So Who's Afraid Of The Indian States?

Much appreciated....

on to Travancore I go.... I have this Scott Type A2 Travancore which is marked as a Scott no. 9, wmk 43. But its not Wove paper and the wmk is actually 43A - see pics below. It could be a Scott 8A, but that's listed as black not the color I have. Scott no? Perf is 12 x 12.5.

Hi, looks like Sc.#9d to my eyes. Bright Violet or Mauve?, Wmk. 43A and the perf you determined, 12x12.5.

.75 Chuckram shades I have

Pretty rod222!! SG #39c for Mauve, #40b for Reddish violet
Also Wmk. 2c and machine made paper.

It can be either
1932
Mauve P12 x 12.5

1939
Reddish Violet P12 x 12.5

Wmk 2c?Do you mean just "C"

Note: It is believed the compound perf 12 x 12.5 was introduced in 1937 (Stan Gibbons)

Wmk.2 variety c in my old 1998 Gibbon's. 2021 catalog is enroute though!!

Tongman65 and rod222 - thanks for the confirmation - 9d , my eyes must have glazed over - right there in front of me! What a variety of shades once again. This must be a characteristic of the era/location for these states.... In ref to laid paper vs wove and other varieties, was there much less printed on Laid? Any ideas of a proportion? Finally id'd the 1st one I can see, Scott no. 1 for Travancore

PS - yes but 9d calls for handmade Wove paper. This doesnt look like Wove paper?

The late usage of 3/4ch. Official registerd cover 13.KAR.116
SG O94 reddish violet with SERVICE ovpt. type (O11) 13 1/2mm strait tail.Next to it a SG O48 4ch(R) with a type (O6)ovpt. 16mm high.

Does not appear the APRL has a copy of the desired article.

Believe "The Philatelic Advisor" was a periodic newsletter produced in/
around Cheltenham, England until the mid 1960s.

As a result of this morning's APRL research came across another
resource of possible interest: "Forgeries of the Feudatory
States of India — Part 2 (Charkhari - Jasdan)". Robert Lowe. "First Issues"
(July - Sept 2009).
The

Rod222...

Thx for sharing all the .75 chukram shades.

The variety of stamp sizes is something of which I was previously unaware.

Jim/Calstamp

S4L, the #9d was printed on machine made paper according to the SG catalogue.

Ok, I guess I've been reading the catalogue wrong?!? I thought you follow the bold headings description until a new bold heading. Looks to me that 9d is under Handmade Wove then Machine-made starts 8A and on.... Tks

So the listing has changed from my 2019 cat. Here is current from Amos. But I still think the machine made paper should have moved up with the 43a Wmk.
011221 - UPDATE: The 2021 Scott screen capture below is incorrect and to be updated next issue. The correct version SHOULD have Machine-made Paper moved up with Wmk. 43A according to Amos Publishing.