Tortoise Flying with the Geese

The tortoise flying with the geese, one of the two stamps of the tortoise and the geese, from the Panchatantra stamps of 2001.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue October 17, 2001

Denomination Rs. 4

Quantity printed 3000000

Printer Madras Security Printers

Perforation comb 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Offset Lithography

Credit Shri Kamleshwar Singh

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1869 Stamp Number IN 1923b Yvert et Tellier IN 1633 Stanley Gibbons IN 2034

Themes Animals (Fauna), Birds, Fairy Tales, Geese, Mammals, Poultry, Turtles

Notes

Notes from collectors

No public notes on this stamp yet.

Keep your own notes on this stamp, for yourself or to share with other collectors. Sign in

Have a question about this stamp? Start a discussion about it

Record the condition of the stamps in your collection. Sign in

About this stamp

On the Stamp

The tortoise flying between two geese, gripping in its mouth a stick they carry.

Tales from the Panchatantra

India Post issued eight ₹4 stamps on 17 October 2001, in four se-tenant pairs, each pair telling one tale from the Panchatantra: the monkey and the crocodile, the lion and the rabbit, the crows and the snake, and the tortoise and the geese. The Panchatantra is an ancient Indian collection of animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, set within a frame story; it has been attributed to Vishnu Sharma, and draws on far older oral traditions. Early versions of the tale of the tortoise and the birds are found in both India and Greece. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamps themselves.