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The telegraph poles of 1851 and of 1951, on a 12 annas stamp.
A Hundred Years of the Telegraph
In 1851 the first telegraph line in India was opened, an experimental line from Calcutta to Diamond Harbour built by William O’Shaughnessy. Within a few years lines linked Calcutta, Agra, Bombay and Madras, and the telegraph carried news of the uprising of 1857. On 1 November 1953 India marked a hundred years of the telegraph with two stamps showing the telegraph poles of 1851 and of 1951. The 12 annas stamp repeats the design of the 2 annas for the higher postal rates.
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