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In 1950, India became a republic and the first stamps of India as a republic were a series of four issued on that very day. The stamp issues continued to be in Annas (abbreviated as "As") until 1957, when the Indian rupee was decimalised : the rupee was divided into 100 naye paise (Hindi for "new paise").
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$ 9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [ 1][ 2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [ note 1 ...
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.
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]
The 10 Rupees Postage stamp depicting Mahatma Gandhi, issued by India in 1948, is one of India's most famous stamps. [ 1] On 15 August 1948, on the occasion of the first anniversary of India's Independence Day, Gandhi was honored as the first Indian to be depicted on stamps of India. A set of 100 of these stamps was overprinted with the word ...
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 U.S. Postal Service is raising postage costs for the second time this year. On July 9, the price of a first-class stamp will rise to 66 cents from 63 cents. In January, the price of first ...
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.