Punadra princely state court fee / revenue stamp

 PUNADRA                                                                                NON  SALUTE  STATE

 

Indian Princely State Punadra, Formerly Sabar Kantha (earlier Mahi Kantha) Western India states Agencies : merged in Bombay, now in Maharashtra State. Area of state 28 Sq.Km. comprising of 11 Villages with a Population of  2,330  in 1931. Privy purse  of the state was 8,100 Rs. at the time of accession on10  June 1948 .

Punadra was a Fourth Class princely state and taluka, comprising ten more villages, covering eleven square miles in Mahi Kantha, ruled by Koli Chieftains who converted to Islam.

It had a combined population of 2,662 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 15,598 Rupees (mostly from land), paying a tribute of 375 Rupees to the Gaikwar Baroda State.

Court  Fee Stamp :-

Type- 5  :-  1931-32, Size 77x43mm., Perf.11. Wove paper.

Eight Annas , Brownish Red , Ref. 54

One Rupee , Bluish Green , Ref. 55

Type- 10  :-  1943-48, Size 77x43mm., Perf.11. Wove paper.

Two Annas , Steel Blue , Ref. 101

Revenue   Stamps :-

Type- 15  :-  1930-35, Size 28x34 mm., Perf.11 ½ . Wove paper.

 

One Anna , Red , Ref. # 151