Editing India Post (section)

===First adhesive stamps in Asia===
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The first adhesive [[postage stamp]]s in Asia were issued in the Indian district of [[Scinde]] in July 1852 by [[Bartle Frere]], chief commissioner of the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/mjshah.geo/scinde/scinde.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143019/http://www.geocities.com/mjshah.geo/scinde/scinde.html|title=Scinde District Dawks|archive-date=27 October 2009}}</ref> Frere was an admirer of [[Rowland Hill (postal reformer)|Rowland Hill]], the English postal reformer who had introduced the [[Penny Post]]. The Scinde stamps became known as "[[Scinde Dawk]]s"; "Dawk" is the Anglicised spelling of the [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] word ''Dak'' or ("post"). These stamps, with a value of {{1/2}}-anna, were in use until June 1866. The first all-India stamps were issued on 1 October 1854.