About this stamp
On the Stamp
The map of India in white on a bright green ground, on a 5 naye paise stamp, with a lotus border on the left and the words “India Postage”.
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 5 naye paise bright green printed on the Asoka watermark paper, issued on 27 October 1958.
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