Stamp · India · 1949
UPU 75th Anniversary
3½ Annas, 10 October 1949
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Date
- 1949
- Era
- 1945–1970
- Condition
- Mint NH
- Rarity
- Common
- Denomination
- 3½ Annas
- Stanley Gibbons no.
- SG 321
- Scott no.
- Scott 221
- Gum / usage
- Mint NH
About this object
India's entry into the Universal Postal Union as an independent nation was celebrated with this three-stamp commemorative marking the UPU's 75th anniversary. The design depicts a globe with postal routes — a bold statement of India's position in the global communications network.
India had been a founding UPU member under British rule in 1876; this issue declared continued and enthusiastic membership as a sovereign republic.