(Andaman-Nicobar & Lakshdweep Islands are not shown in the design)
1. This Series was introduced to meet the requirement that arose from introduction of new decimal  currency system i.e. 100 naye paise=1 rupee w.e.f. 01 April 1957
2. In stamps of 8np (Issue date 7/05/1958), 15np & 90np (Issue Date 16/01/1958), currency was written as ‘nP’,   in other values as ‘N.P.’
Stamps: (1) 1 N.P. (2) 2 N.P. (3) 3 N.P.