India Stamp Imperf?

Hello,

Can somebody help me identify this kind of stamp?
Is it a imperf?
For me it's the first time that I see a stamp with perfs printed on paper.

Thank you

Maarten

Maarten,
Yes, it is considered imperforate. As to identity, I can tell you it is an India official stamp. They are listed in Scott, but I don't have a catalog handy right now.

Robert

Thanks Robert, I hope somebody can find it in scott for me.

Maarten

I do not think it is listed in Scott, because it appears to be a cut-out from postal stationary. Scott does not list postal stationary items.

Actually, these stamps were issued imperf in 1981. I don't have Scott, and the most recent Gibbons I have that still lists these is from 2002, when they were SG O238, and catalogued at £1.50 each used. I rather doubt the price has moved on much since 2002.

Here is the business side of a cover with some of these stamps:

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This wasn't a first for the region. For reasons unknown, the Indore State Post Office - at the time confined to carrying Government mail - in the early 1930s ordered some of its stamps from the printers (Perkins, Bacon in London) to be sent imperforate, although the normal stamps were perforated. Here is an example of the 2 Anna of the set imperf:



Presumably the powers that were thought that government employees could just use scissors, and save the cost of perforating. In any case, the imperforates mint aren't so very hard to find



but properly used are rather scarce.