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Tigiria princely state court fee / revenue stamp

TIGIRIA                                                                                NON  SALUTE  STATE

 Tigiria State, also known as Tigiria Nizigarh, was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The area of the state in 1931 AD was 119 Sq.Km. or 46 Sq.Miles and its population was 24822 .It was located in present-day Tigiria block of Cuttack districtOdisha. Although it was the smallest of the states of the Orissa States Agency it was the most densely populated. The last ruler of Tigiria joined the state to the Indian Union on 1 Jan 1948.

The state was bound in the north by Dhenkanal State, in the east it was bound by Athgarh State, in the south by the Mahanadi River and in the west by Baramba State.

 



Court  Fee Stamps :--

Type-5  :- used in 1938, Size 75 X 33 mm.,Perf. 13 ½  , Overprint , “TIGIRIA/ STATE on British Indian Court fee series of  1937 (George  VI).

Eight Annas , Plum,  Ref. # 86 

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