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INDIA 1866-1902, QUEEN VICTORIA

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Currency: 12 Pies = 1 Anna; 16 Annas = 1 Rupie

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1866 Queen Victoria, inscription 'EAST INDIA POSTAGE' various frames

  9 p violet
  4 a green
  6 a brown
  6 a 8 p grey
  12 a brown
  1 R grey

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Official stamps; overprinted 'Service' (1866)

  4 a green ('Service' small)
  4 a green ('Service' large)
  6 a 8 p grey ('Service' large)

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Official stamp; overprinted 'On H.M.S.'

  4 a green

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

For the specialist: all these stamps have watermark 'Elephant Head' and perforation 14.

(Typical cancels, reduced views)

1882 Queen Victoria, inscription 'INDIA POSTAGE'

(Typical cancel)

  3 p red
  3 p grey
  9 p red
  1/2 a green
  1 a red
  1 a brown
  1 a 6 p brown
  2 a blue
  2 a violet
  2 a 6 p green
  2 a 6 p blue
  3 a orange
  4 a olive
  4 a 6 p green
  8 a lilac
  12 a lilac on red
  1 R grey
  1 R red and green

Surcharged

  '1/4' on 1/2 a green (1898)
  '2 1/2 As' on 4 a 6 p green (1889)

The watermark on all these stamps is 'Star', the perforation is 14.

(Watermark 'Star')

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
3 p red	c	c
3 p grey	c	*
9 p	*	*
1/2 a	*	vc	Issued in yellowish green in 1900
1 a brown	*	c
1 a red	*	c
1 a 6 p	**	*
2 a blue	***	c
2 a violet	***	c
2 a 6 p green	**	c
2 a 6 p blue	***	*
3 a	**	*
4 a	**	*
4 a 6 p	***	**
8 a	***	*
12 a	***	**
1 R grey	***	*
1 R red and green	***	*
Surcharged
1/4 on 1/2 a	*	*
2 1/2 a on 4 a 6 p	**	*

Official stamps; overprinted 'On H.M.S.'

  3 p red
  1/2 a green
  1 a brown
  1 a red
  2 a blue
  2 a violet
  4 a olive
  8 a lilac
  1 R red and green

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Stamps with overprint 'POSTAL SERVICE' are fiscal stamps.

1895 Queen Victoria, large size

  2 R brown and red
  3 R green and brown
  5 R violet and blue

For the specialist, the watermark on the 1882 issue is 'Star', example:

(Star watermark on a 3 R stamp)

The perforation is 14 on these stamps.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
2 R	R	**
3 R	R	***
5 R	RR	R

Stamps with overprint 'POSTAL SERVICE' are fiscal stamps:

1900 Stamps used in China, stamps of 1882 overprinted 'C.E.F' (Chinese Expeditionary Forces)

  3 p red
  1/2 a green
  1 a brown
  1 a red (1902)
  2 a blue
  2 a 6 p green
  3 a orange
  4 a olive
  8 a lilac
  12 a lilac on red
  1 R red and green

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

For stamps of India issued from 1902 to 1935, click here.

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