Pakistan 1947 Overprint on British India King George VI

Pakistan · 1947 · 3½a

This stamp is a provisional issue created by overprinting the word 'PAKISTAN' in English on a British India definitive stamp. The underlying stamp features a portrait of King George VI, the reigning British monarch at the time. This overprint was a necessary measure to create valid postage for the newly independent nation.

Issued on August 15, 1947, this was one of the very first postage stamps of Pakistan, released to mark the country's independence from British rule and its establishment as a sovereign state.