1 Identify the stamp

2 When was it issued ?

3 In What denomination was itissued?

4 Where was the stamp printed?

5 What was the purpose of issuing the stamp?

6 What is the meaning of overprint ‘controle’ in philately?

7 Who issued them?

8 Why were these stamps issued?

Answers

1 50 years of the Geneva conventions.

2 12.8.99

3 1500 Paise.

4 India Security Press, Nasik.

5 50th anniversary of the revised Geneva conventions.

6 It is a special tax on postage.

7 Persia in 1904.

8 A tax on picture postcards sent through the post in addition to the usual postal charge.

— NW