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  • Definitive Stamp
  • 1 January 1960

Definitive Series III

Map of India – 1 Naya Paisa Blue Green (1960)

The map of India, 1 naya paisa.

Date of issue January 1, 1960
Denomination 1 nP
Printer Security Printing Press, Nashik
Perforation comb 14 x 14½
Watermark Asokan Capital Multiple [Up]
Colours Blue green
Printing process Photogravure
Catalogue codes Michel IN 286 Stamp Number IN 302 Yvert et Tellier IN 95A Stanley Gibbons IN 399
Themes Maps

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About this stamp

On the Stamp

The map of India in white on a blue green ground, with a lotus border on the left and the words “India Postage”, on a 1 naya paisa stamp.

The Map of India

In 1957 India changed to decimal coinage, and a new series of definitive stamps showing the map of India was issued in naye paise, the new hundredths of a rupee. The stamps were first printed on paper watermarked with a pattern of stars, and from 1958 on paper watermarked with the Asoka lion capital. This page is the 1 naya paisa blue green, printed in 1960 on the Asoka watermark paper. The exact date of issue is not recorded; 1 January 1960 is used here as a placeholder.

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