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India, Native Feudatory States
1st November 1864 to
1st July 1949
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There is an explanation of the Indian postal system on the relevent category page.
This links to a site on Feudatory States by a FICC member, there is also this YouTube post by FICC member Sandeep Jaiswal.
1860s |
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1 Soruth, Junagarh |
2 Jammu & Kashmir |
3 Kashmir |
4 Jammu |
5 Hyderabad |
| 1864 Sc1 SG1 | 1866 Sc1 SG1 | 1866 Sc62 SG88 | 1867 Sc6 SG52 | 1869 Sc2 SG1 |
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1870s |
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6 Jind |
7 Bhopal |
8 Poonch |
9 Alwar |
10 Nowanuggur |
| 1874 Sc1 SG-J1 | 1876 Sc1 SG1 | 1876 Sc1 SG1 | 1877 Sc1 SG1 | 1877 Sc1 SG1 |
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11 Bhor |
12 Faridkot |
13 Sirmoor |
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| 1879 Sc1 SG1 | 1879 Sc1 SG-N1 | 1879 Sc1 SG1 | ||
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1880s |
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14 Rajpeepla |
15 Kotah |
16 Indore |
17 Jhalawar |
18 Bamra |
| 1880 Sc1 SG1 | 1883 Sc1 SG? | 1886 Sc1 SG1 | 1887 Sc1 SG1 | 1888 Sc1 SG1 |
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19 Wadhwan |
20 Travancore |
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1890s |
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21 Nandgaon |
22 Cochin |
23 Duttia |
24 Charkhari |
25 Bundi |
| 1892 Sc1 SG1 | 1892 Sc1 SG1 | 1893 Sc1 SG2 | 1894 Sc1 SG2 | 1894 Sc1 SG1 |
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26 Bussahir |
27 Dhar |
28 Las Bela |
29 Kishangarh |
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| 1895 Sc1 SG1 | 1897 Sc1 SG1 | 1897 Sc1 SG1 | 1899 Sc1 SG1 | |
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1900 - 1929 |
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30 Jaipur |
31 Tonk |
32 Orchha |
33 Barwani |
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| 1904 Sc1 SG3b | 1906 Sc1 SG? | 1913 Sc2 SG1 | 1921 Sc1 SG1 | |
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1930s |
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34 Morvi |
35 Dungarpur |
36 Bijawar |
37 Idar |
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| 1931 Sc1 SG1 | 1933 Sc1 SG1 | 1935 Sc1 SG1 | 1939 Sc1 SG1 | |
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1940s |
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38 Jasdan |
39 Bahawalpur |
40 Soruth, Saurashtra |
41 Rajasthan |
42 Travancore-Cochin |
| 1942 Sc1 SG(1) | 1947 Sc1 SG1 | 1948 Sc39 SG60 | 1949 Sc1 SG1B | 1949 Sc1 SG1 |
| State | Date | Description | Format | Seq | FI | Sc | SG | MI | Y&T | $† | Notes |
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| Alwar | 1st Jan 1877 | ¼ anna ultra | no wmk, litho, rouletted | 9 | 186 | 1 |
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| Bahawalpur | 1st Dec 1947 | ½ anna black and carmine | star and moon wmk, engraved, perf 12½x12 | 39 | 604 | 1 |
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| Bamra | 1st Jan 1888 | ¼ anna black, yellow | no wmk, typeset, imperf | 18 | 250 | 1 |
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| Barwani | 1st Mar 1921 | ¼ anna dull Prussian green | no wmk, pin perf 7, toned medium wove paper | 33 | 521 | 1 |
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| Bhopal | 1876 | ¼ anna black | no wmk, litho, imperf | 7 | 181 | 1 |
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| Bhor | 1st Jan 1879 | ½ anna carmine | handstamped, no wmk, imperf, no gum | 11 | 196 | 1 |
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| Bijawar | 1st Jul 1935 | 3 pies brown | typo, no wmk, perf 10½ | 36 | 574 | 1 |
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| Bundi | 1st May 1894 | ½ anna slate | no wmk, litho, imperf, no gum | 25 | 306 | 1 |
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| Bussahir | 20th Jun 1895 | ¼ anna pink | no wmk, litho, imperf | 26 | 315 | 1 |
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| Charkhari | 1st Jan 1894 | 1 anna green | no wmk, typo, imperf | 24 | 301 | 1 |
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| Cochin | 13th Apr 1892 | ½ puttan yellow | no wmk, typo, perf 12 | 22 | 277 | 1 |
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| Dhar | 1st Jan 1897 | ½ pie black, red | no wmk, typeset, imperf | 27 | 323 | 1 |
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| Dungarpur | 1933 | ¼ anna bister yellow | no wmk. litho, perf 11 | 35 | 567 | 1 |
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| Duttia | 1893 | ¼ anna black, orange-red | no wmk, typeset, imperf | 23 | 288 | 1 |
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| Faridkot | 1st Jan 1879 | 1 folus ultra | no wmk, handstamped, imperf, no gum | 12 | 197 | 1 |
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| Hyderabad(Deccan) | 8th Sep 1869 | 1 anna olive-green | perf 11½, no wmk, engraved | 5 | 155 | 2 |
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| Idar | 21st Feb 1939 | ½ anna light green | no wmk, typo, perf 11 | 37 | 585 | 1 |
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| Indore | 6th Jan 1886 | ½ anna lilac | no wmk, litho, perf 15 | 16 | 241 | 1 |
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| Jaipur | 14th Jul 1904 | ½ anna ultra | no wmk, typo, pin perf 14x14½ | 30 | 388 | 1 |
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| Jammu | 1st Jan 1867 | ½ anna black | imperf, no wmk, watercolors | 4 | 134 | 6 |
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| Jammu and Kashmir | 23rd Mar 1866 | ½ anna grey-black | imperf, no wmk,handstamped | 2 | 130 | 1 |
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| Jasdan | 15th Mar 1942 | 1 anna green | perf 8½ to 10½ | 38 | 593 | 1 |
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| Jhalawar | 1887 | 1 pie yellow-green | no wmk, impef, no gum | 17 | 247 | 1 |
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| Jind | 1st Jan 1874 | ½ anna blue | imperf, no wmk, lithographed; thin white wove paper; no gum. | 6 | 176 | 1 |
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| Kashmir | 1st Sep 1866 | ½ anna black | imperf, no wmk,watercolors | 3 | 132 | 62 |
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| Kishangarh | 1st Jan 1899 | 1 anna green | no wmk, litho, imperf, no gum | 29 | 344 | 1 |
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| Kotah | 1883 | 2 pies green, yellow | no wmk, handstamped, imperf | 15 | 213 | 1 |
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| Las Bela | 1st Jan 1897 | ½ anna black, white | no wmk, typo, perf 12 | 28 | 324 | 1 |
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| Morvi | 1st Apr 1931 | 3 pies red | no wmk, typo, perf 12 | 34 | 561 | 1 |
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| Nandgaon | Feb 1892 | ½ anna blue | no wmk, typo, imperf, no gum | 21 | 274 | 1 |
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| Nowanuggur (Nawanagar) | 1st Jan 1877 | 1 dokra dull blue | no wmk, typo, imperf, no gum | 10 | 188 | 1 |
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| Orchha | 1st Jan 1913 | ½ anna emerald | no wmk, litho, imperf, no gum | 32 | 441 | 2 |
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| Poonch | 1st Jan 1876 | 6 pies red | no wmk, handstamped, imperf | 8 | 182 | 1 |
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| Rajasthan | 1st Jan 1949 | ¼ anna deep green | Bundi overprint, no wmk, perf 11 | 41 | 624 | 1 |
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| Rajpeepla (Rajpipla) | 1st Jan 1880 | 1 paisa ultra | no wmk, litho, perf 11, 12½, no gum | 14 | 204 | 1 |
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| Sirmoor | 1st Jun 1879 | 1 pie green | no wmk perf 11½, wove paper | 13 | 200 | 1 |
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| Soruth, Junagarh | 1st Nov 1864 | (1 anna) black, bluish | imperf, no wmk, engraved | 1 | 119 | 1 |
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| Soruth, United State of Saurashtra | 15th Feb 1948 | 1 anna deep claret | no wmk, typo, perf 11 | 40 | 613 | 39 |
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| Tonk | 1906 | ¼ anna yellow-brown | no wmk, litho, imperf, wove paper | 31 | 390 | 1 |
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| Travancore | 16th Oct 1888 | 1 cash ultra | no wmk, typo, perf 12 | 20 | 256 | 1 |
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| Travancore-Cochin | 1st Jul 1949 | 2 pies on 6ca violet-black | Travancore surcharge | 42 | 625 | 1 |
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| Wadhwan | 1st Jan 1888 | ½ pie black | no wmk, litho, pin perf, thin paper | 19 | 251 | 1 |
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† This column contains an indication of price showing the significant digit and the number of zeros following, so 32 means about $300, 16 is a million and “c” is less than $1.
Notes
- Soruth - Gibbons notes that while the region using these stamps was actually Junagadh (in Gibbons, Junagarh in Scott), as they have been listed for so long under Soruth, that tradition is maintained. The first issues are handstamped in black on a variety of papers and it is difficult to distinguish between the catalogue variants. Both Scott and Gibbons list bluish (azure) laid paper first.
- Jammu & Kashmir - Both Scott and Gibbons number these sequentially.
- Hyderabad - Mackay [1] notes, "Despite its oriental appearance, with Arabic lettering set in arabesque ornament, the 1 anna stamp issued by Hyderabad in 1869 was designed and engraved by a Mr Rapkin of London and recess-printed by Nissen & Parker." Sc#1 Jan 1871.
- Jind - issued stamps as both a Feudatory and a Convention state (as did Faridkot). The Feudatory period was 1874 to 1885 and the Convention 1885 to 1943. Sc1-5 were on thin white wove paper, Sc6-10 were the same values and designs on thick blue laid paper and different colours except for Sc1/Sc6 which are both blue.
- Bussahir - stamps Sc1-8 are imperf and Sc9-16 are the same stamps perf 7-14. Both are dated 1895. Sc9-16 are priced significantly lower. Gibbons dates the ¼a pink later than the other stamps in the set (1st September 1895)
- Kishangarh was integrated with Rajasthan in 1947-49.
- Kotah and Tonk do not appear in the Scott catalogues to hand but have been listed in the FICC catalogue after being mentioned in Linn's Stamp News in November 2009. Articles appeared in the Journal in 2010 (v18n1p2, v18n2p4). They were included in the 2010 Scott Classic, though no price is given for Tonk #1, of which three copies are known, all on cover.
- Orchha - Sc1, the ¼ anna ultra was issued in 1915.
- Rajasthan - the Rajasthan Union comprised Bundi, Jaipur and Kishangarh. The first set of stamps are Bundi overprints in black, violet or blue suffixed A, B and C respectively in Gibbons: Scott suffixes are ad-hoc.
- Suruth, United State of Saurashtra - this was formed in 1948 by 217 States, including the stamp-issuing States of Jasdan, Morvi, Nowanuggur and Wadhwan. The issue began with overprints and surcharges with numerous variations, Sc39-42, SG58-60, variously suffixed.
- The United State of Travancore-Cochin was established 1st July 1949.
- Morvi - The illustration of the #1 is taken from Robert Louie's articles on forgeries that (as might be expected) also include images of genuine stamps. He shows two versions of the #1, one (shown) with 10mm spaces between stamps and one with 5½mm spaces.
- Charkhari - Gibbons lists a ¼a rose first, though Scott dates this as 1897 and numbers it Sc3A.
- Duttia - Gibbons lists the ¼a black/red as 1896 (SG4). The ½a black/green Sc2 is SG1.
- Idar - Gibbons dates the ½a light green as 1932, rather than Scott's 1939.
- Jaipur - Scott shows two chariot design variants, Gibbons three. Based on the catalogue prices and colours, Sc1 is probably SG3b.
- Jasdan - Scott has a single entry, noting perf 8½ to 10½. Gibbons identifies specific perforations, all 1 anna green (variants), SG1-SG6.
- Rajpipla - Gibbons dates the 1p blue as June 1880.
- Wadhwan - There are three variants of these stamps, a combination of thin paper thickness and perf variations. Scott renders this as Sc1-3, Gibbons as SG1-6. Sc1 (thin paper, pin-perf) is SG1b.
- Bahawalpur - both Scott and Gibbons list this with Pakistan as, though formerly an Indian princely state, it only issued stamps after the partition of India and soon became part of Pakistan. Official stamps were issued in 1945, postal stamps in 1947. Gibbons first lists a set of overprints, thus Sc1 = SG18.
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