India Postage Overprinted for Bahrain - 5 R King George V

India Postage Overprinted for Bahrain - 5 R King George V

Year
1933
Face Value
5
Mint Value
146.00 €
Used Value
93.67 €
Print Run
-
Themes
Personalities

Catalogs References

Michel
BH 14
Yvert & Tellier
BH 17
Stanley Gibbons
BH 14

Technical Details

Colors
Purple
Size
29 x 34 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.