So Who's Afraid Of The Indian States?

After 50 years of waiting - since I first set eyes on it in a black & white illustration in an old Gibbons Part 1 as a teenager - I've finally acquired the last of the Indian States items that got me started on them in the first place:



The sheet of SG 60 and 61, the 1868 ½ Anna (positions 1, 2 and 4) and 1 Anna (position 3) of Jammu & Kashmir, issued for Jammu

It was this sheet, along with the first stamps of Bhor (my avatar), the Jammu & Kashmir Circulars



the first issues of Jind



and the Poonch 4 Anna



that drew me irresistibly into the Indian States. Now I can die happy

Congratulations!
(but don't go yet....)

tsk tsk tony if you die whom will I talk to about indian states.

You can talk to me if you want :)

yes thanks to Peter I wont be the lone ranger collecting indian states

email me your address Tony. I am going to send you a lil present.

Don't seem to have your email address to hand, Spock. If you email me at tony at asiatechnicaltranslation dot com dot au, I'll send it.

ok email sent uncle Tony :)

Spock has been as good as his word:



Thanks indeed, Spock ! A very handsome tribute to the Uglies! Now I hope this will become an annual event, with Barwani featuring prominently ...

Now if only we could identify the cancelling hammer, left of image....

you are welcome tony. I hope you will start liking the new indian states :)

BTW it is not a tribute to the uglies. they realized they got it wrong witht he uglies a few years ago so they corrected the mistake :)

Rod,

The canceling hammer belongs to Tony the erstwhile maharaja of barwani :)

Spock, I'm not at all sure about the new perforated Bamra stamp. I prefer them imperf, myself

But all in all, a wonderful plug for the Indian States - 'new' and old

Thanks again!

oh please dont mention it. it was my pleasure hopefully we will wean you away from the old indian states one stamp at a time :)

oh I forgot you can use the scissors to cut your singleton bamra it will become imperf :)

did you look at the envelope the thing came in?