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Postal services. During her reign the first postage stamps of the Bhopal state were issued. In 1876 and 1878 there were issues of half and quarter anna stamps. Those of 1876 have text "HH Nawab Shahjahan Begam" in an octagonal frame; the 1878 stamps the same text in a round frame and the Urdu form of the Begum's title.
On the eve of the 2200th anniversary of Tashkent city, postage stamps were issued depicting architectural monuments and buildings in Tashkent that combine ancient and modern architectural traditions. The stamps are in the form of small sheets, consisting of 8 stamps in total.
Holiday stamps are a type of postage stamp issued to commemorate a particular religious festival or holiday.
In January 2013, The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative postage stamp on the Silk Letter Movement, to commemorate the sacrifices these groups made for the Indian independence movement. Indian author and historian Ela Mishra wrote Reshmi Rumaal Sharyantra: Ek Muslim Kraantikari Aandoloan. Further reading
Nawab Salimullah 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990) Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, ruler of Bahawalpur State (2004) Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk (1841-1917) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1994) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–97), Qawwal, Music Maestro, commemorative postage stamp issued in 1999.
Commemorative postage stamp. Pakistan Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp to honor him in its 'Pioneers of Freedom' series in 1990. Death. He died on 28 January 1960, at the young age of 37, a few weeks after a car accident on 5 January 1960 near Fateh Jang, Attock District in Punjab, Pakistan.
Israeli stamps are trilingual, in Arabic, English and Hebrew, following the practice of the British Mandate of Palestine. Israel Post first issued postage due stamps, tete-beche and gutter pairs in 1948, airmail stamps in 1950, official mail stamps in 1951 and provisional stamps in 1960.
Yet he was able to make a place for himself in the history of Aligarh movement as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's close confidante and was ranked closely behind him in shaping far-reaching political and educational developments for the Muslims of British India. Commemorative postage stamp
Postage stamps and postal history of India. For the states with their own stamps, see Postage stamps and postal history of the Indian states. For India Post, see Indian Postal Service. The first stamp of independent India shows the new Indian Flag. It was meant for foreign correspondence.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Saudi Arabia, formerly known as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd until 22 September 1932. The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd had been separate countries until the mid-1920s. Saudi Arabia is the largest Arab country of the Middle East.