XXIII Olympics – Weightlifting

Weightlifting, for the Los Angeles Games.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue July 28, 1984

Denomination Rs. 2.50

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 997 Stamp Number IN 1064 Yvert et Tellier IN 812 Stanley Gibbons IN 1130

Themes Olympic Games, Sports, Weightlifting

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A weightlifter squatting under a loaded bar, on a pink ground, with the Olympic rings and the words “XXIII Olympics” in Hindi and English, on a ₹2.50 stamp.

Weightlifting

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. Weightlifting was one of the sports in which India competed at Los Angeles.