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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 16 September 1986

X Asian Games: Hurdling

A hurdler in full stride.

Date of issue September 16, 1986
Denomination Rs. 3
Quantity printed 1500000
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 13 x 13½
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photogravure
Credit Mohinder Dhadwal
Catalogue codes Michel IN 1062 Stamp Number IN 1125 Yvert et Tellier IN 877 Stanley Gibbons IN 1197

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A hurdler in red and white clearing a hurdle, with the emblem of the Games and the words “X Asian Games” in Hindi and English, on a ₹3 stamp.

Hurdling at Seoul

India Post issued two stamps on 16 September 1986, ₹1.50 and ₹3, for the X Asian Games at Seoul, held from 20 September to 5 October. India took part in twenty-one events. Athletics was among them. The emblem of the Games, on this stamp, comes from the Taeguk, the yin-yang symbol of Korean art, and stands for the Asian Games motto, “Ever Onward”.

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