KHAIRPUR (NON SALUTE STATE)
The State of Khairpur (Sindhi: خيرپور رياست، Urdu: ریاست خیرپور), also transliterated as Khayrpur, was a princely state of British India on the Indus River in northern Sindh, modern Pakistan, with its capital city at Khairpur. It was established as capital for the Sohrabani branch of the Talpur dynasty, and was established shortly after Talpur ascendency in 1783 as one of several Talpur dominions. Whereas the other Talpur dominions were conquered by the British in 1843, the Khairpur state entered into treaty with the British, thereby maintaining some of its autonomy as a princely state. The last Mir of Khairpur opted to join the new state of Pakistan in 1947, and the dominion was thus made a Princely state of Pakistan, until it was fully amalgamated into West Pakistan on 14 October 1955. Area of the state was 15730 Sq. Km. or 6070 Sq. Miles
The Talpur dynasty
was established in 1783 by Mir Fateh Ali Khan, who declared himself the first Rais,
or ruler of Sindh, after defeating the Kalhoras at the Battle of Halani. The nephew of Mir Fateh Ali Khan, Mir
Sohrab Khan Talpur, established a branch of the Talpur dynasty in 1783 in
Burahan, which was renamed Khairpur in 1783.
Type 6 :- Used in 1945, Size 76 X 41 mm. , Perf.11
Two Rupees , Yellow Brown , Ref . # 61
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