PM Modi gifts Donald Trump 1965 commemorative stamp, wooden chest from Hoshiarpur
The stamp honoured the memory of former US President Abraham Lincoln, the Prime Minister’s office said.

United States President Donald Trump gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi a guided tour of his residence in the White House, including the Lincoln bedroom on Monday. Trump showed Modi a copy of the famous Gettysburg address made by President Abraham Lincoln and the desk the 16th US President used while writing it. It was the first time the two leaders officially met.
Modi is in the United States as part of his three-nation tour which includes Portugal and the Netherlands, which he set out for on Tuesday.
The Indian Prime Minister offered his US counterpart a folio containing an 1965 dated original commemorative postal stamp, issued to mark the death centenary of Abraham Lincoln.
PM presented @POTUS a folio containing an original commemorative postal stamp that had been issued by India in 1965. pic.twitter.com/TMSk3cIBm3
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
The stamp honoured the memory of a great American President & symbolized closeness of the ideals for which Lincoln stood & which drove Bapu. pic.twitter.com/VsMDnwsDX7
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
“The stamp honoured the memory of a great American President and the symbolized closeness of ideals” Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi believed in, the Prime Minister’s office posted on Twitter. Modi also gifted Trump a Hoshiarpur-made wooden chest with intricate inlay pattern.
Modi also presented First Lady Melania Trump with a hamper containing a traditional, handcrafted Himachali silver bracelet, tea and honey from Kangra valley and hand-woven shawls from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
President @realDonaldTrump showed PM @narendramodi a copy of President Lincoln's famous Gettysburg address and the desk on which he wrote it
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
President Trump gave PM @narendramodi a guided tour of President's residence quarters in White House including Lincoln bedroom.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
The Prime Minister also presented to the President a wooden chest with intricate inlay pattern that is a specialty of Hoshiarpur in Punjab.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
For @FLOTUS, PM presented a hamper containing a traditional, handcrafted Himachali silver bracelet, tea and honey from Kangra valley.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017