Janjira princely state fiscal court fee/revenue stamp

 JANJIRA                                                                             (NON  SALUTE  STATE)

                                                                         

Janjira State formerly Kolhapur Agency, Bombay, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. Its rulers were a Sidi dynasty of  Habesha  descent and the state was under the suzerainty of the Bombay Presidency.

Janjira State was located on the Konkan coast in the present-day Raigad district of Maharashtra. The state included the towns of Murud and Shrivardhan, as well as the fortified island of Murud-Janjira, just off the coastal village of Murud, which was the capital and the residence of the rulers. The state had an area of 839 Sq.Km. not counting Jafrabad, and a population of 110,389 inhabitants in 1931. Jafrabad, or Jafarabad state was a dependency of the Nawab of Janjira State located 320 Km. to the NNW. Privy purse was 1,33,500 Rs. at the time of accession in to independent India on 8 March1948.

 

Court  fee  Stamps :--

Type-2 -1925 AD ,  Size 75 X 36  mm. , Imperf.  , Laid  paper.

2 Annas , Reddish Violet , Ref. # 203a  

Type-5 -1933-48 ,  Size 88 X 43  mm. , Perf.10 ½  X 10  , Wove paper.

One Anna , Purple , Ref. # 51 

Revenue  Stamp  :-

Type-15 –Used in 1925-48 ,  Size 32 X 32  mm. , Perf.11 .

One Anna , Rose Red, Ref. # 152