Sprinting

A sprinter, one of four sports on the stamps for the opening of the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue October 3, 2010

Denomination Rs. 5

Quantity printed 400000

Printer Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Perforation 13½

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Wet Offset

Credit Sh. Sankha Samanta

Catalogue codes Michel IN 2512 Stamp Number IN 2450 Yvert et Tellier IN 2275 Stanley Gibbons IN 2748 WADP Numbering System - WNS IN055.2010

Themes Athletes, Athletics, British Commonwealth, Sports

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About this stamp

On the Stamp

A sprinter, drawn as a white pictogram, beside the logo of the Delhi 2010 Games.

The XIX Commonwealth Games

India Post issued four ₹5 stamps and a ₹20 miniature sheet on 3 October 2010, the opening day of the XIX Commonwealth Games in Delhi, held from 3 to 14 October. With 4,352 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies in 272 events across 21 sports, they were the largest Commonwealth Games yet in participation, and the first held in India. The stamps show badminton, archery, hockey and sprinting, with the logo of the Delhi Games. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamps themselves.