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An Indian Bishop mark of 1775, enlarged, with the words “INPEX-75” in Hindi and English, on a ₹2 stamp.
The Indian Bishop Mark
India Post issued two stamps on 25 December 1975 for INPEX-75, the second India National Philatelic Exhibition, held at Calcutta from 25 to 31 December 1975 after the first at New Delhi in 1970. Bishop marks are named after Henry Bishop, Postmaster General of England, who brought them into use in London in 1661: a small circle divided across the middle, with the day of the month in one half and the month in the other. The stamp shows the earliest known Indian example, struck at Calcutta in 1775 on a letter to Dacca.
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