Postal stamps issued for the Coronation Durbar 1903
Postal stamps issued for the Coronation Durbar 1903
Postal stamps issued for the Coronation Durbar 1903
Postal stamps issued for the Coronation Durbar 1903
Unidentified Artist
Postal stamps issued for the Coronation Durbar 1903
year
c. 1903
size
7.7 x 4.7 in. / 19.5 x 11.9 cm.
medium
Gravure on paper, mounted on paper
An elaborate postal system with twenty-seven post offices had been set up for the durbar. “Among the clerks employed in it were men who could read almost every known vernacular used in the Indian Empire, from Kashmiri to Burmese, to say nothing of Persian and various foreign languages” – Stephen Wheeler, History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar
Unidentified Artist
Postal stamps issued for the Coronation Durbar 1903
c. 1903
Gravure on paper, mounted on paper
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Postal stamps issued for the Coronation Durbar 1903
c. 1903
Gravure on paper, mounted on paper
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