Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
जय हिन्द in Devanagari and the four-lion capital: independent India.
- 1जय हिन्द
- 2INDIA POSTAGE
- Inscription
- जय हिन्द · 15TH AUG 1947 · INDIA POSTAGE · आना
- Meaning
- जय हिन्द (Jai Hind) is Hindi for “Victory to India”; आना is anna.
- Issued by
- Dominion of India
- Today
- India Flag of India
- Year
- 1947. Issued 15 December 1947.
One fact
Independent India’s first stamps show the national flag, the Ashokan lion capital and an aircraft; the flag stamp came first, on 21 November 1947.
Source and public-domain rule
India, Government work published more than 60 years ago. Government work published 1947: 60 years ended in 2007. 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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