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The East India Company took constructive steps to improve the existing postal systems in India when, in 1688, they opened a post office in Bombay followed by similar ones in Calcutta and Madras. Lord Clive further expanded the services in 1766 and in 1774 Warren Hastings made the services available to the general public.
The society had a strong publishing record with Martin and Smythies' The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-55 and L.E. Dawson's The One Anna & Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854-55 both winning the Crawford Medal from the Royal Philatelic Society London (1932 and 1950 respectively). The first seven books produced by the society ...
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (December 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The Scinde Dawk of 1852, the first postage stamp of India is a round red sealing wafer. India has a long and varied postal history and has produced a ...
Jal Manekji Cooper FRGS (29 March 1905 [1] – 2 August 1972) in Mumbai, was an Indian philatelist, and an expert and authenticator [2] of the postage stamps and postal history of India. Cooper was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the author of several philatelic handbooks. He was both a stamp dealer [3] and a collector and ...
That said, Bombay Company, which had several hundred stores, did have a certain charm. The stores had a great collection of blue and white porcelain, and some attractive lamps.
One of the earliest postage stamps of Hyderabad state, the half-anna 1871 Stanley Gibbons ser 4. Two rupees 1897 Queen Victoria head of Nabha, a convention state. Two anna red-brown 1916 postage stamp of Orchha state. A post box from Travancore period known as Anchal petty still being used in Kerala. The native states which issued postage ...
General Post Office, Mumbai. / 18.9387667°N 72.8370389°E / 18.9387667; 72.8370389. The General Post Office, Mumbai, is the central post office of the city of Mumbai, India. The post office handles most of the city's inbound and outbound mail and parcels. Situated in the vicinity of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Mumbai General Post ...
The Desai collection was offered for sale to the public in 917 lots by Messrs Robson Lowe, philatelic auctioneers, on 25 and 26 May May 1949. The auction included his collection of "Scinde Dawk" stamps and the 1854 issues of India. He was a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London. Death. Desai died in Bombay in 1948.