Rajkot princely state court fee / revenue stamp

RAJKOT                                                                              9 GUN  SALUTE  STATE

   

Rajkot state formerly Rewa Western India States Agency, merged into Saurashtra; now in Gujarat state. area of state was 283 Sq. Miles or 730 Sq.Km. comprising of 60 villages and population of the state was 75,540 in 1931. Privy purse of state at  the time of accession in to India on 15 Feb.1948  was Rs.2,85,000.  It was a 9 gun salute state belonging to the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. Its capital was in Rajkot, located in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar on the banks of the Aji River. Nowadays Rajkot is the fourth largest city of Gujarat state.

Court  Fees  Stamps :--

Type-10  :- 1940-49, Size 85 X 39 mm. , Perf. 10 ¾ , Wove paper

Four Annas ,Pale Greenish Blue, Ref. # 103

Receipt & Bill  :-

Type-20  :-  1880-1900 , Size 31x35mm. ,  Perf. 12 , Wove paper.

One Anna,  Red , Sub type D, Ref. # 205

Revenue Stamp  :-

Type-25  :-  Used in 1930-35 AD , Size 35x41mm. ,  Perf. 12 ,Wove paper. Value is printed in Black ink.  

One Anna,  Orange Yellow , Ref. # 250 

 

Type-27  :-  1920-30 , Size 28x34mm. ,  Perf. 10 ,Wove paper. 

Two Annas,  Green , Ref. # 291 

Type-28  :-  1920-30 , Size 25x30mm. ,  Wove paper.  

One Anna, Dark Blue, Ref. # 301

Type-29  :-  1925-35 , Size 34x41mm. ,  Perf. 9 ½ , Wove paper.  

One Anna, Blue, Ref. # 310

Type-31  :-  Used in 1930-35 , Size 25x31mm. ,  Wove paper.  

One Anna, Dark Blue, Ref. # 340

Type-32  :-  Used in 1935-40, Size 31x38mm.Perf. 11. , Thick wove paper.

One Anna, Purple, Ref. # 362

Two Annas, Carmine Red, Ref. # 363

Four Annas, Bluish Green , Ref. # 364

Eight Annas, Blue , Ref. # 366 a 

Type-33  :-  1940-49, Size 31x39 mm. , Perf. 11 , Thick wove paper.

One Anna, Violet , Ref. # 401

Two Annas, Red , Ref. # 402

Type-35  :-  1945-47 , Size 32x39mm. , Perf. 11 , Wove paper.  

One Anna, Violet , Ref. # 410