Bicentenary of Madras G.P.O.

200 years of the General Post Office at Madras.

Technical data Notes Condition

Date of issue October 9, 1986

Denomination Rs. 5

Quantity printed 1500000

Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik

Perforation comb 13

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Photogravure

Catalogue codes Michel IN 1063 Stamp Number IN 1126 Yvert et Tellier IN 878 Stanley Gibbons IN 1198

Themes Anniversaries and Jubilees, Buildings, Post Offices

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On the Stamp

The red and white front of the General Post Office at Madras, with its towers and arches, and the words “200 Years of Madras G.P.O.” in Hindi and English, on a ₹5 stamp.

The Madras G.P.O.

India Post issued this ₹5 stamp on 9 October 1986. The Madras G.P.O., one of three Presidency post offices with Bombay and Calcutta, opened on 1 June 1786 in a building in Fort St. George Square. It moved twice before reaching its present building on 26 April 1884. It was the first to offer window delivery of letters, in 1850, and in its early days mails came from the steamers by boat and went on by bullock cart.