Bundi 1947 ½a volet, 1a yellow-green and Bundi 2a vermillion machine overprinted RAJASTHAN used on registered local cover from Nainwa to Nainwa, all three stamps with manuscript cancel dated 3-1-49. A spectacular usage of both Bundi & Rajasthan stamps on cover. 2025 ISES certificate

1886 Shortly before the State Postal system was absorbed into the Imperial Post, bi-colored Essays were produced. The Essay's central design is the portrait of the ruler with “RAJPIPLA POSGE” and “1 ANNA” below it. These were never put into production as, shortly after the essays were produced, the State’s general and postal administration was taken over by the Imperial Government. The stamp is lithographed on unwatermarked wove paper perf. 11.5. “SPECIMEN” in green ink is printed diagonally on the back. A detailed article on the Essay by HDS Haverbeck first appeared in the “Philatelic Journal of India” in October 1977. A subsequent article on the Essay by Dan Walker was published in “India Post” Volume 44 page 110-111. A total of either six or eight such Essays exist. 2025 ISES certificate

1892 1p grey-blue with error, imperf between vertical pair.

1892 1p blue with error, imperf between vertical pair.

Reduced registered cover from Paonta to Nahan franked with 1895-96 3p + 2a and 1894-99 3p making up the 6p rate for single weight letter + 2 annas for registration with boxed registration strike on reverse and Nahan delivery cds on reverse. Sirmoor stamps on local (within Sirmoor State) mail are virtually non-existent because the Sirmoor postal department had strict orders from the Maharaja of the State to remove all stamps from articles of mail prior to delivery. These used stamps were used to fulfil the demand for Sirmoor used stamps from overseas collectors. This is one of only three non-philatelic Sirmoor registered covers in private hands. A great rarity of Sirmoor. 2025 ISES certificate.