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| 1946, King George VI Victory Issue |
King George VI Victory Issue INDIA 1½ Annas (Released 2nd jan 1946) 1946 watermark
Text : Victory INDIA Postage 1½ Annas 1945
Condition: Ø =used/cancelled
Title:
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King George VI
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|---|---|
Face value:
| 1 ½ A |
Country/area:
| India |
Year:
| 1946 |
Set:
| 1946 King George VI |
Stamp number in set:
| 2 |
Basic colour:
| Violet |
Exact colour:
| |
Usage:
| Franking |
Type:
| Stamp |
Theme:
| Kings |
Geographical themes:
| |
Person themes:
| |
Stamp subject:
| |
Michel number:
| 179 |
Yvert number:
| 175 |
Scott number:
| |
Stanley Gibbons number:
| 279 |
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
The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945). The Allies became involved in World War II either because they had already been invaded, were directly threatened with invasion by the Axis or because they were concerned that the Axis powers would come to control the world.[1]
The anti-German coalition at the start of the war (1 September 1939) consisted ofFrance, Poland and the United Kingdom, soon to be joined by the British dominions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa).[2] After 1941, the leaders of theUnited States of America, the British Commonwealth, and theSoviet Union known as the "Big Three",[3] held leadership of the allied powers. China,[4][5][6] at that time, was also a major Ally.[7] Other Allies included Belgium,Brazil, Czechoslovakia,Ethiopia, Greece, India (as part of the British Empire), Mexico, the Netherlands,Norway and Canada.[8]
During December 1941, US President Franklin Roosevelt devised the name "United Nations" for the Allies. He referred to the Big Three and China as a "trusteeship of the powerful", and then later the "Four Policemen".[9] The Declaration by United Nations on 1 January 1942 was the basis of the modern United Nations (UN).[10] At the Potsdam Conference of July–August 1945, Roosevelt's successor, Harry S. Truman, proposed that the foreign ministers of China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States "should draft the peace treaties and boundary settlements of Europe", which led to the creation of the Council of Foreign Ministers.[11]
British India (including the areas and peoples covered by the later Republic of India,Bangladesh, Pakistan and Burma) and territories controlled by the Colonial Office, namely the Crown Colonies, were controlled politically by the UK and therefore also entered hostilities with Britain's declaration of war. At the outbreak of World War II, the Indian army numbered 205,000 men. Later during World War II the Indian Army became the largest all-volunteer force in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in size.[10] These forces included tank, artillery and airborne forces. Indian soldiers earned 30 Victoria Crosses during the Second World War. It suffered 1,500,000 civilian casualties (more than the United Kingdom), mainly from the Bengal famine of 1943 caused by the fall of Burma to the Japanese[25]and the transfer of food to the war effort, and 87,000 military casualties (more than any Crown colony but fewer than the United Kingdom). The UK suffered 382,000 military casualties.
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