Definitive Stamps
Definitive stamps are used for day - to - day postal mailing purposes and are available in various ascending denominations from 25 paise onwards at all post offices.
List of Definitive Stamps:
| Year | Date of Issue | Name of Stamp | Denomination | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 8/15/1949 | Ajanta Panel | 3ps | Definitive-I-Archaeological |
| 1949 | Konark Horse | 6ps | ||
| 1949 | Trimurti | 9ps | ||
| 1949 | Bodhisativa | 1a | ||
| 1949 | Nataraja | 2a | ||
| 1949 | Sanchi Stupa East Gate | 3a | ||
| 1949 | Bodh Gaya Temple | 3-1/2a | ||
| 1949 | Bhuvaneswara | 4a | ||
| 1949 | Gol Gumbad Bijapur | 6a | ||
| 1949 | Kandarya Mahadeva Temple | 8a | ||
| 1949 | Golden Temple, Amritsar | 12a | ||
| 1949 | Victory Tower, Chittaurgarh | 1r | ||
| 1949 | Red Fort, Delhi | 2r | ||
| 1949 | Taj Mahal, Agra | 5r | ||
| 1949 | Qutab Minar, Delhi | 10r | ||
| 1949 | Saatrunjaya Temple, Palitana | 15r | ||
| 1951 | 30/04/1951 | Bodh Gaya Temple | 2-1/2a | |
| 1951 | 30/04/1951 | Bhuvaneswara | 4a | |
| 1951 | 15/07/1951 | Bodhisativa | 1a | |
| 1955 | 26/01/1955 | Tractor | 3ps | Definitive-II-Five Year Plan |
| 1955 | Powerloom | 6ps | ||
| 1955 | Irrigation | 9ps | ||
| 1955 | Tillaya Dam (Damodar River) | 1a | ||
| 1955 | Charkha Spinning | 2a | ||
| 1955 | Naga Women Weaving | 3a | ||
| 1955 | Yoked Bullocks | 4a | ||
| 1955 | Malaria Control | 6a | ||
| 1955 | Chittaranjan Locomotive Works | 8a | ||
| 1955 | Bombay | 10a | ||
| 1955 | Aircraft Factory | 12a | ||
| 1955 | Kashmir | 14a | ||
| 1955 | Telephone Industry | 1r | ||
| 1955 | Cape Comorin | 1r2a | ||
| 1955 | Kanchenjuga | 1r8a | ||
| 1955 | Viral Mitti Ka Karkhana (Rare Earths Factory) | 2r | ||
| 1955 | SindriFactory | 5r | ||
| 1955 | SteelIndustry | 10r | ||
| 1957 | 01/04/1957 | Star Watermark | 1np | Definitive-III |
| 1957 | 2np | |||
| 1957 | 3np | |||
| 1957 | 6np | |||
| 1957 | 8np | |||
| 1957 | 10np | |||
| 1957 | 13np | |||
| 1957 | 20np | |||
| 1957 | 25np | |||
| 1957 | 50np | |||
| 1957 | 75np | |||
| 1958 | 16/01/1958 | Star Watermark | 15np | |
| 1958 | 07/05/1958 | 8np | ||
| 1958 | 27/10/1958 | Ashoka Pillar Watermark | 1np | |
| 1958 | 2np | |||
| 1958 | 3np | |||
| 1958 | 5np | |||
| 1958 | 8np | |||
| 1958 | 10np | |||
| 1958 | 20np | |||
| 1958 | 25np | |||
| 1959 | Telephone Industry | 1r | ||
| 1959 | Rare Earths Factory | 2r | ||
| 1959 | Sindri Fertilizer Factory | 5r | ||
| 1959 | Steel Industry | 10r | ||
| 1959 | Ashoka Pillar Watermark | 5np | ||
| 1959 | 75np | |||
| 1960 | 1np | |||
| 1960 | 15np | |||
| 1960 | 90np | |||
| 1963 | 6np | |||
| 1963 | 13np | |||
| 1965 | 15/08/1965 | PluckingTea | 15p | Definitive-IV |
| 1965 | 14/11/1965 | Atomic Reactor Trombay | 10r | |
| 1966 | 01/07/1966 | Konark Elephant | 6ps | |
| 1966 | Electric Locomotive | 10ps | ||
| 1966 | Mediaeval Sculpture | 1r | ||
| 1967 | 15/03/1967 | Chital | 8ps | |
| 1967 | Dolls | 30ps | ||
| 1967 | Mangoes | 50ps | ||
| 1967 | Hampi Chariot | 70ps | ||
| 1967 | DalLake | 2r | ||
| 1967 | Bhakra Dam | 5r | ||
| 1967 | 16/10/1967 | Bidri Ware | 2ps | |
| 1967 | Brass Ware | 3ps | ||
| 1967 | Family Planning | 5ps | ||
| 1967 | Gnat | 20ps | ||
| 1967 | 16/10/1967 | Somnath Temple | 60ps | |
| 1968 | 15/05/1968 | Coffee Berries | 4ps | |
| 1968 | 02/10/1968 | Calcutta GPO Building | 40ps | |
| 1974 | 20/08/1974 | Family Planning (Unwatermarked) | 5ps | Definitive-V |
| 1974 | Chital | 25ps | ||
| 1974 | 01/10/1974 | Tiger | 15ps | |
| 1974 | Veena | 1r | ||
| 1975 | 01/03/1975 | BidriWare | 2ps | |
| 1975 | Family Planning (Star Watermark) | 5ps | ||
| 1975 | 15/07/1975 | Tiger | 15ps | |
| 1975 | 15/07/1975 | Handicraft Toy | 20ps | |
| 1975 | 15/07/1975 | Flying Crane | 50ps | |
| 1975 | 15/07/1975 | Veena | 100ps | |
| 1975 | 15/07/1975 | Kashmir Landscape | 200ps | |
| 1976 | 01/04/1976 | Family Planning (Change in Set From 90 to 100) | 5ps | |
| 1976 | 01/11/1976 | Bidri Ware | 2ps | |
| 1976 | 01/11/1976 | Family Planning | 5ps | |
| 1976 | 01/11/1976 | Electric Locomotive | 10ps | |
| 1976 | 01/11/1976 | Somnath Temple | 60ps | |
| 1976 | 01/11/1976 | Bhakra Nagal Dam | 500ps | |
| 1976 | 01/11/1976 | Atomic Reactor, Trombay | 1000ps | |
| 1979 | 01/03/1979 | Bidri Ware (Change in Set 90 to 100) | 2 | |
| 1979 | 15/03/1979 | Bidri Ware (Change process PG to O/S) | 2 | |
| 1979 | 01/05/1979 | Handicrafts | 30 | |
| 1979 | 05/07/1979 | Electric Locomotive | 10 | |
| 1979 | 03/09/1979 | Bumper Harvest | 30 | Definitive-VI |
| 1979 | 26/11/1979 | Fish | 5 | |
| 1979 | 26/11/1979 | Poultry | 25 | |
| 1980 | 10/03/1980 | Technology | 15 | |
| 1980 | 31/03/1980 | Adult Education | 2 | |
| 1980 | 17/06/1980 | Hybrid Cotton | 100 | |
| 1980 | 15/09/1980 | Family Welfare | 35 | |
| 1980 | 23/11/1980 | Rubber Tapping | 500 | |
| 1980 | 07/12/1980 | Handloom Weaving | 200 | |
| 1981 | 25/03/1981 | ChildandNurition | 20 | |
| 1981 | Cashew | 225 | ||
| 1981 | Apple | 280 | ||
| 1982 | 25/01/1982 | Minor Irrigation | 10 | |
| 1982 | 25/01/1982 | Dairying | 50 | |
| 1982 | 05/07/1982 | Fish | 5 | |
| 1982 | 05/07/1982 | Minor Irrigation (1982 Aissue | 10 | |
| 1982 | 05/07/1982 | Tranfer of Technology | 15 | |
| 1982 | 05/07/1982 | ChildandNurition | 20 | |
| 1982 | 05/07/1982 | Poultry | 25 | |
| 1982 | 05/07/1982 | Family Welfare | 35 | |
| 1982 | 05/07/1982 | Dairying (1982 Aissue | 50 | |
| 1982 | 06/09/1982 | Bumper Harvest | 30 | Definitive-VI |
| 1982 | 29/11/1982 | Fish (1982 Aissue | 5 | |
| 1982 | 28/12/1982 | Orange | 325 | |
| 1983 | 11/08/1983 | Rubber Tapping | 500 | |
| 1983 | 22/10/1983 | Atomic Reactor | 1000 | |
| 1983 | 10/11/1983 | Hybrid Cotton | 100 | |
| 1983 | 10/11/1983 | Handloom Weaving | 200 | |
| 1984 | 24/02/1984 | Afforestation | ||
| 1985 | 05/09/1985 | Agriculture & rural Development | 25 | |
| 1986 | 05/11/1986 | Energy | 5000 | Definitive-VII |
| 1988 | 01/01/1988 | Solar Energy | 500 | |
| 1988 | 15/10/1988 | T.V.Screen With Tower | 40 | |
| 1988 | 30/11/1988 | BioGas | 2000 | |
| 1991 | 30/01/1991 | Mahatma Gandhi | 100 | |
| 1994 | 04/04/1994 | Sanchi Stupa | 500 | |
| 1994 | 11/07/1994 | Family Welfare | 75 | |
| 1994 | 11/07/1994 | Family Welfare | 100 | |
| 1995 | 18/02/1995 | Oil Conservation | 100 | |
| 1995 | 19/11/1995 | Communal Harmony | 200 | |
| 1998 | 21/09/1998 | Pulse Polio Immunisation | 300 | |
| 2000 | 30/04/2000 | Leopard Cat | 500 | Definitive-VIII |
| 2000 | 30/04/2000 | Tiger Sunderbans Biosphere Reserve | 1000 | |
| 2000 | 20/07/2000 | Black Buck | 25 | |
| 2000 | 20/07/2000 | Nilgiri Tahr | 50 | |
| 2000 | 20/07/2000 | Saras Crane | 100 | |
| 2000 | 30/10/2000 | Paradise Fly Catcher | 5000 | |
| 2000 | 20/11/2000 | Butterfly | 1500 | |
| 2000 | 20/11/2000 | Amaltaas | 2000 | |
| 2001 | 20/09/2001 | Painted Stork | 400 | |
| 2002 | 16/08/2002 | Rose | 200 | Definitive-IX |
| 2002 | 20/07/2002 | Smooth Indian Otter | 300 | |
| 2008 | 01/12/2008 | Jawahar Lal Nehru | 25p | Definitive-IX "Builder of Modern India" |
| 2008 | 01/12/2008 | Mahatma Gandhi | 100p | |
| 2008 | 01/12/2008 | Dr.B.R. Ambedkar | 200p | |
| 2008 | 01/12/2008 | Satyajit Ray | 300p | |
| 2008 | 01/12/2008 | Homi Jahangir Bhabha | 400p | |
| 2008 | 01/12/2008 | Indira Gandhi | 500p | |
| 2008 | 01/12/2008 | Rajiv Gandhi | 500p | |
| 2008 | 01/12/2008 | J.R.D Tata | 1500p | |
| 2008 | 01/12/2008 | Mother Teresa | 2000p | |
| 2009 | 11/05/2009 | E.V. Ramaswamy | 50p | Definitive-IX "Builder of Modern India" |
| 2009 | 11/05/2009 | C.V. Raman | 1000p | |
| 2009 | 11/05/2009 | Rukmani Devi Arundale | 5000p |
