The British East India Company implemented Regulation VI of the Stamps Act in India in 1797. After revisions, it was renamed the Indian Stamps Act of 1899. which, by 1860, applied throughout India. At that point, the Queen or King's face appears on the stamp papers. The stamp tax was one anna, two annas, and so forth. (https://www.edrafter.in/online-stamp-paper-in-maharashtra/)