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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 ...
The first stamps valid for postage throughout India were placed on sale in October 1854 with four values: 1/2 anna, 1 anna, 2 annas, and 4 annas.[15] Featuring a youthful profileof Queen Victoriaaet.15 years, all four values were designed and printed in Calcutta, and issued without perforations or gum.
Issued forty stamps with values ranging from 1⁄4 anna to 1 rupee. The last issue was released in 1893 and the stamps became obsolete during 1894. [13] A feudatory state in what is now Madhya Pradesh. All stamps of Barwani are typographed. A total of 41 stamps were issued with values ranging from 1⁄4 anna to 4 annas.
Revenue stamps of India. An 1861 3 Rupee Foreign Bill stamp of British India. A pair of Telegraph stamps overprinted for use as Court Fee stamps in 1870. India has been a heavy user of revenue stamps, both before and after independence. The first revenues were issued in the mid-nineteenth century and they are still being issued to this day.
The stamps of the convention states all became invalid on 1 January 1951, when they were replaced by the stamps of the independent Republic of India, valid from 1 Jan 1950. [ 4] Both Faridkot and Jind, as feudatory states, had issued their own stamps before they joined the Postal Convention. Jind joined in July, 1885; its stamps from the ...
Main article: List of postage stamps of India This is a list of commemorative postage stamps issued by the India Post between 1971 and 1980. 1971 # Issue Date Description Image Denomination 1 11 January 1971 Centenary of Indian Life Insurance 20 p 2 10 February 1971 Golden Jubilee of Kashi Vidyapeeth 20 p 3 10 February 1971 Sant Ravidas 20 p 4 12 February 1971 Birth Centenary of Deenabandhu ...
These included 1/2 ₹, 1/4 ₹, 2 anna, 1 anna, 1/2 anna & 1 pice coins, and are referred to as the anna series or pre-decimal coinage. Under the anna series, one rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna equal to 4 pice. In 1957, India shifted to the decimal system, though for a short period of time, both decimal and non ...
Defence Campaign. (Set of 2 Stamps) 5 15 August 1963 Artillery and army helicopter 15 np 6 15 August 1963 Sentry on duty and parachute dropping supplies 1 R 7 4 September 1963 Dr.Dadabhoy Naoroji: 15 np 8 1 October 1963 Dr.Annie Besant: 15 np * Wild Life Preservation. (set of 5 stamps) 9 7 October 1963 Gaur: 10 np 10 7 October 1963 Himalayan ...