About this stamp
A Hundred Years of “We Serve”
India Post issued this ₹15 stamp on 25 May 2018 for the centenary of the International Association of Lions Clubs, founded in 1917 with headquarters in Chicago and the motto “We Serve”. By its centenary it had over 1.4 million members in 46,000 clubs in 210 countries, and set itself to serve 100 million people in sight, environment, youth and hunger.
Knights of the Blind
At its 1925 convention Helen Keller challenged Lions to become “knights of the blind”, and preventing blindness has been its main work ever since. The association advised the committee drafting the UN Charter in 1945, and its foundation, LCIF, set up in 1968, has given more than USD 901 million in grants.
Lions in India
The first two Indian clubs opened in Mumbai and Delhi in 1956. India now has the second-largest membership, nearly 250,000 Lions in 6,400 clubs, has received 1,535 LCIF grants; Indians served as international president in 1992–93 and 2005–06.
On the Stamp
A large “100” with the Lions emblem as the second zero. It was designed by Nenu Gupta; 650,475 were printed by wet offset at the Security Printing Press, Hyderabad.
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