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100-rupee banknote, signed by RBI governor S. Venkitaramanan.. The first 100-rupee note featured the portrait of George VI.After independence in 1947, Reserve Bank of India continued to issue the notes by replacing the portrait of George VI with the Emblem of India, as a part of the Lion Capital Series of banknotes.
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.
A 1951 hundi of Bombay Province for Rs 2500 with a pre-printed 6a revenue stamp. India has been a very heavy user of stamped paper, both before and after independence. In addition, hundis, an alternative money transmission system widely used in the Indian sub-continent, often bear a pre-printed revenue stamp. [5]
Normally, these seams were cut from the sheets but occasionally these double paper stamps slipped the inspector's eye and entered into post office stocks. Up until the 1950s, the Scott's catalog listed them with a unique designation. But because double paper stamps became so common, Scott's stopped listing them with a special designation.
(The actual numbers printed were small, and so most of the reissues are now rarer and more expensive than the originals they resemble.) In 1962, to prevent people profiting from the issue of an invert stamp error, the United States Post Office Department intentionally reprinted 40,270,000 copies the yellow Dag Hammarskjöld invert stamp. [2]
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They were overprints in gold on the Rs. 2 ones, and issued to commemorate the International Stamp Exhibition, Philexfrance and Intentional Stamp Fair, Riccione, Italy. In 1990, to commemorate the golden jubilee of the Pakistan Resolution passed in Lahore (1940), the Post Office used a special aerogramme depicting Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
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