India 1882-1890 INDIA POSTAGE

Description

• Issue dates: 1 January 1882-1890
• Stamp design:
• Printer:
• Printing process: Typo
• Perforations: 14
• Watermark: large star
• Catalogue Michel N°s 31-41, Yvert 33-43, SG 84-101

First issue of the British Empire: text INDIA POSTAGE (replaces EAST INDIA).

Stamps

Unused

9 p SG86-87

4 a 6p

Used

1/2 a deep blue-green SG84.	India - BIRUR - 1/2 a - 1882-87 SG 36	1/2 a blue-green bridge at Pune (IN) in India SG85.	1/2 a squared-circle at Calcutta (IN) in 1885. SG85.
1/2 a at MYLAPORE	File:India 1882-1890 INDIA POSTAGE bu.jpg 9 p SG86-87	1 a bridge at Roorkee (IN) in 1897. SG88-89.
1 a 6 p	2 a pale blue SG91.	2 a blue used in 1883. SG92.	Used in 1895. SG92.
3 a orange used at ADEN (Yemen) in 1888. SG93.	3 a orange squared-circle at Zanzibar (ZAN) in 1885	3 a brown-orange (issue 1890). SG94.
4 a	File:India 1882-1890 INDIA POSTAGE hu.jpg 4 a 6p	8 a
12 a	1 R SG101

Varieties

½ anna deep blue-green double printed

2 anna Blue double printed, one sheet known to have been issued in Karachi. One cover is known cancelled Karachi 4th Feb 1898 in Private hands, on a ½ agreen stationery with a 1a and the 2a double paying the registered rate on reverse.