Aug 15, 2019
The Sindh Province of what was then British (East India Company) India has the distinction of having produced the first pre-paid postage stamps in the Indian Subcontinent - in this case, embossed paper or wax paper marked with the words “Scinde District Dawk,” “Scinde” being the early British spelling for Sindh, “Dawk” being the Hindi word for postage. I WANT ONE.
Stamp details: Issued on: July 1, 1952 From: Sindh, British Raj MC #N/A
Recognized as sovereign states by the UN: No Claimed by: Islamic Republic of Pakistan Member of the Universal Postal Union: No