King Edward VII Single Star Watermark

After Queen Victoria died, King Edward VII was crowned on 9th August 1902. He was proclaimed the emperor of India in the Delhi Durbar of 1903. A special cancellation was issued at the durbar to mark this occasion. 

The King Edward VII stamps were designed by De La Rue & Co., England. They were similar in design to the later V-ictoria stamp. The portrait of the king has a crown over his head, larger in the first stamps, and smaller later on. All stamps were printed with a single star watermark and jubilee lines on the edges of the sheets. 

The stamps were printed in the denominations of 3 pies, ½  anna, 1 anna, 2 annas, 2 annas 6 pies, 3 annas, 4 annas, 6 annas, 8 annas, 12 annas, 1 rupee, 2 rupees, 3 rupees, 5 rupees, 10 rupees, 15 rupees, and 25 rupees. For the first time in India, stamps were also published in booklets, for ½ anna and 1 anna. These booklets were made in Calcutta. 

The higher-value stamps were printed in limited numbers, and the 25 R one is especially rare.