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On the Stamp
A portrait of Jawaharlal Nehru in a white cap before bands of saffron and green, with his signature and the words “Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary 1889–1989” in Hindi and English, on a 60 paise stamp.
The Nehru Centenary
India Post issued two stamps on 14 November 1988, 60 paise and ₹1, to open the birth centenary year of Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi’s foremost disciple, was central to the freedom movement and became India’s first Prime Minister. This portrait stamp was printed in far larger numbers than the usual commemorative, ten million copies. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.
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