Rajpipla princely state court fee / revenue stamp

RAJPIPLA                                                                        13  GUN  SALUTE  STATE

   

 
Rajpipla Formerly Rewa Kantha Agency, merged in Saurashtra, now in Gujarat State , area of state was 3,929 Sq. Km. comprising of  8 villages and population of the  state was 206,086 in 1931.Privy purse of state at the time of accession in in to India on 10 June1948  was Rs.3,97,946.

The Kingdom of Rajpipla or Rajpipla State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was the largest state of the Rewa Kantha Agency. Rajpipla State was ruled by the Gohil Rajput dynasty from around the 1340s till 1948 when it was merged with the Republic of India.The princely state was situated largely between two important rivers of western India—the Narmada and the Tapti, with the Satpura range in the south. Spanning an area of over 1500 Square miles (4,000 Sq. Km.), of which 600 Sq.Mi  (1550 Sq. Km.) were forests and the rest fertile agricultural plains and river valleys, Rajpipla grew to be one of the most prosperous princely states in Gujarat, second only to Vadodara. It was also famous for its agate mines. It is now part of the state of Gujarat. Its capital town of Rajpipla (Nandod or New Rajpipla) is now headquarters of the Narmada district.

Court  fee  Stamp :--

Type-5  :- 1922-25, Size 88 X 39 mm. , Perf. 14 , Wove paper

Four Annas , Deep Green  , Ref. # 53 

 

Type-10  :- 1942-44, Size 77 X 35 mm. , Perf. 14 , Wove paper

One Anna , Ultra Blue , Ref. # 101

Two Annas , Ultra Blue , Ref. # 102 

 

Four Annas , Ultra Blue , Ref. # 103 

Eight Annas , Ultra Blue , Ref. # 104

 Two Rupees , Ultra Blue , Ref. # 107

                                                              Four Rupees , Ultra Blue , Ref. # 108 

Type-15  :- Used in 1944-49 AD, Size 76 X 35 mm. , Perf. 14 , Wove paper, Type 10 redrawn by  changing the background in the  portrait panel as well as right handed panel.

Four Rupees , Grey Blue , Ref. # 158 

Revenue  Stamps :--

Type- 20 - used in 1888, Size of stamps 24x31mm. Perf. 11 ½ . Wove paper. 

Ona Anna, Green , Ref. # 202

Type- 22 - used in 1903, Size of stamps 24x29mm. Perf. 11 ½ . Wove paper

Ona Anna, Purple , Ref. # 221

Type- 25 - used in 1930-35 AD, Size of stamps 25x39 mm. Perf. 14. Wove paper. 

One Anna, Green , Ref. # 251

 

Type- 30 - used in 1943, Size of stamps 22x38mm. Perf. 14. Wove paper. 

H.H. SHRI VIJAY SINH JI MAHARAJA RAJPIPLA STATE

One Anna, Red , Ref. # 301 

Type- 31 - used in 1943, Size of stamps 22.5 x 38mm. Perf. 14. Wove paper. Type 30 redrawn  by changing the background of the portrait with wide horizontal lines in place of fine horizontal lines (Similar to the change from C.F. type 10 to type 15)

One Anna, Bright Red , Ref. # 311