Tiger, Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (₹10 Definitive)

A tiger of the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve, on the ₹10 definitive of 2000.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue April 30, 2000

Denomination Rs. 10

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13

Watermark Asokan Capital Multiple

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1760 Stamp Number IN 1826 Yvert et Tellier IN 1526 Stanley Gibbons IN 1929

Themes Animals (Fauna), Coastal Areas, Forests, Mammals, National Parks, Tigers, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Wild Cats

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A tiger lying in the grass, with “Tiger – Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve” in Hindi and English, on a ₹10 definitive.

Tiger, Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve

India Post issued this ₹10 definitive on 30 April 2000; Colnect records it as printed by photogravure at the Security Printing Press, Nashik, on paper watermarked with the Asokan Capital. The Sundarbans is a mangrove forest in the Ganges Delta, where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna meet the Bay of Bengal. The Bengal tiger is among the largest of wild cats, found from India and Nepal to Bangladesh, Bhutan and south-western China, and is threatened by poaching and the loss of its habitat. No India Post brochure for this stamp is online, so this text draws on Wikipedia, Colnect and the stamp itself.