INDIA

Stamps inscribed 'India' and ''.

1852 - 1948 British Colonial Issues
1948 -> Indipendent republic

From 1852: 1 Rupee = 16 Annas, 1 Anna = 12 Pies
From 1957: 1 Rupee (INR) = 100 [Naye] Paise
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DOMESTIC CATS

Issue Item code Item type Face value Remarks
1974 Children's Day IN19741114 ST 0_25 Stamp 0.25 Cat Drawing
MI 611
IN19741114 FDC 0_25 First Day Cover 0.25 Cat Drawing
1977 Children's Day IN19771114 ST 0_25 Stamp 0.25 Cat Drawing by Nikur Dilipbhai
MI 740
IN19771114 FDC 1_25 First Day Cover 1.25 Cat Drawing by Nikur Dilipbhai
1980 CLT PEX '80 IN19801220_29 PMK 700029 Pictorial Postmark - Unspecified Breed
Drawing with a bird and its chick and a tiny cat looking 'around' the postmark edge. We quite frankly wouldn't have noticed if it wasn't for the description in the press release....
1990 Children's Day IN19901114 ST 1_00 Stamp 1.00 Cat Drawing: "Doll and Cats" by Subhash Kumar Nagarajan
MI 1273
2000 'Greeting Post' Postal Stationary IN2000XXXX PSE 4_00 179 Pre-stamped Envelope 4.00 Cat Drawing by Shubham Bansal (aged 6)
Sold at INR 13 including New Year's Greeting Card of same design
IN2000XXXX MISC 179 Greeting Card 4.00 Cat Drawing by Shubham Bansal (aged 6)
Sold at INR 13 with IN2000XXXX PSE 4_00 179
2002 'Greeting Post' Postal Stationary IN2002XXXX PSE 5_00 192 Pre-stamped Envelope 5.00 Cat Drawing by Pragya Jain
Sold at INR 14 including Birthday Greeting Card of same design
IN2002XXXX MISC 192 Greeting Card 5.00 Cat Drawing by Pragya Jain
Sold at INR 14 with IN2002XXXX PSE 5_00 192
IN2002XXXX PSE 5_00 210 Pre-stamped Envelope 5.00 Cat Drawing by Swetha Nigam
Sold at INR 17 including Greeting Card of same design
IN2002XXXX MISC 210 Pre-stamped Envelope 5.00 Cat Drawing by Swetha Nigam
Sold at INR 17 with IN2002XXXX PSE 5_00 210
2005 Black Cat Philex IN20050115 PMK 99APO Commemorative Postmark - Unspecified Breed
Black Cat Silhouette, 99 APO (Army Post Office)
IN20050115 COM 99APO Commemorative cover 5.00 Unspecified Breed
Black Cat Silhouette, 99 APO (Army Post Office)
Army Postal Service cover 01/2005
IN20050115 MISC BRO Brochure - Unspecified Breed
Black Cat Silhouette, 99 APO (Army Post Office)
Black Cat Philex Brochure
2008 2010 Commonwealth Games IN20081018 MS 15_00 Miniature Sheet 15.00 (franking value 5.00) Cartoon Cat
2002 Games Mascot "Kit" (on selvedge)
also features 2010 Games Mascot "Shera", see India Wild Cats
single-stamp MS
MI B59
IN20081018 FDC 15_00 First Day Cover 15.00 Cartoon Cat
2002 Games Mascot "Kit" (on selvedge)
FDC with MS

Compiled by Geir Arveng with additional information from T.S.Tan, Nahum Shereshevsky, Lallan P. Singh,
and Marci Jarvis
Latest update: 25 July 2011