Preview of Stamps Catalogue CD : VOLUME 1

INDIAN STATES, Las Bela, Morvi, Nandgaon and Nawanagar

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Many forgeries exist of the Indian States: see the excellent site http://www.princelystates.com/CurrentIssue/ff-04-01a.shtml for more information.

LAS BELA

  1/2 a black on blue
  1 a black on red (1901)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1/2 a	*	*
1 a	**	**

In 1907 Las Bela stopped issuing its own stamps.

Morvi issued stamps from 1931 on, examples:

(Inscription 'MORVI STATE POSTAGE')

  1/2 a blue
  2 a red

Surcharged with 'M.B.D.' (actually a cancel)

(Sorry, no picture available yet)

  1/2 a blue
  2 a red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1/2 a	*	**
2 a	**	***
Surcharged with 'M.B.D.' (actually a cancel)
1/2 a	-	**
2 a	-	***

I do not know if genuinely used cancelled stamps exist.

(Sorry, no picture available yet, if you have a picture of these stamps, please contact me!)

  1/2 a green
  1 a red
  2 a red

Surcharged with 'M.B.D.'
  1/2 a green
  1 a red
  1 a brown (reprint)
  1 a blue (reprint)
  2 a red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1/2 a	*	**
1 a red	*	**
2 a	*	**
Surcharged with 'M.B.D.' (actually a cancel)
1/2 a	-	**
1 a red	-	**
1 a brown	-	?	Reprint
1 a blue	-	?	Reprint
2 a	-	**

  1 p blue

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 p	c	*

(If you possess a picture of a genuine stamp, please contact me!)

  1 p black on red
  2 p black on green
  3 p black on yellow

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 p	*	**
2 p	*	***
3 p	*	***

I've been told that the next stamps are forgeries:

(Forgeries)

  1 p black
  2 p green
  3 p orange

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 p	*	**
2 p	**	**
3 p	**	***

Imperforate forgeries exist.

Nawanagar used stamps of India from the end of 1895 onwards.

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Preview of Stamps Catalogue CD : VOLUME 1