A Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday apprised of joint issue of postage stamps by India and South Africa on the theme "125th Year of Mahatma Gandhi's Pietermaritzburg Station Incident and Birth Centenary of Nelson Mandela".
The MoU in this regard was signed on July 24 this year. The joint stamps were released on July 26.
The commemorative postage stamps depict images of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
--IANS
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