They are mentioned in the Stanley Gibbons Empire and Commonwealth Catalogue. "Postal Service." stamps were not used as postage stamps, therefore, they are not listed.
The cancellation is for 1905, it is King Edward VII (1901 -1910), therefore 1901 - 1905, the country name has not changed, so India.
N.B.: it would have been at least 42 years too early for Pakistan.
Quote: The POSTAL SERVICE. overprints on Br. Indian stamps were first issued in March 1895 for the exclusive use of the Indian Post Office for the purpose of the accounting of the sum collected as customs duty by the post office on foreign incoming parcels to India.
These stamps were affixed on the receipts of the parcel and canceled by steel datestamps and/or by punching a hole in them.
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