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Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith,  usually abbreviated to Stephen H Smith  founded,  during the 1920s,  the Calcutta Philatelic Club and the Aero Philatelic Club of India (which changed its name to the Indian Airmail Society on 19th January 1930). Smith wrote ''Indian Airways'', a work in three volumes detailing the first and special flights within and through India up to March 1930. In 1927, he authored a small book, ''The World Flyer’s Danger Zone'' covering the hazards of mail flights south east from Calcutta across the Bay of Bengal to Burma and Thailand.   
Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith,  usually abbreviated to Stephen H Smith  founded,  during the 1920s,  the Calcutta Philatelic Club and the Aero Philatelic Club of India (which changed its name to the Indian Airmail Society on 19th January 1930). Smith wrote ''Indian Airways'', a work in three volumes detailing the first and special flights within and through India up to March 1930. In 1927, he authored a small book, ''The World Flyer’s Danger Zone'' covering the hazards of mail flights south east from Calcutta across the Bay of Bengal to Burma and Thailand.   


He was a man of vision and also conducted numerous practical experiments to understand and promulgate the potential of rocket power as a mechanism for transport. Smith launched almost 300 rockets between 1934 and 1945 working mostly unfunded and primarily alone. <ref>[http://astrotalkuk.org/2014/05/06/indias-forgotten-rocketeer-2/ ?Stephen H Smith – India’s forgotten rocketeer"] by Gurbir Singh. astrotalkuk.org</ref>
He was a man of vision and also conducted numerous practical experiments to understand and promulgate the potential of rocket power as a mechanism for transport. Smith launched almost 300 rockets between 1934 and 1945 working mostly unfunded and primarily alone. <ref>[http://astrotalkuk.org/2014/05/06/indias-forgotten-rocketeer-2/ "Stephen H Smith – India’s forgotten rocketeer"] by Gurbir Singh. astrotalkuk.org</ref>


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Revision as of 08:00, 3 September 2016

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.

Stephen H Smith 1891-1951

Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith, usually abbreviated to Stephen H Smith founded, during the 1920s, the Calcutta Philatelic Club and the Aero Philatelic Club of India (which changed its name to the Indian Airmail Society on 19th January 1930). Smith wrote Indian Airways, a work in three volumes detailing the first and special flights within and through India up to March 1930. In 1927, he authored a small book, The World Flyer’s Danger Zone covering the hazards of mail flights south east from Calcutta across the Bay of Bengal to Burma and Thailand.

He was a man of vision and also conducted numerous practical experiments to understand and promulgate the potential of rocket power as a mechanism for transport. Smith launched almost 300 rockets between 1934 and 1945 working mostly unfunded and primarily alone. [2]

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Historical books online

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