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1890 combination cover from Kashmir to Peshawar (Pakistan) franked with India QV ½a green additionally franked with a "Postal Forgery" copy of the ½a orange in watercolor tiled by "L" in barred circle cancel with KASHMIR / 6 SEP 90" dispatch cds and "FIRST DELY / PESHAWAR / 10 SEP 90" delivery cds. A rare usage of a postal forgery stamp produced to defraud the State.
1913-16 4a bright-blue used on court notice document
1897 ½a black on thick white wove paper perf. 11½ on local cover tied by Karachi cds. 2025 ISES certificate
1899 ½a greenish-grey on local cover tied by Karachi cds. Stamp creased from fold and stain on cover
1914-35 ½a green used on local cover tied by dated 31 August 1918 squared circle cancel.
1939 1a & 4a on registered cover from Jatara to Tikamgarh
1876 6p red on yellowish white wove paper used on part cover tied by manuscript cancel, stamp with corner missing, with Poonch native 4 line intaglio seal cancel, Kahuta transit cds and Amritsar delivery cds. Catalog value of stamp alone is £300
India QV ½a postal stationery envelope additionally franked with Poonch ½a red on yellowish white wove paper tied by Poonch concentric of squares cancel.
India ½a postal stationery envelope from Pooch to Jatu (British India) additionally franked on reverse with 1883 ½a red on yellowish white wove paper tied by 4 line intaglio seal cancel, indicium cancelled by Kahuta Imperial Exchange post office cancel dated 12 Feb 1885 with Jatu delivery cds dated 18 Feb 1885.
India QV ¼a postal stationery postcard additionally franked with Poonch 1885-94 1p red on yellow wove paper tied by concentric of three squares, indicium canceled by Kahuta Imperial Exchange Office squared circle cancel dated 10 march 1892 with Rawalpindi (present day Pakistan) delivery cds dated 20 March 1892.
India ¼a QV postal stationery postcard from Poonch to Kashmir additionally franked with Poonch 1887 1p red on blue wove batonne paper tied by "KAHUTA / JL 26 / 94" squared circle Imperial exchange office cancel with Jammu Imperial delivery cds and Jammu & Kashmir State delivery cds dated 29 July 1894. It is interesting to note that while the Jammu & Kashmir State post delivered this postcard to the addressee, the recipient was not charged State postage because of a reciprocal agreement between the two States allowing the delivery of each other's mail without requiring payment of incoming State postage.
India ½a blue-green used alongside Poonch 1p black on white laid batonne paper tied by Kahuta squared circle cancel dated 21 Oct. 1892 with Allahabad delivery cds on reverse dated 24 Oct. 1892