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Postage stamps and postal history of India
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For the states with their own stamps, see Stamps and postal history of Indian states. For India Post, see Indian Postal Service.
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The first stamp of independent India shows the new Indian Flag. It was meant for foreign correspondence.[1][2]
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The second stamp depicts the Aśokan lions capital, the national emblem of India, and is for domestic use.[1][2]
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of India.
Indian postal systems for efficient military and governmental communications had developed long before the arrival of Europeans. When the Portuguese, Dutch, French, Danish and British displaced the Mughals, their postal systems existed alongside those of many somewhat independent states. The British East India Company gradually displaced other powers and brought into existence a British administrative system over most of India, with a need to establish and maintain both official and commercial mail systems.
Although the Indian Post Office was established in 1837, Asia 's first adhesive stamp, the Scinde Dawk, was introduced in 1852 by Sir Bartle Frere, the British East India Company 's administrator of the province of Sind. The Indian postal system developed into an extensive, dependable and robust network providing connectivity to almost all parts of India, Burma, the Straits Settlements and other areas controlled by the British East India Company (EIC). Based on the model postal system introduced in England by the reformer, Rowland Hill, efficient postal services were provided at a low cost and enabled the smooth commercial, military and administrative functioning of the EIC and its successor, the British Raj. The Imperial Posts co-existed with the several postal systems maintained by various Indian states, some of which produced stamps for use within their respective dominions, while British Indian postage



References: 1. ^ a b India Postage Stamps 1947–1988.(1989) Philately branch, Department of Posts, India. 2. ^ a b Souvenir sheet of the Independence series of stamps, Indian Posts, 1948 3 4. ^ a b c d e Pg 29, Datta et al. (2009). Rare stamps of the World. 5. ^ Robson Lowe, Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, v. III London, Robson Lowe, Ltd. (1951) p. 134 6 7. ^ John K. Sidebottom, The Overland Mail: A Postal Historical Study of the Mail Route to India, London: G. Allen and Unwin (1948) ISBN 1135393990 8 9. ^ H.D.S. Haverbeck, "The Sind District Dawk," The Collectors Club Philatelist v. 44 no. 2 (March, 1965) pp. 79–85. 10. ^ "India (East India Company)", First Issues Collectors Club (Retrieved 25 September 2006) 11 12. ^ Saksena, Vishnu S., Notes for the Indian Stamp Collector, Army Postal Service Historic & Philatelic Society. Pratibha Printing Press, New Delhi (1989), p. 86 13 17. ^ Mohini Lal Mazumdar, Early History and Growth of Postal System in India, Calcutta, Phila Publications, (1995) p. 358. 18. ^ Gerald Davis and Denys Martin, Burma Postal History, including the 1987 Supplement, Robson Lowe, Ltd., Woods of Perth, Scotland. (1971), pp. 184–94. 19. ^ Jal Manekji Cooper (1969). A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Stamps, 1852–1968. Bombay: Jal Cooper. p. 21.  20 23. ^ Rosalind Ezhil K, "Messaging over the years," The Deccan Herald, May 22, 2005 (retrieved January 25, 2008 from Archive.org cache) 24 25. ^ Frontispiece, Saksena, V. (1989) Notes for the Indian Stamp Collector, New Delhi. 27. ^ Dayal, Ravi (2009) Newly Renovated Postal Museum in Jan-Mar 2009 issue of Philapost, quarterly philatelic journal of the Indian Postal Service. • Misra, B. B. "Postal Communications in India, 1773–1834," appendix to The Central Administration of the East India Company 1773–1834, Manchester University Press, (1959) pp. 415–449. • Dawson, L. E. (1948) The One Anna and Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854-55. Philatelic Society of India, H. Garratt-Adams & Co. and tanley Gibbons, Ltd., London • Haverbeck, H.D.S • Lowe, Robson. Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps v.III (1951), pp. 131–6. "The Sind District Dawk," pp. 149–152. • Martin, D. R. and Smythies, E. A.. (1930). The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-55. Philatelic Society of India and Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London. • Martin, Denys R. and Smythies, E. A. (1928). Half Anna Lithographed Stamps of India • Mazumdar, Mohini Lal (1990) The Imperial Post Offices of British India • Saksena, Vishnu S. (1989) Notes for the Indian Stamp Collector. Army Postal Service Historic & Philatelic Society. Pratibha Printing Press, New Delhi. • Stewart-Wilson, Sir Charles. (1904). British Indian Adhesive Stamps (Queen 's Head) Surcharged for Native States, rev. ed. with B.G. Jones.

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