The Republic of India is situated in South Asia. It is surrounded by the Arabian sea, the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. Its capital is New Delhi. It has land borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. The Himalayas form almost the whole of the land border with China. With a population in excess of 1,3 billion it is the second most populous country in the world.
Based on the postal system introduced in England by Rowland Hill, efficient postal services were provided in India in the middle of the 19th century, first by the British East India Company and later by India itself. The first valid stamps appeared in 1854. In 1866, India became the first country to introduce the overprinting of SERVICE on postage stamps and SERVICE POSTAGE on revenue stamps. This was widely adopted by other countries in later years. The first stamp of the Republic of India as an independent nation was issued in 1947. India even has a National Philatelic Museum which was inaugurated in 1968.
1854
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 59
Used (Hinged)
SG # 63
Used (Hinged)
1855
Queen Victoria Series (Inscribed EAST INDIA POSTAGE, values in Annas)
SG # 75
Used (Hinged)
1860
Queen Victoria Series (Inscribed EAST INDIA POSTAGE values in Annas, Pies & Rupees)
SG # 57
Used (Hinged)
SG # 71
Used (Hinged)
1882
Queen Victoria Series (Inscribed INDIA POSTAGE)
SG # 84
Used (Hinged)
SG # 88
Used (Hinged)
SG # 91
Used (Hinged)
SG # 94
Used (Hinged)
SG # 96
Used (Hinged)
1892
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 97
Used (Hinged)
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 111
Used (Hinged)
SG # 112
Used (Hinged)
SG # 103
Used (Hinged)
SG # 118
Used (Hinged)
1902
King Edward VII Series (Inscribed INDIA POSTAGE)
SG # 120
Used (Hinged)
SG # 121
Used (Hinged)
SG # 123
Used (Hinged)
SG # 125
Used (Hinged)
SG # 126
Used (Hinged)
SG # 128
Used (Hinged)
SG # 132
Used (Hinged)
SG # 142
Used (Hinged)
1906
King Edward VII Series (Inscribed INDIA POSTAGE & REVENUE)
SG # 149
Used (Hinged)
SG # 150
Used (Hinged)
1911
King George V Series
SG # 152
Used (Hinged)
SG # 155
Used (Hinged)
SG # 161
Used (Hinged)
SG # 197
Used (Hinged)
SG # 163
Used (Hinged)
SG # 198
Used (Hinged)
SG # 166
Used (Hinged)
SG # 206
Used (Hinged)
SG # 207
Used (Hinged)
SG # 173
Used (Hinged)
SG # 209
Used (Hinged)
SG # 210
Used (Hinged)
SG # 211
Used (Hinged)
SG # 176
Used (Hinged)
SG # 212
Used (Hinged)
SG # 213
Used (Hinged)
SG # 214
Used (Hinged)
SG # 215
Used (Hinged)
1922
King George V Series (Surcharged ¼)
SG # 195
Used (Hinged)
1929
Air Series featuring King George V
SG # 220
Used (Hinged)
SG # 222
Used (Hinged)
SG # 223
Used (Hinged)
1931
Inauguration of New Delhi Series
SG # 226
Used (Hinged)
SG # 227
Unused (NH)
SG # 228
Used (Hinged)
SG # 229
Used (Hinged)
1932
King George V Series
SG # 232
Used (Hinged)
SG # 233
Used (Hinged)
SG # 234
Used (Hinged)
SG # 235
Used (Hinged)
SG # 236
Used (Hinged)
SG # 237
Used (Hinged)
SG # 238
Used (Hinged)
1935
Silver Jubilee Series
SG # 240
Used (Hinged)
SG # 242
Used (Hinged)
SG # 243
Used (Hinged)
1937
King George VI Series
SG # 247
Used (Hinged)
SG # 248
Used (Hinged)
SG # 249
Used (Hinged)
SG # 250
Used (Hinged)
SG # 251
Used (Hinged)
SG # 252
Used (Hinged)
SG # 253
Used (Hinged)
SG # 254
Used (Hinged)
SG # 255
Used (Hinged)
SG # 256
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 257
Used (Hinged)
SG # 258
Used (Hinged)
SG # 259
Used (Hinged)
1940
King George VI Series
SG # 265
Used (Hinged)
SG # 266
Used (Hinged)
SG # 267
Used (Hinged)
SG # 268
Used (Hinged)
# 268
SG # 269
Used (Hinged)
SG # 269b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 270
Used (Hinged)
SG # 271
Used (Hinged)
SG # 272
Used (Hinged)
SG # 273
Used (Hinged)
SG # 274
Used (Hinged)
SG # 275
Used (Hinged)
SG # 276
Used (Hinged)
SG # 277
Used (Hinged)
1946
Victory Commemoration Series
SG # 279
Used (Hinged)
Stamp from 1940 (Overprinted 3 PIES & Bars)
SG # 282
Used (Hinged)
1949
Various Scenes Series
SG # 309
Used (Hinged)
SG # 310
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 311
Used (Hinged)
SG # 311
Used (Hinged)
SG # 312
Used (Hinged)
SG # 333
Used (Hinged)
SG # 313
Used (Hinged)
SG # 314
Used (Hinged)
SG # 316
Used (Hinged)
SG # 333c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 317
Used (Hinged)
SG # 319
Used (Hinged)
SG # 320
Used (Hinged)
1951
Centenary of Geological Survey Series
SG # 334
Used (Hinged)
1953
The Conquest of Mount Everest Series
SG # 344
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Indian Telegraphs Series
SG # 346
Used (Hinged)
1954
UN Day Series
SG # 352
Unused (Hinged)
1955
5 Year Plan Series
SG # 356
Used (Hinged)
SG # 357
Used (Hinged)
SG # 358
Used (Hinged)
SG # 359
Used (Hinged)
SG # 360
Used (Hinged)
SG # 361
Used
SG # 362
Used (Hinged)
SG # 364
Used (Hinged)
SG # 413
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 369
Used (Hinged)
1956
Birth Centenary of Tilak (Journalist) Series
SG # 374
Used (Hinged)
1957
Map of India Series (Value in naye paise)
SG # 375
Used (Hinged)
SG # 376
Used (Hinged)
SG # 377
Used (Hinged)
SG # 402
Used (Hinged)
SG # 379
Used (Hinged)
SG # 404
Used (Hinged)
SG # 405
Used (Hinged)
SG # 381
Used (Hinged)
SG # 407
Used (Hinged)
SG # 408
Used (Hinged)
SG # 409
Used (Hinged)
SG # 410
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Indian Mutiny Series
SG # 386
Used (Hinged)
1958
50th Anniversary of Steel Industry Series
SG # 395
Used (Hinged)
Birth Centenary of Bose (Botanist) Series
SG # 420
Used (Hinged)
India 1958 Exhibition in New Delhi Series
SG # 421
Used (Hinged)
1960
114th Death Anniversary of Tyagaraja (Musician) Series
SG # 433
Used (Hinged)
1963
Kalidasa (poet) Commemoration Series (Surcharged)
SG # 465
Used (Hinged)
Damaged
Freedom from Hunger Series
SG # 466
Used (Hinged)
Wildlife Preservation Series
SG # 475
Used (NH)
1965
Various Designs Series
SG # 504
Used (Hinged)
SG # 506
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 509
Used (Hinged)
SG # 510
Used (Hinged)
SG # 511
Used (Hinged)
SG # 512
Used (Hinged)
SG # 513
Used (Hinged)
SG # 513
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 514
Used (Hinged)
SG # 515
Used (Hinged)
SG # 516
Used (Hinged)
SG # 517
Used (Hinged)
SG # 518
Used (Hinged)
SG # 519
Used (Hinged)
1969
Martin Luther King Commemoration Series
SG # 584
Used (Hinged)
Death Centenary of Mirza Ghalib (Poet) Series
SG # 585
Used (Hinged)
50th Anniversary of International Labour Organisation Series
SG # 588
Used (Hinged)
1971
Saint Ravidas Commemoration (15th Century Mystic) Series
SG # 633
Used (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series (Obligatory Tax overprinted Refugee Relief)
SG # 650d
Used (Hinged)
Obligatory Tax Refugee Relief Series (Overprinted in Hindi & English)
SG # 651
Used (Hinged)
1974
Values expressed with “p” or “Re” Series
SG # 721
Used (Hinged)
SG # 722
Used (Hinged)
SG # 723
Used (Hinged)
Values expressed in numerals only
SG # 730
Used
SG # 731
Used
SG # 731
Used (Hinged)
SG # 732
Used (Hinged)
SG # 733
Used (Hinged)
SG # 733
Used (Hinged)
SG # 735
Used (Hinged)
SG # 736a
Used (Hinged)
1975
Centenary of Arya Sanaj Movement
SG # 760
Used (Hinged)
Indian Birds Series
SG # 765
Used (Hinged)
Impex 75 Series – National Philatelic Exhibition in Calcutta
SG # 797
Used (Hinged)
1976
Birth Centenary of Jim Corbett, Series – Naturalist
SG # 799
Used (Hinged)
Nehru Series
SG # 810
Used (Hinged)
1979
Various Scenes Series
SG # 921a
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 923
Used (Hinged)
SG # 928c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 929b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 929b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 932ab
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 936b
Used (Hinged)
1985
Indira Gandhi Commemoration, 4th issue
SG # 1170
Used (Hinged)
1993
Flowering Trees Series
SG # 1551
Used (NH)
1994
Various Scenes Series
SG # 1576
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1576
Used (Hinged)
Childrens’ Day Series
SG # 1600
Used (Hinged)
1999
50th Anniversary of Press Trust of India Series
SG # 1841
Used (Hinged)
2000
Wildlife Series
SG # 1927
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1930
Used (Hinged)(damaged)
SG # 1931
Used (Hinged)
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