India–UN Women HeForShe Presentation Pack 2016 | India Post & UN Joint Issue | Rare Philatelic Collectible
The India–UN Women HeForShe Presentation Pack, issued by India Post on 8 March 2016, is a special and highly attractive joint philatelic issue celebrating the HeForShe Solidarity Movement for Gender Equality, an initiative of UN Women encouraging men and boys to become advocates and partners in achieving gender equality.
The issue was released on International Women's Day, 8 March 2016, as a joint issue between India Post and the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA). India Post issued two commemorative denominations of ₹5 and ₹25, together forming a striking portrait representing equality and partnership between women and men. The official India Post issue calendar records the denominations as ₹5 and ₹25.
The presentation pack contains the Indian HeForShe stamps, miniature sheet, First Day Cover, information brochure and United Nations HeForShe stamps from the UN Postal Administration's New York, Geneva and Vienna offices. Contemporary philatelic documentation records the original presentation-pack price as ₹1,000.
Contents of the Presentation Pack
Based on the pack shown in your photographs, the collection includes:
- 🇮🇳 India ₹5 & ₹25 HeForShe se-tenant pair
- 🇮🇳 India HeForShe Miniature Sheet – ₹30
- 🇮🇳 India First Day Cover
- 🇮🇳 HeForShe information brochure
- 🇺🇳 United Nations HeForShe stamps
- UN New York
- UN Geneva
- UN Vienna
- Official India Post presentation folder
The UN issue comprised six stamps, two each from the UN offices in New York, Geneva and Vienna.