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Return To Catalogue - India - Court Fees definitive issue and Court Fee Service - India fiscal stamps, overview
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1870 "COURT FEES." on small cuuse fiscal stamps
1870: Small Cause Court stamp, overprinted "COURT FEE"
in red from top to bottom; the values 1 a, 2 a 4 a and 8 a exist.
Also Small Cause Court stamps, with "COURT FEE" in red
from bottom to top and two black bars covering "SMAL
CAUSE" and "COURT"; 13 values were overprinted in
this manner ranging from 3 a to 75 R. Usually these stamps are
cancelled with a punch hole.
Without black bars, red "COURT FEES." written downwards 1 a orange and violet 2 a orange and violet 4 a orange and violet 8 a orange and violet With black bars, red "COURT FEES." reading upwards 3 a orange and violet 5 a orange and violet 6 a orange and violet 1 R orange and violet 5 R orange and violet 10 R orange and violet 20 R orange and violet 30 R orange and violet 40 R orange and violet 50 R orange and violet 60 R orange and violet 70 R orange and violet 75 R orange and violet
1870 Provisional issue for Bombay. Red vertical overprint
"COURT FEES." (either reading upwards or downwards) on
Foreign Bill embossed stamps. This overprint exists on the 4 a, 1
R and 4 R stamps.
1870 Calcutta issue: Horizontal ovperint "COURT FEES"
overprint and two bars on "FOREIGN BILL"; only the 4 a
was issued.
Red "COURT COURT FEES. FEES." overprint
Red "COURT COURT FEES. FEES." overprint
2 a lilac 4 a lilac 6 a lilac 8 a lilac 12 a lilac Large red "COURT FEES" reading upwards and red bars (two types: Bombay 40 mm, thin bars; Calcutta 38 mm, thick bars)
Large "COURT FEES." overprint and red bars. First ones
Bombay issue, last ones Calcutta issue.
2 a lilac 4 a lilac 6 a lilac 8 a lilac 12 a lilac Red small "COURT FEES" reading downwards, no black bars on "FOREIGN" or "BILL"
Small "COURT FEES." overprint
2 a lilac 3 a lilac 4 a lilac 6 a lilac 8 a lilac 12 a lilac 1 R lilac 1 R 8 a lilac 2 R lilac 6 R lilac 12 R lilac 18 R lilac 24 R lilac Red "COURT FEES" and black bars on "FOREIGN" and "BILL"
1870 Provisional issues: "COURT FEES." reading
downwards with two black bars on 2 R.
3 a lilac 6 a lilac 2 R lilac "COURT FEES" in a red semi circle 2 a lilac Top and bottom of the stamp cut off, overprinted "COURT FEES" manually in Madras (reading up or downwards) (all in red overprint, the values 2 a, 4 a 6 a and 8 a also in black)
2 a lilac 3 a lilac 4 a lilac 6 a lilac 8 a lilac 12 a lilac 1 R lilac 1 R 8 a lilac 2 R lilac 6 R lilac 8 R lilac 12 R lilac 18 R lilac 24 R lilac
"COURT FEES." reading upwards in red and black bars on
"HIGH COURT"on High Court fiscal stamps
Red "COURT FEES" overprint, no black bars 1 a lilac and red 2 a lilac and red 4 a lilac and red Red "COURT FEES." overprint, with black bars on "HIGH" and "COURT" 3 a lilac and red 5 a lilac and red 6 a lilac and red 10 a lilac and red 1 R lilac and red 2 R lilac and red 3 R lilac and red 4 R lilac and red 5 R lilac and red 6 R lilac and red 7 R lilac and red 8 R lilac and red 9 R lilac and red 10 R lilac and red 20 R lilac and red 25 R lilac and red 30 R lilac and red Some manually applied "COURT FEES." overprints and the bars applied with ink exist (rare).
Handwritten "Court Fees" overprint on a
"PETITION" stamp..
1867: Foreign bill stamp of 1861, top and bottom cut
off, overprinted "PETITION" in green. In 1870 this
particular stamp was futher surcharged with a red "COURT
FEES" to be used as court fee fiscal.
"SHARE TRANSFER stamps with red "COURT FEES."
overprint. The following values exist: 1 a, 2 a, 3 a, 4 a, 8 a,
12 a, 1 R, 5 R, 10 R, and 20 R. The 1 a should also exist
overprinted in black(?), but I have never seen it.
Red "COURT FEES." and two red bars on special adhesive
stamp. Only this 1 a lilac stamp was overprinted for Court Fees
duty.
"Court Fees" on 1 a lilac receipt stamp (Calcutta
issue). There also exist a red overprint on the 1/2 a lilac and 1
a lilac stamps (Madras issue).
