The first India Postage Stamps issued in 1854 bore the inscription 'India Postage', the inscription was changed in same year to 'East India Postage'. This was changed from 1882 to 'India Postage' and continued till 1962. From November, 1962, a new caption 'Bharat''India'was introduced replacing the 'India Postage', though three stamps issued in December, 1962/Januray 1963 carried the earlier inscription.
From the beginning of British Imperialist Rule, when the Queen Victoria stamps were issued in 1854, a portrait of British Monarch had figured in Indian Stamp Designs. This came to an end with India gaining independence on 15th August, 1947. The first independence stamps, issued in 1947, were three in number. They depicted the Ashoka Pillar (National Emblem of India), the Indian Flag and an Aircraft. Since then India has issued more than 3000 stamps.
Over the years, postage stamp has assumed additional dimension. It is a mode of commemorating, celebrating and promoting national heritage and events; it plays a significant role as an ambassador, a brand image of postal administration and a statement of sovereignty of a nation.
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