Postal Service

The British Postal Museum & Archive have produce this very informative information sheet on The Postal History of India

Related Articles

• India Postal Establishments 1868 - 1900 indicating where employee records might be found.
• Lists of Civil Engineers and European and East Indian Uncovenanted Servants employed in the Public Works, Military and Postal Departments 1884 -1900
• Post and Telegraphs Department

Gallery

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  Post Office Tirimulgherry
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  Post Office Simla
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  General Post Office Calcutta
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  The General Post Office Bombay
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  Her Majesty's Mail Boat on the Magna

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"

• 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

• The British Postal Museum & Archive
• Postage stamps and postal history of India - Wikipedia
• The Postal History of India
• History of Postal Communications in India by Sangeeta Deogawanka
• Robert S. Cragg’s World Postmarks
  • 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
  • Pakistan, Burma
• Sinai & Gaza - Part 3: World War I, British Empire and Allies by Edmund Hall (ESC 239) QC (Quarterly Circular) September Quarter 2012, p156-165. This is a journal/publication of the Egyptian Study Circle, UK (Egyptian Philately)
• Forces Postal History Society: Books in the Library forcespostalhistorysociety.org.uk. Scroll down to India.

Historical books online

• Stamps Of India: Digital Bookshelf. Indian Postal Guide 1869-1875, Indian Postal Manual 1855, 1859, 1873 and Indian Post Office Annual Report 1854-1856
• Indian Postal Guide 1907. Alternative link, same file
• The Post Office of India in the Great War edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org Contents