Question Regarding Bahawalpur Stamp

I was putting in Pakistan stamps and got to the Bahawalpur section, and I noticed that one of the stamps was a little different. It didn't have the same perforation as the others and it also didn't have an overlay that the other ones have. If it is newer than 1949 than that is why I don't have a space for it in my book. Any help is appreciated!

P.S. I did take pictures but they won't upload even though I've converted them to GIF and JPEG and neither worked while the pictures were well under the 200KB........

P.S.2 I checked my Scott catalogues and there seemed to not be a Pakistan or Bahawalpur in B and P so if they're located somewhere else I'd like to know. Thank you all

-Jake

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The red overprint means that's a stamp for official use. Stanley Gibbons lists these. There are two perf varieties for each, (normal) perf 13, and 17.5 x 17.

Scott doesn't list these as they were for internal/local use only. The perf 13 UPUs are common as dirt, a speculative issue made for collectors as probably their other stamps are. Honoring an organization that sets treaties for international mail is a bit much for a state that could never be a member and whose stamps could not be used on international mail.

Listed in Scott after Pakistan under Bahawalpur issued on Oct.10,1949. Set of four Sc 26-29. The overprinted official set of four Sc O25-O28.

Scott also mentions the perf. 17 varieties in a note.

Robert

Perhaps the state officials were "lobbying" to have their stamps accepted by the UPU?

There is a whole book on Bahawalpur: The Amirate of Bahawalpur, Postal History & Stamps (1932-1949) by Dr Captain U.A.G. Isani and Syed Abid Hussain, Karachi, 2006 - 422 pages, and lavishly illustrated.

Many of the covers shown look distinctly dodgy to me (typewritten by means of a typewriter face I doubt was in existence at the time). The stamps are probably OK, for the most part.

In any case, bear in mind that the ruler was a keen philatelist.