Postage & Stamps
This gallery commemorates Pakistani postage stamps and postal stationary from its earliest postal merchandise, beginning 1st October, 1947. The earliest stamps were printed by the Government of India Security Press on Nasik Road in India and later by the Government presses in Pakistan. It is interesting to note that since rubber or hand stamping was not allowed, postage stamps bearing rubber over-prints were unauthorized.
Some of the significant postal stationary presented in this gallery include the first series of postage stamps, issued by Pakistan that were devoted to the commemoration of independence. They were released on 9th July 1948. The collection also includes the first regular series of Pakistan postage stamps were issued on the first anniversary of independence in 14th August, 1948. These stamps in twenty denominations, were printed by the London based printers, De La Rue & Co. Ltd. These stamps were divided into seven categories, each represented by a separate design such as scale of justice, crescent and star, Lloyd’s Barrage, Karachi Port Trust building, the administrative building of Karachi airport, Muslim Hotel Dacca, and the Khyber Pass.
