Postage Stamps of India - Postage Stamps and Postal History of India, List of Postage Stamps of India (Paperback)

Chapters: Postage Stamps and Postal History of India, List of Postage Stamps of India, Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Postal Convention States of India, List of People on Stamps of India, Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Indian States, Inverted Head 4 Annas, Postage Stamps and Postal History of Portuguese India, Scinde Dawk, India 10 Rupees Mahatma Gandhi Postage Stamp, List of People on Stamps of Indian States, Azad Hind Stamps, List of Birds on Stamps of India, List of Birds on Stamps of Jaipur. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 95. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of India. The postal systems in India existed in various forms from before the Christian era. As the Portuguese, Dutch, French, Danish and British displaced the Mughals, their postal systems existed alongside those of nominally independent states. The British East India Company gradually displaced other powers and brought into existence a British administrative system all over India, with a need to establish and maintain official mail systems. Though the Indian Post Office was established in 1837, Asia's first stamp, the Scinde Dawk, was introduced by the local administration of the province of Sind in 1852. The Indian postal system developed into an extensive, dependable and robust network providing connectivity to almost all parts of India, Burma, the Straits Settlements and other areas controlled by the British East India Company. Based on the model postal system introduced in England by the reformer, Rowland Hill, postal services were provided at a low cost and enabled the smooth functioning of the administrative machinery of the British Raj. The Imperial Posts co-existed with the several postal systems maintained by various Indian states, s...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=27360