Br. India 1895 POSTAL SERVICE. ovpt. on 1895 1R-2R-3R-5R Vic. dif col, typograph. The POSTAL SERVICE. overprints on Br. Indian stamps were first issued in March 1895 for the exclusive use of the Indian Post Office for the purpose of the accounting of the sum collected as customs duty by the post office on foreign incoming parcels to India.
These stamps were affixed on the receipts of the parcel and canceled by steel datestamps and/or by punching a hole in them.
