Balasinor princely state fiscal court fee /revenue stamp

BALASINOR                                                                     9  GUN   SALUTE   STATE

                                   FLAG                         COAT  OF ARMS            LOCATION   IN   GUJRAT 

The State of Balasinor was a princely state in Balasinor during the era of British India and founded by Sardar Muhammed khan Babi. The last ruler of Balasinor signed the accession to join the Indian Union on 10 June 1948. Its rulers belonged to the family of Babi or Babai (Pashtun tribe) tribe. The state was founded  by the Junagadh Babis, related to famous Bollywood actress Parveen Babi.

Balasinor state is formerly Rewa Kantha Agency (Bombay) merged in Bombay Province, now in Gujarat State , area of state was 490 Sq. Km. and population of state was 32,618 in 1901, Privy  purse of the state at the time of accession on10 June.1948  was Rs.68,000.

Balasinor State was founded on 28 Sep 1758 by Pashtun ruler, Nawab, Sardar Muhammed khan Babi belonging to the family of last deputy Governor of Gujarat province in Mughal Empire. The rulers were titled Nawab Babi. It was a 9 gun salute state belonging to the Rewa Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency. The current titular Nawab is Muhammed Salabat Khanji II. The heir and son of Muhammed Salabat Khanji II is Salauddinkhan Babi, born 1979 and educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot.

Another famous titular princess of the kingdom is Aaliya Sultana Babi, who in 2009 travelled to Ingatestone in the UK to find a husband. Her trip was recorded in BBC Three's Undercover Princesses. The scion of this family, Salauddin khan Babi participated in a similar show in the Netherlands in 2010 in which he was trying to find a wife. He lived and worked in Amsterdam.The show is currently on air on SBS6 in the Netherlands. It is called "Coming to Holland". Nawabzada Salauddin was invited by TLC USA to participate in a TV show called Secret Princes which was aired on TLC USA beginning 21 September 2012. It is a show based on the Undercover Princes. Salauddin lived and worked in Atlanta undercover for this show along with three other aristocrats. The royal family currently resides at The Garden Palace which they had converted into a heritage hotel.

 Court  fee  Stamps :--

Type- 1 - used 1924-26 , size 76x38mm. Perf . 12  , Wove  paper

Two Annas , Slate Green , Ref. # 12 

Two Rupees , Violet , Ref. # 16 

Type- 2 - used 1933-38 , size 88 x 45mm. Perf . 11  , Wove  paper

Two Annas , Brown , Ref. # 22 

Four Annas , Chocolate Brown , Ref. # 23

Eight Annas , Navy Blue , Ref. # 24 

One Rupee , Slate Green , Ref. # 25 

Type- 3 - used 1933-38 , size 75x38mm. Perf . 12  , Wove  paper

Four Annas , Olive Green , Ref. # 33 

Eight Annas ,  Green , Ref. # 34 

Type- 3A - used 1942 , size 75x38mm. , Type 3 redrawn with new portrait of the ruler with new turban ,  Perf . 10 ½   , Wove  paper

One Anna , Bright Violet , Ref. # 41

 

Two Annas , Red , Ref. # 42a 

Type- 4 - used 1944-45, size 75x38mm. Perf . 12  , Wove  paper

One Anna , Vermilion , Ref. # 51

Two Annas , Green , Ref. # 52 

Eight Annas , Violet , Ref. # 54 

One Rupee , Deep Blue , Ref. # 55 

Type- 5 - used 1934, size 82x36mm. Perf . 11  , Wove  paper

One  Anna , Vermilion Red , Ref. # 61 

Two Annas , Green , Ref. # 62 

Type- 6 - used 1945-48, size 82x36mm. Perf . 11  , Wove  paper

One Anna , Vermilion Red , Ref. # 71

 

Two Annas , Green , Ref. # 72 

Eight Annas , Bright Violet , Ref. # 74 

Revenue Stamp :--
Type-10- Used in 1925-26  , size 36 x 44mm., Perf  12. , Wove paper. 

One Anna, Brown,  Ref.# 101 

Type-11- issued in 1934-40 , size 25x31mm., Perf  12. , Wove paper.

One Anna, Pale Brown,  Ref.# 111 

Four Annas, Green,  Ref.# 113 

Type-12- issued in 1930-35 , size 32 X 38 mm., Perf  11. , Wove paper.

                                        One Anna, Chocolate,  Ref.# 121    

     

  Type- 13 - used 1930-35 , size 88x49mm. , Perf . 11  , Wove  paper , Court fee type 2 is converted to Non Judicial use by cutting/ striking  the court fee in Gujrati in top right hand panel by hand.

Two  Annas ,Brown, , Ref. # 132 

Type-14- issued in 1945-46 , size 25x31mm., Perf  11. , Wove paper.

One Anna , Brown , Ref. # 141