Map of Pakistan postage, R. 1, blue, stamp, West Pakistan, East Pakistan, India, Jammu & Kashmir (Final status not yet determined), Junagarh & Manavadar
country: Pakistan postage topic: Map of Pakistan theme: geology type of stamp: postal stamp color: blue year: ? postal value: R. 1 designer: ? Over the last 60 years, various people have designed Pakistani stamps with many graduates of the National College of Arts (earlier Mayo School of Arts) in Lahore. Information: Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Strategically it is located in a position between the important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. The region forming modern Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures including the neolithic Mehrgarh and the bronze era Indus Valley Civilisation. Subsequently i...