Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: 47th Death Anniversary

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s first Deputy Prime Minister, 47 years after his death.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue December 15, 1997

Denomination Rs. 2

Quantity printed 400000

Printer India Security Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13 x 13½

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Purple brown

Printing process Photogravure

Credit Sh. Sankha Samanta

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1592 Stamp Number IN 1656 Yvert et Tellier IN 1362 Stanley Gibbons IN 1757

Themes Anniversaries and Jubilees, Famous people, Men, Politicians

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On the Stamp

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in a single colour, purple brown, with his signature and his name in Hindi and English, and the years 1875–1950; below him, a line of marchers carrying flags, on a ₹2 stamp.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

India Post issued this ₹2 stamp on 15 December 1997 for the 47th anniversary of the death of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950). A lawyer and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, Patel played a leading part in the independence movement and served as India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister from 1947 to 1950.

India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.