List of postage stamps of India (1971–1980)

This is a list of postage stamps issued by the India Post between 1971 to 1980.

Main article: List of postage stamps of India

1971
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
1 11 Jan 1971 Centenary of Indian Life Insurance 20 p
2 10 Feb 1971 Golden Jubilee of Kashi Vidyapeeth 20 p
3 10 Feb 1971 Sant Ravidas 20 p
4 12 Feb 1971 Birth Centenary of Deenabandhu Charles Freer Andrews 20 p
5 19 Feb 1971 15th Death Anniversary of Acharya Narendra Deo 20 p
6 10 Mar 1971 Census Centenary 20 p
7 14 Apr 1971 Sri Ramana Maharshi 20 p
8 29 Apr 1971 65th Death Anniversary of Raja Ravi Varma 20 p
9 30 Apr 1971 Birth Centenary of Dadasaheb Phalke 20 p
10 07 Aug 1971 Birth Centenary of Abanindranath Tagore 20 p
11 14 Sep 1971 Swami Virjanand 20 p
12 12 Oct 1971 2,500th Anniversary of Charter of Cyrus the Great 20 p
13 31 Oct 1971 World Thrift Day 20 p
14 04 Nov 1971 25th Anniversary United Nations Educational and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 20 p
15 14 Nov 1971 National Children's Day 20 p
16 21 Nov 1971 1st Death Anniversary of Dr.Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman 20 p
17 24 Dec 1971 Golden Jubilee of Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal 20 p
18 30 Dec 1971 CRICKET VICTORIES( Victories against West Indies and England.) 20 p

1972
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
1 26 Feb 1972 First Anniversary of Arvi Satellite Earth Station 20 p
2 29 May 1972 Silver Jubilee of Indian Standards Institute (ISI) 20 p
3 30 Jun 1972 50th Anniversary of International Union of Railways 20 p
* XX Olympic Games, Munich (Set of 2 Stamps)
4 10 Aug 1972 Hockey Player 20 p
5 10 Aug 1972 Various Sports and 1972 1.45 Rs
6 15 Aug 1972 Birth Centenary of Sri Aurobindo 20 p
7 15 Aug 1972 25th Anniversary of Independence 20 p
8 15 Aug 1972 Greetings to Armed Forces on Silver Jubilee of Independence 20 p
9 05 Sep 1972 Birth Centenary of V.O.Chidambaram Pillai 20 p
* Personality Series, (Set of 4 Stamps)
10 16 Oct 1972 Birth Centenary of Bhai Vir Singh 20 p
11 16 Oct 1972 Birth Centenary of Tanguturi Prakasham 20 p
12 16 Oct 1972 300th Birth Anniversary of Vemana 20 p
13 16 Oct 1972 Birth Centenary of Bertrand Russell 1.45 Rs
* Asia-72: 3rd Asian International Trade Fair, New Delhi (Set of 2 Stamps)
14 03 Nov 1972 Logo of Asia ’72 20 p
15 03 Nov 1972 Hand of Buddha in ‘Abhaya Mudra’ 1.45 Rs.
16 30 Dec 1972 First Death Anniversary of Dr.Vikram Sarabhai 20 p
17 30 Dec 1972 50th Anniversary of USSR 20 p

1973
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
1 08 Jan 1973 'INDIPEX 73', International Stamp Exhibition, New Delhi 1.45 Rs
* 25th Anniversary of Independence (Set of 2 Stamps)
2 26 Jan 1973 Ashok Chakra interlocked by 'Naga' 20 p
3 26 Jan 1973 National Tri-coloured Smoke From Gnat Fighters & India Gate 1.45 Rs
4 18 Feb 1973 Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 20 p
5 01 Mar 1973 First Anniversary of Army Postal Service Corps 20 p
6 10 Apr 1973 'Jai Bangla', Inauguration of First Bangladesh Parliament 20 p
7 12 Apr 1973 Birth Centenary of Kumaran Asan 20 p
8 13 Apr 1973 Homage to Martyrs for Independence 20 p
9 14 Apr 1973 Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 20 p
* Indian Miniature Paintings, (Set of 4 Stamps)
10 05 May 1973 Radha-Kishangarh 20 p
11 05 May 1973 Dance Duet 50 p
12 05 May 1973 Lovers on Camel Back 1 R
13 05 May 1973 Taming of Elephant 2 Rs
14 15 May 1973 15th Anniversary of Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi 20 p
15 08 Jun 1973 25th Anniversary of Air India's International Services 1.45 Rs.
16 03 Jul 1973 19th Death Anniversary of St. Thomas 20 p
17 21 Jul 1973 Death Centenary of Michael Madhusudan Dutt 20 p
18 21 Jul 1973 Birth Centenary of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar 30 p
19 21 Jul 1973 Dr. G. Armauer Hansen, Centenary of Discovery of Leprosy Bacillus 50 p
20 21 Jul 1973 5th Birth Centenary of Nicolaus Copernicus 1 R
21 31 Jul 1973 Allan Octavian Hume 20 p
22 15 Aug 1973 Homage to Gandhi and Nehru on 25th Anniversary of Independence 20 p
* Personality Series, (Set of 3 Stamps)
23 27 Sep 1973 Romesh Chunder Dutt 20 p
24 27 Sep 1973 K.S.Ranjitsinhji 30 p
25 27 Sep 1973 Birth Centenary of Vithalbhai Patel 50 p
26 30 Sep 1973 Bicentenary of President's Bodyguard 20 p
27 09 Oct 1973 50th Anniversary of Interpol (International Criminal Police Organisation) 20 p
28 17 Oct 1973 Syed Ahmad Khan 20 p
29 14 Nov 1973 National Children's Day 20 p
* 'INDIPEX - 73', India International Philatelic Exhibition, New Delhi. (Set of 3 Stamps)
30 14 Nov 1973 All Roads to Delhi 20 p
31 14 Nov 1973 Ceremonial Elephant & Independence 1 R
32 14 Nov 1973 Peacock 2 Rs
32 25 Nov 1973 Silver Jubilee of National Cadet Corps, (NCC) 20 p
33 25 Dec 1973 First Death Anniversary of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 20 p

1974
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
* Indian Masks (used in Dance Drama) (Set of 4 Stamps)
1 15 Apr 1974 Sun 20 p
2 15 Apr 1974 Moon 50 p
3 15 Apr 1974 Narasimha 1 R
4 15 Apr 1974 Ravna 2 Rs
5 02 Jun 1974 300th Anniversary of Coronation of Chatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj 25 p
6 03 Jul 1974 Maithili Sharan Gupta 25 p
7 03 Jul 1974 Jainarain Vyas 25 p
8 03 Jul 1974 Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das 25 p
9 15 Jul 1974 Kandukuri Veeresalingam 25 p
10 15 Jul 1974 Tipu Sultan 50 p
11 15 Jul 1974 Max Müller 1 R
12 01 Aug 1974 75th Birth Anniversary of Kamala Nehru 25 p
13 14 Aug 1974 World Population Year 25 p
14 24 Aug 1974 Varahagiri Venkata Giri 25 p
* Centenary of Universal Postal Union, (Set of 3 Stamps)
15 03 oct 1974 U.P.U. Emblem 25 p
16 03 oct 1974 'Birds & Nest' (Madhubani Style) & U.P.U. Emblem 1 R
17 03 oct 1974 Arrows Encircling Globe 2 Rs
18 09 Oct 1974 Centenary of Mathura museum (Se-Tenant) 25 p (Each)
19 09 Oct 1974 Birth Centenary of Nicholas Roerich 1 R
20 13 Nov 1974 2500th Anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira's attainment of Nirvana 25 p
21 14 Nov 1974 National Children's Day 25 p
22 14 Nov 1974 25th Anniversary of UNICEF in India 25 p
23 16 Nov 1974 25th Anniversary of Indian Territorial Army 25 p
24 02 Dec 1974 19th International Dairy Congress, New Delhi 25 p
25 08 Dec 1974 Help for Mentally Retarded Children 25 p
26 12 Dec 1974 Birth Centenary of Guglielmo Marconi 2 Rs
27 24 Dec 1974 Saint Francis Xavier's Apostle Celebration 25 p

1975
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
1 10 Jan 1975 World Hindi Convention, Nagpur 25
2 26 Jan 1975 25th Anniversary of the Republic 25
3 06 Feb 1975 33rd World Table Tennis Championships, Calcutta 25
4 16 Feb 1975 International Women's Year 25
5 08 Apr 1975 Bicentenary of Indian Army Ordnance Corps 25
6 11 Apr 1975 Centenary of Arya Samaj 20
7 12 Apr 1975 World Telugu Conference, Hyderabad, India 25
8 20 Apr 1975 Launch of First Indian Satellite 25
* Indian birds, (Set of 4 Stamps)
9 28 Apr 1975 Indian Pitta 25
10 28 Apr 1975 Black headed Oriole 50
11 28 Apr 1975 Western Tragopan 100
12 28 Apr 1975 Monal Pheasant 200
13 05 May 1973 Taming of Elephant 2 Rs
14 24 May 1974 4th Centenary of Ramcharitmanas (epic poem by Tulsidas) 25
15 20 Jun 1975 Centenary of Indian Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) 25
16 28 Jun 1975 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Se-tenant of Four) 50 (Each)
17 28 Jul 1975 25th Anniversary of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage 25
18 01 Aug 1975 Satellite Instructional Television Experiment 25
19 14 Aug 1975 600th Birth Anniversary of Sant Arunagirinathar 50
20 26 Aug 1975 Namibia Day 25
21 04 Sep 1975 Mir Anees 25
22 04 Sep 1975 Ahilyabai Holkar 25
* Indian classical dances, (Set of 6 Stamps)
23 20 Oct 1975 Bharata Natyam 25
24 20 Oct 1975 Odissi 50
25 20 Oct 1975 Kathak 75
26 20 Oct 1975 Kathakali 100
27 20 Oct 1975 Kuchipudi 150
28 20 Oct 1975 Manipuri 200
* Personality Series (Set of 3 Stamps)
29 24 Oct 1975 Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon 25
30 24 Oct 1975 Ameer Khusrau 50
31 24 Oct 1975 Bahadur Shah Zafar 100
32 28 Oct 1975 21st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi 200
33 31 Oct 1975 Birth Centenary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 25
34 03 Nov 1975 Birth Centenary of Karmavir Nabin Chandra Bardoloi 25
35 14 Nov 1975 National Children's Day 25
36 13 Dec 1975 50th Anniversary of India Security Press, Nasik 20
37 16 Dec 1975 Tercentenary of the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur 25
38 20 Dec 1975 Centenary of the Theosophical Society 25
39 24 Dec 1975 Centenary of the Indian Meteorological Department 25
* INPEX-75' India National Philatelic Exhibition, Calcutta (Set of 2 Stamps)
40 25 Dec 1975 Early Mail Cart 25
41 25 Dec 1975 Indian Bishop Mark (1775 A.D.) 200

1976
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
1 03 Jan 1976 First Death Anniversary of Lalit Narayan Mishra 25
2 24 Jan 1976 Birth Centenary of Jim Corbett 25
3 10 Feb 1976 Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur 25
4 04 Mar 1976 Bicentenary of 16th Light Cavalry RegimentBicentenary of 16th Light Cavalry Regiment 25
5 10 Mar 1976 Alexander Graham Bell 25
6 18 Mar 1976 Birth Centenary of Muthuswami Dikshitar 20
7 07 Apr 1976 World Health Day. Prevention of Blindness 25
8 30 Apr 1976 Industrial Development 25
* Indian Locomotives, (Set of 4 Stamps)
9 15 May 1976 W.D.M 2 1963 25
10 15 May 1976 F/1 1895 50
11 15 May 1976 WP/1 1963 100
12 15 May 1976 GIP NO. 1 1853 200
13 29 May 1976 Bicentenary of American Revolution 280
14 15 Jul 1976 Kumaraswamy Kamaraj 25
* XXI Olympic Games, Montreal, (Set of 4 Stamps)
15 17 Jul 1976 Shooting 25
16 17 Jul 1976 Shot Put 100
17 17 Jul 1976 Hockey 150
18 17 Jul 1976 Running 280
19 06 Aug 1976 Subhadra Kumari Chauhan 25
20 15 Aug 1976 Param Vir Chakra (Highest Gallantry Award) 25
21 03 Sep 1976 60th Anniversary of Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University, Bombay 25
22 09 Sep 1976 Bharatendu Harishchandra 25
23 15 Sep 1976 Birth Centenary of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee 25
24 22 Sep 1976 Family Planning Campaign 25
25 24 Sep 1976 Maharaja Agrasen 75
* Indian wild life, (Set of 4 Stamps)
26 01 Oct 1976 swamp deer 25
27 01 Oct 1976 Indian lion 50
28 01 Oct 1976 Leopard 100
29 01 Oct 1976 caracal 200
30 01 oct 1976 Voluntary Blood Donation 25
31 15 Oct 1976 Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' 25
32 14 Nov 1976 National Children's Day 25
33 24 Nov 1976 Hiralal Shastri 25
34 26 Nov 1976 Dr.Hari Singh Gour 25
35 01 Dec 1976 Inauguration of Indian Airlines Airbus Service 200
36 27 Dec 1976 Diamond Jubilee of Coconut Research 20
37 30 Dec 1976 Centenary of 'Vande Mataram' 25

1977
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
1 03 Jan 1977 Sixth International Film Festival of India, New Delhi 200
2 10 Jan 1977 Sixth World Conference of Earthquake Engineering, New Delhi 25
3 22 Jan 1977 Birth Centenary of Tarun Ram Phookun 25
4 07 Mar 1977 Paramahansa Yogananda 25
5 09 Mar 1977 First Asian Regional Red Cross Conference, New Delhi 200
6 22 Mar 1977 Death of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 25
7 01 Apr 1977 15th Anniversary of Asian Oceanic Postal Union 200
8 02 Apr 1977 Birth Centenary of Narottam Morarjee 25
9 4 Apr 1977 Makhanlal Chaturvedi 25
10 14 Apr 1977 Vallabhacharya 100
11 23 Apr 1977 50th Anniversary of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry 25
12 05 Jun 1977 5th World Environment Day 200
13 21 Jun 1977 25th Anniversary of Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) 25
* Indian flowers, (Set of 4 Stamps)
14 01 Jul 1977 Lotus 25
15 01 Jul 1977 Rhododendron 50
16 01 Jul 1977 Kadamba 100
17 01 Jul 1977 Glorious Lily 200
18 20 Jul 1977 Centenary of Sound Recording 200
19 22 Aug 1977 Birth Centenary of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy 25
20 04 Sep 1977 50th Death Anniversary of Ganga Ram 25
21 06 Oct 1977 32nd International Homeopathic Congress 200
22 12 Oct 1977 Ram Manohar Lohia 25
* 'INPEX-77', 3rd National Philatelic Exhibition, Bangalore. (Set of 2 Stamps)
23 12 Oct 1977 Early Postman 25
24 12 Oct 1977 Lion and Palm Tree 200
* 'ASIANA-77', First Asian International Philatelic Exhibition, Bangalore. (Set of 2 Stamps)
25 19 Oct 1977 First in Asia 1852 100
26 19 Oct 1977 Foreign Mail Bombay 1927 300
27 23 Oct 1977 15th International Congress of Pediatrics, New Delhi 200
28 23 Oct 1977 Kittur Rani Channamma 25
29 08 Nov 1977 Union Public Service Commission 25
30 13 Nov 1977 'AGRIEXPO-77', Agriculture Exposition, New Delhi 25
* National Children's Day, (Set of 2 Stamps)
31 14 Nov 1977 Cats 25
32 14 Nov 1977 Friends 100
33 28 Nov 1977 Jotirao Phooley 25
34 28 Nov 1977 Senapati Bapat 25
35 13 Dec 1977 41st Session of International Statistical Institute, New Delhi 200
36 25 Dec 1977 Kamta Prasad Guru 25
37 30 Dec 1977 60th Year of Great October Socialist Revolution 1917 USSR 100

1978
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
* Conquest of Kanchenjunga, (Set of 2 Stamps)
1 15 Jan 1978 Climbing With Ice Ladder 200
2 15 Jan 1978 Kanchenjunga Peak 100
3 23 Jan 1978 27th Pacific Area Travel Association Conference, New Delhi 100
4 11 Feb 1978 III World Book Fair, New Delhi 25
5 21 Feb 1978 Birth Centenary of The Mother, Puducherry 25
6 23 Feb 1978 Fifth International Wheat Genetics Symposium, New Delhi 25
7 16 Mar 1978 Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi 25
8 22 Mar 1978 Surjya Sen 25
* Modern Indian paintings, (Set of 4 Stamps)
9 23 Mar 1978 Jamini Roy 25
10 23 Mar 1978 Sailoz Mookherjea 50
11 23 Mar 1978 Rabindranath Tagore 100
12 23 Mar 1978 Amrita Shergil 200
13 14 Apr 1978 400th Birth Anniversary of Peter Paul Rubens 200
14 16 Apr 1978 Charles Spencer Chaplin 25
15 05 May 1978 Deendayal Upadhyaya 25
16 06 Jul 1978 Shyama Prasad Mookerjee 25
* Museums of India, (Set of 4 Stamps)
17 27 Jul 1978 Kachchh Museum 25
18 27 Jul 1978 Indian Museum 50
19 27 Jul 1978 National Museum 100
20 27 Jul 1978 Salar Jung Museum 25
21 25 Aug 1978 Bhagawadgeeta 25
22 04 Sep 1978 Centenary of Bethune College 25
23 17 Sep 1978 E.V.Ramasami 25
24 26 Sep 1978 Uday Shankar Chowdhury 200
25 02 Oct 1978 150th Birth Anniversary of Leo Tolstoy 100
26 15 Oct 1978 Birth Centenary of Vallathol Narayana Menon 25
27 14 Nov 1978 National Children's Day 25
28 17 Nov 1978 National Small Industries Fair, New Delhi 25
29 25 Nov 1978 175th Anniversary of Skinner's Horse (Cavalry regiment) 25
30 10 Dec 1978 Birth Centenary of Mohammad Ali Jauhar 25
31 10 Dec 1978 Birth Centenary of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 25
32 10 Dec 1978 Mohammad Ali Jauhar 25
33 23 Dec 1978 75th Anniversary of Powered Flight 100
34 24 Dec 1978 Centenary of Ravenshaw College, Cuttack 25
35 25 Dec 1978 Death Anniversary of Franz Peter Schubert 100

1979
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
1 20 Feb 1978 4th Reunion of Punjab Regiment 25
2 24 Feb 1979 Bhai Parmanand 25
* International Year of the Child, (Set of 2 Stamps)
3 05 Mar 1979 Child and Gandhi 25
4 05 Mar 1979 Indian Symbol of I.Y.C. 100
5 14 Mar 1979 Albert Einstein - Birth Centenary 100
6 01 May 1979 Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati 25
7 12 Jul 1979 India 80 - Stamp Exhibition 30
8 12 Jul 1979 Postcards - Centenary 50
9 15 Aug 1979 Raja Mahendra Pratap 30
10 13 Sep 1979 Jatindra Nath Das - 50th Death Anniversary 30
* India 80 - Airmails, (Set of 4 Stamps)
11 15 Oct 1979 Puss Moth Aircraft 30
12 15 Oct 1979 Airforce Helicopter 50
13 15 Oct 1979 Indian Airlines (Boieng 737) 100
14 15 Oct 1979 Air India (Boeing 747) 200
15 21 Oct 1979 Electric Lightbulb - Centenary 30
16 23 Oct 1979 International Archives Week 30
17 29 Oct 1979 International Commission on Large Dams - 50th Anniversary (Hirakud Dam) 30
18 10 Nov 1979 International Children's Book Fair 30
19 10 Nov 1979 International Trade Fair 100
20 04 Dec 1979 23rd International Atomic Energy Agency Conference 100
21 10 Dec 1979 Flying and Gliding 9 25
22 21 Dec 1979 Guru Amar Das - 500th Birth Anniversary 30

1980
# Issue Date Description Image Denomination
1 21 Jan 1980 UNIDO 3rd General Conference, New Delhi 30
* 'India 80', International Stamp Exhibition, New Delhi, (Set of 4 Stamps)
2 25 Jan 1980 Army Post Office 30
3 25 Jan 1980 Money Order 50
4 25 Jan 1980 Copper Ticket 100
5 25 Jan 1980 Rowland Hill 200
6 17 Feb 1980 Institution of Engineers (India) 30
7 26 Feb 1980 Madras Sappers 30
8 29 Feb 1980 4th World Book Fair, New Delhi 30
9 29 Feb 1980 2nd International Conference on Apiculture, New Delhi 100
10 18 Mar 1980 Welthy Fisher 30
11 21 Mar 1980 Darul Uloom, Deoband 30
12 15 Apr 1980 Keshub Chandra Sen 30
13 21 Apr 1980 Chatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj 30
14 09 May 1980 5th Asian Table Tennis Championships, Calcutta 30
15 05 Jun 1980 N. M. Joshi 30
16 06 Jun 1980 Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer 30
17 25 Jun 1980 S. M. Zamin Ali 30
18 27 Jun 1980 Helen Keller 30
* XXII Olympic Games, Moscow (Set of 2 Stamps)
19 19 Jul 1980 High Jump 100
20 19 Jul 1980 Show Jumping 200
21 31 Jul 1980 Prem Chand 30
22 27 Aug 1980 Nobel Peace Prize, 1979 - Mother Teresa 30
23 28 Aug 1980 Mountbatten 280
24 27 Sep 1980 Scottish Church College, Calcutta 35
25 30 Sep 1980 Rajah Annamalai Chettiar 35
* Dandi March (Se-tenant)
26 02 Oct 1980 Dandi March 35
27 02 Oct 1980 Salt Satyagraha 35
28 08 Oct 1980 Jayaprakash Narayan 35
29 01 Nov 1980 Great Indian Bustard 230
30 03 Nov 1980 1400 Hijri 35
31 14 Nov 1980 Children's Day 35
32 03 Dec 1980 Dhyan Chand 35
33 20 Dec 1980 Gold Mining 100
34 25 Dec 1980 M. A. Ansari 35
35 27 Dec 1980 India Government Mint, Bombay 35
* Brides of India (Set of 4 Stamps)
36 30 Dec 1980 Bride - Tamil Nadu 100
37 30 Dec 1980 Bride - Rajasthan 100
38 30 Dec 1980 Bride - Kashmir 100
39 30 Dec 1980 Bride - Bengal 100

References
  • Jain, Manik (2017). Phila India Stamp Guide Book (1800-2017) (19th ed.). Kolkata: Philatelia. p. 72 - 97.

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