Himalayan Peaks: Broad Peak

Broad Peak, from the Himalayan Peaks set.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue May 19, 1988

Denomination Rs. 1.50

Quantity printed 1500000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13½ x 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Credit R. N. Pasricha

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1159 Stamp Number IN 1221 Yvert et Tellier IN 973 Stanley Gibbons IN 1312

Themes Landscapes, Mountains

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About this stamp

On the Stamp

A painting of the great bulk of Broad Peak, with its name in Hindi and English, on a ₹1.50 stamp.

Broad Peak

India Post issued four stamps on 19 May 1988 as Himalayan Peaks, at ₹1.50, ₹4, ₹5 and ₹6.50. The two Karakoram stamps follow paintings by R. N. Pasricha. Broad Peak rises to 8,051 metres on the border of Gilgit-Baltistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world, and takes its name from its long summit ridge. An Austrian team first climbed it on 9 June 1957. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.