PUNJAB REGIMENT
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:13 pm
The insignia of the Punjab Regiment is a Greek or Roman Galley, why the stamp shows us a full rigged ship is not clear. Most probably the ship depict is a transport in which the regiment was transported.
The India Post gives by this stamp:
THE PUNJAB REGIMENT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST INFANTRY REGIMENTS OF THE INDIAN ARMY. THE ANCESTRAL UNITS OF THE PUNJAB REGIMENT WERE FORMED OUT THE ERSTWHILE COASTAL SEPOYS, WHICH WERE LATER KNOWN AS CARNATIC BATTALIONS AND THEN MADRAS BATTALION. THE FIRST BATTALIONS WERE RAISED BETWEEN 1761 AND 1798. THESE BATTALIONS LATER CAME TO BE KNOWN AS 2ND PUNJAB REGIMENT AND RECRUITMENT FOR ALL THESE BATTALIONS WAS CONFINED TO AREAS OF PUNJAB.
THE REGIMENT HAS THE PROUD PRIVILEGE OF EARNING 35 PRE-INDEPENDENCE BATTLE HONOURS AND 14 POST-INDEPENDENCE BATTLE HONOURS BESIDES EIGHT COAST UNIT CITATIONS AND 13 ARMY COMMANDER UNIT CITATIONS. A HIGHLY DECORATED REGIMENT WITH 747 PRE-INDEPENDENCE AWARDS 1388 POST INDEPENDENCE AWARDS WITH SIX PVSM, EIGHTEEN MVC, ELEVEN KVC, TWO UYSM, NINE AVSM, FIFTY-EIGHT VrC AND FIFTY-FIVE SC.
THE REGIMENT INSIGNIA IS A GALLEY, AN ANCIENT GREEK OR ROMAN WARSHIP. IS PERHAPS THE ONLY INFANTRY REGIMENT WITH AN INSIGNIA OF A NAVAL VESSEL IN THE WORLD. REGIMENTAL CENTRE IS AT RAMGARH CANTT (JHARKHAND).
INDIA POST IS HAPPY TO ISSUE A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON THE PUNJAB REGIMENT & 1 PARA (SF) (1 PUNJAB).
Wikipedia has on the Regiment and the page shows also the insignia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_Regiment_(India)
India 2011 5.00R sg?, scott?
The India Post gives by this stamp:
THE PUNJAB REGIMENT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST INFANTRY REGIMENTS OF THE INDIAN ARMY. THE ANCESTRAL UNITS OF THE PUNJAB REGIMENT WERE FORMED OUT THE ERSTWHILE COASTAL SEPOYS, WHICH WERE LATER KNOWN AS CARNATIC BATTALIONS AND THEN MADRAS BATTALION. THE FIRST BATTALIONS WERE RAISED BETWEEN 1761 AND 1798. THESE BATTALIONS LATER CAME TO BE KNOWN AS 2ND PUNJAB REGIMENT AND RECRUITMENT FOR ALL THESE BATTALIONS WAS CONFINED TO AREAS OF PUNJAB.
THE REGIMENT HAS THE PROUD PRIVILEGE OF EARNING 35 PRE-INDEPENDENCE BATTLE HONOURS AND 14 POST-INDEPENDENCE BATTLE HONOURS BESIDES EIGHT COAST UNIT CITATIONS AND 13 ARMY COMMANDER UNIT CITATIONS. A HIGHLY DECORATED REGIMENT WITH 747 PRE-INDEPENDENCE AWARDS 1388 POST INDEPENDENCE AWARDS WITH SIX PVSM, EIGHTEEN MVC, ELEVEN KVC, TWO UYSM, NINE AVSM, FIFTY-EIGHT VrC AND FIFTY-FIVE SC.
THE REGIMENT INSIGNIA IS A GALLEY, AN ANCIENT GREEK OR ROMAN WARSHIP. IS PERHAPS THE ONLY INFANTRY REGIMENT WITH AN INSIGNIA OF A NAVAL VESSEL IN THE WORLD. REGIMENTAL CENTRE IS AT RAMGARH CANTT (JHARKHAND).
INDIA POST IS HAPPY TO ISSUE A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON THE PUNJAB REGIMENT & 1 PARA (SF) (1 PUNJAB).
Wikipedia has on the Regiment and the page shows also the insignia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_Regiment_(India)
India 2011 5.00R sg?, scott?