List of postage stamps of Pakistan from 1947 to 1966
Over its 60-year history, Pakistan has issued over 600 issues and 1,100 stamps and souvenir sheets.
- 1947 to 1966
- 1967 to 1976
- 1977 to 1986
- 1987 to 1996
- 1997 to 2006
- 2007 to 2016
1947
- Indian postage stamps overprinted “Pakistan” – 1 October 1947
- 19 stamps overprinted with "PAKISTAN" were issued.
- Value 3P, 1/2 a, 9P, 1a, 1½ a, 2a.3a, 3½a, 4a, 6a, 8a, 12a, 14a, Rs.1, Rs.2, Rs.5.
Rs.10, Rs.15, Rs.25
1948
- Independence commemorative – 9 July 1948
- Four stamps were issued value: 1½ a, 2½a. 3a, Rs.1,
These stamps were designed by Abdul Rehman Chughtai
- First regular series (Crescent and Star facing Northeast) – 14 August 1948
- 20 definitive stamps were issued on this occasion
Values 3P, 6P, 9P, 1a, 1½a, 2a, 2½a, 3a, 3½a, 4a, 6a, 8a, 10a, 12a, Rs.1, Rs.2, Rs.5, Rs.10, Rs.15, R50
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1949
- 1st Anniversary of the Death of Quaid-e-Azam – 11 September 1949
3 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 1½a, 3a, 10a.
- 1st Regular Series (Crescent and Star facing Northwest) – February 1949
8 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 1a, 1½a, 2a, 3a, 6a, 8a, 10a, 12a,
1950
No stamp issued
1951
- 4th Anniversary of Independence – 14 August 1951
9 stamps were issued on this occasion Value 2½a, 3a, 3½a,(Die I) 3½a,(Die II), 4a, 6a, 8a. 10a, 12a,
1952
- Scinde Dawk Commemorative – 14 August 1952
2 stamps were issued on this occasion Value 3a, 12a.
1953
No stamp issued
1954
- 7th Anniversary of Independence – 14 August 1954
7 stamps were issued on this occasion value 6p, 9p, 1a, 1½a, 14a, Rs.1, Rs.2
- Conquest of K2 Commemorative – 25 December 1954
One stamp was issued on this occasion Value 2a
1955
- 8th Anniversary of Independence – 14 August 1955
5 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 2½a (Die I ), 2½a (Die II), 6a, 8a, 12a
- 10th Anniversary of United Nations – 24 October 1955
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 1½a, 12a
- Unification of West Pakistan – 7 December 1955
3 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 1½a, 2a, 12a,
1956
- 1956 –1 The Republic Day Commemorative – 23 March 1956
One Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 2a
- 1956 –2 9th Anniversary of Independence – 14 August 1956
One Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 2a
- 1956 –3 1st Session of National Assembly of Pakistan at Dacca – 1956
3 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 1½a, 2a, 12a
1957
- 1957 – 1 1st Anniversary of Republic Day – 23 March 1957
3 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 2½a, 3½a, Rs.10
- 1957 – 2 Centenary of Struggle for Independence – 10 May 1957
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 2a
- 1957 – 3 10th Anniversary of Independence – 14 August 1957
3 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 1½a, 4a, 12a
1958
- 2nd Anniversary of Republic Day – 23 March 1958
One Stamps were issued on this occasion Value Rs.15
- 20th Death Anniversary of Allama Iqbal – 21 April 1958
3 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 1½a, 2a, 14a
- 10th Anniversary of Human Rights – 10 December 1958
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 1½a, 14a
- 2nd National Jamboree of Pakistan Boy Scouts – 28 December 1958
2 Stamps were overprinted on this occasion Value 6p, 8a
1959
- 1959 –1 Revolution Day – 27 October 1959
One Stamps was overprinted on this occasion Value 6a
- 1959 –2 Red Cross Centenary – 19 November 1959
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion Value 2a, 10a
1960
- 1960 –1 Armed Forces Day – 10 January 1960
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 2a, 14a
- 1960 –2 Definitive Issue – 23 March 1960
Jammu & Kahmir Definitives
4 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 6p, 2a, 8a, Rs.1
- 1960 –3 World Refugee Year – 7 April 1960
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 2a, 10a,
- 1960 –4 Golden Jubilee of Punjab Agricultural College, Lyallpur(now Faisalabad) – 10 October 1960
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 2a, 8a,
- 1960 –5 Revolution Day Commemoration – 27 October 1960
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 2a, 14a,
- 1960 –6 Centenary of King Edward Medical College, Lahore – 16 November 1960
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 2a, 14a,
- 1960 –7 International Chamber of Commerce, CAFEA Meeting – 5 December 1960
One Stamps was issued on this occasion
Value 14a
- 1960 –8 Third Pakistan Boy Scouts National Jamboree, Lahore – 24 December 1960
One Stamps was issued on this occasion
Value 2a
1961
- 1961 –1 Currency Changed 100 Paisa = Rs 100 New Currency Overprint – 10 January 1961
6 Stamps were overprinted with new currency on this occasion
Value 1p, 2p, 3p, 7p, 13p, 13p
- 1961–63–2 5th Definitive Series, “SHAKISTAN” instead of “PAKISTAN” printed in Bangali
3 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 1p, 2p, 5p
- 1961–63–3 5th Definitives Series
16 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 1p, 2p, 3p, 5p, 7p, 10p, 13p, 25p, 40p, 50p,75p, 90p,Rs.1, Rs.1.25,Rs.2, Rs.5
- 1961 –4 Lahore Stamp Exhibition – 12 February 1961
One stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 8a
- 1961 –5 Completion of Warsak Hydroelectric Project – 1 July 1961
One stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 40p
- 1961 –6 Child Welfare Week – 2 October 1961
2 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 13p, 90p
- 1961 –7 Co-operative Day – 4 November 1961
2 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 13p, 90p
- 1961 –8 Police Centenary – 30 November 1961
2 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 13p, 90p
- 1961 –9 Railway Centenary – 31 December 1961
2 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 13p, 50p
1962
- 1962 –1 1st Karachi – Dacca Jet Flight – 6 February 1962
One stamp was overprinted on this occasion
Value 13p,
- 1962 –2 Malaria Eradication – 7 April 1962
2 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 10p, 13p
- 1962 –3 New Constitution – 8 June 1962
One stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 40p
- 1962 –4 Sports – 14 August 1962
4 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 7p, 13p, 25p, 40p
- 1962 –5 Small Industries – 10 November 1962
5 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 7p, 13p, 25p, 40p, 50p
- 1962 –6 16th Anniversary of UNICEF – 11 December 1962
2 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 13p, 40p
- 1962–70 –7 5th Definitive Series Redrawn Bengali inscription - Die II
14 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 1p, 2p, 3p, 5p, 7p, 10p, 13p, 15p, 20p, 25p, 40p, 50p, 75p, 90p
1963
- 1963 –1 U.N. Force in West Irian – 15 February 1963
One stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 13p
- 1963 –2 National Horse and Cattle Show – 13 March 1963
One stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 13p
- 1963 –3 Freedom from Hunger – 21 March 1963
2 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 13p, 50p
- 1963 –4 Second International Dacca Stamp Exhibition – 23 March 1963
One stamp was overprinted on this occasion
Value 13p
- 1963 –5 Centenary of Red Cross – 25 June 1963
One stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 40p
- 1963 –6 Archaeological Series – 16 September 1963
4 stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 7p, 13p, 40p, 50p
- 1963 –7 Centenary of Public Works Department – 7 October 1963
One stamp was overprinted on this occasion
Value 13p
- 1963 –8 25th Death Anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk – 10 November 1963
One stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 50p
- 1963 –9 15th Anniversary of Declaration of Human Rights – 10 December 1963
One stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 50p
- 1963 –10 Completion of Multan Thermal Power Station – 25 December 1963
One stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 13p
- 1963–68-11 Stamps already issued now printed on watermarked paper
7 stamp were issued on this occasion
Value Rs.1, Rs.1.25, Rs.2, Rs.5, Rs.10, Rs.15, Rs.25
1964
- 1964 –1 Nubian Monuments Preservation – 30 March 1964
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 13p, 50p
- 1964 –2 New York World Fair – 22 April 1964
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 13p, Rs.1.25
- 1964 –3 Bicentenary of Death of Shah Abdul Latif of Bhit – 25 June 1964
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 50p
- 1964 –4 16th Anniversary of Death of Quaid-e-Azam – 11 September 1964
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 15p, 50p
- 1964 –5 Universal Children’s Day – 5 October 1964
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
- 1964 –6 West Pakistan University of Engineering & Technology 1st Convocation – 21 December 1964
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
1965
- 1965 –1 Blind Welfare – 28 February 1965
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
- 1965-2 Centenary of International Telecommunication Union 17 May 1965
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
- 1965 –3 International Co-operation year – 26 June 1965
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 15p, 50p
- 1965 –4 1st Anniversary of RCD – 21 July 1965
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 15p, 50p
- 1965 – 5 Pakistan Armed Forces – 25 December 1965
3 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 7p, 15p, 50p
1966
- 1966 –1 Armed Forces Day – 13 February 1966
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
- 1966 –2 Inauguration of 1st Atomic Reactor of Pakistan,Islamabad – 30 April 1966
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
- 1966 –3 Silver Jubilee of Habib Bank – 25 August 1966
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
- 1966 –4 Universal Children’s Day – 3 October 1966
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
- 1966 –5 20th Anniversary of UNESCO – 24 November 1966
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
- 1966 –6 Islamabad, New Capital – 29 November 1966
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 15p, 50p
- 1966 –7 Foundation of Health and TIBI Research Institute – 3 December 1966
One Stamp was issued on this occasion
Value 15p
- 1966 –8 90th Birth Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam – 25 December 1966
2 Stamps were issued on this occasion
Value 15p, 50p
References
- Siddiqui Stamps Catalogue - Collect Pakistan Postage Stamps 2011 Edition available at
www.pakistanphilately.com Editor Akhtar ul Islam Siddiqui
- Ron Doubleday and Usman Ali Isani, Pakistan Overprints on Indian Stamps and Postal Stationery 1947–1949, Karachi (1993).