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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.
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 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". Original stamps are also displayed in the visitor rooms. [6]
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Criminal charge. Stamp paper counterfeiting. Penalty. 13 years rigorous imprisonment. Abdul Karim Telgi (29 July 1961 – 23 October 2017) was an Indian counterfeiter. [1] He earned money by printing counterfeit stamp paper in India, with the size of the scam estimated to be around ₹3,000 billion (US$36 billion).
The denominations in circulation were 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 (naya) paisa and one rupee. Since rupees retained their pre-decimal value, pre-decimal coins of one, half and quarter rupees remained in circulation after decimalisation. With effect from 30 September 1968, all anna coins and British Indian (pre-decimalisation) rupee coins minted ...
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.
Hundi. A hundi for Rs 2500 of 1951, stamped in the Bombay Province with a pre-printed revenue stamp. A hundi or hundee is a financial instrument that was developed in Medieval India for use in trade and credit transactions. Hundis are used as a form of remittance instrument to transfer money from place to place, as a form of credit instrument ...