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title: Indian Princely States Postage Stamps
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16618/indian-princely-states-postage-stamps/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2022-10-28
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# Indian Princely States Postage Stamps

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Indian Princely States Postage Stamps](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16618.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16618.png)

## Image Caption

Four examples of British [India](https://www.worldhistory.org/india/) postage stamps issued with overprints for use in particular [Indian princely states](https://www.worldhistory.org/Indian_Princely_States/).

Top left: [Queen Victoria](https://www.worldhistory.org/Queen_Victoria/), Gwalior, 1904

Top right: Queen Victoria, Patiala, 1895

Bottom left: King George V, Jind State, 1929

Bottom right: King George VI, Gwalior, 1938.

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

## Cite This Work

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