DEFINITIVE AND SPECIALDEFINITIVE STAMPS


Year & Date of Issue Name of Stamp Demn. Category
1949
8/15/1949 Ajanta Panel 3ps Definitive-I-Archaeological
Konark Horse 6ps
Trimurti 9ps
Bodhisativa 1a
Nataraja 2a
Sanchi Stupa East  Gate 3a
Bodh Gaya Temple 3-1/2a
Bhuvaneswara 4a
Gol Gumbad Bijapur 6a
Kandarya Mahadeva Temple 8a
Golden Temple, Amritsar 12a
Victory Tower, Chittaurgarh 1r
Red Fort, Delhi 2r
Taj Mahal, Agra 5r
Qutab Minar, Delhi 10r
Saatrunjaya Temple, Palitana 15r
1951
30/04/1951 Bodh Gaya Temple 2-1/2a
30/04/1951 Bhuvaneswara 4a
15/07/1951 Bodhisativa 1a
1955 Definitive-II-Five Year Plan
26/01/1955 Tractor 3ps
Powerloom 6ps
Irrigation 9ps
Tillaya Dam (Damodar River) 1a
Charkha Spinning 2a
Naga Women Weaving 3a
Yoked Bullocks 4a
Malaria Control 6a
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works 8a
Bombay 10a
Aircraft Factory 12a
Kashmir 14a
Telephone Industry 1r
Cape Comorin 1r2a
Kanchenjuga 1r8a
Viral Mitti Ka Karkhana (Rare Earths Factory) 2r
SindriFactory 5r
SteelIndustry 10r
1957 Definitive-III
01/04/1957 Star Watermark 1np
2np
3np
6np
8np
10np
13np
20np
25np
50np
75np
1958
16/01/1958 Star Watermark 15np
90np
07/05/1958 8np
27/10/1958 Ashoka Pillar Watermark 1np
2np
3np
5np
8np
10np
20np
25np
1959
Telephone Industry 1r
Rare Earths Factory 2r
Sindri Fertilizer Factory 5r
Steel Industry 10r
Ashoka Pillar Watermark 5np
75np
1960
1np
15np
90np
1963
6np
13np
1965 Definitive-IV
15/08/1965 PluckingTea 15p
14/11/1965 Atomic Reactor Trombay 10r
1966
01/07/1966 Konark Elephant 6ps
Electric Locomotive 10ps
Mediaeval Sculpture 1r
1967
15/03/1967 Chital 8ps
Dolls 30ps
Mangoes 50ps
Hampi Chariot 70ps
DalLake 2r
Bhakra Dam 5r
16/10/1967 Bidri Ware 2ps
Brass Ware 3ps
Family Planning 5ps
Gnat 20ps
16/10/1967 Somnath Temple 60ps
1968
15/05/1968 Coffee Berries 4ps
02/10/1968 Calcutta GPO Building 40ps
1974 Definitive-V
20/08/1974 Family Planning (Unwatermarked) 5ps
Chital 25ps
01/10/1974 Tiger 15ps
Veena 1r
1975
01/03/1975 BidriWare 2ps
Family Planning (Star Watermark) 5ps
15/07/1975 Tiger 15ps
15/07/1975 Handicraft Toy 20ps
Flying Crane 50ps
15/07/1975 Veena 100ps
Kashmir Landscape 200ps
1976
01/04/1976 Family Planning (Change in Set From 90 to 100) 5ps
01/11/1976 Bidri Ware 2ps
Family Planning 5ps
Electric Locomotive 10ps
01/11/1976 Somnath Temple 60ps
Bhakra Nagal Dam 500ps
Atomic Reactor, Trombay 1000ps
1979
01/03/1979 Bidri Ware (Change in Set 90 to 100) 2
15/03/1979 Bidri Ware (Change process PG to O/S) 2
01/05/1979 Handicrafts 30
05/07/1979 Electric Locomotive 10
03/09/1979 Bumper Harvest 30 Definitive-VI
26/11/1979 Fish 5
Poultry 25
1980
10/03/1980 Technology 15
31/03/1980 Adult Education 2
17/06/1980 Hybrid Cotton 100
15/09/1980 Family Welfare 35
23/11/1980 Rubber Tapping 500
07/12/1980 Handloom Weaving 200
1981
25/03/1981 Childand Nurition 20
Cashew 225
Apple 280
1982
25/01/1982 Minor Irrigation 10
Dairying 50
05/07/1982 Fish 5
Minor Irrigation (1982 Aissue) 10
Tranferof Technology 15
Childand Nurition 20
Poultry 25
Family Welfare 35
Dairying (1982 Aissue) 50
06/09/1982 Bumper Harvest 30
29/11/1982 Fish (1982 Aissue) 5
28/12/1982 Orange 325
1983
11/08/1983 Rubber Tapping 500
22/10/1983 Atomic Reactor 1000
10/11/1983 Hybrid Cotton 100
Handloom Weaving 200
1984
24/02/1984 Afforestation
1985
05/09/1985 Agriculture & rural Development 25
1986 Definitive-VII
05/11/1986 Windy Energy 5000
1988
01/01/1988 Solar Energy 500
15/10/1988 T.V.Screen With Tower 40
30/11/1988 BioGas 2000
1991
30/01/1991 Mahatma Gandhi 100
1994
04/04/1994 Sanchi Stupa 500
11/07/1994 Family Welfare 75
Family Welfare 100
1995
18/02/1995 Oil Conservation 100
19/11/1995 Communal Harmony 200
1998
21/09/1998 Pulse Polio Immunisation 300
2000 Definitive-VIII
30/04/2000 Leopard Cat 500
Tiger Sunderbans Biosphere Reserve 1000
20/07/2000 Black Buck 25
Nilgiri Tahr 50
Saras Crane 100
Smooth Indian Otter 300
30/10/2000 Paradise Fly Catcher 5000
20/11/2000 Butterfly 1500
20/11/2000 Amaltaas 2000
2001
20/09/2001 Painted Stork 400
2002 Definitive-IX
16/08/2002 Rose 200
20/07/2002 Smooth Indian Otter 300
2008 Definitive-IX "Builder of Modern India"
01/12/2008 Jawahar Lal Nehru 25p
Mahatma Gandhi 100p
Dr.B.R. Ambedkar 200p
Satyajit Ray 300p
Homi Jahangir Bhabha 400p
Indira Gandhi 500p
Rajiv Gandhi 500p
J.R.D Tata 1500p
Mother Teresa 2000p
2009 Definitive-IX "Builder of Modern India"
11/05/2009 E.V. Ramaswamy 50p
C.V. Raman 1000p
Rukmani Devi Arundale 5000p

SPECIAL DEFINITIVE STAMPS


Year & Date of Issue Name of Stamp Demn. Category
1976
27/05/1976 Nehru (42 to a set) 25
Nehru (corrected Hindi script) 25
Gandhiji (48 to a set) 25
Nehru(48 to a set) 25
1978
02/10/1978 Gandhiji (100 to a set) 25
1980
27/05/1980 Gandhiji 30
Nehru 30
01/09/1980 Nehru 35
Gandhiji 35
1982
05/07/1982 Gandhiji 35
Nehru 35
1983
25/01/1983 Nehru 50
Gandhiji 50
1987
27/02/1987 FamilyPlanning 35&60
1989
14/10/1989 Pincode
2000 200
31/10/2000 Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel 200
2001
23/01/2001 Netaji Subhas Ch.Bose 100
14/04/2001 B.R. Ambedkar 300