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==Military Campaigns histories==
The following books are available at the [[British Library]]
*''History of the Indian Army Postal Service''  by Edward B. Proud. ''Volume 1, 1854-1913. Volume 2, 1914-1931. Volume 3 1931-14 August 1947''
:A description of Volume 1 states "exceptional compilation of places, postmarks and illustrations for this highly complicated subject"<ref>[http://www.davidfeldman.com/shop/philatelic-literature/india/history-of-the-indian-army-postal-service-volume-1-by-proud.html  ''History of the Indian Army Postal Service Volume1, 1854-1913'' by Edward B. Proud]</ref>
*''Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: Sikkim-Tibet, 1903-1908'' by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk
*''Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: C.E.F. : the China Expeditionary Force, 1900-1923'' by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk
*''Indian Army Post Offices in the Second World War''  by D.S. Virk.


== External links ==
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**[http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/IndiaandStates.htm  India and States]  Pre-Independence India and Princely States.  Sourced from ''English Names for Indian Places; a Coded Index of Indian Post Offices'' by Marcus F C Martin, published 1966. Available at the [[British Library]]
**[http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/IndiaandStates.htm  India and States]  Pre-Independence India and Princely States.  Sourced from ''English Names for Indian Places; a Coded Index of Indian Post Offices'' by Marcus F C Martin, published 1966. Available at the [[British Library]]
**[http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/pakistan.htm Pakistan], [http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/burma.htm Burma]
**[http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/pakistan.htm Pakistan], [http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/burma.htm Burma]
==Historical books online==
*[http://stampsofindia.com/Host/digitalbookshelf.htm Stamps Of India: Digital Bookshelf]. ''Indian Postal Guide'' 1869-1875,'' Indian Postal Manual'' 1855, 1859, 1873 and ''Indian Post Office Annual Report 1854-1856''
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Post Office of India in the Great War''] edited by H.A. Sams  1922 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n11/mode/2up Contents]
== References ==
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The British Postal Museum & Archive have produce this very informative information sheet on The Postal History of India

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Military Campaigns histories

The following books are available at the British Library

  • History of the Indian Army Postal Service by Edward B. Proud. Volume 1, 1854-1913. Volume 2, 1914-1931. Volume 3 1931-14 August 1947
A description of Volume 1 states "exceptional compilation of places, postmarks and illustrations for this highly complicated subject"[1]
  • Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: Sikkim-Tibet, 1903-1908 by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk
  • Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: C.E.F. : the China Expeditionary Force, 1900-1923 by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk
  • Indian Army Post Offices in the Second World War by D.S. Virk.

External links

Historical books online

References