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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 26 July 2018

India–South Africa Joint Issue: Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela on the ₹5 stamp of the 2018 India–South Africa joint issue, for his birth centenary.

Date of issue July 26, 2018
Denomination Rs. 5
Quantity printed 500000
Printer Security Printing Press, Hyderabad
Perforation 14¼
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Wet Offset
Credit Ms. Nenu Gupta
Catalogue codes Michel IN 3419 Stamp Number IN 3042 Yvert et Tellier IN 3108 Stanley Gibbons IN 3515

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An engraved-style portrait of Nelson Mandela in an oval frame, the ₹5 stamp of the India–South Africa joint issue of 26 July 2018, for his birth centenary. Mandela (1918–2013), imprisoned for 27 years, became South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994; India awarded him the Bharat Ratna in 1990.

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