Rose (₹2 Definitive)

A rose, on the ₹2 definitive of 2002.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue August 16, 2002

Denomination Rs. 2

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13

Watermark Asokan Capital Multiple

Colours Reddish purple

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1914 Stamp Number IN 1979 Yvert et Tellier IN 1680 Stanley Gibbons IN 1925a

Themes Flowers, Plants (Flora), Roses

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About this stamp

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A rose in reddish purple, with “Gulab Rose” in Hindi and English, on a ₹2 definitive stamp.

Rose

India Post issued this ₹2 definitive on 16 August 2002; Colnect records it as printed by photogravure at the Security Printing Press, Nashik, on paper watermarked with the Asokan Capital. A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, or the flower it bears; there are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. No India Post brochure for this stamp is online, so this text draws on Wikipedia, Colnect and the stamp itself.