New Book Illuminates North East India's Non-Postal Stamp History

Imagine special papers used long ago for official things, like paying taxes or court fees, instead of sending letters.

These are called non-postal stamps.

An author named Aranya Dutta Choudhury wrote a book about these special stamps from a part of India called North-East India.

This region has many states like Manipur, Tripura, and Assam.

The author spent many years collecting these stamps and researching how they were used by the governments and royal families of these places.

These stamps show us how laws were made, how taxes were collected, and how different areas were run.

It's like finding hidden clues from the past that tell us the story of how these places were governed and how their communities were organized.

The book is important because not many people knew about these special historical stamps from North-East India.