| Postal Stamp Image |
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| Stamp Issue Date |
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20/01/1989 |
| Postage Stamp Dinomination |
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1.50 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number |
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1359 |
| Postal Stamp Name |
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TRAVELLERS COACH AND MAIL CART |
| Stamp Information |
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India 89 World Philatelic Exhibition the Department of Posts has issued four sets of stamps in 1987 and 1988. |
| Philatelic Stamp Description |
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The stamp shows a Traveller's Coach and Post Office, better known as Dawk Gharee (mailcart). The first wheeled cart was used in 1841 in Meerut by one Mr. Smith. Thereafter post offices hired whel carts. In 1842, the service was introduced between "Mynpooree" and "Allyghur" and later from Aligarh to Delhi and Meerut. the illustrated Dawk Gharee belonged to Mr. Beacon of M/s. Greenway and Company, Calcutta. The Company held a licence to carry the Rayal Mail/Foreign Mail between Calcutta, Diamong Harbour and Barrackpore. They also carried mail and passengers on the Calcutta-Banaras-Patna route. The coachman announced his approach whirling his bell-studded whip and sounding his bugle. (Design for stamp and text courtesy: Manik Jain, who has drawn on G.F. Atkinson's "The Ingredients of Social life in India" and William Carey's "the Good Old Days of John Company"). |
| Stamp Currency |
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R |
| Stamp Type |
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COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language |
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English |
| Stamp Overall Size |
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3.91 X 2.90 cms |
| Postal Stamp Print Size |
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3.55 X 2.5 cms. |
| Number of Stamps Per Sheet |
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12 |
| Stamp Perforations |
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13 x 13 |
| Postal Stamp Shape |
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Horizontal |
| Postage Stamp Paper |
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Unwatermarked adhesive Gravure coated stamp paper |
| Indian Stamp Process |
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Photogravure |
| Number of stamps printed |
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15,00,000 |
| Stamp Printed At |
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India Security Press |
| Indian Stamp's Color |
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Multicolour |
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