‘Postage Stamps’, basically as a token for payment of postal taxes are now being recognized as an information source and historical documents in recording national achievements that too visually with the four core elements viz. denomination, country name, graphical design, and the textual element. They are valuable means of communication; easily available anywhere to anybody. Realizing them as source of extra revenue, commemorative stamps are brought out over the time. Their role in information dissemination is prominent just like that of universities as information / knowledge disseminator and collaborator as well. Universities on stamps are relatively rare compared to other topics, issued irregularly, and in many years even decades entirely remain absent from the philatelic repertoire. As on today India has more than 430 university level institutions including Deemed Universities, Agricultural Universities; and includes 162 traditional universities with 41 Central Universities under the purview of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. This study attempts to get acquainted with the Indian Universities on Postage Stamps–the 14 traditional universities that appeared on 15 Indian Postag Stamp. Here listing of such stamps in chronological order along with analysis and comments is presented.

Keywords: Stamps; Postage Stamps; Philately; Digital Philately; WADP Numbering System; WNS; Stamps on Indian Universities.