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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''. British Library references UIN: BLL01006683737, UIN: BLL01005695395, UIN: BLL01006683720 :A description of Volume 1 states "exceptional compilation of places, postmarks and illustrations for this highly complicated subject".<ref>[Originally from the link now no longer available <nowiki>http://www.davidfeldman.com/shop/philatelic-literature/india/history-of-the-indian-army-postal-service-volume-1-by-proud.html </nowiki> ''History of the Indian Army Postal Service Volume 1, 1854-1913'' by Edward B. Proud]</ref>*''Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: Sikkim-Tibet, 1903-1908'' by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk. UIN: BLL01006689827 *''Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: C.E.F. : the China Expeditionary Force, 1900-1923'' by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk. UIN: BLL01013430218 *''The Postal History of the Army of the Black Sea : 1918 - 1923'' by John Slingsby. British Library reference UIN: BLL01013055463. Includes the British and Indian occupation forces in the Balkans, Turkey, South Russia and Transcaucasia. Also covered are the Army's brief connections with Transcaspia and the North Persia Force<ref>Description of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130803022058/http://www.rossitertrust.com/bookblacksea.shtml ''The Postal History of the Army of the Black Sea : 1918 - 1923''] by John Slingsby. rossitertrust.com, now an archived webpage.</ref>*''Indian Army Post Offices in the Second World War'' by D.S. Virk.UIN: BLL01011835154
*''The postal history of the British Army in World War I - before and after, 1903 to 1929 : an illustrated reference book of British Army postmarks and their location at home and abroad during the campaigns of the war and also on manoeuvres, operations and post war occupations, with relevant historical and postal information'' by Alistair Kennedy and George Crabb. Published 1977. British Library reference UIN: BLL01008814550. Limited edition of 600 numbered copies.
*''A priced checklist of British army & field post offices, 1914-1919'' edited by Charles R. Entwistle, published 1997. British Library reference UIN: BLL01008158685
== External links ==
*[httphttps://www.postalheritagepostalmuseum.org.uk/ The British Postal Museum & Archive]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_India Postage stamps and postal history of India] - Wikipedia
*[http://www.rjbw.net/IndiaUA.html The Postal History of India]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160320070106/http://www.stampsofindia.com/readroom/SDHPC.htm History of Postal Communications in India] by Sangeeta Deogawankastampsofindia.com, now archived. Ancient and Medieval India.
*[http://astrotalkuk.org/2014/05/06/indias-forgotten-rocketeer-2/ "Stephen H Smith – India’s forgotten rocketeer"] by Gurbir Singh. astrotalkuk.org
*Robert S. Cragg’s [http://worldpostmarks.net/aboutthesite.htm World Postmarks]
**[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/pakistanPakistan.htm Pakistan], [http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/burmaBurma.htm Burma]
*[http://www.egyptstudycircle.org.uk/Articles/p156QC241.pdf 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)
*[http://www.forcespostalhistorysociety.org.uk/society/library/country.html Forces Postal History Society: Books in the Library] forcespostalhistorysociety.org.uk. Scroll down to India.
==Historical books online==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160726071509/http://www.stampsofindia.com/Host/digitalbookshelf.htm Stamps Of India: Digital Bookshelf], now an archived webpage. ''Indian Postal Guide'' 1869-1875,'' Indian Postal Manual'' 1855, 1859, 1873 and ''Indian Post Office Annual Report 1854-1856''. '''Note''', at least some of the archived pdf links still are accessible, but may be slow to load.
*''The Adhesive Stamps of British India Surcharged for Native States'' by Charles Stewart-Wilson [https://archive.org/details/BritishIndiaAdhesiveStampsSurchargedForNativeStatesPartI-Chamba ''Part I - Chamba Faridkot Gwalior''] 1897 [https://archive.org/details/BritishIndiaAdhesiveStampsSurchargedForNativeStatesPartIi-Jhind ''Part II - Jhind Nabha Patiala''] 1898. Archive.org. A publication of the Philatetic Society of India
*[httphttps://hdlarchive.handleorg/details/in.neternet.dli.2015.109885/10689page/23867 n5 ''Indian Postal Guide''] 1907. [http://dspace.wbpublibnetArchive.gov.in:8080/jspui/handle/10689/23867 Alternative link, same file] DSpace, West Bengal State Central Libraryorg.
*[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]
