India & States

The official philatelic history of India starts in 1852 when it became the first country in Asia to issue stamps, known as Scinde Dawks. The postal system of India has seen a myriad of varities, British, French and Portuguese colonials stamps, as well those issued by some of the many princely states in the subcontinent.

• Scinde Dawks

• Queen Victoria
  • 1854-55 First Lithographs
  • 1855 First Typographed Perforates
  • 1856-64 East India Postage
  • 1860 Crown Colony
  • 1865 Crown Colony
  • 1866-78 Crown Colony
  • 1882-90 Empire
  • 1891-98 Surcharged
  • 1892-99 Single Star Watermark
  • 1895 Large Format High Values
  • 1900-02 New Colours
  • Foreign Bills
  • On Her Majesty’s Service
  • Queen Victoria Telegraphs

• China Expeditionary Force

• King Edward VII
  • 1902-11 Single Star Watermark
  • 1905-07 Surcharged
  • King Edward VII Official

• Chamba
• Faridkot
• Gwalior

• Alwar
• Bahawalpur
• Bamra
• Barwani
• Bhopal
• Bhor
• Bijawar
• Bundi
• Bussahir
• Charkhari
• Cochin
• Dhar
• Dungarpur

• Duttia
• Hyderabad
• Idar
• Indore
• Jaipur
• Jammu & Kashmir
• Jasdan
• Jhalawar
• Kishangarh
• Kotah
• Las Bela
• Morvi
• Nandgaon

• Introduction
• First Definitives (1892 – 1903)
• Brahma and Kali Temple (1914)
• Brahma Red Cross (1915)
• Brahma and Kali Temple (1922)
• Brahma and Kali Temple Surcharged (1923)
• Brahma and Kali Temple (1929)
• Exposition Coloniale Internationale Paris (1931)
• Exposition Internationale Paris (1937)

• Introduction

• Indian Legion

• 1947 – Independence
• 1948 – Mourning 
• 1949
  • 1st Regular Issue (Archeology Series)
  • 75th Anniversary of Universal Postal Union
• 1950 – Inauguration of Republic of India
• 1951