Kathiawar princely state fiscal court fee/revenue stamp

KATHIAWAR                                                                 (NON  SALUTE  STATE)

Kathiawar state is formerly British Political Agency on the peninsular or western portion of the old province of Gujarat, now in Gujarat State , area of state was 23,445 Sq. Milescomprising of  128 villages , and population of state was 26,45,805 in 1901.

                                 Before Indian independence in 1947, most of Kathiawar was divided into numerous princely states, ruled by local potentates who acknowledged British suzerainty in return for local sovereignty. These states comprised the Kathiawar Agency. The rest of the peninsula, chiefly in the east along the Gulf of Cambay, were districts ruled directly by the British as part of British India's Bombay Presidency, which included part of the peninsula.

United Saurashtra (Kathiawar) State 1947-56

                             After Indian independence, the states of Kathiawar acceded to India. In 1947, Junagadh's Muslim ruler accede

Court  fee  Stamps :--         

Type-2  -  1885 , British India Court fee series of 1882 of Victoria. overprinted "CURRENT /ONLY IN/ KATHIAWAR" reading upward in black upper and lower case typograph in English and Gujarati.  

One Anna , Lilac , Ref. # 21 

Four Annas , Lilac , Ref. # 23 

Eight Annas , Lilac , Ref. # 25 

One Rupee , Lilac , Ref. # 27 

 

Two Rupees , Lilac , Ref. # 28 

Five Rupees , Lilac , Ref. # 30 

Type-3  -  1906 , British India Court fee series of 1904 Edward VII. overprinted "CURRENT /ONLY IN/ KATHIAWAR" reading upward in black upper and lower case typograph in English and Gujarati.  

One Anna, Lilac , Ref. # 41 

Four Annas, Lilac , Ref. # 43 

 

Eight Annas, Lilac , Ref. # 45 

 

One Rupee, Lilac , Ref. # 47 

Two Rupees, Lilac , Ref. # 48 

Three Rupees, Lilac , Ref. # 49 

Type-4  -  1915 , British India Court fee series of 1913 George  V. overprinted "CURRENT /ONLY IN/ KATHIAWAR" reading upward in black upper and lower case typograph in English and Gujarati.  

One Anna, Lilac , Ref. # 61 

Four Annas, Lilac , Ref. # 63 

 Eight Annas, Lilac , Ref. # 64 

One Rupee, Lilac , Ref. # 66 

Two Rupees, Lilac , Ref. # 67 

Three Rupees, Lilac , Ref. # 68 

Type-5  -  1917 , British India Court fee series of 1913 George  V. overprinted "CURRENT /ONLY IN/ KATHIAWAR" in single line horizontally typograph in English in sans serif caps , and in Gujarati in the second line.  

Four Annas, Brown Lilac , Ref. # 83 

Eight Annas, Brown Lilac , Ref. # 85 

 

One Rupee, Brown Lilac , Ref. # 87 

 Revenue / Receipt Stamps  :-

Type  10:-  Used in 1892-95 AD , Size 65 X 54 mm., Perf. 12 .

One Anna, Pale Brown , Ref. # 102

Two Annas, White , Ref. # 104

Four Annas, White , Ref. # 106

Eight Annas, Oyster , Ref. # 107

One Rupee, Yellow , Ref. # 112

 

Western India States Agency(W. I. S.) :-  In 1924 , Eastern Kathiawar and WQestern Kathiawar were combined in to a new political unit by the name Western India States Agency

Type-15  -  1925 , Two line horizontal typograph over print in Black sans –serif  caps in English and in bold Gujrati below on British India Court fee series of 1913 George  V. overprinted "CURRENT  ONLY  IN  W.I.S. AGENCY " .                                                                            

Four Annas, Brown Lilac , Ref. # 153

Eight Annas, Brown Lilac , Ref. # 154

 

One Rupee , Brown Lilac , Ref. # 155

Type-20  -  1938 , Two line horizontal typograph over print in Black sans –serif  caps in English and in bold Gujrati below on British India Court fee series of 1937 George  VI. overprinted "CURRENT  ONLY  IN  W.I.S. AGENCY " .                                                                            

Four Annas, Plum , Ref. # 204

Eight Annas, Plum , Ref. # 205

One Rupee , Plum , Ref. # 207