Indian Postal History

**INDEX**
00. Introduction
1947	1949
01. India became Independent	16. 1949 Night Airmail Service
02. First Special Postmark of Independent India	16A. Night Airmail Service Air Crashes
03. First Postage Stamp of Independent India	17. Air Parcel Service
04. Postal Circles In India	18. All Up Scheme
1948	19. Urban Mobile Post Office 1 & 2
05. Postal Holidays	20. Archaeological Series
06. Mahatma Gandhi Assassinated	21. Amalgamation of States' Post Offices
07. Delivery Zone Numbers	22. Discontinuance of O.H.M.S.
08. Air India International	22A. Meter Stamps
09. Pakistan Treated as Foreign Country	23. Republic of India
10. Persian Gulf Countries	24. Local Delivery
11. Indian Embassy, Nepal	25. Introduction of Weekly Off
12. The stamp that was valid for a day only!	25A. Foreign Express Delivery Service
13. Gandhi - First Indian on Stamps of India	26. Inland Letter Card
14. First stationery of Independent India	27. Night Post Office
15. Express Inland Air Services

1951	1953
28. Air Mail Money Order	35. Nationalization of Air Transport
29. Acknowledgement Fee on Insured Mail	35A. First Military Overprint Stamps
29A. Insured Articles by Air	35B. First Souvenir Sheet
30. Health Seals	36. Hindi The Official Language
30A. Pictorial Postcards	37. Postcard Vending Machines
31. Compulsory Registration	1954
32. Green Cross Lines Registered Letter	38. Overprinted Postal Label
1952	39. Postcard Rules
33. Post Office Reaching to Villages	40. Demonetization of Pre Independence Stamps
33A. First Photogravure Stamps	41. Centenary of India Postage Stamps
34. P & T Training Centre	42. Merger of French Settlements in India
	43. Portuguese India
	43A. Airmail Zones
	43B. International Prize for An Indian Stamp
	43C. First Postal Forgery Since Independence

1947-1957 Postage Stamps	Instructional Postmarks
1947-1957 Postage Stationery
1947-1957 Air Mail Service
1947-1957 Perfins
1947-1957 Postal Rates
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