India - Other Markings
- Missent
- Service Suspended (Chronologically by event)
- Late fee Paid
- Too Late for Air Mail
- Air Mail Service Not Available
- No Air Letter Card Service - Forwarded by Surface Route
Missent
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Year: 1983
City: Color: Violet Size: 26x9 mm |
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Year: 2023
City: Color: Violet Size: 47x10 mm |
Missent en route Ongale, India.
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Year: 1938
City: Color: Violet Size: 39x6 mm |
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Year: 2012
City: Color: Violet Size: 35x7 mm |
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Year: 1935
City: Color: Red Size: 56x6 mm |
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Year: 2000
City: Color: Blue Size: 37x14 mm |
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Year: 1991
City: Color: Violet Size: 70x19 mm |
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Year: 2005
City: Color: Violet Size: 52x15 mm |
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Year: 1978
City: Color: Black Size: 63x12 mm |
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Year: 1966
City: Color: Black Size: 52x10 mm |
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Year: 2024
City: Color: Violet Size: 39x20 mm |
Service Suspended (WW2)
RETURN TO SENDER / POSTAL RELATION INTRRUPTED
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(No special cachet used) |
Year: 26 Sep 1939
City: Color: Size: Remarks: Cover to Germany returned to sender as postal relations were suspended with enemy nations. |
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Year: Jun 1940
City: Color: Blue Size: 37x10 mm Remarks: Cover from Pondicherry dated 5 June 1940 addressed to Paris. France had fallen in German hands, and postal relations with India had broken down. Hence this cover was returned to the sender. |
NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER
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Year: Nov 1941
City: Color: Violet Size: 60x18 mm Remarks: Cover cancelled London 4th Nov 1941, left well before the Japanese advance into Malaya and the Straits Settlements. However, by the time it reached India, services further eastwards were suspended . Censored in India, boxed NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER cachet applied (in India) and returned to sender. There is an (India) censor label visible below the London Returned Letter label. |
NO SERVICE
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Year: Dec-1942
City: Color: Violet Size: 75x14 mm Remarks: The Japanese had invaded Nothern Malaya by Dec 1941, but Singapore fell 8-15 Feb 1942. This cover made it to Singapore and was then Returned to India as there was no onward Postal Service to Perak by then. |
Return to Sender / Service Suspended
Service Suspended / Return To Sender
SERVICE TO DESTINATION OF ADDRESSEE / SUSPENDED. HENCE RETURNED TO SENDER
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Year: Feb 1942
City: Calcutta Color: Black Size: 60x8 mm Remarks: Censored in Calcutta, to Malaya. |
RETURNED TO SENDER
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Year: Feb 1942
City: Color: Black Size: 50x4 mm Remarks: Cover from Dhera Dun cancelled 9 Feb 42 returned to sender on 20 Feb 42. Censored in Karachi (KM 2A1 label). Postal relations with Switzerland were never interrupted during WW2, so it is possible that something unacceptable in the contents caused cover this to be returned. |
RETURNED TO SENDER / LANGUAGE NOT ALLOWED
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Year: Sep 1942
City: Color: Violet Size: 66.5x2.5 mm Remarks: Postal Censorship rules permitted correspondence only is specified languages. This cover cancelled 3 Sep 42 from Lakshmipuram, Parthipanur Post, India was returned on 19 Sep 42. This means a short journey to the censor station, perhaps at Madras. |
SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURN TO SENDER
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Year: 1940
City: Calcutta Color: Black Size: 55x10 mm Remarks: To Netherlands (Holland) |
Service Suspended (1949 Chinese Revolution)
Service Suspended Return To Sender
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Year: 1949
City: Color: Violet Size: 61x18 mm Remarks: To Shanghai, 1 October 1949; this was during the Communist Revolution, and there was fighting in many parts of China. The Peoples Republic was proclaimed in Peking (Beijing) on the very day image 1 cover was posted. |
Service Suspended (1st Indo-Pak War 1948)
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Year: 1947-48
City: Lahore? Color: Violet Size: 34x3 mm Remark: Immediately after the independence of India and formation of Pakistan in 1947, war broke out between both nations over the question of Kashmir. Postal service from Pakistan (or via Pakistan) to Kashmir was suspended during this period. |
Service Suspended (Israel conflicts)
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Year: 1951
City: ? Color: Black Size: 75x5 mm - (size of cachet in French); 66x18 mm - (Israel Censorship) Remark: Postal relations between Israel and Palestine were suspended during the conflict in 1951. |
Service Suspended - Tibet
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Year: 1954
City: ? Color: Violet Size: 75x6 mm Remark: Postal relations between India and Tibet were suspended due to Chinese operations in Tibet. Ordinarily mail from India would be delivered to Gyantse via Darjeeling. |
Service Suspended (Covid-19)
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Year: 2020-2021
City: ? Color: Black Size: 20x5 mm Remark: From China to India, 'Braille Reading Service' Covid-19 returned cover. Handwritten 'Postal Route is Suspended' on the return label. |
Late Fee Paid
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Year: 1966
City: Color: Carmine Size: 43x3.5 mm |
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Year: 1933
City: Bombay Color: Black Size: 45x30 mm |
Too Late For Air Mail:
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Year: 1937
City: Allahabad Color: Black Size: 55x22mm |
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Year: 1936
City: Lahore Color: Black Size: 55x22mm |
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Year: 1935
City: Madras Color: Black Size: 55x22mm |
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Year: 1934
City: Rangoon Color: Black Size: 54x22mm |
Air Mail Service Not Available
AIR MAIL SERVICE / NOT AVAILABLE
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Year: 1946
City: To Fiji Color: Black Size: 60x11mm |
No Air Letter Service - Sent by Surface
No Air Letter Card Service - Forwarded by Surface Route
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Year: 1943
City: To USA Color: Violet Size: 57x20mm Remarks: Used at Base Air Post Depot - 3 July 1943. |
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Year: 1943
City: To Egypt Color: Violet Size: 57x20mm Remarks: Used at Base Air Post Depot - 23 Dec 1943. Air Letter Service to Egypt was introduced only on 1st Dec 1944 at 6a rate - Ref: Postal Notice dated 22nd November 1944. |
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Year: 1943
City: To South Africa Color: Violet Size: Remarks: |
Image 1 (Image Courtesy: VAM PK Kuruvilla.)
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AIR MAIL LETTER CARD SERVICE / NOT AVAILABLE FORWARDED / BY SURFACE ROUTE
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Year: Sep 1943
City: Color: Red Size: 60x12mm Remarks: Air Letter Service to South Africa was introduced only on 1st Dec 1944 at 6a rate - Ref: Postal Notice dated 22nd November 1944. |
Image 1 (To South Africa)
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Year: Feb 1946
City: Color: Black Size: 70x14mm Remarks: Air Letter Service to USA was introduced only on 1st March 1947 at 8a rate - Ref: Postal Notice dated 10th March 1947. |
Image 1 (To USA)
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