Indian rupee (par) (India usage only)

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Indian rupee (par) (India usage only)

Name: Indian rupee (par)
Defn: 192p=16a=1r
Symbol: ₹
Code:
Desc:
First year: 1852
Last year: 1957
Units of money:
pie p 1
anna a 12
rupee r 192

Users of this currency: Aden (37 stamps, 1937-1949), Kathiri State of Seiyun (19 stamps, 1942-1949), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (20 stamps, 1942-1949), Bahrain (101 stamps, 1933-1956), British East Africa (113 stamps, 1890-1898), China offices in Tibet (11 stamps, 1911), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (34 stamps, 1903-1918), French offices in Zanzibar (67 stamps, 1893-1904), India (448 stamps, 1852-1956), ICC, Cambodia (5 stamps, 1954), ICC, Laos (5 stamps, 1954), ICC, Viet Nam (5 stamps, 1954), Alwar (4 stamps, 1877-1899), Bamra (25 stamps, 1888-1893), Barwani (32 stamps, 1921-1938), Bhopal (51 stamps, 1876-1932), Bhor (3 stamps, 1879-1901), Bijawar (15 stamps, 1935-1937), Bundi (51 stamps, 1894-1947), Bussahir (30 stamps, 1895-1900), Chamba (180 stamps, 1886-1948), Charkhari (43 stamps, 1894-1943), Cochin (145 stamps, 1911-1950), Dhar (9 stamps, 1897-1898), Duttia (27 stamps, 1893-1916), Faridkot (21 stamps, 1886-1900), Gwalior (194 stamps, 1885-1949), Hyderabad (55 stamps, 1869-1949), Idar (6 stamps, 1939-1944), Indore (40 stamps, 1886-1941), Jaipur (62 stamps, 1904-1947), Jammu & Kashmir (35 stamps, 1878-1886), Jammu (33 stamps, 1866-1877), Kashmir (14 stamps, 1866-1867), Jasdan (1 stamp, 1942), Jhalawar (2 stamps, 1887), Jind (207 stamps, 1874-1945), Kishangarh (47 stamps, 1899-1928), Las Bela (10 stamps, 1897-1904), Morvi (17 stamps, 1931-1935), Nabha (151 stamps, 1885-1946), Nandgaon (8 stamps, 1892-1893), Orchha (22 stamps, 1913-1939), Patiala (186 stamps, 1884-1947), Poonch (16 stamps, 1876-1884), Rajasthan (54 stamps, 1949), Rajpeepla (3 stamps, 1880), Sirmoor (33 stamps, 1879-1899), Soruth (27 stamps, 1864-1937), TravancoreCochin (10 stamps, 1949-1950), Wadhwan (3 stamps, 1888-1889), Iraq (65 stamps, 1923-1931), Kuwait (116 stamps, 1923-1956), Mesopotamia (53 stamps, 1917-1922), Oman (65 stamps, 1944-1957), Bahawalpur (58 stamps, 1945-1949), Somaliland Protectorate (130 stamps, 1903-1949), Uganda (24 stamps, 1896-1902), Zanzibar (88 stamps, 1895-1904), unknown forger (1 stamp, 1900) Show with all usages

Denominations used by India in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/4a	4	1898 grn dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1/2a) oc=blk on=1882-1/2a ... 2/9/1931 brn&olgrn issue=move to New Delhi d=Fortress of Purana Qila
= 3p	19	1899 carrose d=Queen Victoria (1899 India) ... 1/26/1955 roselil issue=1955 d=tractor (1955)
1/2a	38	7/1/1852 bl d=East India company arms ... 1943 rosevio issue=1939 official d=King George VI (1939 service)
= 6p	4	8/15/1949 redbrn issue=1949 d=Konarak Horse ... 1/26/1955 dpvio issue=1955 d=power looms
8p	4	1860 lil d=Queen Victoria (1860 8p) ... 1866 lil issue=1866 official b
9p	18	1874 lil issue=1873 d=Queen Victoria (1874 India 9p) ... 1/26/1955 orgbrn issue=1955 d=bullock irrigation pump
1a	49	1854 red d=Queen Victoria (1854 India) ... 1/26/1955 dpblgrn issue=1955 d=Damodar Valley dam
1 1/4a	1	1935 vio&blk issue=Silver Jubilee d=Jain Temple, Calcutta & King George V
= 1a3p	4	1932 lil issue=1932 official ... 1943 bis issue=1939 official d=King George VI (1939 service)
1 1/2a	10	1919 choc issue=1911 d=King George V (1919 India) var=one and half ... 8/15/1948 issue=1948 official
= 1a6p	2	1/1882 bisbrn dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1a6p) unissued
2a	51	1854 grn d=Queen Victoria (1854 India 2a) ... 7/23/1956 orgbrn d=Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 1/2a	5	1/1/1891 grn dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 4a6p) oc=blk on=1882-4a6p ... 1953 issue=Korea Custodial Unit
= 2a6p	12	1892 grn d=Queen Victoria (1892 India 2a6p) ... 8/23/1937 pur issue=1937 d=Dak bullock cart & King George VI
3a	20	1/1882 org dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 3a) ... 1/26/1955 blgrn issue=1955 d=woman at loom
3 1/2a	9	1935 bl&blk issue=Silver Jubilee d=Golden Temple, Amritsar & King George V ... 1/26/1950 ultra issue=republic d=quill pen & inkwell
= 3a6p	2	4/22/1932 dpbl d=King George V with Indian emperors crown, 8/23/1937 ultra issue=1937 d=Dak camel & King George VI
4a	38	1854 red&bl d=Queen Victoria (1854 India 4a) ... 1/26/1955 rosered issue=1955 d=bullock team
4 1/2a	1	10/1/1952 redvio issue=saints & poets d=Ghalib
= 4a6p	1	1/1882 grn dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 4a6p)
6a	17	6/28/1866 vio d=Queen Victoria (1866 6a) var=POSTAGE 2.5mm ... 1/26/1955 yelbrn issue=1955 d=malaria control
6a8p	2	1866 sl issue=1866 d=Queen Victoria (1866 India 6a8p), 1867 sl issue=1867 official d=Large Service overprint on Queen Victoria
8a	29	1855 rose pc=bl issue=1855 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India) ... 1/26/1955 dpbl issue=1955 d=Chittaranjan locomotive works
10a	1	1/26/1955 aqua issue=1955 d=plane over Bombay
12a	25	1876 redbrn issue=1873 d=Queen Victoria (1876 12a) ... 1/26/1955 viobl issue=1955 d=Hindustan aircraft factory
14a	5	10/15/1940 rosevio issue=1937 d=mail plane ... 5/24/1956 orgred issue=Buddha 2500th d=ornament & tree
1r	22	1874 sl issue=1873 d=Queen Victoria (1874 India 1r) ... 1/26/1955 dkslgrn issue=1955 d=telephone factory worker
1r2a	1	1/26/1955 gray issue=1955 d=plane over Cape Comorin
1r8a	1	1/26/1955 cl issue=1955 d=plane over Kanchenjunga Mtns
2r	14	9/1/1895 brn&rose d=Queen Victoria (1895 India r) ... 1/26/1955 carrose issue=1955 d=rare earth factory
3r	2	9/1/1895 grn&brn d=Queen Victoria (1895 India r), 1904 grn&brn issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 India r)
5r	11	9/1/1895 vio&ultra d=Queen Victoria (1895 India r) ... 1/26/1955 brn issue=1955 d=Sindri fertilizer factory
10r	13	1909 issue=1909 official d=On HMS overprint on King Edward VII ... 1/26/1955 org issue=1955 d=steel mill
15r	7	1909 issue=1909 official d=On HMS overprint on King Edward VII ... 8/15/1949 dpcar&dkbrn issue=1949 d=Satrunjaya Temple, Palitana
25r	6	1909 ultra&orgbrn issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 India r) ... 12/15/1937 dkvio&blvio issue=1937 d=King George VI & elephants

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