Muir, Douglas N. The King-Emperor’s Stamps 1910–1936 The Postage and Revenue Stamps & Postal Stationery of Imperial India under King George V
1. Auflage 2026, ca. Seiten, Format DIN A4, Softcover.
Indian philately was something the King-Emperor George V took a keen personal interest in. The transition of stamp design and production from the familiar origins with the firm of De La Rue and Co. in London to the creation of the Security Printing Press in India is a process that the King-Emperor would have followed personally. The King-Emperor’s Stamps 1910–1936 tells that story in detail for the first time and represents a significant contribution to our knowledge of Indian philately.
This book describes in detail the postage and revenue stamps of British India during the reign of King-Emperor George V. It also includes all forms of postal stationery, stamped papers and even postal orders of the era, both when printed in the United Kingdom by De La Rue & Co. Ltd. and then in India after the transfer of production to the Security Printing Press at Nasik Road. A great deal of new information is published here for the first time.
Much of the work is based on research in archives both in Britain and India which had never before been explored properly, if at all, for this subject. The influence of George V on stamp design was considerable both in terms of the choice of Bertram Mackennal for his sculpted portrait but also, as a stamp collector, when approving or not designs for pictorial stamps.
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