XXIII Olympics – Gymnastics

Gymnastics, for the Los Angeles Games.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue July 28, 1984

Denomination Rs. 2

Quantity printed 1500000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 12¾ x 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Credit K. Reha, S. Jah

Catalogue codes Michel IN 996 Stamp Number IN 1063 Yvert et Tellier IN 811 Stanley Gibbons IN 1129

Themes Gymnastics, Olympic Games, Sports

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On the Stamp

A gymnast in a red leotard in mid-leap, on a blue ground, with the Olympic rings and the words “XXIII Olympics” in Hindi and English, on a ₹2 stamp.

Gymnastics

India Post issued four stamps on 28 July 1984, the opening day of the XXIII Olympic Games at Los Angeles. India sent a contingent of about seventy, in athletics, weightlifting, wrestling, shooting, boxing and tennis. Gymnastics was among the sports of the first modern Games, at Athens in 1896.