India Postage Overprinted for Bahrain - 0.5 King George V

India Postage Overprinted for Bahrain - 0.5 King George V

Year
1933
Face Value
0.5
Mint Value
9.37 €
Used Value
4.68 €
Print Run
-
Themes
Personalities

Catalogs References

Michel
BH 2
Yvert & Tellier
BH 1
Stanley Gibbons
BH 2

Technical Details

Colors
green
Size
21 x 25 mm
Perforation
14
Printing
Typographie
Printers
Security Printing Press, Nashik
This stamp highlights the historical era of the British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia, a period when Bahrain’s external communications were managed as an extension of the British Indian postal system. The central illustration features the portrait of King George V, carrying a message of imperial sovereignty and the administrative unity of the British Empire's vast network across the Indian Ocean.