1954, Mail Transport in 1854 INDIA 1 As (WITH cancellation 9 OCT 54) watermark

1954, Postal Transport in 1854  

Mail Transport in 1854 INDIA 1 As (WITH cancellation 9 OCT 54) 1954 watermark

Text:                     Mail Transport CENTENARY 1854 INDIA 1 As 1854-1954 
Condition:                           Ø = used/cancelled
Stamp Issue Date:            01/10/1954
Postage Stamp Denomination:1.00
Postal Stamp Serial Number:0348
Postal Stamp Name:      MAIL TRANSPORT
Stamp Currency:             A
Stamp Type:                      COMMEMORATIVE
Stamp Language:            English
Indian Stamp's Color:  Multicolour
Basic colour:                     Lilac
Exact colour:  
Usage:                                  Franking
Type:                                    Stamp
Theme:                                Transport
Yvert number:                  48
Scott number:  
Stanley Gibbons number: 348
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INDIA ISSUED HER FIRST OFFICIAL POSTAGE STAMPS AS MEANS OF PREPAYMENT OF POSTAGE, ON 1ST OCTOBER 1854. TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF THE EVENT, FOUR POSTAGE STAMPS DEPICTING THE EARLIER AND MODERN MODES OF TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL WERE ISSUED IN FOUR DENOMINATION OF 1 ANNA, 2 ANNAS, 4 ANNAS AND 14 ANNAS

The currency used on stamps was Rupia, Anna Paisa & Pies.

This represented the currency arrangements during the transition period upto the establishment of the Indian Republic. The Monetary System remained unchanged at One Rupee consisting of 192 pies.

1 Rupee = 16 Annas

1 Anna = 4 Pice

1 Pice = 3 Pies