India Post releases CWG stamps

India Post on Sunday released third set of stamps at Commonwealth Games (CWG) Village Post Office to commemorate the event that inaugurates in the evening.

India Post celebrated the spirit of the XIX Commonwealth Games by issuing a set of four stamps (of Rs. 5 each) on Tennis, Archery, Hockey and Athletics. The set was formally released by Rameshwari Handa Chief Postmaster General, Delhi Circle, in the presence of Lt. General (Retd.) Ashok Kapur ADG (Games Village) and other senior officers of India Post.

The 19th Commonwealth games 2010, are being organized in Delhi between Oct 3-14. It is going to be the largest sport event in Delhi after the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. It is also for the first time that the Commonwealth Games are being held in India.

To commemorate this sporting extravaganza, India Post has already issued two sets of stamps on Themes: One set on the Queen?s Baton Relay and a second on the Jawaharlal Nehru and Talkatora Stadiums.

As the commemorative stamps are printed in very limited quantity, for this issue only 4 lakh stamps have been printed. The stamp and First Day Cover have been designed by Sankha Samant.