King Edward VII: The Main Definitive Series, 1902–1911
Edward VII’s portrait went into a familiar system of values and colours, followed by a surcharge, dual-purpose low values and new high values.
The stamps of Edward VII, 1902–1911, including the POSTAGE & REVENUE stamps and the high values of 1909.
Edward VII’s portrait went into a familiar system of values and colours, followed by a surcharge, dual-purpose low values and new high values.
In 1906 the half-anna and one-anna stamps were redesigned with INDIA POSTAGE & REVENUE, so that one stamp could pay postage or a receipt.
The Edwardian rupee stamps, and the ten, fifteen and twenty-five rupees added in 1909 when telegrams came to be paid with postage stamps.
On H.M.S. carried on under the new King, on the redesigned low values and the large rupee stamps, and old Edwardian stock was later revalued for official use.
How to tell an Edward VII shade from a design change, a surcharge from an overprint, and a printer’s CANCELLED from a postmark.