SPECIMEN EDWARDIAN AND GEORGIAN ISSUES
| Overprints (Indian Convention States) | ||
| Patiala | 1884 | to present date. |
| Gwalior | 1885 | " |
| Jhind | " | " |
| Nabha | " | " |
| Faridkot | 1886-1901. | |
| Chamba | 1896 | to present date. |
There are many varieties of the overprints in the Indian Convention States stamps and many errors, which have led to numerous forgeries of the different overprints.
A very exhaustive history of the postage stamps of India with detailed accounts of errors and provisional issues will be found in The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India, by L. L. R. Hausburg, C. Stewart Wilson and C. S. F. Crofton, published by Messrs. Stanley Gibbons. This is the standard work on the subject, and it contains many fine plates and illustrations. Part I, on postage stamps, is written by Mr. Hausburg, and no article on Indian stamps can pretend to be anything more than a résumé of his detailed researches.
One merit the Postal Administration of India can justly claim and that is the purity of its stamp issues. The simple design of the Sovereign's head has always been maintained and the temptation to issue fancy pictures for commemoration purposes has always been steadily avoided.
FOOTNOTE:
[7] 12 pies = 1 anna = 1 penny approximately.