India stamps

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Scott: #336-8P

Issued: 18.2.1961

50^th Anniversary of the world’s 1^st Air Mail

Inside #336: First Air Mail Postmark

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Scott: #530-1P

Issued: 23.12.1970

INPEX 1970

Inside #530: Stamp Collecting

Inside #531: India #497P

The story of Gandhi Stamps

http://www.geocities.com/mjshah.geo/articles/gandhi.html

Mahatma Gandhi

http://indiapicks.com/stamps/Gandhi_Nehru/Gandhi_Main.htm

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Scott: #598P

Issued: 14.11.1973

INDIPEX '73

Inside #598: India #200P

Scott: #599aO

Inside #599a: India #568P

Inside #599a: India #597P

Inside #599a: India #598P

Inside #599a: India #599P

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Scott: #753P

Issued: 1.4.1977

15th Anniversary, Asian-Oceanic Postal Union

Inside #753: Stamp on Envelope

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Scott: #769P

Issued: 12.10.1977

INPEX '77 Philatelic Exhibition

Inside #769: Lion and Palm Essay of 1853O

http://www.sandafayre.com/gallery/country_190_1.htm

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Scott: #771P

Issued: 19.10.1977

ASIANA '77

Inside #771: India Type A3, Red Scinde DawksO

Scinde, India

Scinde, Scott #A3	Scinde, Scott #A1	Scinde, Scott #A2

The Dawk, or Dak, was a very old postal system of runners. The runners were paid according to distance of travel and weight of the letter.

Sir Bartle Frere of the East India Company became the Chief Commissioner of Sind, also known as Scinde, in 1850. He improved upon the postal system of the state by introducing a cheap and uniform rate for postage, independent of distance traveled. In 1851 the runners were replaced with an efficient system using horses and camels, following routes through Scinde province, generally along the valley of the Indus river. The mail was carried quickly and efficiently, connecting government offices and post offices from Karachi through Kotri and Hyderabad up to Shikkur in the north. The Scinde district is now a part of Pakistan.

These were the first stamps issued in Asia. They are also the worlds first round stamps.

One of the rarest classics of philately, the red ½ anna Scinde Dawk was issued first, on July 1, 1852. However, the stamps were not an unbridled success. The red sealing wax wafer stamps, embossed with a backing of paper, were so fragile that they easily cracked and disintegrated. Since they were often used as a seal on a letter, many were destroyed when the letter was opened.

The next attempt was a colorless embossing on whitish or bluish paper. Light blue lines were added between the stamps in the second printing. No one knows whether they were guidelines for separating the stamps or guidelines for the embossing. This version had its own problems. It was very difficult for the postal clerks to see at night by candlelight, especially when they were attached to white envelopes.

Finally, the blue stamps, made by simultaneous printing and embossing, were tried. These stamps are found in several shades of blue and they too are found with blue dividing lines between the stamps. This last version was issued shortly before the Scinde Dawks were withdrawn from use.

The location of production of these stamps is not known for sure. All we know is that the stamps were ordered from Thomas De La Rue and Company in London, and the embossing device manufactured by De La Rue. Some speculate that the red and white stamps were manufactured locally in India. However, most contemporary sources indicate that the stamps were produced in England.

These stamps were withdrawn on September 30, 1854, being replaced by the East India Company stamps. However, they are known used in June 1856. The remainders were soon after destroyed.

http://www.firstissues.org/ficc/details/scinde_1.shtml

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Scott: #825P

Issued: 2.7.1979

Centenary of Indian Postal Cards

Inside #825: Postal Cards 1879O

Inside #825: Postal Cards 1979O

Thanks to Lou for the scans

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Scott: #854P

Issued: 25.1.1980

INDIA '89

Inside #854: 2 Anna Cooper Coins

The East India Company established post offices in Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras) and Calcutta in 1766. Warren Hastings made the postal service available to the general public. The common man could send a letter a distance of 100 miles for a 2 annas. Copper Tokens were minted for this and could be used for posting a letter. The letter was hand stamped "post paid" if it was paid for, else it was stamped "post unpaid" or "bearing".

http://www.geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art6/history.htm

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Scott: #1006P

Issued: 30.12.1982

INPEX '82

Inside #1006: India #2O

Inside #1006: India #201P

India (East India Company)

http://www.firstissues.org/ficc/details/india_1.shtml

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Scott: #1008P

Issued: 30.01.1983

The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Statesman

Inside #1008: Stamp Collecting

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Scott: #1113P

Issued: 14.2.1986

INPEX '86

Inside #1113: Jaipur #3O

(thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán for the scan)

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Scott: #1178-81O

Issued: 17.10.1987

INDIA '89

Inside #1178-81: Pseudo Stamp, Emblem

Scott: #1181aO

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Scott: #1246-7P

Issued: 9.10.1988

INDIA '89

Inside #1246-7: Pseudo Stamp, Emblem

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Scott: #1253-4O

Issued: 20.12.1988

INDIA '89

Inside #1253-4: Pseudo Stamp, Emblem

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Scott: #1294P

Issued: 14.10.1989

Use Pin Code

Inside #1294: Stamp on Envelope

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Scott: #1260-1O, #1262-3P

Issued: 20.1.1989

INDIA '89

Inside #1260: Stamp Collecting

Inside #1262: Travancore #2O

The stamp is a reproduction of the Travancore Anchel Stamp of 2 Chuckrams denomination. The former Indian Sate of Travancore had an independent postal or Anchal System with a mail transport service including a boat mail service and the Railway Anchel Service. The first adhesive Anchel Stampwas introduced on 16-10-1888 in denomination of 1, 2, & 4 Chuckrams (1 Chuckram = 3.57 paise) in ultramarine, red and green printed on laid paper bearing a large sheet watermark showing a conch shell surrounded by "GOVERNMENT" in an arch with "OF TRAVANCORE" below in a straight line. These were the earliest feudatory stamps surviving till 1953. (Text based on material in publication "The Travancore Anchal" by Dr. N.S. Moos; Anchel Stamp courtesy PMG, Kerala Circle).

Inside #1263: India #36P

Lou wrote: The stamp shows the mastheads of various early Indian philatelic periodicals; at the top is The Indian Philatelist from 1894 that was mailed with postage attached and postmarked. This was a common practice, almost worldwide, which allowed periodicals to be mailed at lower newspaper rates.  

I had a good look at #1263 with my always on-hand magnifier, went to the Scott catalog, and found the tiny black and white stamp was India #36.

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Scott: #1312P

Issued: 6.5.1990

150th Anniversary, Penny Black

Inside #1312: G.B. #1 [N-B]

Visit: The Penny Black Plate project http://www.arcieriminerva.it/SOS/homeSOS.htm

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Scott: #1427O

Issued: 19.12.1992

Stephen Smith, Rocket Mail Pioneer

Inside #1427: India #85 on CoversO

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Scott: #1469O

Issued: 25.12.1993

Inpex '93

Inside #1469: India #1469 (self reproduction)

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Scott: #1579O

Issued: 5.10.1996

Indepex '97

Inside #1579: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #1608aP

Issued: 27.3.1997

100th Anniversary, Philatelic Society

Inside #1608: India #4O

The Philatelic Society of India was established in March 1897 at Calcutta by a band of fifty Englishmen stationed in India. The first President of the Society and Editor of its journal was Mr. C. Steward Wilson (later Sir) who later became the Director General of Post & Telegraphs. It has a distinguished record of service to the cause of Indian Philately for a 100 yeas, being one of the ten oldest philatelic societies in the world and probably the oldest in Asia. The first Indian member of the Society was Mr. C.K. Dutt of Calcutta who joined in the year 1907. It has various activities in the field of philately and publishes "The Philatelic Journal of India", devoted to philately. It holds regular fortnightly meetings at present in the GPO, Bombay by the courtesy of the Deptt. of Post. http://www.indianpost.com/

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Scott: #2078a-cO

Issued: 4.10.2004

150^th Anniversary, India Post

Inside #2078a: India #2O

Inside #2078b: India #C1 (Patial)O

Inside #2078c: India #201P

Scott: #2078eO

Scott: #2078e S/SO

Inside #2078e S/S (in margin): India #A1 white Scinde Dawk 1852

Inside #2078e S/S (in margin): India unlisted east india co lion and palm tree essay 1854

Inside #2078e S/S (in margin): India embossed envelope HG B19 indicium 1949

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #2420-5O

Issued: 13.5.2010

POSTAL HERITAGE BUILDINGS

Inside #2420-5: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #2451-4P

Scott: #2454aP

Issued: 6.10.2010

Indian Postage Stamps: Princely States

Inside #2451: Stamps of former Princely State of India – Indore

Indore #3	Indore #16	Indore #1

Inside #2452: Stamps of former Princely State of India – Sirmoor

Sirmoor #22	Sirmoor #2	Sirmoor #16?

Inside #2453: Stamps of former Princely State of India – Bamra

Bamra unlisted Stamp Paper (Revenue),1903	Bamra #13 or #19

Inside #2454: Stamps of former Princely State of India – Cochin

Cochin #15P	Cochin #10

Inside #2454a (In Margin):

Indore #9 (imperf proof in changed color)	Sirmoor unlisted 1a Receipt Stamp (Revenue) (Thanks to Lou for the scan)	Bamra unlisted Stamp Paper (Revenue),1892	Cochin #4	Cochin #15P in changed color tinted paper

Top and bottom margin: Indore #1 partial top frame and bottom frame

Thanks to Dr. Eli Moallem and Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #2492-5P

Issued: 12.02.2011

100 Years of Airmail

Inside #2493: India #64O

Inside #2493: India #63P

Scott: #2495aP

Inside #2495a (in margin): TBI

Thanks to Lou Guadagno, Prof. Plinio Richelmi and Lloyd Gilbert

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi

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Scott: #2593P

Issued: 12.10.2012

Philately Day

Inside #2593: India #6cO

Inside #2593: India #200P

Inside #2593 (In margin): India #2078bO

Design components: Dark runner, stamp frame portions, bridge, cancels.

Inside #2593: India #C1 (Patial)O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #2634aO

Issued: 12.04.2013

Centenary of Heritage Buildings (Mumbai P.O. & Agra P.O)

Inside #????: India # 204 on coverO

Lou wrote: There is another partial stamp on a cover in the lower left margin, but I will need a better scan or the actual s/s to try for an ID.

The 100th anniversary would make the first year 1913, but both the cover and the buildings look older than that!

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #2656P

Issued: 12.10.2013

Philately Day

Inside #????: India #205O

Inside #????: India #498O

Inside #???? (in background): India #499O

(design component:  Gandhi drawing only, reversed image)

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Best website related:

http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Stamps.aspx

Stamps of India

http://www.stampsofindia.com/

postal history of india

http://www.geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art6/history.htm

Indian philately

http://www.indianphilately.net/

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Wish list

India #2 + For Singapore

India #4 For Singapore, Korea North, Malaysia

India #5 for Singapore, Malaysia

India #6 For Singapore

India #6c for Aden, ST. VINCENT GRENADINES – Mayreau - I nees just oneJ

India #7 for Malaysia

India #8 for Malaysia

India 16 For Singapore

India 18 For Singapore

India #C1 + for Gambia

India #62 for Guinea Bissau

India #85

India #164 for UAE

India #179 for UAE

India #200 for Bulgaria

India #203 for Guinea, Sri Lanka

India #204 for Sri Lanka

India #205 for Sri Lanka

India #206 for Guinea, Sri Lanka

India #207 for Central African

India #580 for Pakistan

India #1178-81

India #1181a

India #1253-4

India #1260-1

India #1379 for Guinea

India #1427

India #1443 for Hong Kong

India #1444 for Guinea

India #1460 for Hong Kong

India #1469

India #1579

India #1768 for Niger

India #2078a-c

India #2096 for Chad

India #2349 for Guinea

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India Higgins & Gage #B18 for UAE

India Scinde District

India Scinde District Type A1 for Pakistan

India Scinde Dawk Type A2 for Pakistan

India Type A3, Red Scinde Dawks for ST. VINCENT GRENADINES - Mayreau

Bamra

Bamra #13 or #19

Cochin

Cochin #4

Cochin #10

Indore

Indore #1

Indore #3

Indore #9

Indore #16

Sirmoor

Sirmoor unlisted 1a Receipt Stamp (Revenue)

Sirmoor #2

Sirmoor #16?

Sirmoor #22