RevenuestampsofIndia

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Indiahasbeenaheavyuserofrevenuestamps,bothbeforeandafter
independence.Thefirstrevenueswereissuedinthemidnineteenthcentury
andtheyarestillbeingissuedtothisday.Apartfromissuesforthewholeof
India,manyprincelystates,provincesandotherstatesalsohadorstillhave
theirownrevenuestampissues.[1]

Contents
1 Beforeindependence
2 Afterindependence
3 Stateissues
4 Stampedpaperandhundis
5 FrenchandPortugueseIndia
6 Seealso

An18613Rupee
ForeignBillstampof
BritishIndia.

7 References
8 Furtherreading
9 Externallinks

Beforeindependence
Beforeindependence,Indianrevenuestampswereclosely
modelledonsimilardesignsfromGreatBritain,oftenusinga
keytypedesign.Keytypeswereusedforseveraltypesof
revenue,including:
Agreement
Broker'sNote
Consular
Custodian'sFee
Entertainments(specialissuesforBengal,Bombayandthe
UnitedProvinces)
ForeignBill
HighCourtNotarial
Insurance
Notarial
Revenue(Bombayonly)

ApairofTelegraphstamps
overprintedforuseasCourtFee
stampsin1870.

ShareTransfer
SmallCauseCourt(Calcuttaonly)
SpecialAdhesive(includingoverprintsforVakil)
Sometaxes,however,hadspecialstamps,andthesewere:
CentralExcise
CourtFees(includingissuesforCopiesandService)
Customs
ForeignBill
ForestDepartment
HighCourt(includingissuesforAdvocate,AttorneyandNotarial)
InsuranceAgentLicenceFee
MatchTax
Notarial
Petition
PostalNote
PostalService
Revenue(orReceipt)
ShareTransfer
SmallCauseCourt(includingspecialissuesforCalcuttaandMadras)
SpecialAdhesive(includingoverprintsforVakil)
TobaccoExcise
Inaddition,numerousrevenuestampsofuniquedesignswereissuedbythePrincelyStatesofIndia.

Afterindependence
Afterindependence,Indianrevenuestampschangedtoinclude
theLionCapitalofAsokabutstillusingakeytypeformat.
Variousdifferentdesignsofkeytypeswereused,withthelatest
onebeingfromaround2007tothisday.Keytypeswereusedfor
thefollowingpurposes:
Agreement
Broker'sNote
Consular
Custodian'sFee
ForeignBill
HighCourtNotarial
Insurance
Notarial
ShareTransfer
SmallCauseCourt(Calcuttaonly)
SpecialAdhesive
Ofthese,Insurance,Notarial,SpecialAdhesiveaswellassome
othersarestillinuse.
Specialstampswerealsousedforseveralotherpurposes.These
were:
BroadcastingRadioLicenceFee

Consularstampsusedonapassport
pagein1975.

CentralExcise
CentralRecruitmentFee
Customs
ForeignTravelTax(formerlyPassengerServiceFee)
Insurance
MatchTax
Passport
Revenue
SocialSecurity
TobaccoExcise

Stateissues
Atleast300Indianprincelystatesissuedtheirown
revenuestamps.[2]Mostofthesestoppedhaving
separaterevenuesastheyweredissolvedafter
independence,howeversomestatessuchasJaipur
andSikkimcontinuedtodosountilthe1960sas
theybecamestatesofindependentIndia.Thestateof
JammuandKashmirstillhasitsownrevenuestamps
tothisdayduetoitsspecialstatusinarticle370of
theIndianconstitution.Someotherstateswhich
werecreatedafterindependencesuchasAssamand
MadhyaBharatalsoissuedstamps.
Meanwhile,manyrevenueissuesbothbeforeand
afterindependenceexistwithprovincialorstate
overprints.Overprintsareknownfromabout75
differentstates.[3][4]

Travancore18871aSpecialAdhesivestamps

Stampedpaperandhundis
Indiahasbeenaveryheavyuserofstampedpaper,bothbeforeandafter
independence.
Inaddition,hundis,analternativemoneytransmissionsystemwidelyused
intheIndiansubcontinent,oftenbearapreprintedrevenuestamp.[5]

FrenchandPortugueseIndia
FrenchIndiahadseparaterevenuestampsuntil1954.Afteritbecamepart
ofIndia,Pondicherryissuedseveralrevenues.InitiallyFrenchIndiastamps
weresurchargedinIndiancurrency,andlaterseparatestampswereissued
inscribedeitherTimbreMobileorTimbreQuittance.LaterPondicherry
AusedIndian12Anna
overprintedIndianrevenueswiththenameofthestate,annastampswere
stampedpaperdated
usedbeforeandafterindependencedenominationslike2annas,whichwill
1938.
begraduallybecomepartofrevenue,laterdenominatioslike10rsand20rs
inlate70sprofussinglybuttheintroductionofthethesestampsin1978and
later,higherdenominationslike50rsand100rswerehavingthehighestcapabilityinrevenueandduties
laterandthiscontinuedtothe1980,PortugueseIndiaalsoissueditsownrevenues.In1954,Dadraand

NagarHaveliwasliberatedfromPortugueseIndiaanditissueda
singlerevenuestamp.AftertheliberationofGoain1961,
PortugueseIndianrevenueswereoverprintedwithnewvaluesin
IndiancurrencyforuseasCourtFeeorRevenuestamps.Later
variousIndianrevenueswereoverprintedGoa,Daman&Diu
foruseintheformerPortugueseterritories.Thiscontinueduntil
the1970s.

Seealso
PostagestampsandpostalhistoryofIndia
RevenuestampsofBangladesh
RevenuestampsofBurma
RevenuestampsofPakistan

A1951hundiofBombayProvince
forRs2500withapreprinted6a
revenuestamp.

References
1.Barefoot,John.BritishCommonwealthRevenues.9thedition.York:J.Barefoot,2012,pp.169211.ISBN
0906845726
2.States.(http://www.indiastaterevenues.com/states.html)ern,Ji,2003.Retrieved4December2013.
3.ern,Ji.CandidateWorkforRevenuePhilatelyonthethemeRevenueStampsofthePrincelyStatesof
India,2009
4.IndiaRevenueCourtfeeInsuranceSharetransferfiscalstamps.
(http://www.indiastamp.blogspot.com/2013/10/indiarevenuecourtfeeinsuranceshare.html)Heritageof
Indianstampsblog,2013.Retrieved4December2013.
5.Hundi(Indianbillofexchange),
(http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/h/hundi_indian_bill_of_exchange.asp
x)BritishMuseum,2013.Retrieved26November2013.Archivedhere.
(http://web.archive.org/web/20131126011955/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_obje
cts/cm/h/hundi_indian_bill_of_exchange.aspx)

Furtherreading
Koeppel,Adolph.TheCourtFeeandRevenueStampsof
WikimediaCommonshas
thePrincelyStatesofIndia:AnEncyclopediaand
mediarelatedtoRevenue
ReferenceManual,VolumeI,TheAdhesiveStamps,Fiscal
stampsofIndia.
PhilatelicFoundation,NewYork,1983.ISBN09613773
05.(WithRaymondD.Manners)
Koeppel,Adolph.TheCourtFeeandRevenueStampsofthePrincelyStatesofIndia:An
EncyclopediaandReferenceManual,VolumeI,TheAdhesiveStamps,Supplement),Fiscal
PhilatelicFoundation,NewYork,1986.ISBN0961377313.(WithRaymondD.Manners)
Koeppel,Adolph.TheCourtFeeandRevenueStampsofthePrincelyStatesofIndia(The
StampedPaperIncludingSecondAdhesiveStampSupplementVolumeII),FiscalPhilatelic
Foundation,NewYork,1989.ISBN0961377321.(WithRaymondD.Manners)

Externallinks
IndiaStatesRevenues(http://www.indiastaterevenues.com/)
HeritageofIndianStampsblog(http://www.indiastamp.blogspot.com/)
India'sOneAnnaReceiptStampsofQueenVictoriaandKingEdward:18601906
(http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0651/index0651a.htm)ExhibitbyStevenZwillinger

IndianCourtFeeIssueof1904(http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0225/index0225a.htm)Exhibitby
StevenZwillinger
ForgottenRevenuePaper:IndianHundisofEdwardVII19031910
(http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0666/index0666a.htm)ExhibitbyStevenZwillinger
IndiaRefugeeReliefTax197173(http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0458/index0458a.htm)Exhibitby
RonaldJ.Klimley
RevenuesofSelectedPrincelyStatesofIndiatill1950
(http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0023/index0023a.htm)ExhibitbyJiern
TaxStampsandTaxStampPapersofIndianFeudalStateBonai
(http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0740/index0740a.htm)ExhibitbyJiern
RevenueStampsofthePrincelyStateofKarauli
(http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0128/index0128a.htm)ExhibitbyJiern
Kishangarh(http://www.revenuesociety.org.uk/inviteddisplays/k/frame1.html)ExhibitbyAjay
Mittal
KishangarhRevenues(http://www.revenuesociety.org.uk/invited
displays/Kishangarh/frame1.html)ExhibitbyAbdulMollah
RevenueStampsofValaIndiaPrincelyState(http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0236/index0236a.htm)
ExhibitbyJiern
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