About this stamp
On the Stamp
Letters and covers marked with square postmarks, printed in sepia, with the INDIA-89 emblem and the words “Early D.L.O. Cancellation” in Hindi and English, on a 60 paise stamp.
The Dead Letter Office
India Post issued two stamps on 20 December 1988, 60 paise and ₹6.50, the fourth set in its series leading up to the INDIA-89 World Philatelic Exhibition, on early postal cancellations. Dead Letter Offices grew out of an Act of 1837 on undelivered letters, which were sent to the General Post Office of the Presidency and listed in the official Gazette. The offices themselves were set up in the 1860s. The mark on the stamp, used in 1886, is an 18 millimetre square on the back of the envelope, with D.L.O., the post office and the date.
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