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A stamp issued for ordinary postal purposes and placed on sale for an unlimited period.
Over the last decades, 17 definitive or regular series have been issued. The first series was issued on 14 August 1948 and consisted of 20 stamps. These stamps featured scales of justice, crescent and star, Lloyd's Barrage (now Sukkur Barrage), Karachi Port Trust building, Salimullah Hostel, Dacca University and the Khyber Pass; Mian Mahmood Alam Suharwardy gave 2 designs for this set: scale of justice and star and crescent. These alongwith the 1949 redrawn series, were withdrawn from sale on 01st January 1961.
The 1951, 1954, 1955 and 1956 Independence Anniversary issues were all basically definitive series.
The 1957, 1958 and 1960 Republic Day (23 March) issues were also definitive. Since then 10 further series have been issued, with the latest in 1998.
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