07-01-2017: India – Portugal : Dandiya Dance Joint Issue A commemorative postage stamp on

India And Portugal enjoy excellent bilateral relationships with frequent and active interaction through different platforms that allows both countries to exchange views on many issues of common concerns. The countries today share warm and friendly ties with close political, cultural and people to people ties. Portugal and India also cooperate actively in multilateral fora including support for each other’s candidatures. To explore the new possibilities of development in postal operations and to promote Philately in both countries, the India-Portugal Joint stamp issue is being released. Both the countries have mutually agreed upon depicting the Folk Dances of both the countries- Dandiya Dance for India and Pauliteiros Dance for Portugal.