Chhatarpur princely state fiscal court fee/revenue stamp

CHHATARPUR                                                               11 GUN SALUTE STATE

       

Chhatarpur was founded in 1785. It is named after the Bundela Rajput leader Chhatrasal, the founder of Bundelkhand independence, and contains his cenotaph. The state was ruled by his descendants until 1785. At that time the Ponwar clan of the Rajputs took control of Chhatarpur. The state was guaranteed to Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar in 1806 by the British Raj. In 1854 Chhatarpur would have lapsed to the British government for want of direct heirs under the doctrine of lapse, but was conferred on Jagat Raj as a special act of grace. The Ponwar Rajas ruled a princely state with an area of 1,118 Square miles or 900 Sq.Km and population was 156,139 in 1901, which was part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India. Privy purse of state was  Rs. 5,20,000  at  the time of accession in to independent  India  on 1 January 1950.

In 1901 the town of Chhatarpur had a population of 10,029, a high school and manufactured paper and coarse cutlery. The state also contained the British cantonment of Nowgaon. After the independence of India in 1947, the Rajas of Chhatarpur acceded to India, and Chhatarpur, together with the rest of Bundelkhand Agency, became part of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh. Vindhya Pradesh was merged into the state of Madhya Pradesh in 1956.

Court  fees stamps :--

Type-5 - Used in 1940-48,  size  77 X 37 mm., Imperf. , Wove paper.

Four Annas, Pale Brown (large English words), Ref. # 55

Eight Annas, Red (large English words), Ref. # 56

Twelve Annas, Bluish Green (large English words), Ref. # 60 a , Rs.200

Type-6 - Used in 1940-48,  size  78 X 37 mm., Imperf. , Wove paper, Type 5 redrawn . Smaller English words in large right hand value panel .

Fifteen Annas , Magenta, Ref. # 77

(Error :- Numeral value 15 As. is missing in the left value panel below coat of arms and Court Fee in the top panel is also not readable)

One Rupee , Purple , Ref. # 78

Type-7 - Used in 1940-48,  size  78 X 37 mm., Imperf. , Wove paper.

 

Two Annas, Brown Violet (smaller English words), Ref. # 81

Three Annas, Purple (smaller English words), Ref. # 82

Type-8A – Type 5 redrawn , The shape of value panel on left panel is changed to squarish and the value is written in one line. English value expressed in plural (Annas is written as Annas and not as Anna)

Two Annas, Yellow Brown , Ref. # 94 A

Type-20 - Used in 1939-45,  size  77 X 37 mm., Imperf. , Wove paper. During world war II court fee stamps of one anna of type 5 and 6 were overprinted with, “ WAR PURPOSES STAMP ”  in red or black . 

One Anna, Green, Sub type I, print in Red , Ref. # 201