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India 1958 Exhibition, New Delhi, 1958 stamp

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Commemorative Stamp
30 December 1958

India 1958 Exhibition, New Delhi

The India 1958 Exhibition gate.

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Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue December 30, 1958

Denomination 15 nP

Quantity printed 11900000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 14½ x 14

Watermark Asokan Capital Multiple [SL]

Colours Dark lilac

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 303 Stamp Number IN 323 Yvert et Tellier IN 106 Stanley Gibbons IN 421

Themes Flags, Gates, World Exhibitions

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The arched gateway of the India 1958 Exhibition in New Delhi, with flags flying and visitors passing through, on a 15 naye paise stamp.

The India 1958 Exhibition

India Post issued this stamp on 30 December 1958 for the India 1958 Exhibition in New Delhi, a great national exhibition that set out the country’s progress in industry, agriculture and the arts. The stamp shows the exhibition’s gateway, hung with flags. Nearly twelve million were printed.