About this stamp
On the Stamp
Instruments of the surveyor’s trade, on the ₹15 stamp.
250 Years of the Survey of India
India Post issued two stamps, ₹5 and ₹15, and a ₹20 miniature sheet on 22 June 2017 for the 250th anniversary of the Survey of India, the country’s principal mapping agency. Its origins go back to 1767, when Major James Rennell was appointed Surveyor General of Bengal, making it India’s oldest scientific department; it also printed India’s first postage stamp and the first copy of the Constitution. It is responsible for geodetic and topographical surveys, maps and aeronautical charts, tide predictions for 40 ports and the depiction of India’s boundaries. The stamps were designed by Alka Sharma; Security Printing Press, Hyderabad printed 501,250 of the ₹5, 401,250 of the ₹15 and 1 lakh sheets.
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