About this stamp
On the Stamp
The map of India in white on a violet ground, on a 15 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 15 naye paise violet, one of the new values added to the series on 16 January 1958 and printed on the star watermark paper.
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