Mysterious Indian Ugly

Hi
This is my first post !
Can anyone help me identify this that I got in a mixed lot? It looks like an Indian State but I cannot find it on SG Commonwealth. It looks like it could have a monarchs picture on it but it is very unclear.
Any help would be appreciated!

I don't have my catalog at hand, but this appears to be from Nepal.

Yes, Nepal, Sc#10. These were often from telegraph forms, so worth less than postally used ones. Don't know which this is.

Here you go...

1899 Scott 10 1/2a black
"Siva's Bow and Two Khukris"
This stamp was produced in 1899, and is shown here, a 1/2a black. Two varieties- imperf (1899-1907) & pin-perf (1900-1903) - on Native wove paper were issued (CV $10+).

This design was not used again, except for a 1/2a red orange imperf (CV $400) released in 1917.

https://bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.c...ofNepal.html

Scott catalog for the classic issue of Nepal is essentially worthless. I supplied the editor last year with a suggested revision but they were unable to incorporate any of the changes into the 2018 specialized. I hope to write and publish an in-depth catalog of the 1881-1930 issues in the next year.

As an example of the confusions. There is a 1/2 anna black that was issued in the 1899 to 1907 period that is rare used while the next re-issue of the stamp, that started in 1917, is common used telegraphically as intended (99.9% have easy to identify cancels).

I noticed the Jkjblue blog listings on Nepal has problems that are really Scott catalog problems - for example your 4 annas, 1886 issue, identified as a Scott #9 is actually a post 1917 printing with a telegraphic cancel. Scotts lumps 1898 and 1917 printing together in error but according to their catalog, your stamp would be Scott #17.

My collection linked below has things described correctly and telegraphic cancels illustrated. Would save tons of pain if Scott's catalog illustrated these cancels: http://www.rfrajola.com/nepal/nepal.htm

Richard,
Thank you for the input and for all that you do for the hobby.
Don

Agreed - the Nepal exhibit, which Richard kindly linked previously, is a wonderful piece of work.

Thank you all so much. Brilliant information.
It came in a commonwealth lot so I assumed India.

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Found it.

I'm aware of the inadequacies of the Scott catalogue, and say so on my Nepal blog post.

Richard- if you can get the Scott catalogue to reflect current expert opinion on the issues, that would be great!

Thank you for the kind comments.

Blobster - I forgot to mention that your stamp is from the period after 1917 (not the 1899 to 1907 period) and appears to have a telegraphic cancel. It is not surprising that it came in a British Commonwealth collection as most printed stamp albums (pre 1950 at least) included Nepal in with the Indian Native States. The circa 1900 albums just had a header that said Nepal with no boxed spaces, just a blank page.

Thanks Richard,
I assumed as much from your linked pages. I am not sure I can tell what the cancellation is, but it looks much more like a telegraph cancel in your illustrations. Perhaps sub-Office II cancel from Birganj? The huge margins suggest it must have been a bottom left corner or at least bottom row.

Yes, Nepal is not the strong point of Scott Catalogue :)
Without the good people here I would have never identified my blocks of 1/2 Paisa.