India: Stamps

I have notes on Rangoon somewhere, probably grabbed from a post by tonymacg, but SG says that Pondicherry opened in 1787, and was folded into India when French territories were absorbed 1 November 1954. Nine suboffices are also listed.

Pondicherry

Usually used as a duplex with type "H" CDS.

If used singularly (as this example)  MUST be proven by being on cover.

March 1946
India's Victory Stamp

India 
Custodial Unit in Korea  1953

wiki:
Korean War
The Indian army provided a medical unit to tend to the sick and wounded in the Korean War. With the communist invasion of South Korea in 1950,
the UN sent out a call to the free world for assistance. India decided not to get involved militarily but contributed a medical unit, the 60 Parachute Field Ambulance
which served in Korea for a total of three and a half years (Nov 1950- May 1954), the longest single tenure by any military unit under the UN flag.

They were involved in providing medical cover alternately to the US Army/ROK forces and the Commonwealth Division under the UN Command as well as the
local civilians, and earned a very well-deserved title, "The Maroon Angels". The unit also looked after the North Korean POWs.
The highlight of the tenure undoubtedly was when the unit provided an ADS and a surgical team (7 officers and 5 Other ranks) during Operation Tomahawk,
an airborne operation launched on 21 March 1951 by the US Army’s 187 Airborne Regimental Combat Team.


Towards the end of the Korean War in 1953, a reinforced brigade known as the Custodian Force of India was deployed for the repatriation of the
prisoners of war and was deployed for almost two years (1953–54).

The Stamps :

Here is another sheet that is too late for my albums and I am just getting the hang of my new hand held scanner. I think I love it , but it will take some getting use to to get the whole picture legibly. Can anyone help me with a Scott number for this 2011 India sheet. As always thanks to you all for your help. The entire mini sheet is in my album. 

Thank you khj got it and now i can put it away. always makes me feel better when a stamp finds its home.

jeff

SG 265-277

  


  


  


  


  


  


  

Some of the Indian Stamps I collected as a kid

Cancelled on 8th April 1933 - in Rangoon (Burma - now Myanmar presumably) - and sent by air first to Calcutta (India) thence to Croydon Airport (South London) in U.K.          Croydon Airport was big stuff c. 1930s - think Any Johnson going down under and Charles Lindbergh arriving in Spirit of St. Louis.          The Anna/Pies currency was related to British presence in India   -  the sum total here looks to be 10 Anna and 6 pies - and the stamps are possibly from the 1926 to 33 issues, but I stand to be corrected on that.    Certainly an impressive backside to the envelope - the guy with the CDS stamp looks to have enjoyed his job.     Please correct me if I'm wrong  -  India not my area.    

some new stamps of india.
ramayan sheet. loved the details.

The Esplanade (Mumbai) combined datestamp and obliterator is ISC type A24A and the Registration post office name stamp is Nuttall type 25a.

What's interesting here is the 1A franking which was for weight upto 116.6gm (10 tola) to SL.

thanks for the additional information dosamaniac - very interesting, and helps complete the story of these stamps. As you probably know, Croydon Airport in the 1920 - 30s period was a substantial and important airfield, a circumstance that was possibly a consequence of being so close to London (U.K.). Some famous names that are associated with this airfield are Churchill, Amy Johnson, Alan Cobham and Lindbergh.          Sadly, the heyday has now passed, and the area is now simply a green field and part of an industrial site.