INDIAN STATES, HOLKAR (INDORE)

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1886 Rajah Tukaji Rao, inscription 'HOLKAR STATE'

  1/2 a lilac

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/2 a ** **  

 

1889 Circle with native text


The last two stamps have the typical 'S' in bars cancel.

  1/2 a black on red

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/2 a *** *** A black on yellow might exist(?): R

A similar stamp with three lines of text in the center is a fiscal stamp.

 

1889 Rajah Shiwaji Rao, inscription 'HOLKAR STATE'

  1/4 a orange
  1/2 a lilac
  1 a green
  2 a red

Overprinted with indian text (1905)
  (1/4 a, in indian text) on 1/2 a brown

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/4 a * *  
1/2 a * *  
1 a ** **  
2 a ** **  
Overprinted
1/4 a on 1/2 a *** ***  


Modern forgery (1980's?). Click here for Indian States, modern forgeries, more examples. They are imperforate and very badly printed.

 

1904 Rajah Tukoji Rao

Inscription 'HOLKAR STATE'
  1/4 a orange

Official stamp, overprinted 'SERVICE'

  1/4 a orange

Inscription 'INDORE'


(Reduced size)

  1/2 a red
  1 a green
  2 a brown
  3 a violet
  4 a blue

Official stamps, overprinted 'SERVICE'


(Reduced size)

  1/2 a red
  1 a green
  2 a brown
  3 a violet
  4 a blue

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/4 a * c Holkar State
1/4 a * * Holkar State, Service overprint

Indore State

1/2 a *** c  
1 a *** c  
2 a *** *  
3 a *** *  
4 a *** *  
Overprinted 'SERVICE'
1/2 a c c Exists with double (R) and inverted overprint (R)
1 a c *  
2 a c *  
3 a * *  
4 a ** **  

 

1928 Maharadja Yeswart Rao II

  1/3 a red
  1/2 a lilac
  1 a green
  2 a green (1936)
  1 1/4 a green (1934)
  2 a brown
  3 a violet
  3 1/2 a violet (1934)
  4 a blue
  8 a grey
  12 a red (1934)

Larger size
  1 R blue and black
  2 R red and black
  5 R brown and black


(Later issue)


Fiscal stamp in similar design


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