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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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Gallery
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
- 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)
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
