Four Categories of British India Stamps

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Four Categories of British India Stamps
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• British India stamps fall under four categories
  namely, British India Official issues, British
  India Definitive Commemorative stamps, China
  Expeditionary Force issues and Indian
  Expeditionary Force.
• Old British India stamps featured portraits of
  Queen Victoria and other Kings. They were issued
  in various denominations and colours. Lets take
  a look at one example from each of the four
  categories.

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• This is one of the 8 Annas Carmine coloured
  definitive stamps of British India from the first
  category featuring a portrait of Queen Victoria,
  issued between 1866 and 1872.
• These stamps were issued at Military Orphanage
  Press in Calcutta using the Typography process.
  They were issued exclusively for official
  correspondence with an overprint "Service" in
  small letters.

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• This is one of the 1/2 Anna Scarlet coloured rare
  British India stamps, popularly known as Scinde
  Dawk issued in 1852 at Sindh.  
• These British India stamps were round shaped,
  without perforations and were printed using the
  embossed process. It is named after the old
  postal system of Sindh, and is also India's first
  postage stamps before adhesives were introduced.

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• These lovely Eight Annas Magenta coloured post
  office stamps were issued from 1900 to 1904
  featuring a portrait of Victoria Queen.
• They were overprinted at the Government Press
  Calcutta with the letters "C.E.F." which stands
  for CHINA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. They were used by
  Indian army who were assigned to fight against
  the boxer rebellion in china.

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• These 2 Annas 6 pies Ultramarine coloured Old
  British India stamps featuring a portrait of King
  George V were issued in 1914. 
• They were overprinted by the Government Press
  Calcutta with the text I.E.F. and were used by
  Indian Army officials who were deployed in other
  countries during 1st World War.