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INDIAN STATES, Bussahir

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WARNING: Most stamps of Bussahir are reprints or forgeries!

 

1895 Tiger, inscription "STAMP" various frames, with overprint "RS" or "RNS" in fancy letters

Imperforate
  1/4 a red (overprint violet)
  1/2 a grey (red)
  1 a red (violet)
  2 a yellow (violet)
  4 a violet (violet)
  8 a brown (violet)
  12 a green (red)
  1 R blue (red)

Perforated

  1/4 a red (overprint green)
  1/2 a grey (red)
  1 a red (violet)
  2 a yellow (green)
  4 a violet (green)
  8 a brown (violet)
  12 a green (red)
  1 R blue (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
Imperforate
1/4 a RR RR  
1/2 a RR RR  
1 a R R  
2 a R R  
4 a RR RR  
8 a R R  
12 a RR RR  
1 R RR RR  
Perforated or rouletted
All values RR RR  

Reprints exist (also in different colors, perforations, papers etc.).


Remainders are often cancelled with "RAMPUR 19 MA 1900 BUSSAHIR STATE" (often with the "1" of "19" missing and the "M" badly done). They exist pasted on small pieces of paper with this cancel.

Some crudely printed forgeries exist without monogram; see http://www.princelystates.com/CurrentIssue/ff-04-01b.shtml for images and more details.


Modern forgeries (1980's?), apparently copied from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, no monogram. They also exist in bogus colors.

 

1900 Tiger, inscription "POSTAGE" various frames, with overprint "RS", "RNS" or "PS" in fancy letters in violet, red or green, imperforate or perforated with a sowing machine

1 anna 

  1/4 a red
  1/4 a violet
  1/4 a brown
  1/2 a blue
  1/2 a green
  1/2 a violet
  1 a red
  1 a olive
  1 a green
  2 a orange
  2 a olive
  2 a yellow
  4 a violet
  8 a grey
  8 a violet
  12 a violet
  12 a green
  1 R red
  1 R 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
Cheapest types
1/4 a red * *  
1/4 a violet *** ***  
1/4 a brown *** ***  
1/2 a blue ** **  
1/2 a green *** ***  
1/2 a violet *** ***  
1 a red *** ***  
1 a olive R R  
1 a green *** ***  
2 a orange ** ***  
2 a olive *** ***  
2 a yellow *** ***  
4 a *** ***  
8 a grey R R  
8 a violet *** ***  
12 a violet *** R  
12 a green R R  
1 R red R R  
1 R blue R R  


Most likely a reprint (the monogram is too clear!)

Some crudely printed forgeries exist without monogram; see http://www.princelystates.com/CurrentIssue/ff-04-01b.shtml for images and more details.


Modern forgeries (1980's?), apparently copied from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, no monogram.


Other modern forgeries.


And some more modern forgeries.

 

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