tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16848097427961073662024-02-08T05:54:23.211+05:30Glimpses of Modern Indian PhilatelyThis blog is devoted to Modern Indian Postal History and Modern Philately of India providing less known information on various aspects of Indian Postal Services.Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684809742796107366.post-51663299353508699072014-03-06T19:58:00.001+05:302016-11-02T23:34:24.851+05:30Archaeological Series - Definitive Stamps of India (1st Series)- 15th August 1949<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">A new series of postage stamps depicting subjects of Archaeological and Historical interest was introduced and put on sale on and from 15th August 1949 - the second Anniversary of India’s Independence. These stamps constitute Free India’s first series definitive stamps and were intended to replace King George VI stamps, although both would remain on sale concurrently, until stock of the latter were exhausted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A special Independence Day Cover was put on sale from 8th August 1949 and the price of such cover was 1 Anna each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A special cachet which would be used exclusively on the day the new stamps were brought out, had been supplied to the following Post Offices, vide Postal Notice No.23 dated 5th August 1949. </span></div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Agra <br />Ambala <br />Bombay GPO <br />Dehradun <br />Jullundur <br />Mathura <br />Ootacamund <br />Shillong </span></td> <td valign="top" width="136"><span style="font-size: small;">Ahmedabad <br />Amritsar <br />Calcutta GPO <br />Hyderabad (DN) <br />Kanpur <br />Merrut <br />Patna <br />Simla </span></td> <td valign="top" width="111"><span style="font-size: small;">Ajmer <br />Banaras <br />Cuttack <br />Indore <br />Lucknow <br />Nagpur <br />Poona <br />Srinagar</span></td> <td valign="top" width="151"><span style="font-size: small;">Allahabad <br />Bangalore <br />Delhi <br />Jaipur <br />Madras GPO <br />New Delhi <br />Rajkot <br />Tiruchirapalli </span></td> </tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There were 10 Philatelic Bureaux in the country at that time, which were housed in the following Post offices: </span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;">Bombay GPO <br />Culcutta GPO <br />Madras GPO <br />New Delhi HO <br />Simla HO <br />Lucknow HO <br />Patna HO <br />Cuttack HO <br />Shillong HO <br />Nagpur HO</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As August 15, 1949 was a public holiday, the sale of these stamps was confined to certain selected Post Offices only. The new stamps were also sold at the Stamp Agency in the office of the High Commissioner for India, London. A short description of each stamp, which are in 16 denominations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sr. No.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Denom-ination</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Theme</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Service to be rendered</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Stamp Image</b></span></div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">1.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">3 Pies </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Ajanta Panel </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Registered News Paper not exceeding 10 tolas. </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><span style="color: #ac3a01;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTFsDJk0tYKvlTjE8XWj3jiCjJ2TfUYWgzOu5PEOKAfNyLaOv75zN7gVoxlv5SO7m7SQQY2eIl7U37Zpl5ODBHPyJ9dB_iQzS3a9d7Qn_YOI00N1-AkHgbpEGOIyQw8WQNrzIhzzEzTA/s1600-h/definitive1949a%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949a" border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2gHywYudBP6T37Aqntt6IIdXDfnL6ZHXJ_GkRLkrfht5xdUU8vkRdhTzQ82OPZJUnZosn4ZHt3RnrAYTuUV9Zl0KTKrMuRGf5rW_S9F4kHXNqwA_ySaaf_-vXWa-EyFOnMye5tXDvAk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949a" width="119" /></a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">2.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">6 Pies </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Kornak Horse </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li> <div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">Fee for the Certificate of Posting. </span></div>
</li>
<li> <div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">The Blind Literature Packets upto 2 lbs. for Inland & Foreign.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYLN6J4sq_Qn8iI0CsfNg-jH5isaVlSEDeHincefIsAcDcJgPKZKK_TXS3I3m01NaYS_K0VSrsJzuoiofAGb82emdt3DavP1LOvpSKmrYRfGTsZbFwZnkW6hUlP1j_wsDN1F3kSM0RqI/s1600-h/definitive1949b%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949b" border="0" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOcF3A0njvOaNuMABrOGTi9mqwdi2_mesQhiotj378Bd2JP6FBFq-xy2WQf3CAlr9N8jPNI9BJh3H9ZaGiUiOeUvv5CXYQ8YA3VdLpSIQbxSoohGvOEPo3pE4u1TAF70GIgs64SIc0JA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949b" width="140" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">3.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">9 Pies </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Trimurti </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Post Cards. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Book Post. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Printed Papers & Sample Packets for Inland & Foreign. </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJ_SpE18ysU8vLXzK74I5cRfpRtywsxh0Tw4HT1ikX-73TNz4Omz8squ_9FUK_ZAzKa2q_eFD6dHmdF6-tAW0gil_glBGSI0rcikP-RCHYlVji-DrW2Zf1NoQAZ-plk7pQ9NOFfs5s-k/s1600-h/definitive1949c%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949c" border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsqVlhbbRuWtWpBy6c5PPKTks2St8V9KWgMVGx8GVXMlZhztvbk1AG9358piUamMJYhwLTZBdisNAjJ4soBb9I8ephVGNuJvAn3k7qxRstYSG9i4ve1SkPhWWFph-NnhFZT6GAYcDmd8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949c" width="118" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">4.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72">1<span style="font-size: small;"> Anna </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Bodhi Sattava </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Late fee for RMS carriage. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Commission for each Postal Order. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">"Acknowledgment of Delivery" Fee. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sample Packets - first 2 oz. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Air Fee on Inland Air Mail Money Order </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXSZtgbZgBHR4JOwkSl-ncGl1myjqLJw0MUSTT0FD2Tr0nKGZmqoaRvLaXGOX8csOvsTXPDdnpROX4GuSw0x7J15gnTmqgowqb7j3558B2oOIEV0QGgYH9kTho4GxBw9L17Tq8UB3bzQ/s1600-h/definitive1949d%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949d" border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-yRm1-D5vA_vGRX24MAGb81IRKZziWVvVAguDc01gYlN_pZO5hbpSvP2az6J5480I2bw-ZQWwYMg-CTdYKAuQypJ64q981udLydXZczm1AieK0nkq4LxIzNCq6P9BMH3BfZAQbhqLWQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949d" width="119" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">5.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">2 Annas </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Nataraja </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Money Order Commission for first Rs.10/-. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Envelope. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Express delivery Fee. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Foreign Surface Mail Post Cards </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCpno3YZJ1opa2C6wJ2Re5RDC5I5kXTeA89wZPPpDbmLTivcCINWREo89RSD8G8G36Z2hePtDII0znc0DrGjJ2ZdbdZ6xwJnyuoL1Zb8PMvG21yA1tCQ7Ydp-UZ0JUfGDoY1e-sRZYhw/s1600-h/definitive1949e%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949e" border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTkxtE5-A7Fn1U6eDoP3ToG9s1XOZYKDz_3MDKw6pC_elcg0_cT38rPewZ2iJtxqPqPPX9LD3G-moKl2-tMVmOJAxB3RGgZesnWDQ2IZneH5-96UY3zIiFaQajbiuRRqFcd5KbjedkYY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949e" width="118" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">6.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">3 Annas </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Sanchi Stupa </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Foreign "Acknowledgment of Delivery" Fee. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Air Mail Post Cards for Persian Gulf Countries. </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbauzzoXo237Izo-OJEyqc-UPSSSQ6EookG2EtUENNL81QpTaisZZxvSTbLBQ5kTf_tdeYYL9FC96djqeOg6sT0dwV78FxAEkAAFcGvFRP5Tw70A9oxHyvrAJu-A-2JWSkQXjI9gwlB8/s1600-h/definitive1949f%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949f" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUFcOCpUutxPlaPTLiBW_BY8eXk4lw0FGMAWhvGt8glQxBN2kxuEubN_zALvC7JPY2M-WlPo97FUXRSkJGLQwRv1FY1XUn0sv0_MV-ls1RoZX0kO177A9nDQGSAnLxP0uvNAUVlBlmQU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949f" width="101" /></a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">7.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">3½ Annas </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Bodh Gaya Temple </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sea Mail Rate. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Business Papers first 10 oz., by surface route.</span> </li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;"></span></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCy11OGAE0FoveK0DpfQcMo6po9Sfxx6VIEidOB_-_2wsIe_DLoMOGNt9xOSLdGqIBonh0thZsF7yPOgokYYewvSXA8s2CFodgntat1HZhXb9OPwLsfPN6nt6pFQ2pCX1pRYjCIWo5UY/s1600-h/definitive1949g%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949g" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPG61vadSWIi7GjkAo8AgxHVoWvBJ2yXz_ftNKsmeHitF-mu9mti1IWGdYjHv8Su0voI6hEyjWOWKiakxBux4Ls1MCL-duO-IfzdXTnnxuVoDPdcf29Zx-2RzDLH3osrV7VhTIJWeqDX4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949g" width="100" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">8.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">4 Annas </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Bhuvanesvara </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Registration Charges </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Air Mail Post Cards. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Insurance Charges for first Rs.100/-. </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheV6M2DSdfJHmUwZ3wz6Ge2V4uAcDo9vU8tvgaxQ7xgnRnIQzlVwihLlv9M0HjwxSVKuQzb7RqL6lQn3czpJiGp2MChNGCN-L33uXpilrBRGfhOQg3fpI8O6XS_tZSY0-oCDFO2RMvwYg/s1600-h/definitive1949h%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949h" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExv_iqhtYeTOm5Yx0S1Xr9GDhq5Agpxqd8aNBPDfE2Q7qqOkjbjFntt0MYTKW0D9thky2-3yJLFZsSoGFTwW_pCDYuHLa5qDFlsHodqec_jJRlQXZnEXMPA3nU8Yhj2QHi1JfHMv2ObY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949h" width="99" /></a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">9.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">6 Annas </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Gol Gumbad - Bijapur </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Aerogramme </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Inland Parcels. (not over 40 tolas) </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxBnqpgGS16XKtH_sRBK4mF_EujPe7iU5Bp1lJpQnkr07LiqujPWbEwbB8WzkVFZo2t5ygOrPkvuc84AEHD6EBj9Ix_IMumVTWl4WoAmZt5jrhZorWxPqcGJUK5d4q3B23kpQuAQBziE/s1600-h/definitive1949i%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949i" border="0" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUC5bbzvWLHrVgkjqLBVHb1K34no8CUgG8_qKtcTKC6XtRV561dVhdcGRe_0O3Fq7avYP5_GfYQwCsdg_wRb_guo5JAaQv0REfDxdYSNqydVWYcgE99AqRbijqAkbTNnSWxclNwperIms/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949i" width="160" /></a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">10.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">8 Annas </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Kandarya Mahadeva Temple </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Aerogramme </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Foreign Insurance Fee for every 20 pound.</span> </li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;"></span></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKg-xKZN9FXYGni3nhRfzhwhMwaL075DRtxsMRnlcZbfq_vKnW4hWD1N9kZn0rXOkGzzXVj0HTYFvb5UXYRLhwgFgFcosynQj1i1OxvGMXEsqysRzweyLiJxq_NUrkatdYJhkL6TPKcc/s1600-h/definitive1949j%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949j" border="0" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj194Gf99ViN_oeYBTK45RkbV-wlZx2gu16onEv_YSFxf3zwMyaUJAhwj6unHC-9FpuSZ8_isgUddULjXhtvX8qiPwnM8vM0BVWI8zHdeHWvbknIwuYSUDIf7xdEnQKVuukpYGtW8dz50k/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949j" width="160" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">11.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">12 Annas </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Golden Temple - Amritsar </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Air Mail charges for letter mail for England </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2zjhBhSn9lfNbtQFoAiiEp_oq9rE0ewrgJNhdh9tOV_y-f9vKgI7wv1aBX3H-EpHJUMvVZcT4GbK0ypjO4yQeE-EkMeixyqsABmiq03lfQeZCULpO9_KGkR-w6v7h37k1ylyKFK6cMA/s1600-h/definitive1949k%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949k" border="0" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2aYDxGsXDOrsGjIi47vIiqv-XkXBhQPWyE-6HVlvCBkeoLdRmwmeBlZQSTTQFoM7CJXCPgrazaSKMtTb-rf1YuR_JHqs00iA8yy2DPJK4cP34sQ5TbzXiBthkptZAlPJr90eYSUrfRWo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949k" width="160" /></a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">12.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">1 Rupee </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Victory Tower - Chitorgarh </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Air Fee for Inland air Parcels. </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdxVIy-gu36R0WbcSfi13cxtjXKQVhfCfdTmVCDPqq4181oEv5x5nc4hliphyphenhyphenJfduMmC3yE4rdYU1g__pqXFmdsbG2s9lMy0DtRQix_lpvuZ7A7xmj_sh8wE_G1fKre3uI2dUCkDXS3I/s1600-h/definitive1949l%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949l" border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-EHyLl_DuQmBDmdYyvgQE1sNSEycWhDIU_f5z2L5UJDLbUUOx3ZJR9KXz51FQWTVIORfl9MO5OXvS1P5_d3yGMoRzqmDdJRrLfxsisCCLfcTstcCVwdkPrx1zpnHBOzbtnbzure5eFI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949l" width="98" /></a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">13.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">2 Rupees </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Red Fort - Delhi </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">High Value - mainly used for Telegraphs & heavy Parcels </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRht3IbllxAPC2-hUUvI3QYsok5plbbpLAkThQQv8VvqoAJpQK2Aq7PovgnPAza0Bc41O9kSmLXo9PSN9yO5-LfxYRIhitTEbyoF6dpHwFnRut-LU5id5FsoSWSDVxHM8-vzYZm7oPRpA/s1600-h/definitive1949m%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949m" border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKO1Hv6R_LAQiXKTo3rQdsrOh4hVwvUesgtfI1y6VcoGp9nb7iDdpMh0MAwSrLU7A862tv7GukIhsvq2U7Z-62bL5tUEH7i60ZiCUFTKO79HEqTvSJnDKBSEytqh_4MJqKKnHydbVdpPA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949m" width="160" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">14.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">5 Rupees </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Taj Mahal - Agra </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">High Value - mainly used for Telegraphs & heavy Parcels </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchBSZS2rDlRfiCJkNDtm2fJOF5NFi6lvao8SI7ArGZ_nCuZUeH33FiyFeDmJHiGiFmTrPb7Bp-3_VDt3iTPJySp0n4U5GBo0ix1OmksoMEUbFw-x7j87nVtXvz2_gfdZIOPEKb8dBwA4/s1600-h/definitive1949n%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949n" border="0" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagAWaTxz9RGm8ip8z7oGhVd_rnvNa2akxwSIGBaKYC58hYgbsBBuL2i7U7AYgNdr-Csn1ez3k7qGceW-QFphXRGbvCH_D1-_nefvlCJTK7HeISzAjybSOgMJSPpo0-FZP8cCkl5MHuz0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949n" width="160" /></a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">15.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">10 Rupees </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Qutb Minar - Delhi </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">High Value - mainly used for Telegraphs & heavy Parcels </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT6ua6w5o3DHvScOzjb1ei9Jfpw8CHnF6y4cSHwy8SR_UgIKfFvzAmdmNSPGfQHczhKBqpnoMyljq_jmRRMeQ8epw_poUQ278FFib0hmpos75Kq5bJXbrTSDxOlVhqR3tYiw-goyLbpI/s1600-h/definitive1949o%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949o" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm44fconmofSV9Kt7XSsOiqc0oIEfjhjvYfPNs8hzog3iApZxseCeHm0u8N3enkCWsw0EuF5Nu3jSjCNxqwgiqPJZNb5_JEdkGaNtdbpN-EYRLfOO55j8d56Sgc6AQ4oReZ79W_OabbO4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949o" width="94" /></a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="34"><span style="font-size: small;">16.</span></td> <td valign="top" width="72"><span style="font-size: small;">15 Rupees </span></td> <td valign="top" width="144"><span style="font-size: small;">Satrunjaya Temple - Palitana </span></td> <td valign="top" width="128"><ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">High Value - mainly used for Telegraphs & heavy Parcels. </span></li>
</ul>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="171"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3S-nZZ9pMS4ACVuzQT-lAF3AtMragyWb3Ojbplx5E5YxhALgMencNwFE-YKGfzHsIvdSJsW0IkvRGtclwByATrjEjwF7pJs_u834fOMjOvUSchaCrY1O9VhDgeRK8wbsDSY_ZTf5o8I/s1600-h/definitive1949p%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949p" border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHBsPlT9VPQEU0NfoFfqOTLy0X9IDcgWqv-0s5M8nJRWCFxBXNeMbfw4-U7pXS7HQ5ollPOCpufDDQO1z2IFnJ_CnY8f5_mmgB44aiGGQ93OgO6a58TUNtZySkiF_lQeXLREQkNClwFU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949p" width="180" /></a></td> </tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In this Archaeological series, a supplementary issue became necessary as “Bodhi Sattava” statue was wrongly shown reversed (left hand raised instead of right hand) in 1 Anna value, which was rectified by a fresh issue on July 15, 1950. Second supplementary issue became necessary, when foreign Postal rates were increased for surface route from 1st December 1950. The rate for Post Cards was increased from 2 Annas to 2½ Annas and for Letters 3½ Annas to 4 Annas. </span></div>
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<tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="318"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi400-qMqBl77jmHRQKu4u7-zSNNI5rgLHJxeRN9Fj4ixUXafmnqiTOKqyLB4K3JBtQ3M628Ydevea6ZpFaB16SWCYW7LZjaBRoDRQXExgQ6N6WoAjO7-SlOuJN3LsMMcdHtb4qo1ZMuDg/s1600-h/definitive1949d%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949d" border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFn1xDOjrdNNKj7h1FSIHIuDfs5v7lji4MMCnMRG7kVOY1BnUCh4RPO-y4fMs_dkZbGLC1cBZQWtonP9PYbqaWHLCxSxz0IaNCDc6zIx7PbNNCY-ubd2bnXrGBLd5yxtkVACngddOLe10/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949d" width="119" /></a></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="207"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMjr0KtMVg2vcCOwYN1FOgntko_rGHzIWbxoqh9ntXnpZrC71cWdDmdEPH0ObQPR5NVJDEjSsqTJGEOX_W4H6-X63Pj19H9ikOrqAFvk5zs5XCiaUQ31tQRdMBX5xuJXXaKhWrxzipjw/s1600-h/definitive1950a%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1950a" border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdEbhtLzeB_GJD4g5-FEltq0_qK59HIfQokoxGfFuyfno1RWyzUaSEwQAULIF5B9tepwHnOgghsyP2EVjz3ushOOFOBMe-10XgVOXUzXiYuaUAA4txdKkCDgIpXkK-k_Y-swvVHZwscY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1950a" width="118" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="318">15.8.1949 </td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="207">15.7.1950 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="318"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3OqG8L73J-wWGzFiVKrMRj5J3qnBHN9U8RKEFDsBfDtU_XCKG_pmghta0ZxiKbuuHmMv41STJlCsK25-w1TxcaDfSUQog1RbiKwfYOzd1Mf3JvwXb_0TGhI2GfIFyPwFAyfqDQ6xj-A/s1600-h/definitive1949g%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1949g" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3W6R1j69Yf_OLa7krXm3EdElCm1t4sIj0wTqYk6rQpba1NRVZZMbj1LQhgZyKoh0ih57XGZ8JzyiM34wrB4AY9OH54nudSo__DnrMuD9d6rh9GH4suoXSaurBXiBqSb8j1P8KlAWZKQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1949g" width="100" /></a></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="207"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNA9slo0WeWVt4CR8PMa_oWH_A0nBAjSw63xOv5wvTQbygml06qkkkKECvWX8PW4S8GeQNH1jVyNOmo6OS8vsb6WdFKiOXVcMoktvIiVYhkY1oDb857LVkgGPvmksvyBdSzc9vwCFA90o/s1600-h/definitive1951a%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="definitive1951a" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4N0GKrjkvAI1X5FszY7qAtmJZZXD7YAfRqH7cNvIpsHBOzD9-KndenQWezqqA-fIT0Zr0JWOH43R6zcIBtQ8DsQybQ6n411yglOsk842FOfR6ndTv2hAEPalCcFAaVxxKCet1JHXaFIY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="definitive1951a" width="99" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="318">15.8.1949 </td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="207">30.4.1951 </td> </tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3½ Annas stamp was withdrawn and 2½ Annas stamp was issued in the same design as 3½ Annas stamp but in lake colour. 4 Annas stamp was reissued in same design but in blue colour, because the convention of Universal Postal Union says that stamps showing Sea Mail Postage should be in blue colour. These stamps were released on 30th April 1951, vide Postal Notice No.4 dated 19.4.1951.</span></div>
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<li> <div align="justify">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Notes:</b> <br />Rs.10/- stamp is found in two different colours. The first one is purple brown & deep blue and the second is purple brown & blue. </span></div>
</li>
<li> <div align="justify">
<span style="font-size: small;">Forgeries in 8 Annas and Re.1/- value are known. Re.1/- forgery was emanated from Nepal and is very scarce. Nothing much is known about 8 Annas forgery except it was reported by Mr. Jal Cooper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Article By: Shri Ashok Kumar Bayanwala, Ahmedabad</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BRASILIANA-2013 - World Stamp Exhibition </b></span><br />
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World Stamp Exhibition BRASILIANA-2013 is being held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 19 to 25 November, 2013. The event is jointly organised by the Brazilian Enterprise of Posts and Telegraphs (ECT) and the Brazilian Federation of Philately (FEBRAF). It sponsored by the International Federation of Philately (FIP), with the support of the Inter American Federation of Philately (FIAF).</div>
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During this exhibition two major events of Brazil are also celebrated (i) 350 years of establishment of Brazilian Postal Service and (ii) Introduction of 170 years of the “bull’s eyes”stamps. </div>
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In this exhibition maximum number of Indian Philatelists participated and following philatelists have won awards in the exhibition.</div>
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We congratulate all Indian Participants who have won awards at the BRASILIANA-2013 - World Stamp Exhibition.</div>
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<ul>
<li class="style15">Anil Suri: Fiscals of Cochin (Fiscals) - Gold</li>
<li class="style15"> Angeet Suri: Fiscals of Jodhpur(Fiscals) - Vermeil</li>
<li class="style15"> Pragya Jain: I am Bow and this is my story (Thematic) - Vermeil</li>
<li class="style15"> Madhukar Jhingan: Indian Internal Airmails (Aerophilately) - Large Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Rajesh Paharia: The Dead Letter Offices of India 1854 - 1912 (Postal History) - Large Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Pravesh Kumar Gupta: The Imperial Durbars of Delhi (Postal History) - Large Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Pratisad Neurgaonkar: Postal Stationery of British India 1856-1947 (Literature) - Large Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Avinash Sharma: Olympic Games (Youth 10-15 Yrs) - Large Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Rohit Prasad: Decimalisation of Postal Rates (Postal History) - Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Naresh Agrawal: Mail and its Movement (Thematic) - Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Brij Mohan Modi: Architecture is Soul of Civilization (Thematic) - Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Binod Kumar Jain: India Refugee Relief Tax 1971 -73 (Traditional) - Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Niyogi books / Sekhar Chakrabarti) - The Indian National Flag unfurled through Philately (Literature) - Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Samira Bose: Glimpses of India (Youth 19-21 Yrs) - Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Maira Bose: Lady Di (Youth 10-15 Yrs) - Silver</li>
<li class="style15"> Savita Jhingan: From India to Space (Astrophilately) - Silver Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Ranji Singh: Sikh Heritage through Stamps (Literature) - Silver Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Kashish Thaper: Science & Technology as a Vehicle of Progress in India (Youth 19-21 Yrs) - Silver Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Paritri Upadhyay: Wild Life on Maxim Cards (Youth 16-18 Yrs) - Silver Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Prashant Pandya: Glimpses of innovations in 21st Century Indian Postal services (Modern Philately, 21st Century) - Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Vikas Singh: Philatelic Handbook on Indian Railways (Literature) - Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Madan Middha: Year Book of Indian Philately (Literature) - Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Praful Thakkar:
Collectors Guide to First Day Covers & Folders of India 1947-1964
Official & Private (Literature) - Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Praful Thakkar:
Collectors Guide to First Day Covers & Folders of India with Set of
stamps, Se-tenant Stamps & Miniature Sheets (Literature) - Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Siddharth S Tawker: Reptiles (Youth 10-15 Yrs) - Bronze</li>
<li class="style15"> Yogini Jhingan: Holograms (Youth 19-21 Yrs) - Diploma</li>
<li class="style15"> Nisha Gupta: Meghdoot post card (Modern Philately, 21st Century) - C</li>
<li class="style15"> Himanshu Gupta: Indipex 2011 World Philatelic Exhibition, New Delhi (Modern Philately, 21st Century) - C</li>
<li class="style15"> Parvesh Gupta: 100 Years of Indian Cinema (Modern Philately, 21st Century) - C</li>
<li class="style15"> Anushtha Jain: Delhi 2010 - XIX Commonwealth Games (Modern Philately, 21st Century) - C</li>
<li class="style15"> Narendra Kumar: India Postage Stamp Year Book 2008 (Literature) - CP</li>
<li class="style15"> Narendra Kumar: India Postage Stamp Year Book 2009 (Literature) - CP</li>
<li class="style15"> Narendra Kumar: India Postage Stamp Year Book 2010 (Literature) - CP</li>
<li class="style15"> Narendra Kumar: India Postage Stamp Year Book 2011 (Literature) - CP</li>
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<b>One Frame Exhibits</b><br />
<ul>
<li><span class="style15">Ashish Talwar: The First Flight of Air India International - 75 Marks</span></li>
<li><span class="style15"> George Reynolds: Leonardo's Vitruvian Man - 74 Marks</span></li>
<li><span class="style15"> Leeza Padhi: Ramayana – The Great Indian Ballet – Beyond India - 70 Marks</span></li>
<li><span class="style15"> Srinivasan Paramasivam: Peacock – A bird and A Symbol - 68 Marks</span></li>
<li><span class="style15"> Rohit Prasad: Bullock Train – An Unexplored Chapter of Indian Postal History - 66 Marks</span></li>
<li><span class="style15"> Nagendra Nayak: Global Warming - 62 Marks</span></li>
<li><span class="style15"> Vikas Singh: Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - A World Heritage Site - 53 Marks</span></li>
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<span class="style15">I also congratulate following philatelists from Canada, </span><span class="style15"><span class="style15"></span>Czech Republic, Kuwait and Pakistan, who exhibited collections on Indian subjects in the exhibition and have won awards.</span></div>
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<li><span class="style15">Ijaz<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="style15"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span class="style15">Qureshi</span>, Canada: </span>British
India Registration Postmarks of Punjab & Sind: 1854 - 1910 (Postal History) - Large Silver</span></li>
<li><span class="style15"><span class="style15">Jiri </span><span class="style15">Cerny, </span>Czech Republic: Revenue
Stamps and Stamped Papers of Indian Princely State of Bonai-1911-1949 of
Bonai - 1911-1949 (Fiscals) - Vermeil </span></li>
<li><span class="style15"> Khaled </span><span class="style15"><span class="style15">Abdul Mughni</span>, Kuwait: Kuwait Postal History - Indian Era (Postal History) - Large Vermeil</span></li>
<li><span class="style15">Syed Imtiaz </span><span class="style15">Hussain, Pakistan: India - 19th Century Postal Markings (Classic Period) (Postal History) - Vermeil</span></li>
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<span class="style17">Courtesy: <a href="http://brasiliana-2013.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://brasiliana-2013.blogspot.com/</a></span></div>
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Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684809742796107366.post-33304574482089316902013-02-05T19:51:00.000+05:302013-09-19T12:37:22.260+05:30Philately under the cloud<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I take this opportunity to share with you my editorial published in 'Vadophil' Issue no. 133 (Quarterly News Bulletin) of Baroda Philatelic Society of Vadodara, through my blog to have an attention of philatelic fraternity about the attitude of Department of Posts towards philatelists. Readers are requested to send their comments / feedback and also share their experiences. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><u>Philately under the cloud.</u></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In
the editorial of Vadophil (Issue no. 131-132, Jul.-Oct. 2012), it was
stated that “Organised Philately is often linked to a three legged
stool; the three legs are philatelists, trade and postal
administration”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Geometrically,
three legged stool is very stable even if three legs are of un-equal
lengths. In terms of philately, legs could be interpreted as
contribution to the promotion of philately. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We
need to review the third leg of stool i.e. Postal Administration, which
is most important but unfortunately having a cracked leg. A while ago
Department of Posts released a glossy and colourful philatelic magazine
“Phila Post” with a great funfare in Delhi. Many philatelists from
Gujarat and elsewhere from India and, of course, PCI members attended
the meeting. Loud announcements were made on the future course of action
to promote philately in India and regular release of the magazine
through philatelic bureaux all over India. After couple of issues
magazine had gone in hibernation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">During
GUJPEX-2011, state level philatelic exhibition held in Vadodara, a
plenty of unpleasant matters came to light. During the Valedictory
function, except for the Sr. Jury member, none of other jury names were
acknowledged. Senior Philatelists who conducted a workshop on philately,
quiz programs etc. were ignored. Normal courtesy demands that they
should have been honored with mementoes for their contributions. Even
they were not invited to seat in the front row as gesture of courtesy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And
the height of adamant attitude of Department of Post was to ignore
services of members of Baroda Philatelic Society who supported,
co-operated and helped the Department of Post towards organising the
‘GUJPEX -2011” from the day one of announcement of event and till the
last day of exhibition. None were acknowledged personally or even during
vote of thanks at the valedictory function. Volunteers of Baroda
Philatelic Society stood by the department as if the event is organised
by Baroda Philatelic Society, who even helped in erection of frames,
mounting and dismounting of exhibits even after such step motherly
approach by the Dept. of Posts at the end of exhibition. For what ? For
the sake of love for Philately ? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Recently Vadodara East Division organised District Level Philatelic Exhibition “VADOPEX 2013” at Vadodara from 10<sup>th</sup> to 12<sup>th</sup>
January 2013. During the planning of this exhibition Baroda Philatelic
Society was approached by the Chairman of Exhibition in the first week
of November 2012. At that time Baroda Philatelic Society had requested
the officer to convey the message about the grievances and unhappiness
of members of the society who had unpleasant experience during the last
GUJPEX-2011 to the concerned authority. It was never conveyed to higher
authorities and the society members were kept in dark about this. It
reduced the enthusiasm among the members of Baroda Philatelic Society
towards Vadopex 2013. Organisers of Vadopex 2013 remain silent till last
week of December 2012 for reasons best known to them and in the end of
December 2012, hardly 12-15 days before the inauguration of Exhibition,
sent entry forms and one page announcement letter about Vadopex 2013 to
couple of philatelists of Vadodara. Phone calls were made to
philatelists to participate in the exhibition and personal approaches
also made to collect entries for exhibition but members of Baroda
Philatelic Society were not in mood of participating in the exhibition
due to unpleasant and adamant attitude of the organisers. The Prospectus
of Vadopex 2013 reached us separately by Post on second day of
Exhibition!!! Even the PDA account holders were also not properly
communicated about the event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Surprisingly
for the first time in history of philately, two types of prospectus
were seen. One was showing text “The exhibition is organised by the East
Division with the active support of Philatelic Association of
Vadodara.......” and another with white ink obliterating this text !!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>For us, 10<sup>th</sup> January 2013 will be known as Black Day in Philately.</b>
Vadopex 2013 held in the city of Baroda was inaugurated without
presence of members of Baroda Philatelic Society. Even there was no
advertisement about the event in local news papers or TV Channels and
media personal did not attended the event. Fifteen frames were exhibited
in Adult Class, 26 frames were exhibited in Youth/School class, 27
frames were exhibited in Invitee Class from non members of Baroda
Philatelic Society and, some frames obtained from outside Baroda. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Appointment
of members of Jury for the exhibition is also a mystery and reason
behind appointing them is best known to Department of Post. Jury members
appointed for Vadopex 2013 have never judged any philatelic exhibition
even as an apprentice jury. Family member of one of the jury was a
participant in competition class and has been awarded a Silver medal !
Is this justified ? Is this as per India Post Regulations for Judging ? <b>This is a serious matter and need a serious attention by higher authorities of Philately Division of India Post.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Though
the event was of three days, three special covers were released on very
first day. Why one each special cover was not released on each day of
exhibition? Traditionally, on each day, one special cover is released
during the exhibition to attract more visitors on each day. After the
introduction of ‘My Stamps’ at INDIPEX 2011 International Exhibition it
has become a tradition to provide my stamps facility at district level
philatelic exhibitions which not only attracts philatelists and visitors
but also generates good revenue for the Department of Posts, but at
Vadopex 2013, no such facilities of ‘My Stamps’ were provided.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There was another surprise. Stamps issued to commemorate the 150<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda are still not available at many
philatelic counters. But sheets were taken to the venue of the
exhibition, in spite of the fact that very limited supply was received
by Vadodara Philatelic Bureau. Thus depriving other philatelists of
neighbouring towns. We are awaiting explanation from Dept. of Posts,
Vadodara.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Don’t you feel
that district level philatelic exhibitions are merely for the submission
of Annual Reports to the higher authorities and audit purpose and just
to waste the philately budget sanctioned by Philately Division? The
district level philatelic exhibitions are absolutely necessary but they
should be planned well in advance and senior philatelists and local
philatelic organisations should be taken into confidence and involved
right from the beginning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It
appears that Department of Post has shrunk from the responsibility of
organising philatelic events. During last one year there was no
philatelic activity in Vadodara even on Philately Day which was
celebrated everywhere with a great enthusiasm with the support of
philatelists and philatelic organisations across the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now you can understand the cracked up third leg of the stool. Patch up will not serve the purpose. It has to be replaced.</span></div>
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is also important that we philatelists need to be united when such
treatment is received. Our fellow philatelists should also support each
other. Somewhere feeling of brotherhood is missing. (for personal
benefits ???)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are not
writing this with a bias or prejudiced mind. We always have respect for
authorities and we are always available to extend our whole hearted
support for the cause of philately but it pinches us when some people
for the sake of their personal ego and with a adamant attitude plays
with sentiments of philatelists. We expect respect and acknowledgement
of our services. Nothing more....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fresh
wind is required to disperse the cloud and bring the philately under a
bright sunshine. When I say “fresh wind”, I mean change or more
precisely, overhaul of the system. We need to look for a good carpenter
so that the stool can stand on its three legs well balanced. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The King’s hobby will only survive if we pray “God Save the King”. Having said that let us say “God save this hobby”.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Jai Philately.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Black; font-size: small;">- Prashant H. Pandya</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Black; font-size: small;">Editorial Published in Vadophil, Issue No. 133 (Jan. 2013)</span></div>
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Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684809742796107366.post-67326739774139537062012-07-01T17:27:00.000+05:302013-09-19T11:49:17.073+05:30Release of Special Cover to mark Golden Jubilee of Postal Training Centre, Vadodara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Postal Training Centre, Vadodara was established on 01.07.1962 to cater to the training needs of postal employees of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh postal circles. The centre started its functioning from rented accommodation provided by the Government of Gujarat in the premises of Mental Hospital, Karelibaug, Vadodara. There after the centre was relocated to its present premises, opposite to Airport, Harni Road, Vadodara, in 1985. The centre is presently catering to the training needs of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Postal Circle and to the officials from other circles also from time to time. The aims and objectives of this training centre is to impart induction, in service and refresher training to postal assistants, sorting assistants and inspector posts with a view to upgrade their knowledge and skill and to train the officials in computer application so as to equip them in software and hardware. Initially this training Centre was imparting training on operational procedures of traditional services of India Post and now in addition to traditional service, training on operational procedure of premium products and software of India Post is also conducted by using modern equipments. Today this training centre has a capacity of handling more than 1,00,000 (One Lakh) trainee days in a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Postal Training Centre has also started publication of a quarterly journal ‘Journal on Postal Operations and Management’. Inaugural issue of journal was released on the occasion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Shri Ganesh V Sawaleshwarkar, Director of Postal Training Centre, Vadodara briefed about the history of the Postal Training Centre. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Shri A. K. A. Joshi, PMG, Vijaywada and Ex. Director of PTC, Vadodara, Smt. V. T. Sheth, Retired CPMG, Gujarat Circle and Ex. Director, PTC, Vadodara also attended the function. Other dignitaries present on the occasion were PMG, Vadodara, PMG, Rajkot, DPS, Vadodara and DPS, Ahmedabad.</span></div>
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Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684809742796107366.post-62861922950832894202012-06-28T17:22:00.000+05:302013-09-19T17:00:06.346+05:30Lapses in Speed Post Tariff 2012 - Comments and Interesting observations – Rejoinder<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Further to my observations on Service Tax and Speed Post rates charged by India Post on two premium products viz. ‘Local Speed Post’ and ‘One India One Rate’ Speed Post articles, I was shocked to know that still many post offices in India are charging RS. 13/- and Rs. 26/- as Speed Post rates for Local Speed Post and One India One Rate Speed Post articles respectively. Yesterday I visited one post office in Vadodara to book Speed Post articles. I had affixed stamps of Rs. 25/- and Rs. 12/- on two articles, One for Ahmedabad and Vadodara (Local). I was asked to pay Rs. 1 each more for both the articles. While inquiring with concerned authority, I was told that Service Tax has been increased and that’s why rates have increased. I argued that for both the classes a clarification has been issued to charge Rs. 12/- and Rs. 25/- respectively. To my surprise, the postmaster told me that they do not have any information about this! </span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Local Speed Post Rate Charged RS. 13/-. Service Tax Charged <span style="color: red;">Rs.</span> <span style="color: red;">2.15</span> which should be Rs. 1.32 and basic Postage Rate Should be Rs. 10.68.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">‘One India One Rate’ - Speed Post Rate Charged RS. 26/-. Service Tax Charged <span style="color: red;">Rs. 3.36</span> which should be Rs. 2.75 and basic Postage Rate Should be Rs. 22.25.</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once again today I found that in one of the Head Post Offices of Vadodara (Fateganj H. O.) also they are charging Rs. 13/- for Local Speed Post articles and Rs. 26/- for ‘One India One Rate’ articles. Here are examples of receipts. Most interesting this is that here the Service Tax amount is different then above examples. </span><br />
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<i style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">‘One India One Rate’ - Speed Post Rate Charged RS. 26/-. Service Tax Charged <span style="color: red;">Rs. 3.76</span> which should be Rs. 2.75 and basic Postage Rate Should be Rs. 22.25.</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">God knows how many Post Offices in India are still charging Rs. 13/- for Local Speed Post articles and Rs. 26/- for One India One Rate articles (1 - 50 grams weight in all India). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For the Students of Modern Indian Postal History certainly these are very interesting collectible items. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Readers are requested to send information and scans of receipts for study if they come across such anomaly from their places…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In continuation to Shri Ashok Kumar Bayanwala’s article Lapses in Speed Post Tariff 2012, I did some research on the Speed Post charges levied for Local and One India One Rate Speed Post articles and have found interesting information on the Service Tax charged at various post offices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here are some interesting examples from various post offices, before change in Service Tax rate and after changes in Service Tax rate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1. </b>Ahmedadbad RMS (10.04.2012) & Lashkar H.O. (12.05.2012), Speed Post rate charged Rs. 12.00 </span><br />
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<i><b>Ahmedabad RMS: Service Tax Charged Rs. 1.11 (@ 10.30%) thus basic postage rate charged Rs. 10.89.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Lashkar HPO: Service Tax Charged Rs. 1.15 (@ 10.30%) thus basic postage rate charged Rs. 10.85.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>2.</b> Ahmedabad RMS </span><span style="font-size: small;">(18.04.2012), Speed Post rated Charged Rs. 13.00. </span><br />
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<b><i>Service Tax Charged Rs. 2.15. Basic postage rate Rs. 10.88, If Service Tax charged at 12.36% it should be Rs. 1.34. Thus the total becomes Rs. 12.22. That means Rs. 0.78 Charged extra as rounding off. How the Service Tax mentioned as Rs. 2.15 is a question.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>As per roll back to Rs. 12 from Rs. 13 for Local Speed Post tariff Rs. 12 have been charged. Service Tax charged is Rs. 1.32, thus the basic postage rate becomes Rs. 10.68.</i></b></div>
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<i><b>As per roll back to Rs. 12 from Rs. 13 for Local Speed Post tariff of Rs. 12 was supposed to be charged (as per first example) but here Rs. 13 has been charged. Service Tax charged is Rs. 2.15</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1. </b>Ahmedadbad RMS (10.04.2012), Charged Rs. 25.00 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>2.</b> Ahmedabad RMS (18.04.2012)/ Ahmedabad RMS (25.04.2012) / Kanpur HPO (11.05.2012) / Nadiad (21.05.2012), Charged Rs. 26.00 </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">It is to be noted that the Local Speed Post rate of Rs. 12/- and One India One Rate of Rs. 25/- are inclusive of Service tax. Official website of India Post has clearly mentioned this information which is as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After increase in Service Tax rate w.e.f. 1<sup>st</sup> April 2012, the Business Development & Marketing Directorate of Department of Posts, vide their letter no. 57-10/2011-BD&MD dated 04.04.2012 issued instructions to implement the revised Service Tax rates wherever it is applicable in respect of Premium Products of India Post and to take immediate action for change of the rate of Service Tax in the software.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As per this guideline most of the post offices updated their software resulting increase in Local Speed Post rate from Rs. 12/- to Rs. 13/- and One India One Rate from Rs. 25/- to Rs. 26/- without keeping in mind that local and ‘One India One Rate’ tariff declared by India Post are flat rates which are inclusive of Service Tax. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Later as per another letter no. 57-10/2011-BD&MD dated 10.05.2012 issued by Business Development & Marketing Directorate of Department of Posts, a clarification was issued that the Tariff for local and One India One Rate are notified rates which are inclusive of Service Tax. This implies that the tariff in respect of local and one India one rate articles would remain unchanged and would be charged at Rs. 12 & Rs. 25 respectively. The Speed Post rates and service tax would be apportioned in these rates afresh as mentioned below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">While checking on website of Postal Training Center, Mysore, it was revealed that a special guideline was issued on 9th May 2012 for charging Service Tax for Local & One India One Rate Speed Post articles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The guideline on the website mentions that in order to keep the Local Speed Post rate for the weight slab of 1-50 Grams as Rs.12/- the speed post rate should be fixed as Rs.10.67 as basic postage plus 12.36% Service Tax which is comes to Rs. 1.32 (Rs. 0.01 would be rounding off value) which makes total of Rs. 12 as Local Speed Post rate. Similarly to keep One India One Rate for the weight slab of 1-50 Grams as Rs. 25/- the basic postage rate should be fixed as Rs. 22.24 plus 12.36% Service Tax which comes to Rs. 2.75 @ 12.36% (Rs. 0.01 would be rounding off value) which makes total of Rs. 25 as One India One rate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Earlier when the Service Tax was 10.30% the basic postage rate for Local Speed Post was Rs. 10.88 and the Service Tax @ 10.30% was Rs. 1.12. Similarly for One India One Rate the basic postage rate was Rs. 22.67 and the Service Tax @ 10.30% was Rs. 2.33. Thus to keep the existing tariff of Local and One India One Rate for Speed Post articles after the increase of Service Tax, India Post has reduced the basic postage rate of these two classes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Even after notifications and guidelines issued by India Post and Postal Training Center, Mysore many post offices continued to charge Rs. 13/- and Rs. 26/- for Local Speed Post and One India One Rate Speed Post articles. Examples of Racecourse P.O. dated 21.05.2012 are live examples. And opposite to that many post offices did not updated their software with new service tax rate and kept on charging 10.30% Service Tax. Here is the example of Tajnapeth Post office in Akola who charged 10.30% Service Tax.</span><br />
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<b><i>Tajnapeth (08.05.2012), Stamps Affixed Rs. 35.00 (More than 50 gms.) Service Tax Charged Rs. 3.09 (@ 10.30%). Basic postage rate is Rs. 30.00 and as per 12.36% Service Tax it should be 3.70</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Other two recent examples are from Shamshi P.O. (Himachal Pradesh) dated 21.05.2012 and 05.06.2012. Total Postage is charged as Rs. 25 but in both cases Service Tax is charged as 2.33 i.e. 10.30% Service Tax is charged on the basic postage rate of Rs. 22.67. That means till 05.06.2012 Shamshi P. O. was charging 10.30% Service Tax. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I always try to keep an eye on working of Postal Department. When I went to Speed Post Center to book a Speed Post article on 18<sup>th</sup> April 2012, I came to know that in Ahmedabad that “One India One Rate” for Speed Post article has been increased from Rs. 25/- to Rs. 26/- and local Speed Post rate has been increased to Rs. 13/- from Rs. 12/-, because Service Tax has been increased to 12.36% from 10.30% on and from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2012. On inquiry I came to know that Vadodara and Nadiad had also increased the Speed Post rate to Rs. 26/- and Rs. 13/- respectively.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">In the mean time I came to know from my friends that Mumbai, Kanpur, Coimbatore and Jabalpur have also increased the rates. But Kolkata, New Delhi, Akola, Dhanbad, Chennai, Pune, Gurgaon has not increased the Speed Post Charges for the above referred classes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Director Philately, New Delhi under RTI application wrote vide letter no. 26-02/2012-BD&MD dated 07.06.2012 that local Speed Post Charges and “One India One Rate” charges never increased. They are still Rs. 12/- and Rs. 25/- respectively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now the question arises- how India Post has charged more from certain post offices? And if the tariff is never increased, is India Post going to return the excess money charged by them?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is an interesting history and readers of this article start digging their Speed Post mail. I am sure they can add new names of Post Offices who have charged Rs. 13/- for Local Speed Post and Rs. 26/- for “One India One Rate.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">While studying the above excess charging I found that on 8.5.2012, Tajnapeth P.O. of Akola has charged Service Tax of Rs. 3.09 on Rs. 35/- Speed Post Charges. This comes to 10.30% when Service Tax is 12.36%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another anomaly which I found is Ahmedabad RMS is showing Tax of Rs. 1.32 on Rs. 12/- when Laskar H. O. is showing Rs. 1.15 as Service Tax on Rs. 12/-.</span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Article by : Mr. Ashok Kumar Bayanwala, Ahmedabad.</span></b></i></div>
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<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">The Department of Post / India Post has completed 70 years of active philatelic activities or service to philatelists in the year 2011. The first philatelic bureau was opened on 21<sup>st</sup> June 1941 at Bombay GPO to cater needs of philatelists.</span></span></div>
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<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Bombay Philatelic Bureau was the only bureau in India functioning alone for more than 7 years. On 15<sup>th</sup> August 1948, nine philatelic bureaux were opened in different state capitals of India, viz. Calcutta, Cuttack, Delhi, Lucknow, Madras, Nagpur, Patna, Shillong and Simla, vide Postal Notice no. 31, dated 6.8.1948.</span></span></div>
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<span xmlns=""><br /><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">It appears to me that no new philatelic bureau was inaugurated for next 6 years. The exact date of opening of other philatelic bureaux is difficult to find because such information is not available with philatelic bureaux and postal notices of such opening is elusive. I tried to find such dates in philatelic magazines of that time but recording is not accurate. India Stamp Journal reported on page 246 in November 1967 issue that 19 philatelic bureaux (name mentioned) were working at that time. It means that nine philatelic bureaux were, opened between 16<sup>th</sup> August 1948 and November 1967. The Philatelic Journal of India again reported in August 1970 issue that 23 different philatelic bureaux were operating but the names of the bureaux were not mentioned.</span></span></div>
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<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">I also collected special covers of inauguration of philatelic bureaux, but sometimes they are misleading. For example the philatelic bureau of Jamshedpur was inaugurated on 11<sup>th</sup> August 1999, as per special cover but the list of philatelic bureaux of 1997, shows the name of Jamshedpur, thus we see that either special covers or the list give wrong information.</span></span></div>
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<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Philatelic Bureaux always fascinated me, and that is why, I regard them as temples of Modern Indian Philately. Whenever I visit a city, I always pay a visit to the local philatelic bureau. In my opinion philatelic bureaux are indispensable for true philatelists. </span></span></div>
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<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Some twenty years back, I started collecting information regarding opening dates of different philatelic bureaux, but could not succeed to my satisfaction. The result of my research with problems discussed above is as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">21.06.1941</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">15.08.1948</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Calcutta G.P.O. – 700001 (Kolkata)</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Vide Postal Notice No. 31 dated 06.08.1948.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">15.08.1948</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">15.08.1948</span></div>
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</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Madras – 600002 (Chennai)</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Vide Postal Notice No. 31 dated 06.08.1948.</span></td></tr>
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</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Nagpur-440001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Vide Postal Notice No. 31 dated 06.08.1948.</span></td></tr>
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</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">New Delhi-110001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Vide Postal Notice No. 31 dated 06.08.1948.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">15.08.1948</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Before April 1957</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Jaipur-302001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">13.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Before April 1957</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Karnool-518001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">14.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">In between 01.07.1960 and 06.05.1961</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Allahabad-211001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Is not included in page no. 5 of Postal Guide of 30.06.1960, but reported on page 126 of June 1961 issue of Philatelic Journal of India.</span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">15.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">06.05.1961</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Bangalore-560001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported on page 126 of June 1961 issue of Philatelic Journal of India.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">16.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">01.07.1961</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Ahmedabad-380001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported on page 159 of August 1961 issue of Philatelic Journal of India.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">17.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Before 30.06.1965</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Bhopal-462001</span></td><td rowspan="3" style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported on page 5 of Postal Guide of 30.06.1965.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">18.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Before 30.06.1965</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Kanpur-208001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">19.</span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Before 30.06.1965</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Trivendram-695001 (<span style="color: black;">Thiruvananthapuram</span>)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">20.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">01.07.1970</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">1 CBPO-900056</span></td><td rowspan="4" style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported in Inpex-1970 Souvenir</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">21.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">18.07.1970</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">2 CBPO-900099</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">22.</span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Before 23.12.1970</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Chandigarh-160017</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">23.</span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Before 23.12.1970</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Jammu Tawi-180001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">24.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">04.09.1975</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Indore-452001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported in Inpex-1975 Souvenir</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">25.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">10.02.1976</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Ambala-133001</span></td><td rowspan="6" style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported in Inpex-1977 Souvenir</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">26.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">10.02.1976</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Ludhiana-141001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">27.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">01.05.1976</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Pondicherry-605001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">28.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">18.11.1976</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Gauhati-781001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">29.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">21.06.1977</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Coimbatore-641001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">30.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">28.08.1977</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Pune-411001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">31.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">01.03.1979</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Ernakulam-682011</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">32.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">06.09.1981</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Madurai-625001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported on page 154 of Philatelic Journal of India, Sep/Oct. 1981</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">33.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">20.12.1981</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Tiruchirapalli-620001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported on page 58 of Philatelic Journal of India, Mar/Apr. 1982</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">34.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">20.01.1982</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Amritsar-143001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Special Cover</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">35.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">22.04.1982</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Vishakhapatnam-530001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported on Page 158 of India Stamp Journal, June 1982</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">36.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">05.05.1982</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Gwalior (Lashkar)-474001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Special Cover</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">37.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">19.10.1982</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Varanasi-221001</span></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Reported on page 204 of Philatelic Journal of India, Nove./Dec. 1982</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">38.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">20.10.1982</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Agra-282001</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">39.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">28.02.1983</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Vadodara-390001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Special Cover</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">40.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">16.06.1983</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Dehradun-248001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Special Cover</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">41.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">23.11.1983</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Panaji-403001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">42.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">03.02.1984</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Bhilai-490001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Special Cover</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">43.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">27.02.1984</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Kohima-797001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">44.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">29.02.1984</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Imphal-795001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">45.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">03.08.1984</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Jodhpur-342001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Special Cover</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">46.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">01.05.1985</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Agartala-799001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">47.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">11.09.1989</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Mangalore-575001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">As per letter of Postmaster, Mangalore</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">48.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">11.04.1990</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Rajkot-360001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">49.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">30.07.1990</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Jalandhar City-144001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Special Cover</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">50.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">15.10.1990</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Calicut-673001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">As per letter of Dy. Postmaster, Calicut</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">51.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">29.01.1992</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Raipur-792001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Special Cover</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">52.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">01.01.1997</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Nashik-422001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">53.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Vijaywada-520001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">54.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">01.04.1999</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Aizwal-796001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">55.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">11.08.1999</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Jamshedpur-831001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Special Cover</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">56.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">04.12.2000</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Jabalpur-482001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">57.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">01.03.2001</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Belgaum H. O. -590001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">As per letter of Postmaster, Belgaum</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">58.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">09.10.2001</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Bhubaneshwar-751001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">59.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">09.10.2001</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Udaipur H.O. -313001</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">--</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: solid black 0.5pt; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">60.</span></td><td style="border-bottom: solid black 0.5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 0.5pt; border-top: none; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">16.09.2002</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">11.10.2002</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">09.10.2003</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">11.02.2004</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">01.11.2004</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">2004</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">10.11.2006</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">27.03.2008</span></div>
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<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: 12pt;">Out of 68 philatelic bureaux, the opening dated for 17 is missing. If we, philatelists join our hands together and search for inaugural dates, I am sure, we will get them. My contact number is +919327030758. Please contact me if you have any more information.</span></span></div>
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The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagrahah began with the Dandi March on March 12, 1930, and was an important part of the Indian independence movement. It was a campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement. This was the most significant organized challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920–22, and directly followed the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930. Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi march from his base, Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, to the sea coast near the village of Dandi. As he continued on this 24 day, 240 mile (390 km) march to produce salt without paying the tax, growing numbers of Indians joined him along the way. When Gandhi broke the salt laws at 6:30 am on April 6, 1930, it sparked large scale acts of civil disobedience against the British Raj salt laws by millions of Indians. The campaign had a significant effect on changing world and British attitudes toward Indian independenceand caused large numbers of Indians to join the fight for the first time.</div>
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The first day's march of 21 kilometres ended in the village of Aslali, where Gandhiji spoke to a crowd of about 4,000. As they entered each village, crowds greeted the marchers, beating drums and cymbals. Gandhiji gave speeches attacking the salt tax as inhuman, and the salt satyagraha as a "poor man's battle." Each night they slept in the open, asking of the villagers nothing more than simple food and a place to rest and wash. Gandhi felt that this would bring the poor into the battle for independence, necessary for eventual victory.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Ahmedabad</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Aslali</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">13th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Aslali</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Navagam</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">14th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Navagam</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Matar</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">15th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Matar</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Nadiad</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">16th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Nadiad</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Anand</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">17th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Rest
day at <span class="SpellE">Anand</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">18th
March</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Anand</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Borsad</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">19th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Borsad</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Kankapura</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">20th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Kankapura</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Kareli</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">21st
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Kareli</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Ankhi</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">22nd
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Ankhi</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Amod</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">23rd
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Amod</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Samni</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">24th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 139.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="186"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Rest
day at <span class="SpellE">Samni</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;">
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">25th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Samni</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Derol</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;">
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">26th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Derol</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Ankleshwar</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">27th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Ankleshwar</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Mangrol</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">28th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Mangrol</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Umrachi</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">29th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Umrachi</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Bhatgam</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">30th
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Bhatgam</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Delad</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">31st
March<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Rest
day at <span class="SpellE">Delad</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">1st
April<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Delad</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Surat</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">2nd
April<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="87"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Surat</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Vanz</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">3rd
April<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Vanz</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.4pt;" valign="bottom" width="99"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Navsari</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">4th
April<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Navsari</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Karadi</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">5th
April<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Karadi</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">6th
April<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="SpellE"><span style="color: black;">Dandi</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Special commemorative stamps have been issued by India Post to commemorate this historical Dandi March. A set of two se-tenant stamps was issued on 2 October 1980. To mark the 75th Anniversary of Dandhi March, a set of four commemorative stamps was also issued on 5th April 2005. Special covers and other philatelic material is also available on this subject.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Special Set of 22 Picture Postcards on Dandi March to be issued.....</span></b></span><br />
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On the occasion of Gujarat Philatelic Exhibition, Gujpex 2011, which is being held at Vadodara, from 23rd to 25th December 2011, a set of 22 special used picture postcards is being released to commemorate the historic Dandi March.</div>
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These special post cards shall be posted at Ashram Road Post Office, Ahmedabad and at 21 other locations along the route of Dandi March, wherever Mahatma Gandhi halted for the night and from where he resumed his march the next morning. All these post cards will addressed to Secretary, Gujpex 2011, c/o Postmaster, Dandi and shall be transmitted by normal postal channel to Dandi and delivered to the addressee.</div>
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Only 500 post cards shall be posted at each of the 22 locations and these post cards shall be serially numbered from 1 to 500. On delivery at Dandi, the postcards shall be arranged in 500 sets, each containing of 22 post cards of same number but posted at 22 different locations on the route as stated above. These post cards shall bear the cancellation of offices of posting and delivery stamp of Dandi Post Office. Each such set shall be placed in a Khadi pouch along with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by an appropriate Postal Authority.</div>
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Of the 500 sets of picture postcards so issued and arranged, only 450 sets shall be available for sale, each at a price of Rs. 1000/- only. However, first 100 pre-bookings will be provided at 30% discount, i.e. for Rs. 700/- only and remaining pre-bookings at 15% discount, i.e. for Rs. 850/- only. These shall also be available on sale at the venue of exhibition at a discount of 15%, i.e. for Rs. 850/- only.</div>
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Interested philatelists and collectors are advised to send their requests for pre-bookings and the requisite amount to Director, Postal Training Centre, Vadodara, by i-MO or e-MO with full contact details. The booking can also be made in person by paying in cash. If the amount is being sent by i-MO or e-MO then the amount may be sent presuming 15% discount. If the pre-booking order qualifies for the 30% discount as stated above, the remaining amount shall be refunded later. Pre-bookings shall be accepted upto 21st December 2011.</div>
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The receipt of i-MO or e-MO in original and photo identification is necessary to personally collect the booked set from the venue of the exhibition. If the booked set is not collected personally, then the same will be sent by insured post.<br />
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<b>Address for sending e-MO / i-Mo:</b><br />
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Director,<br />
Postal Training Centre<br />
Harni Road,<br />
Harni Colony P.O.<br />
<b>VADODARA - 390 022</b><br />
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<b><i>I</i><i>nformation based on the press note received from Gujpex 2011 Secretariat, O/o Postmaster General, Vadodara Region, Vadodara – 390002 dated 9th December 2011. </i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>INTRODUCTION</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Philatelic hobby is thriving in India
unlike in North America and Western Europe. An important indicator of
how well the hobby is doing is the number of new and younger collectors
joining the hobby. It also seems that the more collectors in India are
primarily interested in 20<sup>th </sup>century and especially post
independence period of India. Fortunately, some of the well known Indian
philatelists have written articles and even published specialized books
such as “Slogan Cancels of India” by renowned philatelist, Mr. Ashok
Bayanwala. There are numerous articles on modern Indian stamps, postal
stationery and postal history etc. in India Post, the official
publication of the India Study Circle of UK.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A major attraction of collecting post
independence India postal history is its relatively more abundant
availability and comparatively inexpensive cost compared to say 19<sup>th</sup> century British India postal history especially say 1854 lithographs on covers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This article attempts to take a
comprehensive overview of the breadth and depth of postal history of
post independence Indian philately. The scope of post independence
postal history of India is huge. This overview is undertaken with three
objectives in mind:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. Promote organized collection and exhibition of postal history of post independent India; and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2. Encourage further research and publication of articles, reports or books on different aspects of this subject.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3. Demonstrate that a collector can
choose to develop a collection covering a certain dimension of post
independence postal history on a relatively modest budget and use the
collection to develop scholarly exhibits for both domestic and
international philatelic exhibitions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This overview is undertaken through an
organized classification which can help collectors to figure out what
aspects of post-independence postal history to collect and to organize
the acquisitions and to develop suitable exhibits. Another important use
of an organized classification would be to further facilitate research
in particular areas by fellow collectors. Finally such an organized
classification can also guide collectors to develop specific exhibit for
a given area of post independence postal history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">However, the relative affordability of
post independence India postal history is perhaps more an indication of
limited interest and demand rather than relative availability. An
example is the commemorative stamps issued during Rupee-Anna currency
period (1947 to 1957) immediately after independence. Conversely,
certain categories are both in significant demand and relatively scarce
such as the covers from Indian armed forces serving under UN Peace
Keeping Forces in Korea, Indo-China and Congo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Before getting into detailed break out
of different classifications of post independence India postal history,
chronological time line is the most common parameter universally used by
philatelists worldwide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>CHRONOLOGY: </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Post Independence Time Line: The author proposes following chronological periods for collectors’ consideration:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">a) August 15 1947 to March 31 1957: From the Independence to End of Anna period of Indian currency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">b) April 1 1957 to 27 September 1964:
Metric Currency Transition. Indian Post Office allowed over six years to
identify new currency (i.e. One Rupee = 100 New Paisa) on postage
stamps denomination. In 1964, the Indian Post Office used both “nP” for
about seven years after which “P” was used for Paisa denomination.
SG#490 Raja Roy issue was the last one to show “nP” denomination. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">c) October 1964 to December 31, 1999: Modern 20<sup>th</sup> Century Period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">d) January 1, 2000 to Current: 21<sup>st</sup> Century Period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>AN ORGANIZED APPROACH</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Within the timeline described above, a
collector can consider two different categories and classifications in
the proposed organized approach as shown here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">a. Definitive Stamps including experimental coil. </span></div>
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b. Commemorative Stamps and souvenir sheets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">c. Official Stamps and postal stationery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">d. Indian Stamps Overprinted for Indian Army in international peace keeping forces in Korea, Indo-China, Congo and Gaza/Egypt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">e. Refugee Relief Tax Issues (Nasik Overprints, local overprints, special emission)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">f. Postal Stationery Issues: Postal cards. Postal envelopes, airmail, express mail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">g. Meter Stamps</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">ii) Categories of Postal Services or Usages</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">a. Domestic Mail</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">b. International Destinations and Origins</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">c. Airmail</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">d. Book Post and Printed Matter</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">e. Registered Mail</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">f. Insured Mail</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">g. Parcel Post Service</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">h. Express Mail / Speed Delivery</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">i. Military Mail </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">j. Indian Stamps used Abroad: Indian Contingent of UN Peace Keeping Forces</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The breadth and depth of post
independence India postal history is huge and complex. However, just
describing the organized approach above does not help us comprehend what
it entails. Hence, this article will provide some illustrative examples
of postally used covers and cards in terms of different emissions and
different aspects of Post independence India postal history. These
examples are merely to illustrate the scope, breadth and depth of post
independence Indian postal history. This article does not attempt to
show examples of every emission and every category of postal usage.
Hopefully this article will lead to other collectors and writers sharing
their areas of interest. Also, this article reflects examples of Post
independence postal history for about first 25 year period from 1947 to
1972.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These different dimensions of Post
Independence India postal history are illustrated with examples of
covers with particular emphasis on uncommon foreign destinations:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A. <b>DEFINITIVE STAMPS : 1947 to 1957: Anna Period:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Interestingly, the first definitive
stamps were issued two years after the independence. It would be
worthwhile to check Indian postal records to determine the reason for
such a long wait after the independence. My hypothesis is that at the
time of independence, Indian Post Office had a vast stock of British
India definitive, commemorative and official stamps. It seems the Indian
PO found it economical to use up this inventory before issuing a new
set of definitive stamps. Consequently, it was fairly common to not only
find British India stamps used post 1947 period but also to see them
used in combination with independent India stamps. Such combination is
called “Mixed-Franking” usage: Another category of mixed franking is the
use of Indian stamps in combination with other country stamps which are
also illustrated in this article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>A) </b><b>DEFINITIVE STAMPS: Archeology and Five Year Plan Issues:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mixed Franking Registered Usage</b>: Here are two different examples of mixed franking usages to foreign destination. Mixed Indian Stamps Usage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">i) <b>British India+Independent India Combination Usage</b>: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Figure -1A (Front) and 1B (Obverse):
This is a registered cover bearing British India SG#265-266 Pair with
independent India SG# 309 Pair, 312 and 316 tied by EXP PO B-80
(Chembur, India) sent by surface mail to Ismir Turkey. The total postage
of 7½ Anna consists of 3½ Anna for surface mail and 4 annas for
registration postage. </span></div>
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Fig.: 01B</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Figure-2: This
Registered Cover bears British India (SG#259,267 and 275) used in
combination with Independent India Archeology stamp (SG#317) on
Independent India Registered mail postal stationery making 3 Rupees, 4
Annas, 6pies for registered airmail postage rate mailed from Darjeeling
on 24 MY 1951 to Chalfont, Pa. Upon arrival in the US, the postal clerk
applied USA 10c Prexy definitive (Sc#815) to pay for US Customs
inspection service which was collected from the recipient. The use of
second country stamp typically was either for postage due collection for
short fall in postage stamps applied by sender and or for forwarding
the mail to another destination during certain period. Use of US postage
stamps for other services such as customs inspection is uncommon.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Book Post to Foreign Destinations</b>:
About the only way to have examples of low value definitive’s on covers
to foreign destination is the book post rate as seen in the following
couple of examples:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Book Post-Surface Mail: Figure-3:
Archeology 9 paisa issue (SG#311) used on circa 1950 Book Post cover
from Nasik to Syria. Interestingly Syrian Post Office forwarded it to
Beirut, Lebanon without charging any forwarding fees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Book Post Airmail: Figure-4A and 4B:
This is an airmail book post unsealed envelope bearing block of six of
SG#357 (One Anna First Five Year plan definitive) is mailed to Havana,
Cuba. This appears to be truly commercial usage and not philatelic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Fig.: 04A</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fig.: 04B</span></div>
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8annas (SG#318) and One Rupee (SG#320) on a neat 1952 Airmail cover to
Beirut, Lebanon. This is One Rupee and 8 Anna airmail rate. </span></div>
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Finland. What was the correct Airmail rate for sending post card to
foreign destination? Private post card used to foreign destination are
uncommon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Exotic foreign destinations are defined
as the ones which with India had relatively limited business, social or
cultural communications. Would you consider Falkland Islands an exotic
destination? Figure-7 shows a short set of Archeology stamps on a
cacheted First Day Cover used to Stanley, Falkland Island. The back of
cover does bear the receiving cancel of Stanley Falkland Islands. </span><br />
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Figure-8 shows a cover bearing Archeology stamps (SG#310, 312
representing 3½ Anna) used from Ahmedabad to Iceland! However, both
covers are most likely philatelic correspondence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Commemorative stamps on covers are very
collectible especially if one were to show examples of mint, used and on
covers with different types of usages as part of the collection or
exhibition. Beyond showing the use of commemorative covers on domestic,
international mail and of different categories, one can also show
unusual destinations and origins. Let us see some uncommon or unusual
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>i) </b><b>Exotic Foreign Destinations</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mahatma Gandhi stamps and its postal
history are perhaps very popular and more so when used on cover to
exotic foreign destinations. Figure-9A, and 9B shows 1948 Mahatma Gandhi
3½ Anna used correctly (Surface rate to foreign country was 3½ Anna).
How often can one find Mahatma Gandhi stamp used to San Jose, Costa
Rica? Back of cover does bear receiving cancel of San Jose the capital
of Costa Rica. I wonder how many covers bearing Gandhiji stamps are
known used to Costa Rica?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">(a) A second example is the use of Tilak
commemorative stamp (SG#374) with One Anna Five Year plan (SG#357) to
Tibet (Figure 10A, 10 B). This cover was mailed from Kalimpong on
10-9-56 to Shigatse, Tibet. Interestingly by the cover also bears the
receiving bilingual (Tibetan and Chinese) cancel of Chinese Post Office
in Tibet. The 3 Anna postal rate needs further explanation. What was the
postage rate from India to Tibet during 1956?</span><br />
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issue used on Book Post cover in 1952 to Philadelphia, Pa, USA. Low
value Poet issue used singly on a cover is quite uncommon and difficult
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<span style="font-size: small;">iii) <b>Registered Mail to Foreign Destination</b>:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Figure-12 is a Post Independent
registered postal stationery envelope (15 paisa postage and 50paise
Registration fee with additional postage of Rs 3.45 made up with a strip
of 3 of SG#465 (One Re overprint on Kalidas commemorative) with Map
definitives (SG#402-5np; 409-25np) used on 1963 registered airmail cover
to Busan, Korea..a rather uncommon destination.</span></div>
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Even though Indian Post Office prepared specially overprinted stamps
for use by the Indian Armed Forces assigned as part of UN Peace Keeping
Forces in Korea, Indo-China, Congo and Gaza, we have example of Indian
commemorative stamps used from such missions. Figure 13A and 13B shows
SG 421 (India Exhibition held in New Delhi) used in 1959 from Indian FPO
547 to Amritsar which was undelivered and eventually ended up in Dead
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fairly common due to large and extensive use. However as a postal
historian, one would look for uncommon usages and or destinations. One
of the more obvious areas is the use of Indian official stamps on mail
to foreign countries representing different categories of postal
services. Here we will high light some examples just to whet the
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<span style="font-size: small;">i) <b>Airmail to Foreign Destination</b>:
Figure 14 shows SG O155(2 Annas) x2+SGO160 (8 Annas) totaling 12 annas
on a 1952 Airmail cover to New Zealand. The cover was mailed from
Dispatch Clerk in General Manager of GIP Railway office. The stamps are
tied by BOMBAY RMS (Railway Mail Service). Since the cover was short
paid (correct postage would be 14 annas), the New Zealand post office
collected 16cents of postage due from the recipient.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />ii) <b>Mixed Franking to Foreign Destination: </b>Figure-15A
and 15B shows a nice registered cover bearing mixed franking of British
India and Independent India official stamps. The cover mailed from the
office of Rajpramukh of PATIALA State to Santiago, Chile. The cover
bears SG#O150, O155 and O161 making up a total of 2 Rs and 10 Annas.
Cover bears the receiving cancel of Santiago, Chile. A very attractive
and uncommon use. Please note that correctly used one Rupee official
stamp especially to foreign destination such as to Chile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">iii) <b>Air Parcel to Foreign Destination: </b>In
general full parcel envelope with stamps are not easy to find as they
have low survival rate. Also by definition, parcels often bear high
value and or large number of stamps to cover very high postage rate. An
extreme example is shown as Figure 16A and 16B. This very large cloth
parcel was sent by Airmail and bears a total postage of Rs1,485.00
consisting of 148 of 10 Re stamps; 2 of 2 Re stamps and single 1 Re
stamp. According to customs declaration slip, the parcel contained a
thesis from an Indian graduate student (now an Indian government
employee) to his professor at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
Coincidentally, the author also went to the same university though much
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pre-1947 British India military postal
history covers over 150 years and is very popular. Similarly the post
independent Indian military postal history especially involving foreign
expeditions under UN Peace Keeping Forces is a fertile field for post
independent Indian postal historian. Readers are invited to share their
example of commercial covers used from the Indian Custodian Forces in
Korea since the author does not readily have one to show for this
article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">i) Indian UN Forces in Congo: Figure 17A
and 17B is a non-philatelic cover bearing India SG#U1(2) and U5 making
15np rate used from Indian Forces under UN Peace Keeping Forces at
Indian FPO 660 in Congo. The cover was mailed on 9-4-62 and was received
on 14-6-62 in Amritsar as per back stamp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">ii) International Commission in
Indo-China: CAMBODIA: Figure 18 is a cover bearing SG#N1-N4 used from
FPO 745 on 24-6-56 from ISCG at Phnom Penh Cambodia to Austria. The
airmail cover bears 11anna and 3pies postage to Austria. Author believes
this to be a philatelic cover and is overpaid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">iii) International Commission in Indo
China: Laos: Figure 19A and 19B is a cover bearing complete set of
SG#N6-N10 used on Registered cover from FPO 744 (Vientine, Laos) dated
8-5-55 and sent to Perak, Malaya. Back of cover (Figure-19B) has FPO 744
registration slip and transit cancels of BASE POST OFFICE (13-2-55),
KAMPAR (17-2-55) and IPOH(17-2-55). Most likely this is also a
philatelic cover though properly used. Registered mail from Indian
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<span style="font-size: small;">iv) International Commission in
Indo-China-Vietnam: Figure20A and 20B is a Registered cover bearing
SG#N28 (13Npx5) and N43(1Npx16) used in 1964 on Registered cover from
FPO 742 with official corner card of Controller of Accounts of
International Commission in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Cover bears a
total postage of 81nP and needs rate analysis. Cover was mailed to
Ministry of Food & Agriculture in Bombay India. Cover bears Base
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<span style="font-size: small;">Most Indian postal stationery (Postal
Cards, Postal Envelopes, Airmail Postal Stationery cards, envelopes
Official postal stationery. Only one example is share in this article to
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<span style="font-size: small;">i) Figure-21 is a 5np domestic postal
card upgraded with Indian Map series definitive (SG#400, 401 and 403
making 16 nP rate on a 1954 surface mail cover to Latvia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is hoped that this comprehensive
survey will catch the interests of the readers to take pro-active
actions. These pro-active actions can range from comments,
clarifications or answers to questions raised in this article to digging
into their collection to re-discover their treasure and share scans of
examples. Or even better, how about contributing to a series articles as
a regular feature in the Indian Philatelic literature. Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Contributed by : Mr. Ravi Vora, USA</b></span></div>
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Registered mail posted in Dec. 1949 from Nepal to India.<br />Reg. slip No.R-167 shows the words "INDIAN EMBASSY<br />NEPAL" & " BRITISH LEGATION NEPAL"</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The British Legation (Nepal) P.O. was transformed into Indian embassy (Nepal) PO after India's Independence on 15th August 1947, but no specific date is recorded yet. Mr. Wolfgang C. Hellrigl also in his book "Nepal Postal History" doesn't give any specific date when legation office was taken over by Indian Embassy. But in my opinion, the transformation date should be 1st April 1948 and reason for my belief, are as follows:<br /><br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">India was divided on 14th-15th August 1947 at night. But the postal treatment towards Pakistan was finalised on and from 1st April 1948 only.<br /><br />The Postal administration of Persian Gulf countries i.e. Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait and Muscat was handed over by India to British Post Office Agencies on and from 1st April 1948.<br /><br />It is recorded in Nepal Postal History by Wolfgang that the Postal Markings were altered from British Legation (Nepal) to Indian Embassy (Nepal), in between 23rd April 1948 and 10th May 1948. It means that the change in Postal Cancellation took place after 1st April 1948 and it also means that if alteration would have taken place earlier, the cancellation would have appeared earlier. <br /><br />The Indian Embassy (Nepal) PO or British Legation (Nepal) PO or Residency PO was the name of the Indian Post Office in Nepal. The Residency PO started functioning in Kathmandu, Nepal in the year 1816. It continued till 1920 when it became British Legation PO, but postal markings were changed in 1941. After India's Independence the charge of this Indian PO was handed over to Indian Embassy in Nepal on 1st April 1948, and the postal markings were changed in between 23rd April 1948 and 10th May 1948. It was closed on and from 12th April 1965. </span></div>
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Privately printed FDC with the Cancellation inscribed words:<br />"INDIAN EMBASSY (NEPAL)".</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Indian Post Office, which worked for 149 years in Nepal, was actually worked as a Foreign Post Office of Nepal. All foreign letters (excluding India) had to be forwarded to its destination through this Post Office. Before 1950, Nepal had a rigid policy of isolation, which was relaxed during the early 1950's. Since then, Tourists Mail started flowing through Indian Embassy PO Mail arrangements between India and Nepal were as follows:<br /><br />Fully Prepaid Unregistered correspondence namely, Letters, Single Post Cards, Printed papers, Business Papers, Samples and unregistered News Papers could be sent by the Post offices in India to Nepal through the offices of Exchange.<br /><br />Reply Paid Post Cards, Money Order and V. P. Post Services were not available between two countries.<br /><br />Registration, Insurance and Parcel Service were also not available throughout Nepal except kathmandu where Indian Post Office - Indian Embassy PO Nepal was working. <br /><br />It means that Parcels within a limit of 400 tolas, Registered and Insured articles, addressed to and/ or care of this Indian Embassy PO, could be accepted. In case the addressee is not a member of the Indian Embassy, the Registered and Insured articles were handed over by the Indian Embassy (Nepal) PO to a representative of the Nepalese PO at Kathmandu, under acquittance and the later effects delivery. The above rules are recorded in Section XII of P & T Guide July 1948 and clarification there after are recorded in DGPO Circular No.49 dated 29th November 1949.</span></div>
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The Persian Gulf is in between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It runs from the mouth of "Shatt el Arab" in north, to the "Strait of Oman" in the south. Its length is 600Kms and the breadth varies from 290 kms to 46kms. <br /> <br />The first Western Power in the Gulf was Portuguese, which came in between 1481 and 1487. They remained supreme in Gulf till 1621 and ceased to exist in between 1640 and 1650. <br /> <br />The British arrived in 1598, established first factory at Jask in 1619 and remained in low note. The Dutch visited Gulf in 1624 and soon became supreme in trade. They remained masters of the trade till 1708 but by 1760's lost all trade. </div>
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Thus British became paramount. "Treaty of Peace in Perpetuity" was signed in 1853. And its main function was the British Government should keep the peace in the Persian Gulf and all maritime disputes should be referred to them for arbitration. <br /> <br />Different treaties and agreements were signed, by which Great Britain alone was empowered to establish a Postal Administration. The Britishers opened Post Offices under Indian Postal Administration. <br /> <br />The first Postal Agency in the Gulf was opened at Muscat in 1856. Since then Bushire (1857), Ling (1867), Bandar Abbas (1867), Jask (1880), Bahrain (1884), Mahommera (1892), Kuwait (1904), Dubai (1909), Henjam (1913), Abadan (1914) and Ahwaj (1914) were opened. After the World War I, the conditions and values changed. The British influence was undermined. In 1923, all Indian Postal Agencies in Persia closed down. Only in areas on the western shore of the Gulf, the Postal Agencies continued in Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait and Muscat. <br /> <br />These 4 Postal Agencies were first under Bombay Circle and afterwards under Sind Circle but managed all along from Karachi Foreign P.O. They were using Indian Stamps but from 1st April 1923. Kuwait started using Indian Stamps overprinted "Kuwait" and from 1933, Bahrain started using Indian Stamps overprinted "Bahrain" and Muscat & Dubai went on using Indian Stamps without any overprint. We still find Indian Stamps without overprint "Kuwait" being used from Kuwait. Therefore, after partition of India Dubai and Muscat used Pakistan Stamps from 1st October 1947 till 31st March 1948. </div>
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<br />The Postal Administration of Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait and Muscat in the Persian Gulf was taken over by His Majesty's Government and British Postal Office Agencies on and from 1st April 1948. Therefore, postal articles for and from the Postal Agencies were treated as foreign postal articles from 1st April 1948, vide Postal Notice No.67 dated 30th March 1948. </div>
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<b>Correspondence for and from the Postal Agencies were of the following categories: </b> <br />Letters, Single and reply paid post cards, Printed papers, Business papers, Sample packets and Blind literature packets. Parcels exceeding 22 lbs., in weight were not allowed. Insured letters and parcels only were accepted but limit should not exceed Rs. 3000/-. Money Orders, Indian Postal Order and V. P. Services were suspended on and from 1st April 1948. <br /> <br />With effect from 1st April 1948, the rate of postage was raised to full normal foreign postage rate. Letters not exceeding 1oz. would be 3½as and every additional oz. would be 2as. Post Card single would cost 2as and reply paid would be 4as.Printed papers would be 9 pies for every 2oz. Business Papers not exceeding 10oz. would be charged 3½as. and 9 pies for every additional 2oz. Sample Packets not exceeding 4oz. would be charged 1½as and every additional 2oz. would be 9 pies. Blind Literature Packets would be ½ anna for every 2½lbs. The maximum limit is 17½lbs. Pre payment of postage is compulsory vide Postal Notice No.66 dated 29th March 1948. The Air mail Fees inclusive of postage would be 6as per ½oz. for letters and 3as for Post Cards. When Air mail rates were revised on 1st September 1950, some changes were seen in Persian Gulf Countries. The air mail rate for letters were increased to 8as for Post Card to 4as and rate for Aerogramme was fixed at 6as only.</div>
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<i><b>Source: Mr. Ashok Kumar Bayanwala, Ahmedabad.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After partition, the exchange of mails between India and Pakistan continued as it was before partition, but it was not smooth. Therefore from 1st November 1947, Offices of Exchange for Surface Mail, for Accountable Articles became Delhi for Lahore and Mcleodganj, Jodhpur for Hyderabad Sind and Bombay for Sea Mail to Karachi, for West Pakistan. Calcutta, Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Golakganj, Silchar, Agartala and Katihar for East Pakistan (Dacca). </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />Ordinary Mail including Registered & Unregistered Articles will be exchanged directly by Offices and Sections in India, in closed bags, vide DGPO Circular No.38 dated 31st October 1947. Dead Letter P. O. of India will directly deal with D. L. O., of Pakistan vide DGPO Circular No.47 dated 1st December 1947. </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />It appears that Air Mail to and from Pakistan was carried by Air India's Karachi - Madras Air Service. But from 26th January 1948, Air Mail from Pakistan will be despatched for India only through Orient Airways thrice weekly service between Karachi - Calcutta and by BOAC Service between Karachi - Delhi. Air Mail from India to Pakistan remain unchanged. The Postal Rates remained same, as it was prevailing before 15th August 1947 (Inland Postal Rates) vide Postal Notice No.56 dated 26th January 1948. </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />With effect from 1st April 1948, Pakistan will be treated as a foreign country for the exchange of postal traffic, vide Postal Notice No.66 and No.67 dated 29th & 30th March 1948 respectively. The main terms and conditions for delivery of postal articles in Pakistan will be as follows: </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />A. Letters, Single & Reply Paid Postcards, Printed Papers, Business Papers, Sample Packets, & Blind Literature Packets will be dealt as prescribed in Section III of the Indian P & T Guide. </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />B. Articles liable to Custom Duty will be dealt as per Clause 206 of the P & T Guide. </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />C. Registration, Express Delivery, Business Reply System, Money Order, Value Payable Post, Insurance and Parcel Services will be available as per terms of Indian Inland Service and as prescribed in P & T Guide. Prepayment of Postage is compulsory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />1) Letters and Packets 1½ as per tola or part in addition to ordinary postage 1½ as + 1½ as = 3 as. <br />2) Post Cards 9 pies per card in addition to ordinary postage 9p + 6p = 1¼ as. <br />3) Money Order 1½ as per Money order in addition to the ordinary MO Commission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Postal rates from 1st April 1949 for Pakistan again changed due to revision in Inland Postal rates of India. Air Mail fee remained same. Therefore by Air Letter or Packet will be 2 as + 1½ as = 3½ as, Post Card will be 9 pies + 9 pies = 1½ as and MO will be 1½ as irrespective of amount. </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />When Air Letter (Aerogramme) service was introduced to various foreign countries on 1st September 1950, the Air Mail rates for Letter Mail, Post Cards, Packets etc. were also revised. But the Air Mail fees for Pakistan remained same. For Letters 3½ as (2 as Inland postage + 1½ as Air Mail fees), for Post Cards 1½ as (9 pies + 9 pies) and for Aerogramme 3as (1½as + 1½ as). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Airmail registered letter with Acknowledgement posted from Sambhar Lake (Rajasthan) to Lahore dated 21st February 1949 with the total postage of 8½ as.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1½ as. Inland Postage Charges + 1½ as. Airmail Fees + 4as Registration Charges + 1½ as. ACK Charges = 8½ as. Total Postage (See the postage stamps affixed on front & back side of the envelope) </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /><i><b>(Back Side of Letter)</b></i></span></div>
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After the end of the World War II, the Government of India felt that they should have their own external Air Services without collaboration with United Kingdom. </div>
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Air India formerly known as Tata Airlines was owned by Tata Sons Ltd., which being foremost indigenous Airlines of India, had operated its First Commercial Air Service as far back as on 15th October 1932. On 29th July 1946, Tata Airlines came to be known as Air India Ltd. All assets and liabilities of Tata Airlines were taken over by Air India Ltd., at a cost of Rs. 39,46,116/-. The authorised capital of Air India Ltd., was Rs. 50 millions of which Rs. 15 millions was issued and paid up about the end of 1947. <br />
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The Air India Ltd., got the novel distinction of carrying Indian Flag for the first time ever in the sky, when the first Indian Ambassador to Moscow, Mrs.Vijiya Laxmi Pandit left India to take up her post in the Air India Fight DC-3VT-AT 1.<br />
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The Air India Ltd., submitted a proposal to the Govt. of India a scheme for the establishment of Air Services between India & U. K. The scheme contemplated the formation of a new company.</div>
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Air India International (A.I.I.) registered on 8th March 1948, with an authorized capital of Rs.70 millions and a paid up capital of Rs. 20 millions, of which the Government of India subscribed 49% and had on option to acquire a further 2% at any time. Air India Ltd., took 10% of the capital. The balance was subscribed by the public as well as other air transport carriers. The Air India Ltd., was appointed the General Technical Managers and Chief Booking Agents for a period of 10 years. Air India International Ltd., would have exclusive rights of operation over all routes to the West of India within a specified zone for a period of 10 years. The Government of India guaranteed to reimburse to A.I.I. Ltd., any loss incurred by it, after making provision for depreciation for a period of 5 years. <br />
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The Bombay - London Air Service of A.I.I. Ltd., was inaugurated on 8th June 1948. This was the blessed day, when Free India Tri-colour began flying in the sky outside India. From 8th to 31st December 1948, A.I.I. made 40 return flights on Bombay - London sector and flew 4,11,000 miles, 2600 passengers, 81170 pounds of mail with 83516 pounds of cargo.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">The first philatelic bureau came in to operation at Bombay GPO on 21<sup>st</sup> June 1941 vide DGP Circular no. 14 dated 21<sup>st</sup> June 1941.</span></div>
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Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684809742796107366.post-17229250924667612692011-06-12T18:31:00.000+05:302011-06-12T18:41:48.854+05:30Sad demise of Senior Philatelist Dr. P. G. Krishnamurthy.<p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Today I came to know from online </font><a href="http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=105179&n_tit=Udupi%3A+Retired+Asst+Professor+of+MIT%2C+P+G+K+%2875%29+No+More++" target="_blank"><font size="3" face="Calibri">news</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font><a href="http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=244458" target="_blank"><font size="3" face="Calibri">channels</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri"> about the sad demise of Senior Philatelist Dr. P. G. Krishnamurthy, a retired assistant professor at the Manipal Institute of Technology. To the utter shock Dr. Krishnamurthy’s body was found floating in an open well in the compound of his house in Hiriadka village in Karnataka on 10th June evening. He was 75.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Dr. Krishnamurthy was an ardent philatelist and researcher of Modern Indian Postal History. He had contributed several articles on Modern Indian Postal History for ‘Vadophil’ news letter of </font><a href="http://www.vadophil.org" target="_blank"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Baroda Philatelic Society</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">. He did extensive study on various aspects of Modern Indian Postal Services. Some of his well known articles are Media Post - One facet of Modern Indian Postal History, “M.D.G.” - A new appendage, Acknowledgement Due Form - An Alert, “L.S.G.” & “H.S.G.” – Two more appendages, Bar Coded Speed Post CPSL, Modern Peon Marks, His Random Notes on various services were also very interesting. </font></p> <p><strong><em><font size="3" face="Calibri">May his noble soul rest in peace.</font></em></strong></p> <p><font size="3" face="Calibri">Note: We shall publish his articles on Modern Indian Postal History in near future. </font></p> Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684809742796107366.post-17581763532890985512011-06-12T12:40:00.000+05:302014-01-08T18:59:34.864+05:3030th January 1948 – Telegraphic messages regarding Gandhiji's Assassination information.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">"D/8.7 mourning for mahatma Gandhi XXX government of India observing State mourning for thirteen days from thirtieth January flags will be flown at half mast and there will be no public entertainment during this period. = Secretary Westindia" </span></span></i> <br />
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When the Postal facilities were opened to public on 1st April 1774, there were 3 Postal Circles namely Bengal, Bombay and Madras. Bengal was catering whole of Eastern and Northern regions of British Empire. Madras was handling whole of Southern region and the rest was catered by Bombay. </div>
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In 1839, North West Province Circle was formed and since then, new Postal Circles were formed, as the need was born to have separate Circles. </div>
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In December 1860 Punjab Circle, in 1861 Burma Circle, in 1866 Central Province Circle and in 1869 Sind Circle were formed. Till 1880 Oudh (1870), Rajputana (1871), Assam ((1873), Bihar (1877), Eastern Bengal (1878) and Central India (1879) were formed. Since then, new Circles were formed and existing Circles were amalgamated with other Circles.</div>
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Dacca </div>
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Madras </div>
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Madras </div>
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Punjab & North West Frontier </div>
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Lahore </div>
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U. P. (Agra & Oudh) </div>
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Lucknow </div>
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Sorting Circles-Northern </div>
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Ambala </div>
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Sorting Circles-Eastern </div>
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Allahabad </div>
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Sorting Circles-Western </div>
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Nasik </div>
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Sorting Circles-Southern </div>
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Bangalore </div>
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In 1914, there were only 7 Postal Circles namely - Bengal & Assam, Bihar & Orissa, Bombay (including Sind), Burma, Central, Madras, Punjab & NWF and U. P.</div>
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By 1937, there were 8 Postal Circles, though Burma was separated from India on 1st April 1937. The Postal Circles were Bengal & Assam, Bihar & Orissa, Bombay, Sindh, Central, Madras, Punjab & NWF and U. P.</div>
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On 1st April 1946, the British India had the following Postal Circles - Bengal & Assam, Bombay, Madras, United Province, Punjab & NWF, Bihar & Orissa, Central and Sind & Baluchistan.</div>
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After partition, the independent India had the following Postal Circles - Assam, Bengal, Bihar & Orissa, Bombay, Central, East Punjab, Madras and U. P.</div>
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When this article was written by Mr. Ashok Kumar Bayanwala in 2001, there were 20 postal circles in India. Now we have 23 Postal Circles in India. </div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">1. Andhra Pradesh</td> <td valign="top" width="299">13. Madhya Pradesh</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">2. Assam</td> <td valign="top" width="299">14. Maharashtra</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">3. Bihar</td> <td valign="top" width="299">15. North Eastern</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">4. Chhattisgarh</td> <td valign="top" width="299">16. Orissa</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">5. Delhi</td> <td valign="top" width="299">17. Punjab</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">6. Gujarat</td> <td valign="top" width="299">18. Rajasthan</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">7. Haryana</td> <td valign="top" width="299">19. Tamilnadu</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">8. Himachal Pradesh</td> <td valign="top" width="299">20. Uttar Pradesh</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">9. J & K</td> <td valign="top" width="299">21. Uttarakhand</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">10. Jharkhand</td> <td valign="top" width="299">22. West Bengal </td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">11. Karnataka</td> <td valign="top" width="299">23. Army Postal Service</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="273">12. Kerala</td> <td valign="top" width="300"></td> </tr>
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<i>Courtesy: Mr. Ashok Kumar Bayanwala, Ahmedabad.</i></div>
Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684809742796107366.post-67048373990683353602011-05-27T16:33:00.000+05:302014-01-08T18:46:02.276+05:30First Indian Postage Stamp Depicting National Flag - 21st November 1947<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
First Indian Postage Stamp depicting Indian National Flag was issued on 21st November 1947. Two other stamps were issued on 15th December 1947. Release of stamp was notified by Postal Notice No. 43 dated 19th November 1947.<br />
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<b>Postal Notice No. 43</b></div>
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Issue of India Independence Commemorative <br />Postage Stamps</div>
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It is hereby notified that in commemoration of India's Independence new postage stamps in pictorial design are being issued in three denominations, namely 1½ annas, 3½ annas and 12 annas. The new 3½ annas stamp will be available for sale at Post Offices in India on and from the 21st November 1947. The remaining two denominations will be released on the 15th December 1947. All the three denominations will remain on sale upto April 30, 1948. These commemorative stamps will be used for all postal purposes and will not replace ordinary postage stamps of the corresponding denominations which will continue to be current.</div>
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New Delhi <br />19th November 1947.</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;"> <br /><span style="color: blue;">First Three Stamps issued in 1947</span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">: Issue Date : </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">21st November, 1947 </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Watermark: Multi Star <br />Perforation: 13½ x 14</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">: Issue Date : <br />15th December, 1947 <br />Watermark: Multi Star <br />Perforation: 14 x 13½</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">: Issue Date : <br />15th December, 1947 <br />Watermark: Multi Star <br />Perforation: 13½ x 14</span></div>
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<b><i>Courtesy: Mr. Ashok Kumar Bayanwala, Ahmedabad</i></b></div>
Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684809742796107366.post-7639555614785641052011-05-20T14:22:00.000+05:302014-01-08T18:40:55.472+05:3015th August 1947 - Bharat (India) became Independent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i></i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>This article is written by Mr. Ashok Kumar Bayanwala and examples are from his own collection. This article was earlier published in GPA News and later it was made available on the website </i></span><a href="http://www.indianphilately.net/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>www.indianphilately.net</i></span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><i> with the permission of author. Once again for collectors of Modern Indian Postal History, I am publishing this article on this blog with permission of author.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Freedom Struggle actually began after 1905, when the Britishers partitioned Bengal. Boycott Movement started. In December 1906 a tricolor National Flag was unfurled for the first time at Calcutta Congress. The Revolutionary Movement spread throughout India. The British Government launched assault on the Indian National movement. In August 1920, Gandhiji launched a Nonviolent and Non Cooperation Movement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In December 1929, the resolution for Complete Independence was accepted at Lahore Congress and it was decided to celebrate 26th January every year as Independence Day. Gandhiji launched Civil Disobedience Movement with Historic Dandi March on 12th March 1930, which shacked the British Empire. When the Cripps Mission failed, the country began to prepare for a final confrontation with British Imperial Power. On 8th August 1942, the Quit India Resolution was passed and the clarion call "DO or DIE" was given by Gandhiji. Some 60,000 people were arrested and more then 10,000 people were killed, when ruthless repressive measures were taken by British Army and Police. In 1943, Netaji S. C. Bose organised "Azad Hind Fauj" from Indian Prisoners of war by Japan and launched an attack on India through Imphal. On 29th February 1947, the Britishers agreed to transfer power to responsible Indian Hands. The long awaited Freedom of India came on Midnight of 14th - 15th August 1947. Due to paucity of time at their disposal, the Department of Posts could not come out with a Postage Stamp. But several labels, privately printed, were issued to celebrate the event. "Let's March on" label with Gandhiji, along with nine different labels in ten different colours were printed by New Jack Printing Press, Prabhadevi - Bombay. Thus 100 different labels are in this series. Beside these labels, many others were also issued.</span></div>
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<b> <br />"JAI HIND" - </b><b>First Slogan of Independent India </b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To celebrate the attainment of Independence, the Indian Post & Telegraph Department introduced a Special post mark and/or a slogan on 15th August 1947, reading "JAI HIND", in bilingual from all major post offices of India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">“JAI HIND" was the first commemorative post mark of Independent India, which was actually a war slogan of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the Supreme Commander of the Indian National Army which was adopted by Free India as National Slogan of the country - Bharat. A close scrutiny of this slogan post mark, reveals that the cancellation was produced locally by the post office concerned from a master drawing. The alphabets of the word "JAI HIND" in English and Hindi, varies from 61mm to 67mm, and the width varies from 11½mm to 15mm.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There is something more in this slogan, which has attracted me. After checking/collecting 100 of this slogan, I have came to a conclusion that this post mark was withdrawn on 31st December 1947. And it was reintroduced from Girdikot P.O./Jodhpur for the first time in June 1948. That is why, this post mark, found after 31st December 1947, are mainly (say more than 95%) are from this post office only, and the remaining 5% are the late use of the post mark. The late use of any post mark can not be ruled out as it was done at the whim of Postal Clerks. We even find early India cancellations of the 19th Century on Independent India stamps. <br /></span></div>
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Another interesting finding is pointing towards a fact that this slogan was withdrawn from Girdikot (which was the second main PO of Jodhpur) in April 1949, but reappeared in June 1949 in a new format from Jodhpur PO the new format is in a rectangular box measuring 51mm x 26mm and also reads "JAI HIND" in English and Hindi in two lines, with date, time and place in 3rd, 4th and 5th line respectively. The time and date are flanked with 3 wavy lines on each side. It was also used as a canceller. It remained in use until November 1955, according to my collection.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">My collection of this post mark reveals that this slogan was used from the different Post offices/towns. </span></i><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">"Jai Hind" Slogans were used from the following Post offices/towns.</span></i></b><br />
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="160"><div align="center">
<b>Name of the Town/Post office</b></div>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67"><div align="center">
<b>Length </b></div>
<div align="center">
<b>in mm</b></div>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56"><div align="center">
<b>Height </b></div>
<div align="center">
<b>in mm</b></div>
</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106"><div align="center">
<b>Date of </b></div>
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<b>Cancellation</b></div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">1. Ahmednager</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">65½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">02.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">2. Alibag</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">17.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">3. Amritsar</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">65</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">?</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">4. Bara Bazar (Calcutta)</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">61</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">23.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">5. Bareily</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">6. Baroda</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">65</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">13.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">7. Barrackpore</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">11½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">?</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">8. Bhavnager</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">9. Bhopal</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">?</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">11½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">04.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">10. Bijapur</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">?</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">11. Bijnor</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">25.11.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">12. Bikaneer</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">?</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">13. Bombay GPO</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">67</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">14. Bulandshahr</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">09.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">15. Calcutta GPO</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">16. Chapra</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">?</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">05.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">17. Chikmagalur</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">30.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">18. Cooch Behar</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">05.02.1959</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">19. Delhi</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">65</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">?</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">20. Dhanbad</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">03.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">21. Dharwar</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">65½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">24.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">22. Etar (si)</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">?</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">15</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">21.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">23. Fetehpur</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">17.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">24. Gaya</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">19.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">25. Girdikot (Jodhpur)</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">22.10.1948</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">26. Girgaon (Bombay)</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">15</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">16.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">27. Hissar</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">23.08.1948</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">28. Hoshiarpur</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">?</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">29. Hyderabad (Deccan)</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">30. Jaunpur</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">03.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">31. Jodhpur</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">28.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">32. Kalbadevi (Bombay)</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">06.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">33. Kotah</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">34. Kumbakonam</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">11½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">11.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">35. Laharia Sarai</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">02.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">36. Madras GPO</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">37. Mujaffar Nager</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">17.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">38. Neemuch </td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64 </td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14 </td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">??</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">39. New Delhi </td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">40. New Delhi GHQ PO</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">66</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">41. Nowgong (Assam)</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">42. Purnea</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">15.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">43. Rajkot</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12½</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">02.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">44. Ranchi</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">04.09.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">45. Sambhar Lake</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">62</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">26.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">46. Sangrur (Jind State)</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">14</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">20.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">47. Saugor</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">64</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">?</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">48. Sholapur</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">21.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">49. Simla</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">63</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="106">18.08.1947</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="160">50. Trivandrum</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="67">?</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="56">12</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="107">02.09.1947</td> </tr>
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<b><i>Courtesy: Mr. Ashok Kumar Bayanwala</i></b></div>
Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684809742796107366.post-37709803770193604832011-05-19T00:42:00.001+05:302011-05-21T11:57:23.756+05:30History of the Indian Post Office<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Readers,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Before we start discussing modern Indian postal history, let us have a look at an article on history of Indian Post Offices since its inception. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>- Prashant</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">History of the Indian Post Office</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 100.0%;" width="100%"></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">No other institution ever has come closer to human lives as the Post Office. Post office reaches every nook and corner of the country. This is one of the reasons why many of the Government, non-government organizations, when faced with difficulties of reaching the largest possible number of people, have thought of utilizing the agency of the Post Office for the purpose.<br />
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The Indian Post Office was recognized as a separate organization of national importance and was placed, for the first time, under the unitary control of a Director General of the Post Office in India on October 01, 1854. It thus completes 150 years of its operations this year. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Indian Postal System is not carved out of a single rock. The postal systems of more than 650 princely States, the district postal systems and Zamindari Dak were merged with the main British postal system. The bonding of the fragments has been so fine that one could be tempted to think that the institution is monolithic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lord Clive first established the postal system in the country in 1766. Later on Warren Hastings developed the system by establishing Calcutta Grand Post Office (GPO) under a Postmaster General in 1774. In other Presidencies of Madras and Bombay, it came into existence in 1786 and 1793. The Act of 1837 first regulated the Post Office on a uniform basis to unite the organization throughout the three Presidencies into one all India Service. The Post Office Act of 1854, however, reformed the entire fabric of the postal system with placing the Post Office of India on the present administrative footings on October 01, 1854.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In 1854, both the Posts and Telegraph departments were born. From the beginning, the set up was run on welfare lines. Profit was not the motto. In the second half of the 19th century the Government declared that so long as the Department payed its own expenses, nothing more was desired. The same trend continued even in the 20th century. The operations of post office and telegraph developed side by side. On the eve of the World War I, in 1914, both the departments were amalgamated. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Integration of Services</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The financial and political integration of the Indian States made it necessary and inevitable that the Government of India should pursue the policy of integration of the postal system of the Indian States with the larger postal system. There were States, which maintained district and independent postal organization with local postage stamps of their own. The letterboxes of these states were painted in green colour to distinguish them from the Indian Post Office letterboxes, which were painted red.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In 1908, it was found that out of the 652 native states in India, 635 States had cast their lot with the Indian Post Office. Only 15 States remained out; the outstanding ones being Hyderabad, Gwalior, Jaipur and Travnacore.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
A major reorganization of the Posts and Telegraph (P&T) Department took place in 1925. The accounts of the P & T were reconstituted to examine the fiscal profile of the Department. The attempt was to find out the extent to which it was imposing a burden on the tax payers or bringing in revenue to the Exchequer, how far each of the four constituent branches of the department, the Postal, Telegraph, Telephone and Wireless were contributing towards the result.<br />
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<b>Multifarious Activities</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Indian Postal service has not only confined to its main task of delivering letters and being an effective mode of communication. It might appear surprising but the Post office was maintaining the dak (post) bunglows and sarais in those early days. For well over three decades from 1830s, the Post Office also facilitated road journey of the passengers. A traveller could book his seat in any palki, boat, horse, coach and cart carrying mails and parcels on payment to the post office a fixed amount in advance and take rest on wayside dak chowkee, later on known as dak bungalow.<br />
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During the plague epidemic in the late 19th century, the Post Office was assigned the task of selling quinine packets. It is a country of joint families and small incomes where millions of rupees have to be sent in the shape of small sums. The money transactions were carried out through the agency of the 321 Government treasuries, located in district headquarters. In 1880, the extensive agency at the command of the 5090 Post Offices was handed over the transfer of small sums by way of Money Order, thereby obviating the difficulties of travelling to the district headquarters and identification of the payee.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
In 1884, Postal Life Insurance was born, to insure the lives of ‘native’ postal employees other than those in high positions since the insurance companies operating in India were unwilling to insure common natives.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<b>Freedom Struggle</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
When the nation went through turbulent times, the post office also suffered. It witnessed arson and loot after 1857. A Deputy Postmaster and an overseer were killed, a runner wounded and a number of Post Offices in Bihar, UP, North West Frontier Provinces (NWFP) were looted. In the NWFP and Oudh practically all communication lines were closed and quite a number of post offices could not be reopened for a whole year even after the violence had subsided. <br />
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Postal strikes of 1920, which lasted for about five months, caused complete dislocation of the postal services. In the 1942 Quit India movement, a number of Post Offices and letterboxes were set on fire and mails could only be exchanged with great difficulty. It led to dislocation of postal lines in many sectors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<b>Milestones</b><br />
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Over the years evolution of mail delivery has grown from foot to Speed-post and e-post. Post Card was introduced in 1879 while Value Payable Parcel (VPP), Parcel and Insurance were brought into being in 1877. Indian Postal Order had its origin in 1930. For faster delivery, Postal Index Number (PIN) Code was introduced in 1972. In view of fast emerging changes and scenario Postal and Telecom Departments were segregated in 1985. Speed-Post was launched in 1986 while keeping pace with the changing needs of the times, Metro/Rajdhani/Business Channels, EPS and Money Order via VSAT were introduced in 1994.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Postal Runner</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The postal runner finds a prominent place in the folklore in every traditional society. In India one comes across stories and poems on it in almost every regional language.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Earlier there was provision of providing a drummer to each runner while passing through forest tracts. In dangerous tracts an escort of two torchbearers and two archers were also supplied after nightfall. There were numerous instances of runners being carried away by tigers, drowned in flooded rivers, bitten by venomous snakes, buried in avalanches or murdered by robbers. The Director of Public Information, Government of India, informed the Parliament in 1923 that during the year 1921-22, there were 57 cases in which the mails were plundered by highway robbers as compared with 36 in the preceding year. Seven out of 457 cases were attended with loss of life and in 13 instances the mail carriers were wounded.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<b>Integrating Factor</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
The post office has helped bind the nation together, support the growth of commerce and ensure a free flow of ideas and information. The evolution of mail delivery grew from foot to horseback, stagecoach, railroad, automobile and airplane. The character, volume and transportation of mail have changed over the years. Today, emphasis is on postal mechanisation and automation, which have been undertaken to improve productivity and quality and provide access to quality postal services. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Postal services have social and economic functions that clearly go beyond a simple business rationale. This is especially true in the developing world. A reliable postal system is a critical component of the modern information and distribution infrastructure and an important catalyst for social and economic development and poverty reduction.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Welcome to the Glimpses of Modern Indian Philately Blog! </i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of postage stamps and covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems, various postal facilities and services etc.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Indian philately has found its due place on the map of world philately. Since Independence, several definitive and commemorative stamps portraying various aspects of the country’s life and culture have been issued. If we look back, we will find that since Independence many postal services were introduced out of which some were revised and few were discontinued. There were many postal services, which are not even known today. There are many facts which are not known to collectors. </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Postal History of Modern India is also very and vibrant and provides a vivid, varied and wealthy treasure of information. </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Idea of creating a blog ‘Glimpses of Modern Indian Philately’ is conceived to provide, share and discuss information exclusively on Modern Postal History or Modern Philately of India.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Collectors of Modern Indian Philately around the world are invited to share the knowledge and information on the subject.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Prashant Pandya</i></span></div></div>Indian Philatelists Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070689467203947898noreply@blogger.com3