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Indian Princely State Sawantwadi Court Fee Stamps

Savantvadi State, also spelt Sawantwadi ruled by the Bhonsale dynasty was one of the non-salute Maratha princely states during the British Raj. It was the only state belonging to the Kolaba Agency under the Bombay Presidency, which became later part of the Deccan States Agency. Its capital was at Sawantwadi, in the present-day Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.

India Alirajpur Princely State Court fee Stamp

Alirajpur State was formerly a princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopawar Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 2165 square kilometres and its capital at Alirajpur .The principality was founded in 1437 by Anand Deo, a Rajput of the Rathore, starting the Deo/Singh dynasty.　The last ruler of Ali Rajpur was Surendra Singh, who subsequently served as the Ambassador of India to Spain in the 1980s. After Indian independence in 1947, Alirajpur acceded to the Union of India, and the principality was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on November 1, 1956.

Princely State of Bilkha

Bilkha ( Najwala, Bilkha Najwala, Naja Kala ) A small offshoot of the Jetpur taluka, formerly Western Kathiawar Agency

Bilkha State Court Fee

Princely State of Maihar Fiscal Stamps

The state was founded in 1778 by Rajputs of the Kachwaha clan, who were granted land by the ruler of the nearby state of Orchha. From 1788 to 1790 Maihar State was occupied by Banda. The state became a princely state of British India in the early 19th century, and was administered as part of Bundelkhand Agency in the Central India Agency

Maihar State 1 Anna Revenue Stamp

Maihar State 8 Anna Court Fee

Mauritius 1847 " Post Office " 1d and 2d Stamps ( Rare Stamps )

The first British Colonial postage stamps were issued in Mauritius in September 1847. in two denominations: an orange-red one penny (1d) and a deep blue two pence (2d). These are the famous “Post Office” issue, so called because of the inscription in the left margin. which was soon changed in the next issue to "Post Paid". The design and colours were based upon the then current stamps of Great Britian. Altogether, only fourteen copies of the 1d orange-red and twelve copies of the 2d deep blue are known to exist today. These stamps are considered as some of the most famous and important of all the philatelic rarities.