carrier Vikrant.