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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 25 January 2017

Deer

Deer in Forest, Lake, Waterfall and Mountains

Deer in Forest, Lake, Waterfall and Mountains, a child's painting from the Nature: India stamp design competition.

Date of issue January 25, 2017
Denomination Rs. 5
Quantity printed 301590
Printer Security Printing Press, Hyderabad
Perforation 13¾ x 13¼
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Wet Offset
Credit Ms. Nenu Gupta
Catalogue codes Michel IN 3094A Stamp Number IN 2904 Yvert et Tellier IN 2787 Stanley Gibbons IN 3254

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A child’s painting of deer in a forest by a lake, with a waterfall and mountains behind.

Nature: India

For Republic Day 2017 the Department of Posts held an all-India stamp design competition on the theme “Nature: India”, to make students aware of their responsibility towards the natural world. Six ₹5 stamps and a ₹30 miniature sheet, issued on 25 January 2017, were designed by Nenu Gupta from the selected paintings; the brochure names fifteen participants whose entries were used across the stamps, sheet, maximum cards and first day cover, among them Krishna Debnath, S. Keerthivassan, Tripti Dutta, Souvik Datta and Mehr Vig. Security Printing Press, Hyderabad printed 301,590 of each stamp and 1 lakh sheets.

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