How Stamps of India came into existence

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How Stamps of India came into existence
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• In India, the postal communication was started by
  Emperor Chandragupta Maurya who initiated it to
  deliver confidential reports to distant places.
• Indian Stamps came to light only on 21st November
  1947, depicting the Indian Flag.

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• History narrates a tale that tells us that
  Ala-ud-din-Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate started
  the horse and foot runner service called the
  Harakuras.
• The postage stamp system was first established by
  Great Britain, followed by other countries,
  including India.
• Stamps in India came into being during the
  British period and evolved much after that.

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• The Penny Black stamps were issued in Britain and
  after that India too issued a half-anna stamp in
  1852.
• Within no time, Stamps of India were leading as
  they had different variations of stamps with
  them.
• Indian Stamps were issued with the word
  official or sarkari or service overstamped
  on them.

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• When it comes to postal trivia, Mahatma Gandhi is
  the only person to be featured on rare stamps of
  India.
• On the first anniversary of Indias independence,
  the postal department of India issued a set of
  four stamps that nowadays fall under the rare
  Indian stamps category.

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• As far as knowledge goes, India is the only
  country that has a camel post service in the
  state of Rajasthan.
• India has the largest postal network in the world
  with 1,53,454 post offices, and 5,62,000 letter
  boxes serving 6,04,341 towns, cities and villages
  in the country!