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The Nasik overprints: Pakistan's first stamps
For six weeks the country existed and its post office did not. What arrived instead was a borrowed stamp with one word printed across it.
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At the Noor Royal Gallery
The Nasik overprints: Pakistan's first stamps
For six weeks the country existed and its post office did not. What arrived instead was a borrowed stamp with one word printed across it.
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