Gwalior - My First Indian State

Beautiful stamps and scans Tony!

Indeed. Thanks for sharing!

looks like tony hasnt wasted his time. tell me they are all MNH :)

A few are, Spock. The Service block of four is, from memory. The Edward VIIs aren't, I'm afraid.

well remember whne you are selling them (the mnh) please give me the first shot. I wish your entire collection was mnh that would be something

Nizam of Hyderabad

Travancore

You have been bitten by the Ugly Bug, smauggie. There's no going back now, you know

Ugly? Says who?

Here's another from Hyderabad, that makes me weep to consider what might have been:





Someone at Jhansi, outside Hyderabad wanted to write to the gentleman in Hyderabad, and went to the bother of finding a Hyderabad postal stationery envelope for the purpose. The gaping hole on the back is where an Indian Queen Victoria ½ Anna stamp was - until some clown tore it off That stamp, in good condition, might be worth about a hundredth of a cent ...

At least the cover has some nice cancellations from Hyderabad, including the star and crescent moon on the back

No, it's all right smauggie. I said bitten by the Ugly Bug, not hit with the Ugly Stick. That would be a different matter

Smauggie, now that you are hooked on the Uglies, you can send me your Panama map and CZ overprints

I just made up an "Old Chinese Saying" in response to you BeeSee: A tree has many roots.

hahaha you guys are funny thats not how you collect stationery from the princely states I am going to go put some mint stationery with the gum still intact thats right not after someone has written on it and used it already

those stationery are beautiful if you get them mnh :)

I have always heard HRH Spock has very high standards.