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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 8 December 1974

Help for Disabled Children

Help for disabled children.

Date of issue December 8, 1974
Denomination 25 p
Quantity printed 3000000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 13
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Credit Benoy Sarkar
Catalogue codes Michel IN 614 Stamp Number IN 645 Yvert et Tellier IN 416 Stanley Gibbons IN 752
Themes Children, Disabled

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About this stamp

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Symbols and the face of a child, on a 25 paise stamp.

Help for Disabled Children

India Post issued this stamp on 8 December 1974 to draw attention to children with intellectual disabilities, then perhaps two million in India, and to the education and care that can help them towards independence. This text draws on India Post’s folder for the issue.

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