World Stamp Catalogue/India

STAMPS OF INDIA DOMINION OF INDIA Independence First Issue - Commemorative 1947 1947 - Commemorative Independence Issued 21 Dec 1947 National Flag - Orange-red,blue, green - 3 1/2a Issued 15 Dec 1947 Ashokan Capital - Grey-green - 1 1/2a Douglas DC-4 -Ultramarine - 12a 1948 - Commemorative Inauguration of India - U.K. Air Service. Issued 29 May 1948 Lockheed Constellation - Black & Ultramarine - 12a First Anniv. of Independence. Mahatma Gandhi mourning issue Issued 15 Aug. 1948 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Father of Nation) Mahatma Gandhi - Brown - 1 1/2a Mahatma Gandhi - Violet - 3 1/2a Mahatma Gandhi - Grey-green - 12a Mahatma Gandhi - Purple-brown & Lake - 10r 1949 - Definitive 1ST SERIES - DEFINITIVE Definitive (Regular Series) Stamps Of Post Independence Period. 15th AUG 1949 – 2nd Anniversary of Independence – Archaeological and Historical Monuments. 1949-1954 Issued 15 Aug. 1949 Elephant Head Motiff (Ajanta Caves) - Slate Violet - 3p Powerful Horse (Sun Temple, Konark) - ?? - 6p Trimurti (Elephanta Caves) - Yellow green - 9p Bodhisattva (Die – I) - Turquoise - 1a Bodhisattva (Die – II) - Turquoise - 1a (Lucknow Museum) -Issued 15 Jul 1950 Nataraja (Thiruvelangadu)- Carmine - 2a -Issued 30 Apr 1951 Mahabodhi Temple (Bodh Gaya) - Lake - 2 1/2a -Issued 30 Apr 1951 East Gate Of Sanchi Stupa - Brown orange - 3a Mahabodhi Temple (Bodh Gaya) - Bright blue - 3 1/2a Lingaraj Temple (Bhuvanesvara) - Lake - 4a Lingaraj Temple (Bhuvanesvara) - Bright blue - 4a Tomb Of Md. Adil Shah (Gol Gumbad, Bijapur) - Violet - 6a Kandarya Mahadev Temple (Khajuraho) - Turquoise green - 8a Golden Temple (Amritsar) -Dull blue - 12a Victory Tower (Chittorgarh) - Dull violet & green - 1r Red Fort (Delhi) - Claret & violet - 2r Taj Mahal (Agra) - Blue green & red brown - 5r Qutub Minar (Delhi) - Purple brown & deep blue - 10r Qutub Minar (Delhi) - Purple brown & blue - 10r Satrunjaya Temple (Palitana, Gujarat) - Brown & claret - 15r 1949 - Commemorative 75th Anniv. of formation of Universal Postal Union (U.P.U.) Issued on 10 Oct. 1949 UPU - Green - 9p UPU - Rose - 2a UPU - Bright blue - 3 1/2a UPU - Brown-purple - 12a 1950 - Commemorative Inauguration of Republic of India Issue 26 Jan 1950 Rejoicing crowds - Scarlet -2a Quill, Ink-well & Verse - Ultramarine - 3 1/2a Ear of corn & Plough - Violet - 4a Spinning-wheel & Cloth - Maroon - 12a 1650 - Definitive Bodhisattva (Die – II) - Turquoise - 1a (Lucknow Museum) -Issued 15 Jul 1950 1951 - Commemorative Cent. of Geological Survey of India. Issued 13 Jan 1951 Extinct Stegodon Ganesa - Black & Claret - 2a First Asian Games, New Delhi Issued 4 Mar 1951 Torch of Asian Games - Reddish-Purple & brown-orange - 2a Torch of Asian Games - Chocolate & light blue - 12a 1951 - Definitive Nataraja (Thiruvelangadu)- Carmine - 2a -Issued 30 Apr 1951 Mahabodhi Temple (Bodh Gaya) - Lake - 2 1/2a -Issued 30 Apr 1951 1952 - Commemorative Indian Saints and Poets Issued 1 Oct. 1952 Kabir - Bright-Emerald-green - 9p Tulsidas - Carmine - 1a Meera Bai - Orange-red - 2a Surdas - Bright blue - 4a Ghalib - Bright mauve - 4 1/2a Rabindranath - Brown - 12a 1953 - Commemorative Railway Centenary Issued 16 April 1953 Railway Centenary - Black - 2a Conquest of Mount Everest Issued 2 Oct. 1953 Mount Everest - Bright Violet - 2a Mount Everest - Brown - 14a Centenary of Indian Telegraph Issued 1 Nov. 1953 Telegraph Poles of 1851-1951 - Blue-green - 2a Telegraph Poles of 1851-1951 - Blue - 12a 1954 - Commemorative Postage Stamp Centenary Issued 1 Oct. 1954 Mail Transport 1854 - Reddish purple - 1a Airmail & Pigeon Post - Cerise - 2a Mail Transport 1854 - Orange-brown - 4a Airmail & Pigeon Post - Blue - 14a United Nations Day Issued 24 Oct. 1954 U. N. Emblem & Lotus - Turquoise-green - 2a Forth World Forestry Congress Issued 11 Dec. 1954 Forest Research Institute - Ultramarine - 2a 1955- Definitive 2nd SERIES - DEFINITIVE - 5th Anniv. of Republic. Five Year Plan. Agriculture and Multipurpose Projects Issued 26 Jan 1955 Tractor - Bright purple - 3p Water Lifting by Persian Wheel -Orange brown - 9p Tilaiya dam (D.V.C.) - Blue green - 1a Bullocks & Plough - Rose Carmine - 4a Cottage Idustries Lady at Charkha - Light Blue - 2a Naga Woman at a Handloom - Pale blue green - 3a Health Malaria Control Measures - Yellow brown - 6a Rare Earth Rare Earth Factory(Alwaye, Kerala) - Cerise - 2r Industries Power-loom - Violet - 6p Chitranjan Loco. Works - Blue - 8a Hindustan Aircraft Factory(Bangalore) - Bright blue - 12a Indian Telephone Industries(Bangalore) -Deep dull green - 1r Fertilizer Factory(Sindri,Bihar) - Brown - 5r Iron & Steel Plant(Rourkela) - Orange -- 10r Transport & Communication Marine Drive, Bombay(West) - Turquoise green - 10a A Valley in Kashmir(North) - Bright green - 14a Cape Comorin(South) - Grey -1r2a Kanchanjunga (East) - Reddish purple -1r8a 1956 - Commemorative 24 May 1956. 2500th Buddha Jayanti. Issued 24 May 1956 Bodhi Tree - Sepia - 2a Round Parasol & Bodhi tree - Vermilion - 14a Jul 1956 Birth centenary of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Patriot & Journalist) Issued Jul 1956 Tilak - Chestnut - 2a 1957 - Commemorative Indian Mutiny Centenary Issued Aug. 1957 Laxmi Bai (Rani of Jhansi)- Brown - 15 np Banyan Sapling - Reddish Purple - 90 np Internation Red Cross Conference -New Delhi Issued 28 Oct 1957 Henri Dunant & Conference - Deep grey & carmine - 15 np National Children's Day Issued 14 Nov 1957 Nutrition - Reddish purple - 8 np Education - Turquoise-green - 15 np Recreation - Orange-brown - 90np Centenary of Indian Universities Issued 31 Dec 1957 Bombay University - Violet - 10 np Calcutta University Senate Hall - Grey - 10 np Madras University - Light brown - 10 np 1957- Definitive 3rd SERIES - DEFINITIVE - 1957 to 1960 1 Apr 1957. Map of India (Islands Andaman,Nicobar, & Lakshadweep not shown in map) New decimal currency system Introduced in India. (100 naye paise = 1 ruppee) Watermark Multi Star (sideways),single design and color,Imported paper. Issued 1957 India Map - Blue green - 1 np -Issued 1 Apr 1957. India Map - Light brown - 2 np -Issued 1 Apr 1957. India Map - Deep brown - 3 np -Issued 1 Apr 1957. India Map - Bright green - 5 np -Issued 1 Apr 1957. India Map - Grey - 6 np -Issued 1 Apr 1957. India Map - Deep dull green - 10 np -Issued 1 Apr 1957. India Map - Bright Carmine red - 13 np -Issued 1 Apr 1957. India Map - Violet - 15 np - Issued 16 May 1958. India Ultramarine - 25 np -Issued 1 Apr 1957. India Map - Orange - 50 np - India Map - Reddish purple - 75 np - India Map - Bright Purple - 90 np - Issued 16 May 1958. 1958 - Definitive Issued 1958 India Map - Light blue green- 8 np - Issued 7 May 1958. India Map - Violet - 15 np - Issued 16 May 1958. India Map - Bright Purple - 90 np - Issued 16 May 1958. 1958 - Commemorative Anniversary of first indigenous Steel Industry Issued 1 Mar. 1958 View of TISCO plant & Jamsedji Tata(founder)- Orange-red - 15 np Birth Centenary of Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve Issue 18 Apr 1958 Dr. D. K. Karve - Orange-brown - 15 np Silver Jubilee Indian air Force. Issued - 30 Apr 1958 Westland Wapiti Biplane and Hawker Hunter Plane - Blue - 15 np Westland Wapiti Biplane and Hawker Hunter Plane - Ultramarine - 90 np Birth Centenary of Bipin chandra Pal (Scholar & Patriot) Issued 7 Nov 1958 Bipin Chandra Pal - Deep dull green - 15 np National Children's Day Issued 14 Nov 1958 Nurse Exercising Polio affected child - Violet - 15 np Birth Centenary of Sir J. C. Bose (Botanist & Physicist) Issued 30 Nov 1958 Jagadish Chandra Bose - Deep Turquoise green - 15 np India - 1958 Exhibition, New Delhi Issued 30 Dec 1958 Exhibition Gate - Reddish-purple - 15 np 1959 - Commemorative Death Centenary Of Jejeebhoy (philanthropist) Issued 15 Apr 1959 Sir Jamsedjee Jejeebhoy - Brown - 15 np Anniversary of International Labor Organization(I.L.O.) Issued 15 June 1959 the Triumph of Labor - Dull green - 15 np National Children's Day Issued 14 Nov 1959 Boys awaiting admission to school - Deep dull green - 15 np First World Agriculture Fair, New Delhi Issued 30 Dec1959 Farmer Ploughing with bullocks - Grey - 15 np 1960 - Commemorative Thiruvalluvar Issued 15 Feb 1960 Thiruvalluvar(Philosopher 2nd-1st. Century B.C>) - Reddish purple - 15 np Kalidas (Poet and Dramatist) Issued 22 jun 1960 Yaksha appealing to the clouds(from Meghduta) - Grey - 15 np Shakuntala writing a letter to King Dushyanta(from Shakuntala) - Pale yellow brown - 1r3np Subramania Bharati Issued 11 Sep 196 S.Bharati(Poet) - Blue - 15np Birth Centenary of Dr. M. Visvesvaraya(Engineer & Industrialist) Issued 15 Sep 1960 Dr. M Visvesvaraya - Brown & bright carmine - 15np National Children's Day Issued 14 Nov 1960 Equal Importance of study & recreation - Deep dull green - 15np UNICEF Day Issued 11 Dec 1960 Children greeting U. N. Emblem - Orange-brown & olive-brown - 15np 1961 - Commemorative Tyagraja Issued 6 Jan 1961 Tyagaraja(Saint,teacher & musician) - Greenish-blue - 15np Aniversary of First Official Airmail Flight,Allahabad to Naini. Issued 18 Feb 1961 First Airial Post, cancellation(1911) - Olive-drab 5np Air India Boeing 707 & Bi-plane - Deep green & grey - 15np Henri Pecquet flying Bi-plane & First Aerial Post,Cancellation(1911) - Purplae & grey - 1r Chhatrapati Shivaji Issued 17 Apr 1961 Shivaji on Horse back(Maratha Ruler) - Brown & green -15np Motilal Nehru Birth Centenary Issued 6 May 1961 Motilal Nehru (National Leader) - Olive-brown & brown-orange - 15np Rabindranath Tagore Birth Centenary Issued 7 May 1961 Rabindranath Tagore - Yellow-orange & blue-green - 15np Silver Jubilee of All India Radio Issued 8 Jun 1961 All India Radio emblem & transmitting Aerials - Ulramarine - 15np Birth Centenary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray(Chemist & Reformer) Issued 8 Aug 1961 P. C. Ray - Grey - 15np Birth centenary of Vishnu Narayan bhakhande(Musician) Issued 1 Sep 1961 V. N. Bhatkhande - Olive-brown - 15np National Children's Day Issued 14 Nov 1961 Vocational Training - Brown - 15np Indian Industries Fair, New Delhi Issued 14 Nov 1961 Fair emblem & Main Gate of Fair - Blue-carmine - 15np Centenary of Scientific Forestry Issued 21 Nov 1961 Forest view - Green-brown - 15np Centenary of Archaeological Survey Issued 14 Dec 1961 Yaksha (Pitalkhora Caves) - Orange-brown - 15np Seal of Indus-Valley Civilization(Kalibangan) - Yellow-olive & light brown - 90np Birth Centenary of Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya(Patirot & Educationalist) Issued 24 Dec 1961 M. M. Malaviya - Deep slate - 15np 1962 - Commemorative Inauguration of Gauhati Oil Refinery Issued 26 Jan 1962 Oil Refinery at Nunamati(Near Gauhati) - Blue - 15np Birth Centenary of Madam Bhikaiji Cama(Revolutionary) Issued 26 Jan 1962 Bhikaiji Cama - Reddish purple - 15np Inauguration of Panchayati Raj in rural administration Issued 26 Jan 1962 Panchayati at work & Parliament Building - Bright purple - 15np Swami Dayanand Saraswati(Founder of Arya Samaj) Issued 4 Mar 1962 D. Saraswati(Religous Preacher) - Orange-brown - 15np Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Issued 25 Mar 1962 G.S. Vidyarthi(Patriot 7 Journalist) - Red-brown - 15np Malaria Eradication Issued 7 Apr 1962 Malaria Eradication Emblem - Yellow & Claret - 15np Retirement of President Dr. Rajendra Prasad Issued 13 May 1962 Dr. Rajedra Prasad (1st. President of India) - Bright purple - 15np Centenary of High Courts Issued 1 jul 1962 Calcutta High Court - Dull green - 15np Issued 6 Aug 1962 Madras High Court - Red-brown - 15np Issued 14 Aug 1962 Bombay High Court - Slate - 15np Birth Centenary of Ramabai Rande Issued 15 Aug 1962 Smt. Ramabai Rande(Social Reformer) -Orange-brown - 15np Wildlife Week Issued 1 Oct 1962 India Rhinoceros - Red-brown & deep turquoise - 15np National Children's Day Issued 14 Nov 1962 Passing flag to youth - Orange-red & turquoise-green - 15np International Congress of Ophthalmology, New Delhi Issued 3 Dec 1962 Human Eye within lotus blossom - Deep olive-brown - 15np Birth Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramamujan (Mathematician) Issued 22 Dec 1962 Srinivasa Ramanujan - Deep olive-brown - 15np 1963 - Commemorative Birth Centenary of Swami Vivekanand(Philosopher) Issued 17 Jan 1963 Swami Vivekanand - Orange-brown & Yellow-olive - 15np Provisonal Issue Issued 2 Feb 1963 Shakuntala -Pale Yellow & brown -1r (1960-original 1r3np, Reduced to 1r) Adjusted for the airmail rate increase Freedom from Hunger Issued 21 Mar 1963 Hungry Hand reaching to food -Grey blue - 15np Red Cross Centenary Issued 8 MAy 1963 Henry Dunant & Centenary Emblem - Red & Grey - 15np Defence Campaign Issued 15 aug 1963 Artillery & Army Helicopter - Grey-green - 15np Sentry on duty & Parachute dropping of supplies - Re-brown -1r Dr. Dadabhoy Naoroji Issued 4 Sep 1963 Dadabhoy Naoroji(Scholar & Patriot) - Grey - 15np Annie Besant Issued 1 Oct 1963 Dr. Annie Besant(Theosophist) - Turquoise-green - 15np Wild Life Preservation Issued 7 Oct 1963 Bos gaurus, Gaur (wild Ox) - Black & yellow-orange -10np Allurus fulguns, Himalayan Lesser Panda- Orange-brown & green -15np Elephas maximus, Indian Elephant - Slate & yellow-ochre - 30np Panthera tigris, Tiger - Orange & deep grey-green - 50np Panthers leo persica, Indian Lion - Light brown 7 Blue - 1r National Children's Day Issued 14 Nov 1963 School Meals - Bistre-brown - 15np Aniversary of Declaration of Human Rights Issued 10 Dec 1963 Eleanor Roosevelt (Spinning on Charkha, During her visit to India) - Reddish purple - 15np 1964 - Commemoative International Orientalist Conference,New Delhi Issued 4 Jan 1964 Deepa Lakshmi(Bronze) - Deep Ultramarine - 15np Pandit Gopabandhu Das (Poet & Musician) Issued 4 Jan 1964 Gopabandhu Das - Deep dull purple - 15np 400th Death Anniversery of Purandaradasa(Poet & musician) Issued 14 Jan 1964 Purandaradasa - Light brown - 15np Birth Anniversary of Subhas Chadra Bose (Fredom Fighter) Issued 23 Jan 1964 S. C. Bose & INA insignia - Yello-bistre - 15np Bose leading Indian National Army - Black-orange & orange-red - 55np Birth Anniversary of Sarojini Naidu Issued 13 Feb 1964 Sarojini Naidu (Patriot & Poetest) - Deep grey-green & purple - 15np 20th Death Anniversary of Kaasturba Gandhi Issued 22 Feb 1964 Kasturba Gandhi (Patriot) - Orange-brown -15np Dr. Waldermar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine (Immunologist) Issued 16 Mar 1964 Dr. W. M. Haffkine - Deep purple-brown, buff - 15np Nehru Mourning Issue (National Leader & First Prime Minister of India) Issued 12 Jun 1964 Jawaharlal Nehru - Slate - 15p Value Expressed as Paisa instead Naye Paise, so p instead np Birth Centenary of Asutosh Mookerjee(Lawyer & Educationalist) Issued 29 Jun 1964 Sir Asutosh Mookerjee - Bistre-brown & yellow-olive - 15p 92th Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo(Religious Philosopher & Teacher) Issued 15 aug 1964 Sir Aurobindo - Dull purple - 15p Raja Rammohun Roy (Social & Religious Reformer) Issued 27 Sep 1964 Raja R. Roy - Brown - 15np --Value Expressed as Naye Paise General Assembly of International Organisation for Standardisation, New Delhi Issued 9 Nov 1964 I. S. O. Emblem & Globe - Carmine - 15p National Children's Day & 75th Birth Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru Issued 14 Nov 1964 Obverse of 1r coin of Jawaharlal Nehru - Slate - 15np St. Thomas (Apostle) Issued 2 Dec1964 St. Thomas (afterSilver bust, Ortona Cathedral, Italy) - Reddish purple - 15p International Geological Congress,New Delhi Issued 14 Dec 1964 Globe & Geological hammer - Blue-green -15p 1965 - Commemoative Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata Issued 7 Jan 1965 J.Tata (Industrialist),Molten steel & Electricity Pylons- Dull purple & orange - 15p Birth Centenary of Lala Lajpat Rai (Social Reformer & Freedom Fighter) Issued 28 Jan 1965 Lala Lajpat Rai - Light brown - 15p 20th International Chamber of Commerce congress, New Delhi Issued 8 Feb 1965 Globe & ICC emblem -Green & carmine - 15p Indian Shipping Issued 5 Apr 1965 Freighter 'Jalausha' & Visakhapatnam Port - Blue - 15p Death Centenary of Abraham Lincoln Issued 15 Apr 1965 Abraham Lincoln (Statesman & Humanitarian - Brown 7 yellow-ochre - 15p Centenary of Internation Telecommunication Union Issued 17 May 1965 I. T. U. Emblem & Symbols - Reddish purple -15p First Anniversary of Nehru's Death Issued 27 May 1965 Everlasting Flame & Rose - carmine &blue - 15p International Co-operation Year Issued 26 Jun 1965 I. C. Y. Emblem - Deep olive & yellow-brown - 15p Indian Mt. Everest Expedition Issued 15 Aug 1965 Climbers on summit - Deep Reddish purple - 15p Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Issued 10 Sep 1965 G. B. Pant (Statesman) - Brown & Deep green - 15p 90th Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Issued 31 Oct 1965 V. Patel (Statesman - Brown - 15np Deshbandhu Chittarajan Das (Lawyer & Patriot) Issued 5 Nov 1965 C. Das - Yellow-brown - 15p Vidyapati Thakur Issued 17 Nov 1965 Vidyapati (Poet) -Yellow-brown - 15np 1966 - Commemorative Pacific Area Travel Association Conference Issued 24 Jan 1966 Mausoleum of Emperor Akbar (Sikandrabad,Near Agra) - Slate -15p Valor of Indian Arm Forces in 1965 war Issued 26 Jan 1966 Soldier Ajeet, (Gnat) and INS 'Maysore'-Violet -15p Lal Bahadur Shastri Mourning Issue Issued 26 Jan 1966 L. B. Shastri (Statesman & Prime Minister) - Black - 15p Kambar Issued 5 Apr 1966 Kambar (Poet)- Grey-green - 15p Birth Anniversery of Dr. Binayak Rao Ambedkar (Lawyer & Social Reformer) Issued 14 Apr 1966 B. R. Ambedkar - Purple-brown - 15p Babu Kunwar Singh (Patriot) Issued 23 Apr 1966 Kunwar Singh - Chestnut - 15p Birth Centenary of Gopal Krisna Gokhale (Patriot) Issued 9 May 1966 G. K. Gokhale - Brown-purple & pale Yellow - 15p Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi (Critic & writer of Hindi prose & poetry) Issued 15 May 1966 Acharya Dvivedi - Drab -15p Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Founder & Architect of Secularism in India) Issued 28 June 1966 Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Soldier & Statesman) -Purple - 15p Dr. Homi Jehagir Bhabha (Scientist & Physicist) Issued 4 Aug 1966 Homi Bhabha & Nuclear Reaactor,Trombay - Dull purple - 15p Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Scholar & Fredom Fighter) Issued 111 Nov 1966 A. K. Azad- Chawkey blue - 15p Death Anniversary of Swami Rama Tirtha (Social Reformer & Poet) Issued 11 Novv 1966 Swami Rama Tritha - Turquoise-blue - 15p National Childern's Day Issued 14 Nov 1966 Infant & Dove Emblem - Bright-purple - 15p Centenary of Allahabad High Court Issued 25 Noiv 1966 Allahabad High court - Dull purple - 15p Family Planning Week Issued 12 Dec 1966 Indian Family - Brown -15p India's Hockey Victory in 5th Asian Games,Bankok Issued 31 Dec1966 Hockey Games - New Blue - 15p 1967 - Commemorative First Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri Issued11 Jan 1967 Jai Kisan(Shastri's Inspired slogan) -Yellow-green -15p 4th Inidan General Election Issued 13 Jan 1967 Voters & Polling booth - Red-brown -15p 300th Birth Anniversary (1666) of Guru Gobind Singh(10th Sikh Guru) Issued 17 Jan 1967 Gurudwara Shrine, Patna - Bluish-violet -15p International Tourist Year Issued 19 March 1967 Taj Mahal - Bistre-brown & orange -15p First Death Anniversary of Acharya Nandalal Bose Issued 16 Apr 1967 Nandalal Bose & 'Garuda' - Bistre-brown -15p Survey of India Bicentenary Issued 1 March1967 Survey Emblem & Activities - Reddish liliac -15p 800th Death Anniversary of Basaveswara(Reformer & Religious Teacher Issued 11 May 1967 Basaveswara - Orange-red -15p NArsinha Mehta (Poet) Issued 30 May 1967 Narrsinha Mehta - Blackish-brown -15p Maharana Pratap (Rajput Ruler) Issued 11 June 1967 Maharana Pratap - Red-brown -15p Narayana Guru (Philosopher) Issued 21 Aug 1967 Narayana Guru - Brown -15p Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakishnan (Philosopher,Educationalist & Diplomat) Issued 5 Sep 1967 S. Radhakishnan - Claret -15p 25th Anniversary of 'Quit India' Movement Issued 1 Oct 1967 Martyr's Memorial (Seven Students), Sec Bldg, Patna -Lake -15p Centenary of Indo-European Telegraph Service Issued 9 Nov 1967 Route Map - Black & Light blue -15p World Wrestling Championships,New Delhi Issued 12 Nov 1967 Wrestling - Purple & Light orange-brown -15p 4th Anniversary of Statehood of Nagaland Issued 1 Dec 1967 Nehru leading Naga tribesmen - Ultramarine -15p Rashbehari Basu (Founder of INA) Issued 26 Dec 1967 Rashbehari Basu (Revolutionary) - Maroon -15p Diamond Jubilee of Scout Movement in India Issued 27 Dec 1967 Bugle,Badge & Scout Salute - Chestnut -15p 1968 - Commemorative International Year of Human Rights Issued 1 Jan 1968 Men Embracing Globe - Bronze-green -15p International Conference - Seminar of Tamil Studies, Madras Issued 3 Jan 1968 Globe, book & Temple Tower - Reddish-liliac -15p United Nations Conference on Trade & Developement,New Delhi Issued 1 Feb 1968 U. N. Emblem, Plane & Ship - Turquoise-blue -15p Amrita Bazar Patrika (news paper) Centenary Issued 20 Feb 1967 Symboklic Bow and quill pen - Spia & orange-yellow -15p Birth Centenary of Maxim Gorkey Issued 28 Mar 1968 Maxim Gorkey - Plum -15p First Triennale,New Delhi Issued 31 MAr 1968 Emblem & Medal - Orange, royal blue & light blue -15p Opening of 100000th Post Office at Brahmpur Chaurasta, Bihar Issued 1 Jul 1968 Letter Box & 100,000 - Red-blue & black -20p Wheat Revolution Issued 17 Jul 1968 Wheat, Indian Agricultural Research Institute & Product graph - Bluish-green & orange-brown -20p Gaganendranath Tagore (Painter & Cartoonist), Death Anniversary Issued 17 Sep 1968 Gagandranath (Self-prtrait) - Brown-purple & ochre -20p Birth Centenary of LAkshminath Bezbaruah(Auther & Poet) Issued 5 Oct 1968 L. Bezbaruah, Open book & Quill - Blackish-brown -20p XIX Olympic Games. Mexico City Issued 12 Oct 1968 Athlete's legs & Olympic Rings - Brown & grey -20p Athlete's legs & Olympic Rings - Sepia & brown-olive -1r 61st Birth Anniversary of Bhagat Singh (Revolutionary) Issued 19 Oct 1968 Bhagat Singh (and Flowers) - Yellow-brown -20p 25th Anniversary of Azad Hind Govt. Issued 21 Oct 1968 S. C. Bose reading Proclamation in Singapore - Deep-blue -20p Birth Centenary of Sister Nivedita (Social Reformer & Indophile) Issued 27 Oct 1968 Sister Nivedita (Margaret Noble) - Deep bluish green -20p Birth Centenary of Madam Marie Curie (Scientist) Issued 6 Nov 1968 Marie Curie & Patient receiving Radiotherapy - Slate-liliac -20p 21st International Geographical Congress, New Delhi Issued 1 Dec 1968 World Map (Emblem of 21st congress - New blue -20p 400th Anniversary of Cochin Synagogue Issued 15 Dec 1968 Interior of Cochin Synagogue -Blue & Carmine -20p N. S. Nilgiri Issued 15 Dec 1968 I. N. S. Nilgiri (Frigate) - Gery-blue -20p Indian Birds Issued 31 Dec 1968 Red-billed Blue Magpie - Scarlet & violet -20p Brown-fronted pied wood Pecker - Scarlet, black & turwuoise-green - 50p Slaty-headed Scimitar Babbler - Deep blue, yellow-brown & pale blue- 1r Yellow-backed Sunbird - Jade-green & Scarlet - 2r 1969 - Commemorative 130th Birth Anniversary of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee(Writer) Issued 1 Jan 1969 Bankim Chadra Chatterjee -Ultramarine - 20p Birth Centenary of Dr. Bhagvan Das(Philosopher) Issued 12 Jan 1969 Dr. Bhagvan Das - Pale chocolate - 20p Dr. Martin Luther King Issued 25 Jan 1969 Dr. Martin Luther King (Civil rights leader) - Deep olive-brown - 20p Death Centenary of Mirza Ghalib(Poet) Issued 17 Feb 1969 Mirza Ghalib (Asad Ullah Beg Khan) - Sepia, brown-red & flesh - 20p 50th Anniversary of Osmania University Issued 15 Mar 1969 Osmania University - Olive-green - 20p 20th Anniversary of 'All Up' Airmail Scheme Issued 1 Apr 1969 R. A. Kidwai & Mail Plane - Deep blue - 20p 50th Anniversary of International Labour Organisation (I. L. O.) Issued 11 Apr 1969 I. L. O. Emblem & Hand with Spanners on Globe - Chestnut - 20p 50th Anniversary of Jallianwal Bagh Massacre, Amritsar Issued 13 Apr 1969 Memorial Monument & hands strewing flowers near wall with bullet marks -Rose-carmine - 20p Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao Pantulu Issued 1 May 1969 Nageswara Rao (Journalist) - Brown -20p Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia (Ship Building Engineer) Issued 27 May 1969 Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia & Ship - Turquoise-green - 20p 150th Anniversary of Serampore College, West Bengal Issued 7 June 1969 Serampore College(W.B.) - Plum - 20p Dr. Zakir Husain (Educationalist,Patriot & Humanist) Issued 11 Jun1969 Dr. Zakir Husain (3rd Presindent of India) - Sepia - 20p Birth Centenary of Laxmanrao Kirlosker (Industrialist) Issued 20 Jun 1969 Laxmanrao Kirlosker & Mechanised Plough - Grey-black - 20p Birth Centenary Of Mahatma Gandhi Issued 2 Oct 1969 Gandhiji & His Wife - Blackish-brown - 20p Mahatma Gandhi - Cinnamon & drab - 75p Gandhi on Dandi March - Blue - 1r Gandhi with CharkhaSun(truth) & Lotus (Non-violence) - Greyish-brown & Red-orange - 5r 10th Anniversary of Inte-Governmental Maritime Cosultative Organisation Issued 14 Oct 1969 Ajanta (bulk carrier) & IMCO Emblem - Violet-blue -20p 57th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi Issued 30 Oct 1969 Globe & Parliament House New Delhi - New blue -20p First Man on Moon Issued 19 Nov 1969 Astronaut on moon & view of Earth - Olive-brown - 20p 500th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev(Sikh Religious Leader) Issued 23 Nov 1969 Gurudwara Nankan Sahib, Pakistan - Slate-violet - 20p Internation Union for the Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources Conference,New Delhi Issued 24 Nov 1969 Tiger & Globe - Orange-brown & bronze-green - 20p 90th Birth Anniversary of Sadhu T. L. Vaswani (Educationalist & Humanist) Issued 25 Nov 1969 Sadhu Vaswani - Grey - 20p Birth Anniversary of Thakkar Bapa (Humanitarian) Issued 29 Nov 1969 Thakkar Bapa - Chocolate - 20p 1970 - Commemorative 12th Plenary Assembley of International Radio Cossultative Committee (CCIR) Issued 21 Jan 1970 Globe & Telecomunication Symbols - Prusian blue -20p First Death Anniversay of Cojeevaram Natrajan Annadurai Issued 3 Feb 1970 C. N. Annadurai (Statesman) - Reddish purple & royal blue -20p 75th Death Anniversary of Munshi Newal Kishore (Scholar & Publisher) Issued 19 Feb 1970 N. M. Kishore & Printing press - Lake -20p Centenary of Nalanda College Issued 27 Mar 1970 Nalanda College, Bihar - Brown -20p Swami Shraddhanand (Patriot & Social Reformer) Issued 30 Mar 1970 Swami Shraddhanand - Yellow-brown -20p Birth Centenary of Valdimir Illych Lenin Issued 22 Apr 1970 Lenin - Leader of October Socialist Revolution - Orang-brown & Sepia -20p New U. P. U. Headquarters Building, Berne Issued 20 May 1970 New U. P. U. Headquarters (Berne, Switzerland) - Emrald, gery & black -20p 425th Anniversary of Sher Shah Suri (Pioneer of Nation-wide mail system) Issued 22 May 1970 Sher Shah Suri(15th Cent. ruler) - Deep bluish green -20p Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (freedom Fighter) Issued 28 May 1970 V. D. Savarkar & Cellar Jail (Andaman) - Orange brown -20p 25th Anniversary of United Nations Organisation Issued 26 Jun 1970 UN Emblem & Globe - Light new blue -20p Adian Productivity Year Issued 18 Aug 1970 Industry, Agriculture, Worker & Emblem - Violet -20p International Education Year (Birth Centenary of Dr. Maria Montessori- Educationalist) Issued 31 Aug 1970 Dr. Maria Montessory& Emblem of Occasion - Dull Purple -20p Jatindra Nath Mukherjee (Bagha Jatin) Issued 9 Sep 1970 Jatinra Nath Mukherjee (Revolutionary) - Chocolate -20p Valangainman Shankaranarayana Srinivasa Sastri (Educationalist) Issued 22 Sep 1970 V. S. Srinivasa Sastri - Yellow & brown-purple -20p 150th Birth Anniversary of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar (Educationalist & Social Reformer) Issued 26 Sep 1970 Vidyasagar - Brown-purple -20p Maharsi Valmiki (Author of Epic Ramayana) Issued 14 Oct 1970 Issued Maharsi Valmiki, Sita Rama & Lakshmana - Purple -20p Centenary of Calcutta Port Commisioner Issued 17 Oct 1970 Dredger Pilot Vessel at Calcutta Port & Crest - Greenish blue -20p 50th Anniversary of Jmia Millia Islamia University Issued 29 Oct 1970 Jamia Millia Islamia & Crest - Yellow-green -20p Jamnalal Bajaj Issued 4 Nov 1970 Jamnalal Bajaj (Industrialist & Social worker) - Olive-grey -20p 50th Anniversary of Indian Red Cross Society Issued 5 Nov 1970 Nurse & Patient - Red-greenish blue -20p Birth Anniversary of Sant Namdeo Issued 9 nov 1970 Sant Namdeo (Saint) - Orange -20p Birth Centenary of Ludwig van Beethoven Issued 16 Dec 1970 Beethoven (Composer, Germany) - Orange & greyish-black -20p India National Philatelic Exhibition, New Delhi Issued 23 Dec 1970 Children Examining Stamps - Orange 7 murtle-green -20p Handheld Magnifier, Gandhi stamp(1969 stamp) - Orange-brown & pale yellow-brown - 1r Diamod Jubilee of Girl Guide Movement in India Issued 27 Dec 1970 Hands & lamp (logo) - Maroon -20p 1971 - Commemorative Centenary of Indian Life Insurance Issued 11 Jan 1971 Hands and Lamp (Logo) - Sepia & Crimson -20p Golden Jubeeli of Kashi Vidyapith Issued 10 Feb 1971 Kashi Vidyapith - Blackish brown -20p Sant Ravidas(15th Cent. Saint and Reformer) Issued 10 Feb 1971 Saint Ravidas - Lake -20p Deenbandhu Charles Freer Andrews Birth Centenary Issued 12 Feb 1971 C. F. Andrews (Humanitarian) - Chestnut -20p Death Aniversary of Acharya Naredra Deo Issued 19 Feb 1971 Acharya Narendra Deo (Scholar) - Dull green -20p Census Centenary Issued 10 Mar 1971 India within the '100' figure - Brown & blue -20p Sri Rama Maharshi Issued 14 April 1971 Sri Ramana Maharshi ISaint Spritual Teacher) - Orange & sepia -20p Death Anniversary of Raja Ravi Varma Issued 29 Apr 1971 Raja Ravi Varma & 'Damyanti and swan' - Green -20p Birth Centenary (1970) of Dadasaheb Phalke (Cinematographer) Issued 30 Apr 1971 Dadasaheb Phalke & Cine camera - Deep brown - 20p Abanindranath Tagore (Artist) Birth Centenary Issued 7 Aug 1971 Abhisarika by Abanindranath Tagore - Grey, buff-yellow & blackish brown -20p Swami Virjanand Issued 14 Sep 1971 Swami Virjanand (Saint & Scholar) - Chestnut -20p Anniversary of Cyrus the Great Issued 12 Oct 1971 Issued Cyrus the Great & Procession - Blackish brown - 20p World Thrift Issued 31 Oct 1971 Globe & Saving Box - Blue-grey -20p Anniversary United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Issued 4 Nov1971 Ajanta Caves Painting - Red-brown -20p National Children's Day Issued 14 Nov 1971 Women at work - Scarlet -20p Death Anniversary of Dr. chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (Scientist) Issued 12 Nov 1971 Issued C. V. Raman ,Spectral graph and Diamond - Orange & deep brown -20p Golden Jubilee of Visva Bharti University, Shantiniketan, W.B. Issued 24 Dec 1971 Visva Bharti Bldg & Tagore (Founder) - Seppia & yellow brown -20p Indian Cricket Victories against W.I. & England Issued 30 Dec 1971 Cricketing Actions - Green, myrtle-green and sage green -20p