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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 16 September 1986

X Asian Games: Volleyball

Volleyball players at the net.

Date of issue September 16, 1986
Denomination Rs. 1.50
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 1061 Stamp Number IN 1124 Yvert et Tellier IN 876 Stanley Gibbons IN 1196
Themes Sports, Volleyball

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Two women volleyball players leaping at the net in red and white, with the emblem of the Games and the words “X Asian Games” in Hindi and English, on a ₹1.50 stamp.

Volleyball 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. Volleyball was one of them. The number of sports had grown from six at New Delhi in 1951 to twenty-five at Seoul, the seventh city to host the Games, with 5,000 athletes and visitors from 36 nations expected.

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