PESHAWAR STAMP SOCIETY

WELCOME TO THE HOME OF PHILATELY (P.S.S)

This is an effort put up by a group of individuals that had a dream and have realized it thru their undaunting excellence and dedication to the cause.

The objects of the Peshawar Stamp Society are to promote the philately in Pakistan on National and international level. For that purpose we have to mobilize all means of resources to achieve the promotion of philately among youth and all ages stamp collectors for that purpose we have to introduce new and modern methodology of stamp collecting through education and host a all level small and grand exhibitions on National and International level. It will help to promote philately in all level collectors, especially in youth generation.

In order to achieve our aim we welcome the philatelic brethren to lend their support in every possible manner. Their guidance and suggestions will help us to boost our morale and provide required strength to fulfill our dream.

Issue date: 1 July 1852

Scinde Dawk was a very old postal system of runners that served the Indus Valley of Sindh, an area of present-day Pakistan. The term also refers to the first adhesive postage stamps in Asia, the forerunners of the adhesive stamps used throughout India, Burma, the Straits Settlements and other areas controlled by the British East India Company. The name derives from the words "Scinde", the British spelling of the name of the province of Sindh, and "Dawk", the anglicised spelling of the Urdu & Hindi word "Dak" or Post.

Stamps were required for the prepayment of postage, a basic feature of the new system. These stamps, first issued on 1 July 1852, bore the Merchants' Mark of the British East India Company in a design embossed on wafers of red sealing wax impressed on paper. Because they cracked and disintegrated, they were soon replaced by a colourless design embossed on white paper which was hard to see in a dim light. The last stamps were a blue embossing on white paper. All of these had a value of only one-half anna each, but today they rank among the rare classics of philately.

source: wikipedia.org