Before beginning with my blog, let me apologize for the delay in posting this time, owing to some unavoidable circumstances at my end.
Well getting back to my new blog, its about "King George V 's Commemorative British Indian Stamps."
King George V was coronated as King of British Empire on 6th May, 1910. His reign continued till 20th January,1936, and His Majesty was the only British King who also attended the "Delhi Durbar" ('the Court of Delhi' in Hindi).
His reign period as Emperor of British India was marked by a series of events that caused shifts in the political scenario in British India. As mentioned above, he along with his wife, Queen Mary were the only Royal couple to have attended the proceedings at the court of Delhi on 12th December,1911, where the King wore for the first time the ceremonial Imperial Crown of India and declared the shifting of capital of India from Calcutta (present day Kolkata) to Delhi He laid the foundation stone for Delhi too along with Queen Mary on 15th December ,1911.
Shifting of British Indian capital was commemorated through issue of a set of 6 British Indian stamps carrying King George V' head with "INAUGURATION OF NEW DELHI" inscribed at the bottom of each of these stamps.The stamps carried sketches of different landmarks of Delhi like the Purana Qila (a famous fort in Delhi) (olive-red/orange-brown, 1/4 anna), the War Memorial Arch (the present day 'Amar Jawan Jyoti at Rajpath in Delhi) (violet & green,1/2 anna), the Council House (the present day 'Indian Parliament') (mauve and chocolate, 1 anna), the Viceroy's House (present day's Indian President's official residence) (green and blue, 2 annals), the Government of India Secretariat (chocolate and carmine, 3 annas), and the Dominion Columns and the Secretariat (violet and green, 1 Rupees).
All these stamps were issued on 9th Feb,1931, using Lithography printing technique.
Out of 6 such stamps , I have the following 3 of them as part of my collection, all in mint, never hinged condition superb centering.
References
Well getting back to my new blog, its about "King George V 's Commemorative British Indian Stamps."
King George V was coronated as King of British Empire on 6th May, 1910. His reign continued till 20th January,1936, and His Majesty was the only British King who also attended the "Delhi Durbar" ('the Court of Delhi' in Hindi).
His reign period as Emperor of British India was marked by a series of events that caused shifts in the political scenario in British India. As mentioned above, he along with his wife, Queen Mary were the only Royal couple to have attended the proceedings at the court of Delhi on 12th December,1911, where the King wore for the first time the ceremonial Imperial Crown of India and declared the shifting of capital of India from Calcutta (present day Kolkata) to Delhi He laid the foundation stone for Delhi too along with Queen Mary on 15th December ,1911.
Shifting of British Indian capital was commemorated through issue of a set of 6 British Indian stamps carrying King George V' head with "INAUGURATION OF NEW DELHI" inscribed at the bottom of each of these stamps.The stamps carried sketches of different landmarks of Delhi like the Purana Qila (a famous fort in Delhi) (olive-red/orange-brown, 1/4 anna), the War Memorial Arch (the present day 'Amar Jawan Jyoti at Rajpath in Delhi) (violet & green,1/2 anna), the Council House (the present day 'Indian Parliament') (mauve and chocolate, 1 anna), the Viceroy's House (present day's Indian President's official residence) (green and blue, 2 annals), the Government of India Secretariat (chocolate and carmine, 3 annas), and the Dominion Columns and the Secretariat (violet and green, 1 Rupees).
All these stamps were issued on 9th Feb,1931, using Lithography printing technique.
Out of 6 such stamps , I have the following 3 of them as part of my collection, all in mint, never hinged condition superb centering.
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| (SG 226 SG 227 SG 228 respectively- Inauguration of New Delhi)
Stanley Gibbons has put price tags of 2.75, 2.0 and 1.25 GBP for mint types (without watermark) of the above 3 stamps respectively.
My next blog shall be about King George V's British Indian stamps again, but dedicated to his Silver Jubilee of coronation to British throne. Watch out for it !!!
Till then, happy collecting :))
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References
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_Indian_Empire_Inauguration_of_New_Delhi_Stamps,_1931.jpg
- Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue on India, Pp 8.
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