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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 -
Post Office Simla -
General Post Office Calcutta -
The General Post Office Bombay -
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"[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
- The British Postal Museum & Archive
- Postage stamps and postal history of India - Wikipedia
- The Postal History of India
- Stamps and postal history of India - NationMaster.com
- 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
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
- The Post Office of India in the Great War edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org Contents
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