Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
INDIA POSTAGE and the British king: British India.
- 1INDIA POSTAGE
- 2INAUGURATION OF NEW DELHI 1931
- Inscription
- INDIA POSTAGE · INAUGURATION OF NEW DELHI 1931 · ½ A
- Meaning
- INDIA POSTAGE, with the British king on the right.
- Issued by
- British India
- Today
- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar
- Year
- 1931. Issued 1931.
- Made by
- H. W. Barr (design)
One fact
The set marked the inauguration of New Delhi as the capital; this value shows the War Memorial Arch, now India Gate.
Source and public-domain rule
India, Government work published more than 60 years ago. Government work published 1931. Copyright in a Government work, where the Government is the first owner, lasts sixty years from the beginning of the year after first publication. Indian postage stamps are made by or under the direction of the Government. Legal sources: Copyright Act 1957, s. 28 (Government works.
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