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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the postal convention ...

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    Nabha was a small princely convention state in the Punjab ruled by a Sikh dynasty from the "Phulkian" lineage. The territory of Nabha, 966 square miles (2,500 km 2) [1] consisted of twelve enclaves scattered amongst the tracts of land belonging to Patiala and Jind and the enclave of Bawal to the southeast. The ruler of Nabha, at the time of ...

  3. Postage stamps and postal history of the Indian states

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    A total of 41 stamps were issued with values ranging from 1 ⁄ 4 anna to 4 annas. The stamps became obsolete on 1 July 1948, soon after the final issue. [14] Bhopal: 1876 1949 A feudatory state in what is now Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal tried to remain independent after Partition but was effectively annexed by India on 1 June 1949.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of India - Wikipedia

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    The first stamp of independent India shows the new Indian Flag. It was meant for foreign correspondence. [1] [2] The second stamp depicts the Aśokan lions capital, the National Emblem of India, and was for domestic use. [1] [2] Indian postal systems for efficient military and governmental communications had developed long before the arrival of ...

  5. Indian Stamp Act, 1899 - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Stamp Act of 1899 (2 of 1899), is an in-force Act of the Government of India for the charging of stamp duty on instruments recording transactions. [ 1 ] A India Rs. 2 stamped paper charged under the act in 1952

  6. List of postage stamps of India - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Stamped paper - Wikipedia

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    Stamped paper is an often-foolscap piece of paper which bears an imprinted revenue stamp. [1] [2] Stamped papers are not a form of postal stationery as although they may contain writing, they are not designed to be used to convey a message. The use of stamped paper in the American colonies was so unpopular that it has been credited with sowing ...

  8. List of postage stamps of India (2006–2010) - Wikipedia

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    Indian Post Stamp Catalogue 1947 - 2011; India Post Stamps Listing "Postage Stamps". Web portal. Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India. 2015; Jain, Manik (2017). Phila India Stamp Guide Book (1800-2017) (19th ed.). Kolkata: Philatelia. pp. 196– 229.

  9. Azad Hind stamps - Wikipedia

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    Of No. VII (1+2 rupees) the varieties a, b and c are named. The Indian Post has published the Azad-Hind stamps in a book entitled India's Freedom Struggle through India Postage Stamps. [5] In 2016, the Netaji Birth Place Museum in Cuttack published a brochure in which, among other things, the Azad Hind stamps were shown in "free interpretation ...