XXII Olympics, Moscow – Equestrian

A rider and horse, for the Moscow Games.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue July 19, 1980

Denomination Rs. 2.80

Quantity printed 2000000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13½ x 14

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 835 Stamp Number IN 869 Yvert et Tellier IN 633 Stanley Gibbons IN 975 Phila-India IN 823

Themes Animals (Fauna), Equestrianism and horse riding, Horses, Mammals, Olympic Games, Sports

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About this stamp

On the Stamp

A rider in uniform on a rearing horse, with the Olympic rings and the words “22 Olympics” in Hindi and English, on a ₹2.80 stamp.

Equestrian Sports

India Post issued two stamps on 19 July 1980, ₹1 and ₹2.80, the opening day of the XXII Olympic Games at Moscow. India’s hockey team won the gold medal at these Games, its eighth Olympic hockey title. Equestrian events, in which men and women compete on equal terms, have been part of the modern Olympics since 1912. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.