Shera Carrying the Queen’s Baton

Shera carrying the Queen's Baton, one of two stamps for the Queen’s Baton Relay of the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue June 25, 2010

Denomination Rs. 5

Quantity printed 800000

Printer India Security Press, Nashik

Perforation 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photo Gravure

Credit Shri Kamleshwar Singh

Catalogue codes Michel IN 2492 Stamp Number IN 2430 Yvert et Tellier IN 2255 Stanley Gibbons IN 2723 WADP Numbering System - WNS IN037.2010

Themes British Commonwealth, Mascots, Sports

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On the Stamp

Shera, the tiger mascot of the Delhi Games, carrying the Queen’s Baton over a map of India, with India Gate, on the ₹5 stamp.

The Queen’s Baton Relay

India Post issued two stamps, ₹5 and ₹20, and a ₹25 miniature sheet on 25 June 2010 for the Queen’s Baton Relay of the XIX Commonwealth Games, held in Delhi in October 2010. The relay carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth around the world, from Buckingham Palace in London to the opening ceremony of the Games, where it is read aloud; it has been part of every Games since 1958. Both stamps show Shera, the tiger mascot of the Delhi Games. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamps themselves.