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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 2 July 1979

INDIA-80 Exhibition Logo

The lotus emblem of INDIA-80.

Date of issue July 2, 1979
Denomination 30 p
Quantity printed 3000000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 13
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Catalogue codes Michel IN 789 Stamp Number IN 824 Yvert et Tellier IN 590 Stanley Gibbons IN 914

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The INDIA-80 emblem, a lotus in bloom above the words “India 80”, with the words “India International Stamp Exhibition 1980” in Hindi and English, on a 30 paise stamp.

The INDIA-80 Emblem

India Post issued two stamps on 2 July 1979, the first of ten for INDIA-80, the international stamp exhibition held at New Delhi from 25 January to 3 February 1980. It was the first international stamp exhibition in Asia held under the patronage of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie. The emblem is a lotus in bloom, the national flower of India.

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