Resources for Indian Exhibiting

A  PowerPoint presentation, The 1935 Quetta Earthquake,  with all available postal information about this event

All information needed to write up an exhibit of Indian telegraph stamps. Includes India and Jammu and Kashmir.

Indian Travelling Post Offices from 1864 to the 1980s presented by the TPO & Seapost Society

There are 1,166 cataloged Tuck postcards of India. This Data Base of Tuck postcards  (almost 20,000 cards in all!) makes them  all available and searchable by keyword

There was a 24 year period, from 1938 to 1962, in which I Indian Stamps were demonetized and could no longer be used for postage.  Madhukar and Savita Jhingan  explain this.

This write-up of Indian Charity Label from World War I is fascinating. It iincludes :Our Day", "Madras War Fund and "Central Provinces Relief Fund."  

259 different Indian  Coats of Arms that can be used for Title Pages or for headers for exhibits from any of these areas. 

Bates & Hindmarch have an extradinory stock including Durbars, Viceroys and the East India Company. 

Prashant H. Pandya 's excellent 2003 treatise on this little known aspect of the Imperial Post Office.in Baroda 

The most complete treatment of the  1905 Royal Visit to India by the Prince of Wales  I have ever seen with more information and material than I knew existed.

A Short Introduction To The Philately Of Palestine

Indian Field Post in Palestine

and the Occupied Enemy Territories 1914-1923

Perfin catalogs for postage and revenue stamps and stationery of India, Indian Stages, Burma, Pakistan and Nepal.

  A comprehensive treatment of the more than 40 entities involved in printing Indian stamps from Alizah Printing Press (Gwalior overprints )  to the Times of India Press (Barwani) stamps.

A series of articles by Ashok Kumar Bayanwala in the Reading Room section of Stamps of India's website  

Thomas Waghorn  promoted  the idea of a route from GB India   through Egypt prior to the  the Suez Canal. This reduced the journey from 11,000 miles  to 6,000 miles and from 3 months, to 35 - 45 days.  This is his story.

GB's postal stationery was printed by Da La Rue, the same firm that printed India's postal stationery. Understanding GB's  stationery designs can increase understanding of India's designs. 

 Notes on the postmarks and postal history of Aden in the classic period 1840-1900., prepared by Sismondo Stamps.

Treatise by Ajeet Singhee on exhibiting Indian Postal Stationery

Stamps of India makes Indian Postal Guides for 1869 - 1872 and Indian Postal Manuals for 1855, 1859 and 1873 available for download. Very useful resources for students of the period.

Exponet has over 1,000 exhibits. These are the Indian stamp exhibits on Exponet.

A specialized web site focusing on  Postal History of Himalayan Mountaineering Expeditions in the 1920s.

Postal Himal is the Quarterly Bulletin of the Nepal and Tibet Study Circle. This online archive makes copies of their bulletin available to all.

Indian Post Office During WWI Era 1914-1924. Presentation at ROMPEX. Prepared by Robert Grey 

A record of the Prince's travels including Information related to the philatelic aspects of the Prince of Wale's visit to India 1921-22.

A comprehensive treatment of Meghdoot cards by year, language(s) and subjects by  Praful K.Thakkar, 

An extensive overview of these prepared-but- never-issued stamps for the planned Provisional Government of Free India  (Arzi Hakumat-e-Azad Hind) under Subhas Chandra Bose's government in exile

Princely States prepared stamps/labels to raise money for war efforts in WWII.  This blog addresses the War Tax stamps States of Tonk, Datia, Mysore.  Banganapalli ,  Jhalawar,  
Chhatarpur and  Dewas Junior. It is a huge blog site.

While this article focuses more on leaflets and postcards, there are some Indian cinderella stamps included. Many of the images are unfamiliar to Westerners and are a visual treat.

Even more information about war stamps, hospital fund stamps and poster stamps from two World Wars.

Aditya Asthana 's five-frame gold medal exhibit of the postal markings, routes and rates for mails to and from Cawnpore with emphasis has been laid on the routes of the mail transported.  

A wide-ranging illustrated discussion on a stamp board of India's flag on worldwide stamps and postal stationery. From 2010 so not updated past that date.

War contribution stamps from Tonk, Datia, Mysore and other Princely States.

A stamp exhibit of Indore from Indipex 2011 with commentary and discussion including Indore's special postal arrangement with Gwalior.

De La Rue printed stamps for Great Britain and India. We can learn about the production of Indian stamps by looking at those of GB.