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On the Stamp
A large round postmark reading “Travelling Post Office”, with the date 21 August and the letters AC, printed in orange brown, with the INDIA-89 emblem and the words “Early R.M.S. Cancellation” in Hindi and English, on a ₹6.50 stamp.
The Travelling Post 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. The first Travelling Post Office was set up on 1 May 1864 under a Superintendent at Allahabad, on the Allahabad-Cawnpore and Calcutta-Delhi lines. The postmark on the stamp is one of the earliest handstamps from the Allahabad-Cawnpore sector, used from December 1864 to 1869.
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