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Jobat princely state fiscal court fee/revenue stamp

JOBAT                                                                                   (NON  SALUTE  STATE)

Jobat State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was placed administratively under the Bhopawar Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 339 Square Kilometres and had a population of 9.443 in 1901.Privy purse of the State at the time of accession was Rs 32,500.  It is in dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

             The principality was founded in the 15th century by a scion of the Alirajpur State ruling family belonging to the Rathore dynasty of Rajputs. After Indian independence in 1948, the rulers of Jobat acceded to the Union of Indiaon 15 June 1948. The principality was incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat, which subsequently became Madhya Pradesh state on 1 November 1956.



REVENUE   STAMP  :-

Type-16  - used in 1934-48 , Size 18 x 22mm. Perf.9,  Wove paper. 

One Anna, Orangish Red , Ref. # 162 
 

Type-17  - used in 1936, Size 18 x 22mm. Perf.11,  Wove paper. 

One Anna, Chocolate , Ref. # 171 

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