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Extremely Rare Scinde Dawk Stamp with Light Cancellation and Wide margin in Bottom

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:75,000.00 INR Estimated At:100,000.00 INR
Extremely Rare Scinde Dawk Stamp with Light Cancellation and Wide margin in Bottom

Scinde Dawk, 1852, 1/2 Anna, WHITE,Almost complete stamps visible,CertifiedBy Sergio Simondo, USA,Good Margin Alround, Axtra Wide Margin at the Bottom,Very Light Cancellation,SG # 1, Extremely Rare.

ScindeDawkwas a very old system of runners that served theIndus Valley ofSindh,(Now in Pakistan), The term also refers to the first adhesive postage stamps in Asia. The name derives from the wordsScinde,the British spelling of the name of the province ofSindh,andDawk,the anglicized spelling of theHindustaniwordDakor Post.TheDawk, orDak, was a very old postal system of runners.

Bartle Frere of the East India Company became the Chief Commissioner of Sindh in 1850. Following the English example set by Rowland Hill, Frere improved upon the postal system of Sindh by introducing a cheap and uniform rate for postage, independent of distance travelled. In 1851 the runners were replaced with an efficient system using horses and camels, following routes through Scinde province, generally along the valley of the Indus river. The mail was carried quickly and efficiently, connecting government offices and post offices from Karachi through Kotri and Hyderabad up to Sukkur in the north.
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